Reader Question Day #28 – all about “Brave”

I wasn’t going to do a Reader Question Day this week, but all of a sudden a bunch of questions about my one-sentence review of “Brave” popped up.

So, let’s get to it!

Marsheila Rockwell, author of the forthcoming Skein of Shadows, asks:

Okay, but did you LIKE it?

I didn’t dislike it. It was alright. But I suspect I am not the target market for a fairytale about a mother and her teenage daughter repairing the delicate fabric of their fragile relationship.

Manwe asks:

I assumed it was going to be a ‘girl power’ movie, so I was going to skip it. Was it?

Not really. It was pretty standard “spunky Disney princess” fare. The focus wasn’t on “girl power” so much as “mom and daughter fix their relationship.”

Lovecraftian horror?! Do tell!

In one scene, a husband almost murders his wife, because his wife has been transformed into a monster and he doesn’t recognize him. Which, know that I think about it, is more Brothers Grimm than Lovecraft, but still pretty horrific to contemplate.

-JM