I think I mentioned yesterday that I recently went to go see Madagascar 3. Well, yesterday I went to see Brave. Since I have nothing else to write about today, I thought about doing a few movie reviews!
First, Madagascar 3.
Like I said before, I love the Madagascar movies. I'm not sure if this was my favorite one, though. I think I would like it more the second time around because it takes a while to absorb. In case you aren't familiar with the Madagascar series, I will give you a quick overview. So basically, there are these 4 animals. The zebra, Marty, wants an adventure so he escapes the Central Park zoo. The other animals try to chase him and get him back. They get captured and shipped to Madagascar. In the second movie, the animals try to fly home on a plane previously built by the penguins, but it crashes in Africa and they meet their parents. In the third one, they try to fly home once again on a plane previously built by the penguins, but it crashes in Europe. The only way to get back home is to join a touring circus full of other animals. This movie was really funny, just like the others. I think the difference was that it was more action-packed and fast moving the entire time, making it seem really short, while the others had a more up and down plot with more depth. I think I will have to watch this one again to appreciate it more and really compare it to the other two. It was overall hilarious and very entertaining, though. It had the perfect ending, too!
Next, Brave.
My reactions were a bit mixed on this. It was a lot darker than the typical Disney/Pixar film, even a bit scary (especially for the regular Disney audience of kids.) It started out GREAT- it was funny, was really building up the action, and had a bit of suspense to it because of the forward right at the beginning of the movie. But then it took a really unexpected plot twist and the story completely changed. The movie is about a young girl living in Scotland who is the princess. Her mother wants her to act like a princess, but she is a total tomboy and would prefer to do archery and ride horses. She gets especially mad at her mother when her suitors from other kingdoms come. She has to determine who to marry by how they fight, and she can fight better than all of them. I thought this was going to have the same girl-power message of Disney's Mulan where she rebels against society and changes tradition, but when she casts a spell on her mother in hopes to change her opinions that has unexpected results, the story turns dark, suspenseful, and into a mother-daughter story. Overall, this DID have a good message and I actually liked the mysterious, eerie-ness of the story. I was just expecting the movie to carry out what I thought the story was building up, but it actually was building it off of the little forward at the very beginning. It was a pretty great movie, but not my favorite thing in the world. Once again, I would probably enjoy this more the second time I watch it because now I know how it all connects.
Have you seen either of these movies? What did you think?
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