BRAVE - THE FILM

This is really one of the most uncomfortable video watching experiences I've had in some time. Not because of the thematic elements of the storyline but because I was embarrassed for the band that they were talked into this. Understand that this rating is not about the music, much of which I find pretty good actually. But this video is incredibly corny, simplistic, poorly acted, and serves only to undermine the successful album. I can't believe they released this. You have something similar in style to Kate Bush's "The Red Shoes" mixing the storyline with fantasy, narrative, and band. But Bush was more successful because the concept video was more convincing (slightly), her full presence inside the story rather than this where Marillion "pops in" every so often to mime words and look completely out of place. The young actress (Josie Ayers) playing the lead is the one bright spot as she is really giving it her all, but she can't save this from the rest of the cast or the predictable, poorly conceived disaster. There are some nice moments here and there when Ayers is alone with the camera and the music but they are too few and far between. The visual effects are of course dated now but I don't hold that against it at all, that happens. But the fact is that this was dead on arrival from the time of release. And judging from the looks on some of the actors and band members faces throughout you can almost feel them thinking the same thing. Sad really, because such interesting material should have been given much more. There was a great visual document to be made with this album-and this was not it.

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