

Brave is also the first Pixar film with a female protagonist and Pixar's first film to have two credited directors. Chapman found the news of her replacement "devastating," but later stated that her "vision came through in the film" and that she remained "very proud of the movie, and that I ultimately stood up for myself." Chapman then stated in an interview in 2018 that while she was still bittersweet about being taken off the film and believed that there was no reason to do so creatively, she felt that it "opened more doors for me to have that happen". Chapman conceived the project and was announced as the film's director, making her Pixar's first female director, but in October 2010, she was replaced by Mark Andrews after creative disagreements between her and John Lasseter. She also drew inspiration from her relationship with her daughter. Writer and director Brenda Chapman considers it a fairy tale in the tradition of Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm. Pixar haven't gotten to the top of the tree by copying other films - they stand out from the crowd as well as perfectly entertaining both kids and adults alike.Announced in April 2008 as The Bear and the Bow, Brave is Pixar's first fairy tale. The film's underlying messages - be true to yourself, careful what you wish for, respect your elders, don't change yourself for others, etc - is essentially the same as the likes of Kung Fu Panda and How To Train Your Dragon. I have no doubt that Ms Chapman's vision was true but it feels a little derivative, especially compared to so many other animated movies of this nature. Kelly MacDonald then replaced her as the teenage princess, despite being in her mid thirties at the time.įor all the effort put into producing Brave, I fear that not enough was put into the story. Reece Witherspoon was originally announced as the voice of Merida but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. Once Upon A Time featured many of the classic Disney princesses as live-action characters, but how different did they appear from the animations By Laura.

The first Pixar film to have a female protagonist as well as the first Pixar character included in the Disney Princess line, somewhat controversially given the character's desire to not be a princess.Merida is constantly being interrupted before she can take a bite from an apple and one of the characters is called Lord MacIntosh, a reference to the Apple Mac computers. The film contains several references to Steve Jobs who died the year before.
