2/19/2023 0 Comments Brave 2 real movieHowever, the back-reaching concepts do not an epic story build. What could this movie have been with just the starting concepts? A truly brave Merida using her archery skills to defeat a villainous enemy released in a pandora’s box-style story would have been epic. Both sets of concepts are fascinating in their own right but neither set is fully developed. The back-reaching parts are the stone circle, the concept of falling rocks, the bear Mor’du, and accepting the status quo. The forward-building concepts include destiny, the imagery of the bow and arrow, the title, and the intent to change fate. One builds forward from the beginning while the other reaches back from the end and neither quite fits with the other. In the end they both come to understand one another by a kind of role reversal but is having two characters only half change satisfying? Perhaps we are supposed to be happy that they ‘met in the middle’. Merida’s mother retreats from maintaining the status quo with regards to Merida’s betrothal but never actually apologizes for controlling her daughter’s life. We don’t know who to root for. Merida only half changes as does her mother. Merida accepts responsibility for causing her mother to transform, but never apologizes for her earlier insubordination. Bottom line, they don’t help her win the final battle in any way and are therefore meaningless to the overall story (unlike another popular female protagonist). They are useful for catching fish for her mother’s breakfast but the pair could have foraged for berries just as well. Her excellent bow skills don’t help Merida in her first battle with the bear Mor’du. And Merida’s mother does throw Merida’s bow into the fire which triggers Merida to run away, but that is using it as a story talisman. Merida does get into trouble for winning an archery tournament a la Robin Hood style near the beginning.
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