Brave - Nostalgia Critic 

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2012 was an interesting time. Disney tried to be Pixar with "Wreck-it Ralph" while Pixar tried to be Disney with "Brave."

I don't think the intro is pointless. It's nice to see the sweet relationship between young Merida and her mother. Kinda makes the later scenes with them when she's older more impacting, seeing how their relationship have changed.

Merida: "I want a spell to change my mum." The witch: "In what way? Change your mum's hairstyle, clothing preferences, or her thoughts about the wedding?" Merida really could've been specific with the "change my mum" part.

I'm surprised he didn't touch on how Miredas parents are in love. Like how they would show each other affection was really cute. How Fergus noticed his wife was mad and sat down and talked with her. Or he pinched her butt in the opening scene. Even his little "wahh" when she said she had reservations about their marriage.

This movie always felt more like a Disney animated one than a Pixar one

Queen Elinor was a pleasant surprise and actually my favourite character in this movie. They could have made her downright mean and manipulative or just dead like most mother figures in movies and instead they made her a flawed but well-intentioned mother. In the end, both her and Merida learn to listen and understand each other, which is how sane relationships between parents and their children should be in my opinion: it's not only one of them who has to learn from the other.

You know, whenever I think of Brave I can't help but fixate on this one detail. In the trailer Merida says this line: "I want a spell to change my fate" after we see the Will-O-Wisps and it's said in this dreamy cadence. But that line isn't in the movie, instead she says directly to the witch "I want a spell to change my mom!" and it's said in a pleading excited cadence. Seriously I honestly can't think of a more misleading trailer for a movie, what we ended up getting was NOTHING like the advertisement, and not in a good way.

The one thing I was hoping for was those forest sprites that keep guiding her to play a more important role. Until a bit later in the movie you only ever see three of them. I was hoping it was going to be revealed that they were the spirits of the three other brothers from that story. And they were guiding Merida to get her to finally end their brothers suffering.

I quote this movie all the time "I don't want to get married! I want to stay single and let my hair flow in the wind as I ride through the glen, firing arrows into the sunset!"

I always found it funny how merida is clearly ‘impressed’ by the giant warrior who’s mistaken for a suitor. She totally forgets she doesn’t want to be married off for a second

"Fiery hair that has a life of its own" is the perfect way to sum up curly hair. My hair is exactly like Merida's (though it looked more like Aurora's when I was younger), and I can tell you: *my hair has a life of its own* and it was great seeing someone who actually kinda looked like me cuz she looked like a normal person and not someone traditionally flawless. I thought the movie was okay, but I loved the detail in the movie.

The mother-daughter conflict was definitely my favourite part of the film. Especially how they showed how both Elinor and Merida had to learn to listen and understand, when in other films it's sometimes just only one person has to change while the other is already perfect. Can you please do another 'Old VS New'? With Disney's Peter Pan vs 2003 live action Peter Pan? I think you and Hyper would have great comments on both and debates.

I actually really like this movie but the one thing that will always get me is: in the scene where they’re all in the banquet hall and Merida is distracting her dad and everyone else with a speech so the queen (as a bear) can sneak through in the back….how come the people standing BEHIND Merida didn’t see the queen?? Especially cause her dad is supposed to be able to sense whenever a bear is just in the same general area as him, and he was practically standing right behind Merida the whole time LOL. I guess MAYBE he was too distracted by being proud of his kid to notice but even that’s a stretch lol

It’s one of the few movies that actually put another perspective on the rebellious princess trope, that there are actually political consequences for such actions, and allowed the mother to be a developed character too instead of a person whose role is being wrong. I think it’s worthy

She’s my favorite princess but not my favorite princess story. I loved her attitude, her proud spirit, and her HAIR!!! I remember seeing the trailer in theaters and was speechless to finally see a princess with hair that matched mine. Curly hair was never really done in Disney, and still rarely seen in other movies. And to see curly hair in red was even more rare so it was a real treat to see it done here.

As a girl of Celtic decent with curly hair, I remember being excited when this came out because they made curly hair that looked amazing. I also have a complicated relationship with my mom, so this movie always makes me cry. That doesn’t mean it’s an amazing movie, just that it gets to me personally.

I watched a fascinating video talking about the behind the scenes of Brave, did you know the original director they had, directed Prince of Egypt?! But Disney didn’t like her version of the story so they dumbed the story down and the director left the project.

I love that the Merida isn’t your typical ‘Barbie’ styled princess, but she’s just another rebellious princess. I love how this movie is more down to earth with its cultural representation, but its obvious the story’s structure and direction weren’t thought through all the way.

I actually really love this movie and I'm a little surprised it's perceived as mediocre. There aren't that many animated films that focus on a character's relationship with their mother -- the mother is more often dead, absent, or evil. This is the only one I could think of before Turning Red came out. I found Merida very relatable as a child, but as I get older I'm more able to understand Eleanor's perspective, and I appreciate that nuance. I love the Scottish setting, the animation is beautiful, the music is good, and the witch scene still cracks me up. I think this film was more a victim of poor marketing than anything else.

My favourite part is when she said: "I'm not feared by any of you, because I'm brave!" and braved all over bad guys

I can sympathize with Merida to an extent, but there is a difference between "I really don't want to get married" and "if I don't marry, my kingdom will be at war". I think it would have been much better if she had to go on some kind of fantasy journey with the other clan heirs as her companions. There wouldn't need to be any sort of romance arc, but it would come to a point where they are allied through friendship and mutual respect and not needing a marriage.

I remember my sister and I going to see the midnight premier of Brave. We were so excited to see a Disney movie based in Scotland (we just really like Scottish culture). And although it wasn't the big grand adventure fairytale everyone expected, I still really enjoyed it and always down to rewatch it. It's sort of like a comfort movie for me c:

Despite what everyone else says about it, i actually love this movie. The animation and cinematography is beautiful, the Scottish culture is great, and i liked the bear plot (even though many don’t).

I like how Meredith’s mom always walks on her hind legs cause it keeps her humanity and shows how feminine and royal she is cause that would very obvious be harder for her than to walk on her four legs but she still walks on her two legs because she was always taught to walk proper and when she walks On all fours it shows her animalism

My family was actually really excited to see this movie before it came out because we saw a later trailer where they were showing the archery competition; we all thought the main character's name was " Meredith " instead of Merida.... and my name is Meredith. To this day, watching this movie is a little awkward for me because I keep hearing _my_ name, but any young girl would probably be excited about sharing a name with a Disney Princess, so I'll always love this movie for that amazing memory.

The film peaks at the archery competition. There’s a lot of perfect symbolism and cinematography going on in it, right up to Elenor being framed by Merida’s bow before she releases the winning shot. And I think their argument in front of the tapestry was good, too. It’s just, once you introduce the witch and the bear element, it feels like a different story supplanted the first. It’s not bad, and I still really love the good, emotional parts. But it was just off. Also, I recall a lot of people judging this movie on their expectations, rather than on what it IS. The promotion made it seem like this was about Merida hunting Mordu in a magical forest. And a lot of people couldn’t let that go. That might also be why people forgot about the film, because they didn’t even try to connect with it on what it gave. They could only think about what it “wasn’t”.

If I had a nickel for every time a Disney film had the line "I don't speak bear" I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's still weird that it happened twice.

Pretty much my feelings too. It's a movie that died on expectations more than it's actual themes and execution. And when I say expectations, it goes beyond the false advertisement (which did play a big part tho) - up to this point, Pixar had developed a brand that was consistently good and heartwarming so seeing them exchange an adventure epic for a Freaky Friday plot REALLY felt jarring and a slap to the audience's face.

If he’s covering all these animated movies I hope he at some point covers Rise of the Guardians- I wonder what he’d have to say about it.

Fun Fact: when it was still known as The Bear and the Bow, it was originally going to be about a kingdom of anthropomorphic bears with Reese Witherspoon playing Merida, using her regular voice, with the story taking place in Winter but creative differences lead to the bears becoming human characters with some of them turning into bears, most of the winter scenery being scrapped and Reese leaving the project due to her unable to do a Scottish accent. Ten years later, I'm still upset Brave won Best Animated Feature over ParaNorman.

He mentions the great animation. But the change in her mother's eyes as she becomes a full fledged bear is crazy to me.

I'm honestly happy in the group photo of the princesses that Kida from Atlantis was included

I really like Brave. It's not a classic, but it has really strong worldbuilding and the relationship between Merida and her mum is interesting.

I watched Brave when it came out on DVD. I really liked how it was about the young girl and her Mum. I watched this with my Mum. She just had surgery to remove a stomach cancer tumour. She is going to pass away soon. Thank you for bringing up the fond memory of watching this with my Mum ❤️

9:09 Funny that it's always a "symbol of oppression", but lots of men used to wear corsets, too... It was just a fashion thing, nothing more.

I really liked this movie, the mother/daughter theme had perfect timing with my young self. The Gaelic song at 19:17 always puts me nostalgic.

Dialogue notwithstanding, I think a lot of daughters can relate to fights like that with their mothers. While moms might have the best of intentions, they can't decide for their daughters who they will be. And, I agree with what some people have said, that the movie could have easily made Elinor out to be the "bad guy", but it didn't. It gave her layers. She wants what's best for Merida, but she also wants to uphold tradition, etc. I think it's why I get so emotional watching their scenes (especially the flashback of the two of them singing together during the storm): They are both right and wrong. They are both flawed, and in need of seeing the other's point of view. Whether or not the movie was supposed to be more mysterious, or have more action, one of the things I will always love about it is the mother/daughter relationship, and how it's so *true*.

"you must have stories." "I have stories." I like how this doesn't even have to apply to JUST the Slap because MY GOD. The butchering of "We Don't Talk About Bruno" (AND IT DID NOT WIN pfft), what's her name going "lol I didn't even watch half these movies, oh don't look up is nominated guess they didn't LOOK UP reviews." OH OH OH and I love LOVED the live action Disney Princesses SHITTING on animated movies saying "it's something adults have to ENDURE" as if it was a TRAGEDY. That was easily one of the WORST Oscars I've seen in a good while. And that's saying something.

That song where she's singing while shooting arrows on horseback was great...then I felt it was mostly downhill from there. And when we got to the magical turning-into-a-bear part, I wanted out.

The scene where they were reciting what they wanted to say to each other but not in front of each other is also really good I think

So the moral of the story is never trust a witch unless they have a bomb in their hand in which you say yes

I actually watch this movie on mother's day because of the mother-daughter relationship development, My mom having four daughters probably went through a lot of that sort of thing herself And actually, the fight with Merida and her mother, I found myself relating to with some of the clashes I had with my mom. Including when she slashes the tapestry and Elenore throws the bow into the fire, that always kinda hits home with me

I remember really enjoying the movie, but having the distinct feeling of "this should've been 2 separate fully developed stories."

What's neat is the fanbase is still amazing for this film. Despite its flaws, Merida is a very fun addition to the princess lineup, even being added to Once Upon a Time with a post film version of her that many see as a good adaptation. Hell even a BOOK just came out from Disney that's post film about Merida and her family, delving into more mythology and is genuinely getting a lot of praise. Even fan communities are keeping her alive through well written crossovers and fanfiction that expand upon her character. Yeah fan works can be hit or miss but it's amazing to see the passion people have for merida and her world

Brave is remembered by my siblings and I, and not in a positive way. My sister, who is obsessed with horses, has no interest in romance, and wants to take combat training, so the exact target demographic for Merida, thinks of Merida as a brat. My sister sees Merida as someone who wants to enjoy all the privelages of royalty without the responsibilities. Merida is actually one of the top princesses who should be getting married, because whilst the other Disney princesses got married out of romantic love, Merida actually has a duty to her people to get married. My sister actually liked the mom far better, especially because she felt more like an actual medieval woman, someone who could project authority whilst primarily relying on diplomacy instead of violence. My sister's also perpetually annoyed the movie had such boring fantasy instead of diving into the wealth of Scottish fairy folklore

I'm a "movie apologist" in which if a movie entertains me then I'm much more forgiving of it than most other people are. After all, a movie's first purpose is to entertain, so if it does that, then I don't care if it has flaws or may be a bit like another movie. For that reason, I really liked Brave and some of the other movies NC has reviewed in the past because they were entertaining to me. (The live action Yogi Bear movie, for instance.) And don't get me wrong, I'm not dismissing flaws or plot holes or things like that. Just some of those things are secondary to me if I found the movie enjoyable.

I and my mother have a lot of nostalgia for this film. I have a soft spot for it, while I can acknowledge its flaws. Honestly, I'm happy to hear someone speak positively about it! P. S. The Bear And The Bow was actually the title o the Once Upon A Time episode with Merida! (I enjoyed how the show used her, even if she was underutilized.)

I swear Mordu is scary af. His design and scenes are surprisingly terrifying, especially when he breaks the stone slab and jumps Merida when she is uncovering his origin. It would be amazing to see a dark horror style flick centered on the prince and his evils.

Ah yes Brave where Pixar rips off Disney's Brother Bear but advertised it as an adventurous Scotish archer hunting a bear

This movie isn't a Pixar classic (the period between TS3 and Inside Out was pretty rough), but it's still perfectly enjoyable, even though it absolutely did not deserve the Oscar over Wreck-It Ralph or Rise of the Guardians.

This is actually my favorite Pixar film. It just hit the right buttons for me. Loved the characters, the beautiful scenery, the music, the mother/daughter relationship. Maybe I wish there was more magic in this, but I just loved everything about it. I know I'm a minority in this. Plus, I finally got to dress as Merida for Halloween last year. Maybe it could have been better, maybe there were some missteps, but I love it for what it is, I can't hate it for what it could have been.

I'm glad you highlighted the films better aspects. As a half Scot who saw this in cinemas while up in Scotland visiting family, I'll always have a soft spot for this film. I love that Pixar were the ones to finally have a Princess that didn't fall in love with anyone, which Disney definitely were inspired by. So glad they got primarily Scottish actors for the film too, rather than the stange mix of British and American that How to Train your Dragon had. Yeah the tone and message is pretty all over the place, I'm forever blaming that on Brenda Chapman's removal from the film. But there's some good moments that resonate I like how Merida isn't completely in the right, as demonstrated with her trying to trick her Mum into changing her mind. Yeah the comedy's a bit childish, but the voice actors sell it well. The animation is also gorgeous throughout, Pixar often hit it with physical comedy: Linguini in Ratatouille, Kevin in Up, so bear Elinor in this slides into that. Also glad you mentioned the short about Mord'u, feel like more people should see that. (like how I always forget there's a post credit scene that's a nice payoff to an earlier part of the film)

Pretty sure that prologue with baby-Eleanor was meant to *visually* introduce Mordu and the wisps. We're TOLD about them, but this intro shows us. I agree it could have been done better, though.

As a woman who has spent 26 years with a narcissistic abusive mother, this movie spoke to me and gave me a princess to relate to.

I remember being stoked by the original teaser, it looked like something akin to Beowulf (the myth, not the movie). Compared to the three Cartoon Saloon movies (Secret of the Kells, Song of the Sea, and Wolfwalkers-admittedly Irish, but the two countries share some mythology), it pales, but despite being a structural mess, I did find it fairly interesting. I’d love to see someone do the Irish Sorrows

5:26 I was a bear the whole time!!!!!

Even though I thought this film was decent, I’m still confused on how this won Best Animated Feature over Wreck it Ralph or Arriety.

So while it might have its bear flaws, i actually kind of like this film just cause, yes we have seen the Disney princess trope a thousand times before this point but i don't know why every single time i just watch this film i seem to get sucked into it. Now are there some weakness sure I think though the part of this film that does stick out though is that some of the jokes in this film go down harder than a lead balloon falling off a mountain, and while yes maybe the bear part does go on for a bit too long in my opinion, i do think though some of the characters and the way the interact with the bears can be cute at times now yes does it go on for way too long yes, but I think the thing i mostly like about the bear stuff is it kind of connects the family more together. Most importantly though I just kind of enjoy that Disney took a different route than we normally see with these Disney princess films, and while yes some of the action scenes by Merida make you want to scratch your head because you have seen that see is capable of taking and in giving so much action it still not a problem i still enjoy the film nonetheless.

9:28 one thing I want to point out, is how in the fandom Merida is told to be Asexual or Aromanti, but during this scene she seems to shows interest in one of the lords helpers.

This was my first Nostalgia Critic video in many years. Gotta say, production has gotten better and has become more focused. I recall there was an issue where there was a lot of pointless skits that were just... not funny. Good work.

Now this is how a Nostalgia Critic review should be! It has great jokes and reasonable points about the movie while being comical at the same time! Best of all, it reviews one of my childhood films

this movie has a warm place in my heart cause it gave me a childhood fear of bears, Its a shame they didn't stick with the darker, gibli fantasy atmosphere cause scotish bow girl vs were-bears is quite a cool concept if I say so myself

The first time I saw this movie was in the theater. After seeing the trailer, i was pumped. After the twist bear, i was pissed. On rewatches, it's a beautiful film, the score is nice (love the solo track), and i like the idea of mom/daughter relationship...but it's a huge letdown from what I thought I was getting.

I've always felt that Disney really needs to start to go back to doing animation like the black cauldron. If you do folk tales then it really should have a darker tone.

Brave is possibly my favorite Pixar film as a kid because I just liked seeing a red headed princess who didn't want to get married. It meant a lot to me when I was younger.

Personally I don't think brave should've won the Oscar over Wreck it Ralph (which in my opinion is genuinely the best Disney movie in the last 10 years) but the movie wasn't terrible, it was just really forgettable (also I didn't know it was Pixar until now)

The humor in this is as if the writers discovered Scotland exists and thought it was the funniest thing ever

2:09 Wait... Brave beat Wreck-It Ralph!? I knew oscar voters don't care about animated movies or video games, but I at least assumed they voted for animated movies based on which their kids liked more... Regardless, Ralph deserves far more respect than it got.

This is my favorite Pixar film and it's also my birthday. Whether Doug rips this film apart or actually loves it, this already feels like a nice birthday gift from the universe because this film is criminally underdiscussed.

More than Cars, Brave shows the cracks forming in Pixar’s brand. Cars was a movie no one wanted to make, so whatever. But Brave was a passion project compromised to have more mainstream appeal. It shows everyone that Pixar is as much as a corporation as everyone else.

Remember when you made a film editorial asking can a film be so good, it's bad? I think this is an example. It does everything you're supposed to do in a movie which ironically doesn't make it stand out. 10 years later, I still haven't seen the movie yet.

You NAILED it when you said the teaser trailers had a Miyazaki-esque feel. I realized you're exactly right! THAT is what struck me when I originally saw the teaser, although I couldn't put my finger on it until just now! I WISH they story had been has sharply cohesive as the potential the trailers had promised. Just imagine--a girl in the wild, the movie capturing the towering isolation and majesty of nature, and she's a magic bounty hunter slaying evil bears. Ugh, it could've been GREAT.

I feel like this was a really weird joke someone had at the Pixar writing studio where they thought it would be funny to see a bear family

Man 2012 for Disney was a really unique time to say the least.

Touch The Sky is an amazing piece. Kind of surprised he didn't bring it up at all. Plus I think it's worth mentioning that they could totally take a second shake at this plot in a Kingdom Hearts title. That has the potential to either be horrendous or actually pretty fantastic of a rewrite of their world. Plus I admit I just kinda wanna see Sora learn to use a Keyblade Glider to Touch The Sky.

Brave is probably my favorite Pixar film! I love Merida, Billy Connolly as the king and suitors each have their own flair. I like how much the queen and Merida learn, grow, and come together at the end.

Something that helped Brave stay relevant in pop culture might’ve been the fans combining it with Tangled, How to Train Your Dragon, and Rise of the Guardians, the crossover fandom of Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons

I actually liked this movie. The landscapes are really pretty and the Scottish folklore on Will-of-the-Wisps is fascinating.

When you don't know anything about bears and proceed to criticize the stealthiness of bears.

The advertisement did this film dirty.

To quote the late great Norm Macdonald and something i'm sure Reese Witherspoon might be thinking about is “Love is an artful arrangement of artless pretensions, whereby we labor to appear innocent in what we desire to be most cunning.”

‘Oh, we’re doing this’ is the perfect way to describe my frustration with the film

8:51 bear roar sounds like a badass last name for a warcraft orc character!

Brave is actually one of the few Disney movies my mom likes. Both my parents said it was much better then they expected. I also, personally, liked it. Yes, the mother-daughter thing is now common but - full offense - Brave does it much better then all of them. I also REALLY love the ending scene; mother and daughter riding together. It shows not just that their bond is stronger, but it also showed an OLDER woman being youthful without it being "quirky".

Man this remake of Die Hard is a lot different than what i remember

Disney:We like people Turning into animals in our movie's

21:50 I don’t think it’s that. Up to this point Fergus has been her biggest advocate while her mother believed in magic which is something he was dismissive of. Now the situations are completely revered. In any other instance, he’d be in her corner but because Merida needs to convince her father that a dangerous animal that already attacked his daughter is his polymorphed wife, he’s obviously not going to listen to her.

It's funny how this Pixar film feels like a Disney film and Wreck it Ralph (which came out the same year) felt more like a Pixar film by Disney

Why do i feel like a Pixar writer had a sick fetish for Bears?

While watching this film, I remember thinking to myself one of my favorite Confused Matthew quotes... "Dear God, stop bitching at one another! Save it for family group counseling, but spare me!"

10:23 I'll be sh*tting on my own hand. The fwhat?

I am glad you looked at this one! It was quite popular back in 2012 and I do remember the general climate in Scotland being one of excitement that it looked like we were finally getting some good representation for our culture that wasn't Braveheart (can't speak for everyone here but no one I know is a fan) and I went to see it with my family and honestly I was amazed at how beautiful it looked, how exciting I found the opening, how I had no idea where the plot was going but had to keep watching because why a bear, what's the connection? And I adored Merida, just her personality, temperment and general interests were like me and so many other girls I knew growing up. I loved the vocal performances, Billy Connolly especially and I loved that it focused on a mother-daughter relationship. It's so fascinating looking back now because while yes, the film does have problems from a production stand point and the humour, while tbf was quite Scottish in spirit, isn't for everyone I always feel the need to defend it. Maybe because Scottish representation has gone everywhere from made-from-love stereotypes to downright insulting that I like that Brenda Chapman and the people at Pixar were interested enough to come here and learn about my culture (even if it's not set in my region.) I love that they included the music of Julie Fowlis, a Gaelic folk singer and I can't thank them enough for making young MacGuffin speak Doric, a dialect of Scots that is native to my region and that I heard every day growing up (I know to non-Scots and even other Scots it sounds bizarre but you pick up quickly that "ken" means know and "Fit like?" means How are you?) Anyway, my cinema errupted into laughter at that scene. I think some of the humour that's underrated are when they climb onto the roof of the castle and you have wee lines like "Ooh I can see mah hoose fae here!" Maybe on some level I'm jealous of other beautiful Disney and Pixar works like Coco and Moana where they get praised for their portrayals of another culture and find it unfair that Brave doesn't get the same ammount of recognition. No one has to like the film but I think Americans making an effort to learn about any culture different from their own, whether the people from the culture look/speak like them or not does deserve at least a nod of respect for trying. I will agree that the bear thing is quite strange because we haven't had bears here for a veeeeery long time and there will be some inaccuracies like corsets and kilts not being a thing in 10th century Scotland (nor are all corsets inherently oppressive to women but that's a whole other discussion.) I will disagree that it was copying Brother Bear. Yes it's weird thag there are two films in Disney canon where that happens to someone but animal transformation is common in Celtic Mythology, lots of mythologies actually. Every time I see the movie mentioned negatively something in me feels strange, not in a defensive way particularly, just in a "Hm, well I quite liked it. It's not a masterpiece but I liked it" kind of way. I always get nervous when I hear people talk about us but don't want to turn into a stereotypical nationalist who can't take a joke at their country's expense. I don't mind a good comedic rib. But it was odd that apparently when the film was released in the US some theatres considered adding subtitles...the film is in English. Quite clearly English. Believe me, there are way stronger Scottish dialects than the kinds the character's speak. Then when they interviewed movie goers about what they know about Scotland, they replied with "kilts" "the Irish" and "our Irish cousins." I would have hoped by now people know we're two different countries who happen to share some similarities, like a lot of Europe. Or we're always mocked for our accents, by people who think they sound less intelligent and agressive and backwards. I don't mind so much the people who try and replicate them honestly or do some gentle ribbing like in this review but I've heard and seen those mocking our manner of speaking atrociously and calling us "jocks," which isn't a majorly offensive slur but can be used as a pejorative. Then when we go abroad people ask how we speak English so well despite it being most people's first language here, the whole political climate during 2014 was divided and stressful and we in Britain have a conservative parliament that to put in US terms is like the British GOP and many of us feel condescended to and our concerns not taken seriously by them. (That's enough politics for a RU-vid comment.) Maybe it's I've gotten older and listened to my parent's/grandparent's generation talk I've learned to appreciate my culture and history a bit more because when I was a child it felt like I wanted little to do with it compared to now. We were always taught "speak properly!" by schools who while they taught us to be proud of our heritage sometimes felt as if they would rather see our tongue disappear and not just Scottisms, if you used an Americanism around some of my English teachers they'd gawk at you. 😂 I think I'd be interested if Brenda Chapman wanted to pick this project up again, maybe develop a sequel or a short series to explore more of Scotland's legends. Like Doug said, it felt more Grimm's fairytales than Scottish folklore and believe me, our folklore is diverse, fun and scary all at once. There's a skinless creature called the Nucklavee who wanders the Highlands, the Blue Men of Minch who drown sailors at sea, the wulvers, friendly werewolf-headed men who leave fish on the windowsills of poor families in the Shetland Isles, evil carlins (witches) and animal spirits like the cat-sìth and our national animal is the unicorn. I feel like that would be amazing to include in a Pixar production. Someday I hope to write my own stories set in Scotland and bring some more of the unknowm parts of our culture and folklore to the world. Cheers for reading if you're still fucking here 🤣

So this is what William Wallace died for?

19:26 Legit, this terrified me in the theaters. The idea of cursing one of my parents to the point that they loose their minds and souls?! Like, HOLY F*CKING SHIT THAT’S DARK!

I've never understood the Brave hate, it's genuinely one of my favourite disney movies unironincally

I enjoyed this movie. I thought it was a decent Pixar movie, but can sometimes feel like DreamWorks movie at one time, but still good Pixar movie. I'm so curious if he's gonna do Toy Story nostalgia critic episodes because if he did Brave, why not do the most popular Pixar franchise. The opening is hilarious with you guys on the head of the oscars for Disney/Pixar.

I still really like this film. It's one of my favorites from Pixar.

I remember seeing this in theatres and being extremely disappointed when it was releveled that the mom turns into a bear. Became very predictable.

Merida: Do-Do-Doodood-doot-dooodoo! Pinnochio: Eee-skeedee-skeedee-skedee! YOU MISSED THE POINT THAT SHE WAS AHEAD OF HER TIME WITH NON-DISNEY MOVIES TOO!