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The stones are in a circle on a big, exposed cliff with the sky as their backdrop - it's very striking. On both trips it was really hard to get any of the artists back on the bus! Merida spends much of her time in Brave travelling through landscapes heavily indebted to the Highlands on her horse Angus. Much of these fantastical, fictional climes were inspired by the filmmakers' trip to Glen Affric. With one of the largest Caledonian pinewoods, combined with impressive mountains, moorlands, heather-strewn hills and moss-covered land, the stunning glen, only 15 miles from Loch Ness, proved the perfect site to experience a slice of authentic Scottish wilderness.

The visit to Scotland also influenced the creation of the film's formidable demon bear Mor'du. The story of Mor'du was inspired by the stories we heard while we were there. Not only does Brave draw on Scotland's landscapes and history for inspiration, it's mesmerising soundtrack scored by South Lanarkshire-born composer Patrick Doyle also evokes the sounds of the country, with bagpipes, fiddles, flutes, Celtic harps and Gaelic psalm singing all featuring.

Visit advice page. Calanais Standing Stones, Lewis. Thankfully, there are pictures. This became the inspiration for the epic scene where Fergus pretends to be Merida while Queen Elinor practices her lecture. Merida definitely defies stereotypes, and we love her for it. The voice actor was given his lines in plain English, and called his mother before recording so she could help translate them into Doric.

Brave proves over and over that moms are the best. The directors scrapped that shot because when Elinor started sprouting hair, they feared audiences might think she was turning into Fergus and what a different movie that would be. Merida is five feet four inches tall, and Bear-Elinor is nine feet tall when standing.

Their height difference created such a challenge for animators that sometimes they sunk Elinor into the floor a bit in order to fit both characters in the same shot. The script originally called for the triplets to distract Fergus by projecting a shadow on the wall using a bear puppet. The writers changed the puppet to a chicken on a stick because they thought it was funnier we agree.

After she and her mother absorb what has happened, they begin to work together and grow closer than ever, even though the queen cannot speak.

There is a tricky complication. King Fergus Billy Connolly had his leg bitten off by a bear in the prologue , and has been indisposed toward them ever since. Unsurprisingly, when he sees his wife as a bear, he fails to recognize her. And so on. This is a great-looking movie, much enlivened by the inspiration of giving Merida three small brothers, little redheaded triplets.

The Scottish Highlands are thrillingly painted in astonishing detail, and some action shows Merida's archery more than equal in assorted emergencies. Elinor is a good sport, under the circumstances. But Merida is far from being a typical fairy-tale princess. Having flatly rejected the three suitors proposed by her family, she is apparently prepared to go through life quite happily without a husband, and we can imagine her in later years, a weathered and indomitable Amazon queen, sort of a Boudica for the Scots.

Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from until his death in In , he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. Rated PG for some scary action and rude humor. Kelly MacDonald as Merida.