But what an achievement: Pixar delves more deeply into human relations while creating a lush, organic world.įor Brave, Pixar overhauled its animation program, creating Presto (named in honor of the 2008 short). Even Chapman agrees her story was way too complicated. For his part, Andrews credits Chapman with providing a great mother-daughter relationship, but suggests she couldn't see the forest through the trees, so he pared it down. It's a bit like Freaky Friday only darker and much more ambitious.Īlas, Chapman butted heads with the Pixar brain trust after six-and-a-half years and was replaced by Mark Andrews, though she still retains director credit. And then the story gets very Grimm with a magical twist. But it's certainly fun watching Queen Elinor (voiced by Emma Thompson) and Princess Merida (voiced by Kelly MacDonald) butt heads.
They just happen to be royalty, which raises the stakes with an entire kingdom in the balance. Inspired by Brenda Chapman's own tempestuous relationship with her teenage daughter, she wanted to turn the princess story on its head with a dose of modern reality. Yes, Brave is Pixar's first "chick flick": a mother-daughter test of wills set in medieval Scotland. Watch clips and special featurettes from Brave on AWNtv!
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