Brave

Brave

Brave is a 2012 American 3D computer-animated fantasy adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. Set in the highlands of 10th century Scotland, a rebellious princess named Merida, in hopes of changing her fate, inadvertently unleashes an ancient curse, and is forced to undo the spell and save her kingdom before its too late.

Director(s): Mark Andrews
Production: Walt Disney Pictures
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 18 wins & 48 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
79%
PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Year:
2012
93
$237,282,182
Website
7,466 Views

King Fergus:
Pretend I'm Merida, speak to me. What would you say?

Queen Elinor:
I can't do this!

King Fergus:
Sure you can! [Elinor gives him a skeptical look] There, there! That's my queen! All right, here we go. [takes a deep breath and speaks in a shrilly voice, impersonating Merida] "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!"

[Fergus smiles and nods. Elinor smiles and takes a deep breath.]

Queen Elinor:
Merida, all this work, all the time spent preparing you, schooling you, giving you everything we never had. I ask you, what do you expect us to do?

Princess Merida:
[in the royal stables; taking care of Angus and rehearsing her own speech] Call off the gathering! Would that kill them? You're the queen. You can just tell the lords, "The princess is not ready for this. In fact, she might not ever be ready for this, so that's that. Good day to you. We'll expect your declarations of war in the morning."

Queen Elinor:
I understand this must all seem unfair. Even I had reservations when I faced betrothal. [Fergus looks up in surprise] But we can't just run away from who we are.

Princess Merida:
I don't want my life to be over. I want my freedom!

Queen Elinor:
But are you willing to pay the price your freedom will cost?

Princess Merida:
I'm not doing any of this to hurt you.

Queen Elinor:
If you could just try to see what I do, I do out of love.

Princess Merida:
But it's my life, it's... I'm just not ready.

Queen Elinor:
I think you'd see, if you could just...

Princess Merida:
I think I could make you understand if you would just...

Queen Elinor:
Listen.

Princess Merida:
Listen. [Angus whinnies at her] I swear, Angus, this isn't going to happen. [Angus touches her sympathetically and she pets him] Not if I have any say in it.

[After Merida's actions at the clan gathering, Elinor drags and throws Merida into the tapestry room]

Queen Elinor:
Michty me! I've just about had enough of you, lass!

Princess Merida:
You're the one that wants me to...!

Queen Elinor:
You embarrassed them! You embarrassed me!

Princess Merida:
I followed the rules!

Queen Elinor:
You don't know what you've done!

Princess Merida:
I just don't care how...

Queen Elinor:
There'll be fire and sword if it's not set right.

Princess Merida:
Just listen!

Queen Elinor:
I AM THE QUEEN! You listen to me!

Princess Merida:
OCH! This is so unfair!

Queen Elinor:
Huh! Unfair?!

Princess Merida:
[grabs a sword and swings it around angrily] You were never there for me! This whole marriage is what you want! Do you ever bother to ask what I want? No! You walk around telling me what to do, what not to do! Trying to make me be like you! Well, I'm not going to be like you!

Queen Elinor:
Och! You're acting like a child!

Princess Merida:
And you're a beast! [points her sword at the family tapestry that Elinor had been working on] That's what you are!

Queen Elinor:
[gasps] Merida!

Princess Merida:
[sticks the tip of her sword into the tapestry] I'll never be like you!

Queen Elinor:
No! Stop that!

Princess Merida:
I'd rather DIE than be like you!

[Suddenly, Merida slashes the tapestry, a line between the images of Elinor and herself. Elinor gasps in shock; Merida just stares at her angrily. Furious at what Merida has just done, Elinor marches up to her, whose angry face now gives a frightened pout]

Queen Elinor:
Merida, you are a princess! [takes the sword from Merida and tosses it aside; grabs Merida's bow] I expect you to act like one! [She throws Merida's bow into the fire. Shocked at her mother, Merida runs out of the room in tears] Merida! Merida! [immediately realizes what she's done and pulls the bow out of the fire; however, it is already ruined] Oh, no! What have I done? [weeps]

[Merida and Bear Elinor reach the witch's cottage]

Merida:
I can't believe it. I found it. [excitedly opens the door, only to find the cottage completely empty with only the cauldron still in the middle; confused] No. She was here. [closes the door; to Bear Elinor] No, really, she was just here. [Bear Elinor whines] Oh, wait. [snaps her fingers then opens the door again, but finds it the same as before] No. [bangs the door shut. Tries again several times, but to no avail] No, no. No! No! [steps in the door and accidentally trips a wire, starting a Rube Goldberg machine that eventually shoots a knife, nearly killing Merida. The cauldron begins to bubble and glow green. Merida and Bear Elinor walk over. A ghostly image of the witch appears above the cauldron]

Witch:
Welcome to the Crafty Carver, home of bear-themed carvings and novelties. I am completely out of stock at this time. But, if you'd like to inquire about portraits or wedding cake toppers, pour vial one into the cauldron. If you'd like the menu in Gaelic, vial two. If you're that red-haired lass, vial three. To speak with a live homunculus-- [Merida quickly grabs the third vial, pops it open and pours its contents into the cauldron] Princess! I'm off to the Wickerman Festival in Stornoway and won't be back till spring. There's one bit I forgot to tell you about the spell. By the second sunrise, your spell will become permanent, [Merida gasps] unless you remember these words: [turns red] "Fate be changed, look inside, mend the bond torn by pride." [turns back to green]

Merida:
[confused] "Fate be changed?" "Mend the bond?" What does that mean?

Witch:
One more time. [turns red again] "Fate be changed, look inside, mend the bond torn by pride." [turns back to green again; cheerfully] That's it! Tah-tah! Oh, and thank you for shopping at the Crafty Carver! [disappears]

Merida:
[panicking] No. No! Where'd you go? [pours another vial into the cauldron]

Witch:
[suddenly reappears] Welcome to the Crafty Carver...

Merida:
[horrified] What?

Witch:
...for all your-- [Merida pours in another vial, causing the speech to overlap]

Merida:
Maybe there's a book of spells. [to Bear Elinor] Look around. We'll need more vials. [proceeds to frantically dump in the last two vials]

Witch:
I'm off to the Wickerman Festival in Stornoway, and-- [all of the messages begin talking over one another. Merida and Bear Elinor brace for impact] Thank you for visiting. Have a lovely day! [the cauldron explodes, tearing apart the cottage]


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