The Legend of Mor'du

Having enjoyed the film Brave I was looking forward to seeing this supporting short, not sure what it would provide. This short focuses on the story of Mor'du, which is a story we already know from the main film since it is the tale that sits behind the path of Merida as a warning to her in the main film. Here we don't have more detail of this story but instead just longer spent telling it. The device of having this delivered by the Witch is reasonably nice as it allows for some humor, but mainly it is a straight telling.

The animation is not the full Pixar computer generated effects of Brave but a more stylish approach with rougher edges. I liked this as a look and felt this helped the short as a story being told – but I did have an issue with the story itself. I was hoping for it to do something I hadn't heard already but it never did, which made me wonder why it had been selected to be the supporting short that Pixar so often produce to accompany the DVD release of their film. There were many good characters in the main film which could have been used to make an interesting or funny short, so I'm not sure why they just repeated in this way.

It still has entertainment value and is well made, but it is covering ground the film did and feels disappointing and unnecessary as a result.

The Witch recounts the story of four prince brothers to Wee Dingwall. Their family had ruled an ancient prosperous nearby kingdom. The youngest prince was wise, the second youngest was compassionate, the second oldest was just, and the eldest was strong. When the king died, the kingdom was split among the four brothers hoping a blend of their traits would create the best rule. The eldest expected to be the only king and battled the others to take the entire kingdom. He came to the Witch for magical strength. She offered him tenfold his strength but he's also turned into a black bear. Instead of letting go and make peace, he murdered his brothers destroying what's left of the kingdom.

This is a 7 minute short from the Brave franchise. It tells a fitting fable that teaches something. It also has a fun joke to wrap it up. It's a well made animated short.

The Legend of Mor'du retold the story Elinor told Merida in Brave and that was the big issue with the short - it was a redundant. It didn't tell a fun side story like other short such as Jack-Jack Attacks and Burn-E. I liked the picture book art-style but the short would have fitted better in the feature film.

"The Legend of Mor'du" is a Pixar short that is a spin-off from "Brave", though it apparently was made first....so I guess 'spin-off' isn't exactly the right word...especially since the characters are from the "Brave" universe but not ones from the movie "Brave".

The story was visually a big disappointment. While the witch who tells the story is rendered using traditional CGI, the story itself is like a slideshow...which is bound to disappoint most viewers. It tells a story about four brothers...and the selfishness of the eldest following their father's death.

The story is mildly interesting and the only part that really interested me was the guy's reaction to the witch at the end of the story. Otherwise, a big disappointment.

I couldn't enjoy watching it just like the movie "Brave".