![]() Number Four: Exploitative of Scottish people. The male characters are important, if mostly good for a giggle, and there’s genuine warmth to Fergus at least. Forgive us if we’re not concerned that the men in this movie are not as integral to the story as Merida and Elinor are – because that’s all that’s happening. Number Three: The male characters are exclusively used for comic relief.įemale characters are typically used only for certain things, like love interests, prizes, goals, villains, temptresses, or simply as naked, dying, or dead bodies. ![]() And this is true no matter how privileged you are or how often you get days off. Her complaining about being forced into marriage and wanting her freedom is invalid because every once in a while she doesn’t have to be a princess, and also she’s privileged.īeing forced to get married is a good enough reason to do something rash, when you’ve tried arguing and you’re not being listened to. Number One: Merida shouldn’t complain/make selfish and irresponsible decisions. Let’s start by defending it against some of the more dubious complaints we’ve heard. We’d rather engage with the movie as it is than try to critique the movie it might have been. Erm, who is a sucker for behind-the-scenes stuff, watched everything she could find on the making of this movie and came away still none the wiser about what specifically went wrong, but that’s OK. ![]() It had trouble while it was in development with it’s director and writer, Brenda Chapman, fired in the middle of production for creative differences. But we can’t argue that the film doesn’t suffer from story problems. ![]()
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