Brave

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Trailer's here!

Meh, looks alright.

-gasp!-

AAAAAAAAAH WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE POSTED WHEN I'M AT WORK!? I'LL HAVE TO WAIT TIL I GET HOME! NOOOOOO!!!!

God, her hair. I swear it gets more and more impressive.

The bear cub-ified triplets are BEYOND adorable.

Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

So the curse affects more people than just the mother? Interesting.

Visually, I don't really think it looks like a Pixar film. More like Tangled, really. Not that I don't like how it looks. Can't wait for more sneak peeks.

I'm hoping Patrick Doyle doesn't channel Zimmer the way he did with Thor. John Powell has been influencing him a little too much lately.

That's a nice trailer. Before this I was unsure of what to think about Merida's character design, but seeing more of her in action in the trailer made me warm up to her. It'll be interesting to see how the plot unfolds and what surprises the story will have in store for us.

As for Doyle, I was pleasantly pleased by how he used the Remote Control Studios sound to showcase his compositional abilities and mannerisms in Thor. There's some clever and delightfully writing in Thor's score beneath all those RCS pulses, and I was happy to hear Doyle's own character shine through. The score wasn't Doyle's best, but it was decent enough for the film it accompanied. Instead of succumbing to dumbing down his music, he adapted his style to the current Zimmer-y formula and made it work for the most part.

As long as Doyle stays on the same path in Brave as he did in Quest for Camelot, I'll have nothing to worry about. He's proven himself to be a versatile composer with a knack for memorable themes, and I'm certain the film's story will inspire him to write a fine score.

A lot of film score buffs would beg to differ. The forum members at Film Score Monthly think either it or Rise of the Planet of the Apes is his worst score.

Yeah, I've noticed a lot of division among film score fans about those two scores. I guess it depends on one's views and tolerance of current "gimmicks" of scoring to an extent. I can understand some fans' feelings about Doyle selling himself to the RC altar, but to me it seems that he's actually doing the best he can in a given, somewhat harsh situation where a certain sound is expected from composers, and he adapts his style while still keeping the core of his compositions pure Doyle. In Filmtracks and Movie Music UK, for instance, many members really enjoy both scores, and even Clemmensen's reviews on Filmtracks have been quite positive and bring up a lot of interesting and valid points about Doyle's methodic take on the RC sound in both Thor and Rise.

I've yet to hear Rise of the Planet of the Apes, but if it has at least some of the conventional charm of Thor, I can't see it being a truly horrible score either (for reference, just compare Thor to something like the new Transformers and Conan scores, and there's a huge difference in quality for Doyle's favour). Although I'd personally probably fall somewhere between Clemmensen's and Broxton's views as far as the quality of music in Thor goes, one thing's clear: it takes a while for one to figure out the subtle intricacies of what's really cooking under Thor's seemingly mundane exterior. In essence the score seems deceptively simple but has more than meets the eye (and ear) when one listens to it closely. There's some clever writing in there, and it amazes me how Doyle both managed to use the RC sound and yet made it his own with enough complexities to satisfy his artistic cravings, and essentially gave a big middle finger to the Djawadis of the industry by showing how a true pro who knows what he's doing handles a scoring assignment.

I can't wait to hear what musical delights Brave will offer us. Animation often brings out the best in composers, and Doyle certainly proved himself with Quest for Camelot. If I hear more music of Doyle in the vein of the beautiful Quest, I'll be quite happy.

I thought Conan was an okay score but it could have been much worse (Tyler Bates is notable for completely ripping off Elliott Goldenthal's score to Titus for his score to 300). Still wish that Christopher Lennertz (a protege of Basil Poledouris who deserves more action projects) had been offered the job.

Back to Brave now.

Looks pretty average to me. Is that really the only story you can do with a female protagonist? I've already seen Mulan, and that at least had an interesting supporting cast.

This, maybe I was expecting something a little darker, but then again, is too early to tell, and Pixar knows how to make great thing out of of not-so-great-sounding concepts

Yeah I found it to be a little underwhelming too. This feels really different from what Pixar has done in the past, not that its a bad thing, but it seems like they're going for a different kind of approach.... although, I don't think I'm making sense. Maybe its just me.

The animation is absolutely friggin' amazing, though. I jaw dropped the moment I saw the mountains in the beginning. But we all know that's good.

Pixar has a way of underwhelming me with its trailers and then totally winning me over with the films themselves. It happened with both Ratatouille and UP. Right now I just feel like I need to know more about the characters and the story of Brave to care about it. But I have faith on Pixar.

This. You people are too negative. Pixar has never disappointed us. Their movies are always of consistent quality. Judging something based on little we've seen of it? Lighten up already.

BUT THEY MADE CARS 2 AND THATS THE WORST ANIMATED MOVIE EVER AND NOW THEY ARE TOTAL WHORES AND SELLOUTS AND ONLY CARE ABOUT MONEY BECAUSE THEY MADE ONE SUBPAR MOVY!!

But yeah, I agree with the underwhelming Pixar trailers of the past. Remember a little movie called Up that all of its trailers showed were the cute scenes of a cute little kid and a grumpy old man on an adventure, and just glossed over that little dead wife thing that fueled the whole movie?

What I did see in the trailer, I liked. Can't wait to see more.

I'm pretty excited about this movie, partly because I'm a sucker for Scottish culture and landscape.

Well that may or may not be directed towards me since "you guys" can be directed at many people, but I'm sorry if I came across as being negative. I keep in mind that their other trailers and teasers are underwhelming (the Incredibles teaser comes to mind, I thought it was so stupid, even as a 9 year old). I'm aware of Pixar's track record, it's not like I declared that the movie is going to be bad or anything, and I too have my faith in them.

The "not enough information" thing is exactly why I only the said my impression on the trailer, Although, to be fair, it seemed like they went for a more adventurous vibe with it, which might be what I thought was different about it.

edited 18th Nov '11 5:54:46 PM by HidingGames

New trailer, which is basically a full scene

Looks amazing! I cannot wait for this movie!

I want to play with her hair...

She split that arrow in TWAIN!!!!!! (Sorry, I had to reference Men in Tights... )