Merida - Legend of the Highlands

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Movie
German title Merida - Legend of the Highlands
Original title Brave
Merida logo.png
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2012
length 94 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
JMK 6
Rod
Director Steve Purcell ,
Mark Andrews ,
Brenda Chapman
script Mark Andrews,
Steve Purcell,
Brenda Chapman,
Irene Mecchi
production Katherine Sarafian
music Patrick Doyle
cut Nicholas C. Smith
synchronization

Merida - Legend of the Highlands (Original title: Brave ) is an American animated film that was released in 2012 . It is the 13th full-length animated film from Pixar and its first with a female person in the lead role. The computer-animated fantasy adventure film was released in the Disney Digital 3-D format . Brenda Chapman and Irene Mecchi wrote the script and Brenda Chapman and Mark Andrews directed the film .

action

Merida is the boisterous daughter of Queen Elinor and King Fergus and a talented archer. Determined to find her own way in life, Merida defies ancient sacred customs. Inadvertently, she unleashes chaos and anger in the kingdom.

Merida especially suffers from the severity of her mother, who demands that she behave appropriately for a princess, while Merida prefers to ride her horse Angus through the woods, climb and practice archery on her "day off". When it is revealed to her that she is to marry one of the sons of three allied clans, she is appalled at the impending loss of her freedom. Merida is allowed to choose in which discipline the firstborn should fight for their hand and decides to go archery. After the dumbest of the three applicants fired the best shot, she announced that she wanted to fight for her own hand as the firstborn of her clan and mastered all three targets. The clans are outraged by this behavior; there is an argument with her mother, and Merida flees into the forest on Angus. There her will-o'-the-wisps show her the way to a witch, and she asks her for a spell that changes her mother. The cake that Merida then receives and finally gives her mother Elinor to eat quickly makes her feel unwell, and Merida takes her mother to her bedroom, past the quarreling clans in the throne room. There it turns into a big bear. Since King Fergus, also known as the “ Bear King”, lost his leg to a bear called Mor'du , whose head is armored and his back is studded with the guns of former warriors, it is certain that he will kill any bear in an instant . Merida escapes from the castle with her mother, supported by her three little brothers who distract the clans.

In the forest, Merida and her mother find the witch's house again, but the witch is not there. However, she left a message that the transformation would be final at the second sunrise. To help them, they are told to “re-tie the ribbon”. As a result, will- o'- the- wisps lead them to a ruined castle where Mor'du lives. He was previously human and had also enlisted the services of the witch to obtain "the strength of ten men" after his father divided the kingdom between him and his three brothers. Merida and her mother narrowly escape the angry bear.

Merida relates the witch's saying to the tapestry that her mother had provided with a family portrait and that Merida cut up in an argument with her. Both return to the castle to repair the tapestry. In order to get past the clans in the throne room, Merida gives a speech in which she actually wanted to say that she conforms to the tradition. Mime prompted by her mother, but asks her to allow the younger generation to follow their hearts. The three firstborns agree, ending the dispute between the four groups that escalated in their absence.

King Fergus, who wants to tell his wife of this unexpected turn, finds the queen's bedchamber devastated after her transformation. He then surprises Merida and her mother bear when they try to repair the tapestry; However, the queen no longer has her behavior under constant control, and so another spontaneous bear hunt takes place in the castle with the participation of all clans. Merida takes the carpet and the triplets, who have meanwhile eaten the rest of the witch's cake and turned into bear cubs, and rides after the hunt. She can only barely prevent her father from killing her mother. Then Mor'du enters the scene and attacks Merida, who is now rescued by her mother; here Mor'du is slain by a falling menhir . In the next moment the second morning breaks; Despite the tapestry mended during the ride, her mother remains a bear. Merida bursts into tears and demands her mother back. Only then does the magic break, and her mother and the three brothers transform themselves back into people.

The departure of the three clans is shown at the end; they are satisfied with the outcome, although Merida was not engaged. She and her mother are now riding out together.

Film music

The soundtrack comes mainly from Patrick Doyle and Julie Fowlis . In addition, Birdy and Emma Thompson each contributed a song.

  • Julie Fowlis: Touch the Sky
  • Julie Fowlis: Into the Open Air
  • Birdy feat. Mumford & Sons : Learn Me Right
  • Emma Thompson: Noble Maiden Fair (A Mhaighdean Bhan Uasal)
  • Patrick Doyle:
    • Fate and Destiny
    • The Games
    • I am Merida
    • Remember to smile
    • Merida Rides Away
    • The Witch's Cottage
    • Song of Mor'Du
    • Through the Castle
    • Legends Are Lessons
    • Show us the way
    • Mum Goes Wild
    • In Her Heart
    • Not Now!
    • Get the key
    • We've Both Changed
    • Merida's Home

production

In April 2008, Pixar announced that it would produce a film called The Bear and the Bow ; the working title was later renamed Brave . Like the animation, the content should be more profound than previous Pixar publications. The producer Brenda Chapman described the film as a fairy tale in the tradition of Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm .

The release of the film in North America was originally planned for June 15, 2012, but it was postponed to June 22, 2012. In Germany the film was released on August 2, 2012.

This is the first film produced in Dolby Atmos .

Trivia

  • In May 2013, Merida was officially promoted to the eleventh Disney princess. The associated new look was judged controversially.
  • Dunnottar Castle near Stonehaven in Scotland was the model for the castle in the film.
  • One of the works the witch Merida wants to sell is a copy of the painting The Creation of Adam .

synchronization

The film was dubbed by Film- & Fernseh-Synchron Berlin / Munich, the dialogue book was written by Katrin Fröhlich , who also directed the dialogue . A German translation of the songs - with the exception of Song of Mor'du - was not made.

role Original speaker German speaker
Merida Kelly Macdonald Nora Tschirner
Fergus Billy Connolly Bernd Rumpf
Elinor Emma Thompson Monica Bielenstein
The witch Julie Walters Marianne Gross
Lord Dingwall Robbie Coltrane Hartmut Neugebauer
Lord MacGuffin Kevin McKidd Tilo Schmitz
Lord Macintosh Craig Ferguson Arne Elsholtz
Maudie Sally Kinghorn Sabine Walkenbach
Eilidh Fraser
Young Merida Peigi Barker Lucy Fandrych
Young Macintosh Steven Cree Rainer Fritzsche
Young MacGuffin Kevin McKidd Daniel Zillmann
The Raven Steve Purcell Axel Malzacher
Wee Dingwall Callum O'Neill Roland Wolf
Gordon John Ratzenberger Axel Lutter
Martin Patrick Doyle Sven Gerhardt

German language criticism

For Spiegel Online , Merida - Legend of the Highlands is a "gorgeous film that borrows from both the horror stories of the Grimm brothers and the tricky fables of Hans-Christian Andersen."

In addition to the soundtrack and the synchronization in the original, the film service praises the aesthetic implementation of the animation: “The CGI images are elegant and rich in detail […] The 3D effects are used sparingly and with restraint, the wild beauty of Scotland with its dark forests and The rugged mountains were created with bold colors. ”Compared to previous Pixar films, however,“ weirdness or originality ”is missing.

Andrea Seitz emphasizes the high quality of the animation on kinofenster.de as a “feast for the eyes”, especially with regard to the “natural-looking environment” and details such as “fog in different consistencies, wind in hair of various structures, textures of all fabrics Art, complicated and rapid movements of humans and animals […] ”. Although the story is set in the Scottish High Middle Ages , the author sees “contemporary topics such as arranged marriage, women’s right to self-determination, abandonment of family tradition, conflict with parental authority” successfully dealt with in the context of legends and fairy tales.

Due to the female main character, the themes and the fairytale-like context, some critics also refer to Disney films such as Mulan , Rapunzel - Newly spoiled or Pocahontas . In this context, Thomas Hunziker from filmsprung.ch points to the use of all-too-well-known Disney motifs, conflicts and figure constellations, which in his opinion do not testify to the previous Pixar qualities such as “irrepressible ingenuity and charming atmosphere”.

Joachim Kurz sums it up on kino-zeit.de : “The bottom line is that the conclusion about Merida - Legend of the Highlands is ambivalent: In terms of the quality of the animations and the sophistication of the figure drawings, the new Pixar strip is a real hit. But the story in particular does not manage to tie in with the charm, humor and depth of Ratatouille . ”And the Tagesspiegel also thinks that Merida is“ a beautiful, well-worth seeing film with plenty of speed, wit and brilliant animation in virtuoso 3D -Technology. For a work by the Pixar company, however, the story told here is surprisingly discouraging. Above all, the rather ordinary last third just doesn't fit the promising beginning of the film. "

The German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) awarded the film the title “particularly valuable”.

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Merida - Legend of the Highlands . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2012 (PDF; test number: 133 441 K).
  2. ↑ Age rating for Merida - Legend of the Highlands . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ Merida website at disney.de ( Memento from May 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 17, 2012
  4. ↑ John Young: Pixar's 'Brave': First Look art - EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS . In: Entertainment Weekly . March 28, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
  5. ↑ Michelle Nichols: Disney previews 10 new animated movies, most 3-D . In: Reuters , April 8, 2008. Retrieved November 19, 2011. 
  6. ↑ Eric Vespe: Quint discusses the Pixar half of the Disney Animation Presentation! UP! WALL-E! TOY STORY 3! NEWT! THE BEAR & THE BOW! . In: Ain't It Cool News , April 9, 2008. 
  7. ↑ Brent Lang: Disney Changes Release Date for 'The Brave' . In: TheWrap.com . March 16, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
  8. ^ Pixar's Brave to debut new Dolby Atmos sound system , BBC News. April 25, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2013. 
  9. ↑ [1] (English)
  10. ↑ http://www.schottlandberater.de/artikel/weltwunder-nr8-dunnottar-castle.html
  11. ↑ Merida - Legend of the Highlands. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous file , accessed on August 12, 2012 .
  12. ↑ Nina Rehfeld: I am a princess, space there! In: Spiegel Online , July 31, 2012, accessed August 10, 2012
  13. ↑ a b Michael Ranze: Merida - Legende der Highlands In: Filmdienst , 16/2012, accessed on August 10, 2012 (subject to registration)
  14. ↑ Alexandra Seitz: Merida - Legend of the Highlands - Film of the Month July 2012 In: kinofenster.de . Federal Agency for Civic Education and Vision Cinema , July 10, 2012, accessed on August 10, 2012
  15. ^ A b Thomas Hunziker: “Brave” by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman In: filmsprung.ch , July 29, 2012, accessed on August 10, 2012
  16. ↑ Joachim Kurz: Princess Against Will In: kino-zeit.de , accessed on August 10, 2012
  17. ↑ Sebastian Handke: Princess with bow and arrow In: Der Tagesspiegel , August 2, 2012, accessed on August 10, 2012
  18. ↑ Merida - Legende der Highlands In: Deutsche Film- und Medienprüfung (FBW) , accessed on August 10, 2012