BRAVE-5/10
I don't know whats up with Pixar lately. They made Cars 2, their first genuinely bad movie, and they followed up with this. Brave isn't bad, but its extremely, explicitly average. It lacks the subtlety and deeper storytelling that Pixar is known for. While most of Pixar's movies are made in a way that people of all ages can appreciate, I feel like this was just an all-out kid's movie. The story was basic, predictable, and it just sort've felt manufactured, as if it were saying things like "The protagonist's parents nag at her. Don't you identify with this kids?" While I give Pixar props for having their first female protagonist, a lot of the time it felt like the movie was shoving "GIRL POWER!" down my throat. The characters were very stock. You pretty much get everything you need to know about them within 5 minutes, no real complexity to be found here. The pacing was well-done, and the voice acting was good as well. I will say that from a visual standpoint this is a really, really good movie, but as technology improves, so should the animation. The music was also done well, it fit the Scottish background.