DIRECTOR'S CUT: Therapist Reacts to BRAVE
Added 2022-09-21 04:00:49 +0000 UTCDo you ever feel like you're in a conversation but just talking right past each other? Merida and her mother frequently complain that the other just. won't. listen. At the start of the movie, their relationship is full of misunderstandings because they want to be understood, but don't try to understand.
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright dissect the mother-daughter relationship in Pixar's Brave - from the issues that plague their relationship at the start, to the ways they seek reconciliation throughout the film, and of course the incredible animation in this film. (You might also get to hear their attempts at a Scottish brogue.)
Comments
How funny is it that at minute 14, Jono basically came up with the lyrics for Meghan Trainor‘s „Mother“ because that came out a year later… or am I wrong about the facts?
Anna-Lea Blümel
2024-07-09 14:00:34 +0000 UTCWhen I get angry, it comes out of no where (sorta) and I become very aware of myself but still lack a Lot of control over myself. For example, I don't remember what "set me off" but I do remember inside my head, I'm telling myself "you're upset right, it's time to walk away" but I'm watching myself, almost like a passenger in my own body, walk towards a cabinet and I know I'm about to hit it, I know that isn't going to go well in anyway, especially since I'm not the fighter type at all, I'm in my head saying things like "that's not the way to my room!", "you know how this turns out, dont". Still I end up hitting the cabinet and the pain brings immediate control and I'm stood there with a throwing hand and annoyed that I won't listen to me in those moments. Even still, that was much better than when I was younger and didn't care at all.
Sirius Lee
2024-05-30 13:45:34 +0000 UTCI'm one of those people who get brighter/sharper when angry, like apparently Mrs Decker. It's long confused me that most people make poorly considered choices when angry. Like, when I torpedo a lifelong friendship with six words over a game of Monopoly it's not because I speak without thinking but because I feel the need to protest against their dishonest play. Carefully considered and deliberate choices can still be "bad" choices, obviously. I don't get angry often; I try to avoid it, the way I avoid loaded firearms. It's a frightening responsibility sometimes. Just some thoughts from the angerclarity perspective.
Amelie W
2023-11-29 15:55:35 +0000 UTC
