tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post8042965770716912018..comments2024-01-31T18:37:07.424+00:00Comments on The Agitation of the Mind: BraveNeil Fulwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14686296295535235988noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post-20886772280771316432012-08-23T19:55:20.272+01:002012-08-23T19:55:20.272+01:00Thanks for commenting, Tim. The schism between the...Thanks for commenting, Tim. The schism between the pratfall comedy (much of which I didn't find all that funny; there are only so many things a character newly transmogrified into a bear can bump into) and what survives of the emotional core of Chapman's intended movie never reconciles and 'Brave', as a result, just doesn't quite gel as a movie.Neil Fulwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14686296295535235988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post-90344387529526109202012-08-22T19:48:30.848+01:002012-08-22T19:48:30.848+01:00In the two months since I've seen it, I've...In the two months since I've seen it, I've grown increasingly certain that the issue is that the idea of a mother-daughter bonding movie was emotionally incomprehensible to the Pixar boys, and the shift that happened when Andrews took over directing from Chapman was largely a matter of welding on action/adventure and broad comedy into a much more serious and personal movie that still bleeds through every now and then. Still a movie I enjoy, but it's just so damn insubstantial as everything but a pretty scenery machine.<br /><br />In other words: I agree with all the things you say.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.com