It also occurred to me that this is also a nice match.
Maybe the best "D&D" movie of the year isn't "D&D 3: Book of Vile Darkness" but "Brave".
It is certainly better than "Wrath of the Titans".
Oh, and given the stink it is causing in some circles I'll post this too:
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/06/does-it-matter-if-the-heroine-of-brave-is-gay/258979/#
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Not that it would take much to be better than the latest D&D flick...
Could this be an archetype from Campbell? Lovely images...
As for Merida's sexuality, I would tend to agree with the author of the linked article. It would have diminished the impact of / distracted from the plot's focus. Making it a non-issue and telling her story was powerful (and realistically) enough.
Hm ... that second "homage" has me wondering ...
And people still don't get that a woman doesn't have to be a "Sappho" to be an "Artemis."
I don't see Brave as being a D&D movie. To me D&D is based around groups, and I don't see this as applying.
A movie with a male character who doesn't express any preference wouldn't be surprising. There's lot's of those. But modern culture defines women by their sexuality. You can be a mother, a slut, a yearning virgin, an old maid, a lesbian, a business woman who's put romance on the back burner, etc. But in a lot of people's minds, if you haven't defined a woman's sexuality you haven't established the character.
I think that's balderdash. This isn't a movie about romance. This is a coming-of-age story. It's a story about family. It's a story about independance.
Personally, I get the impression that she's hetero, she just doesn't like the three choices offered.
Actually I thought she expressed an interest in the large Conan looking dude. He just liked his women older and rounder.
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