Top 10: Best Disney movies reviewed by Film Excess to date

 

1. Finding Nemo (2003) - Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich

2. Star Wars: The Last Jedi/Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017) - Rian Johnson

3. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) - Andrew Adamson

4. The Little Mermaid (1989) - Ron Clements, John Musker

5. Brave (2012) - Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell

6. Fantasia (1940) - Walt Disney + 12 directors

7. Saving Mr. Banks (2013) - John Lee Hancock

8. Toy Story 3 (2010) - Lee Unkrich

9. The Jungle Book (2016) - Jon Favreau  

10. Finding Dory (2016) - Angus MacLane, Andrew Stanton

Other great Disney movies reviewed by Film Excess to date (in alphabetical order):

Bolt (2008) - Byron Howard, Chris Williams 
Zootopia (2016) - Jared Bush, Rich Moore 

Other good, recommendable Disney movies reviewed by Film Excess to date (in alphabetical order):

Alice in Wonderland (2010) - Tim Burton
Black Panther (2018) - Ryan Coogler 
Freaky Friday (2003) - Mark Waters 
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) - James Gunn 
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) - Sam Raimi 
Thor: Ragnarok (2017) - Taika Waititi 
Tron: Legacy (2010) - Joseph Kosinski 

Mediocre, poor and/or failed Disney movies reviewed by Film Excess to date (in alphabetical order):

Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) - James Bobin
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) - Joss Whedon
Pete's Dragon (2016) - David Lowery

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) - Mike Newell
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) - Gareth Edwards 
Wreck-It Ralph (2012) - Rich Moore

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Brave (2012) - Stunningly animated, vivid Scottish family fairytale

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+ Best Family Movie of the Year

Vibrant animation and colors on the poster for Steve Purcell, Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman's Brave

In Scotland, the wild, red-haired princess is courted and should get married, her mother the queen thinks. Personal choice shouldn't enter into it. But the princess thinks otherwise and looks out a witch to help her ...

Brave is a fantastic film. The sheer beauty of its animation moves you, and it is probably the most accomplished that we have yet seen in any animation movie. The amount of people who have had to worked for years on the princess' hair for instance can seem perverse, but the result is truly staggering.
Brave also features a lovely fairytale-like family plot and great music from Scottish composer Patrick Doyle (Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)).
The title bravery doesn't really come into verbal expression in the film, making its implication somewhat vague, and Brave is also a little short, (its credits begin after approximately 82 minutes.)
But it is still an immoderately funny, beautiful and delightful film.
It is directed by Brenda Chapman (The Prince of Egypt (1998)), - who also came up with the story and is the first female Pixar director, although her directing the film alone was altered due to 'creative differences', - Mark Andrews (Violet (2007), short) and Steve Purcell (Cars (2006), additional screenplay writer). 

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Watch the trailer here

Cost: 185 mil. $
Box office: 539 mil. $
= Box office success
[Brave also won the Best Animated Film Oscar as well as the Golden Globe and BAFTA equivalent and was a critical and commercial hit worldwide, although two clearly lesser worthy animated films beat it commercially that year: Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (746.9 mil. $) and Ice Age: Continental Drift (875.3 mil. $).]

What do you think of Brave?