Pixar's Brave

I finally went and saw Brave last night with my husband.

I liked it for the most part but I felt like the story fell short of what Pixar usually delivers. I didn't really feel very attached to the main character and couldn't really get into the story because I knew what was going to happen. I think that it could have been executed a bit better.
Before the movie we were treated with the usual previews. A lot of them were animated, such as "Wreak-it-Ralph" which I want to see and "Hotel Transylvania", "Ice Age: Continental drift" (shudder), and Finding Nemo in 3D. There was even "The Hobbit" trailer. However, the worst trailer was "Monsters University". Which I couldn't believe was real when I saw the article on Cartoon Brew. Pixar has taken a turn for the worst. Which is hard to swallow since I have looked up to them ever since I was little. Toy Story made me decide my career when I was eight years old. However, with every movie company there is a period where they just need to make money, with whatever they can. Like with Cars 2... Which was okay but it was predictable and I am not a fan of Mator as a character. There is going to be a new spin-off in the Cars universe called "Planes".
I am getting off topic here. Brave is a good movie for how simple and flat the story is. I liked the music even though I felt like there could have been more traditional Scottish music instead of pop-ish style songs but, it was no where near as bad as Tangled's songs. The textures are absolutely beautiful and the rendered environments are gorgeous. It felt a little uncanny valley because of how realistic it looked and it kinda took away from what was going on. The fabrics were unbelievably realistic looking. I could tell what materials the characters were wearing. It was pretty incredible all the depth and detail of the renders and environments. The movie was pretty awesome visually.

All and all it wasn't a that bad movie and I am glad that we saw it. I just hope Pixar has some better projects ahead after "Monsters U" and "Planes".