Response Essay : Movie 'brave'

movie trailer

Last Friday, we saw a movie called 'Brave'. This movie is a 2012 animated film produced by Disney. It is very touching and tells us a valuable lesson: choosing our own fates and realizing the importance of our loved ones.

Merida

Like any other Disney movie, the main character Merida is a princess.. Her mother keeps expecting her to be perfect, like her, and to be a successful leader later on. But Merida is hopelessly drawn to archery, which is out of her mother's topic of being perfect. As her mother keep on forcing her to marry a disagreed marriage, she gets frustrated and runs off to the forest, Merida's favorite place to play and explore on. As she wonders on the forest, she lands on the grounds

                              merida trying out archery

covered with tall rocks, and finds a willow of the wasps, believed to lead people to their fates. As the wasps lead Merida to a witch's house, and she offers the witch to buy all of her products and gets a spell, which turns her mother in to a bear. As the two daughter and mother strangles to find a solution, they realize what is really important, love and freedom of fate.

  In this movie, you can often she Melinda and her mom fighting- a lot. I think her mom shouldn't force Merida so much related to her future. Merida wasn't so satisfied with her being perfect, and her mom is keep forcing her and giving her pressure, ignoring the fact that Melinda likes archery better. I think that her mom doesn't even have rights to chose Merida's own fate. Every person should have the freedom to live their own lives with happiness. And following what you like is exactly the part of happiness. But I guess Merida also is responsible because she did not try to discuss the issue with her mom. What they really should have is understanding each other. Even adults should listen from their children. Only if they had listened to each other!

will- o- of the wasp

and Merida

   My second response to the movie is about Merida's rather selfish attitudes towards others. I'm not saying she should ignore her opinion's toward her mother was wrong. Even though Merida was angry, she shouldn't have lied to her mother and acted naughtily. She should have sat down with her mother,  calmly discussing without violence, not ripping the travesty off. Even if she was angry, that kind of behavior is unacceptable for healthy relationship with her mom. Or, chaos will happen, and it did.

lessons indeed!

  But the movie taught us a lot of lessons. Te first lesson was managing your anger. Because Merida couldn't, her mother almost turned into a BEAR. This shows that we should be careful of what we wish for, and try to manage the anger you and main .
The second lesson was about choosing your own fate, even if you become successful,
you wouldn't be happy. Like Merida, you should choose your own fate and future, while of course taking the responsibility for it.

 The third, love. In the movie, Merida doesn't understand her mother, but when her mother turns into a bear, comes to understands her mother's love, hope, and thanks towards her. As in the movie, we should realize the love around us and be thankful for it.

  'Brave' was a very touching story and taught me a lot of lessons. I think the movie had a great structure too. It was a nice move!