S**A
So counters, kind of sad but overall a great movie 🎬
ONE OF THE BESSST MOVIES
A**.
Cute family movie
This is a very good movie and includes the second brother bear film which continues the story. Great writing for both films and good voice scores and even a better soundtrack. Everyone in the family will like this film especially if you like the old school Disney.
R**L
Heartwarming journey. (contains spoilers)
Brother bear follows the journey of Kenai as he discovers what it means to love. He was carefree and only cared about what he thought it meant to be a man. Because he halfheartedly tied fish to a tree, the basket fell and was stolen by a bear. He chases after the bear to retrieve the basket, and in the pursuit, he goes after the bear. His brothers follow him, and they are pulled into a life or death struggle with the animal. One of his brothers perish while the bear lived, and Kenai chases after the bear once more. This time, he succeeds in killing the bear, but in the progress, his deceased brother changes him into the creature he hates most. In order to change back, he must go to the mountain where the lights touch the earth. However, his other brother finds the clothes of Kenai and assumes he is dead. To avenge his brothers, he goes after the now transformed Kenai. Along the way, Kenai meets a young cub who leads him to Salmon Run, which is next to the mountain Kenai must travel to.It shows the importance of the Great Spirit in the everyday lives of the Native American people. They believe that the Great Spirit controls all the goings on in the world from winter turning to spring or the tadpole turning into a frog. Everything is connected to the Great Spirit. This is why Native Americans show respect and awe to nature. It shows a shaman divining truth from nature such as the need of a boy turning into a man. They show the respect given to those who pass on and how they become one with nature, and how the spirits of the deceased can interact with the living. All in all, this is a very good movie by Disney.
E**R
Brother Bear
January 27, 2013World ReligionsRel 110 World Religions FON01Spring 2013Chapter 2 Movie ReviewEddie R. Souther, Jr.Brother BearByWalt Disney PicturesBrother Bear is a great movie, which teaches values to children as well as adults. Brother Bear is a story about a young Native American man named Kenai on the day he is to receive his Totem. This Totem is given to his by the village Shaman named Tanana. The Totem is a bear of love. Kenai and his two brothers Sitka and Denahi learn that love is the most important lesson for each of us to learn. Sitka is killed while fighting a bear and joins the spirits in the lights in the sky. These ever changing lights are believed to be spirits. Kenai is angry because of his brother's death and finds the bear and kills it. His brother now one of the light spirits changes him into a bear until he learns the lesson of love. On the journey to the mountain where the lights touch the earth, Kenai meets Koda the orphan cub of the bear he killed. The two learn to trust each other and most of all they become brothers. As the two journey they must stay one step ahead of Denahi, who is on their trail to avenge the death of his two brothers. Once reaching the top of the mountain Sitka changes Kenai back to a man and the two brothers are reunited. Kenai now wishes to remain a bear to help take care of his new brother bear.This movie also does a good job in showing the indigenous religion of the Native American people. The Shaman is a person who speaks to the spirits and the spirits speak to her. It is her job to instruct the people in the knowledge of the spirits and the oral traditions of the tribe. The native people believe the spirits have the power to change people's lives. The spirits are their ancestors and the look after them to provide help and guidance. They also have the belief that special places are sacred like the mountain and they go there to seek guidance from their ancestors. They also use initiation rituals as a rite of passage for their youth. This is a sign to the world that the boy has become a man. This was done when Kenai received his Totem. This movie does a good job showing have native people believed we are tied to the land and the animals of the world. There are two messages in this movie we should love one another and the animals we see. Also it shows the story of how indigenous people believe. When you watch the movie see if you catch the whole store.-Eddie Souther
A**K
Great movie for children and adults
Brother Bear is a great movie for children and adults. It is richly connected to the Native American beliefs and shows how these beliefs were followed. For the Native American's, the spirits were part of their every day life. They are constantly trying to follow their guide, or spirit animal, as they journey through this life. Brother Bear does a great job in showing this through Kenai fighting against his totem and refusing to believe what his true self was. His totem was the bear, which stands for love. He felt this was weak and not fit for him. He considered bears a threat and only saw them as monsters. He fought against this choice, and in an attempt to prove he is stronger than his totem, he is incidentally turned into a bear by his older brothers spirit. As he battles this transformation and tries to reconnect with the spirits to return to human form, he meets a young cub who seems to have lost his mother. Through his journey with this cub, he begins to realize that bears fear humans just as humans fear bears. It slowly changes his prospective on life and he begins to realize that everything is not as it seems. He eventually gets turned back into a human, but realizes that the cub needs him and chooses to stay as a bear to be with the cub. This shows how in depth the spirits are involved in the Native American beliefs. They believe that all things are connected, even animals, and have great respect for the living and the dead. Those who pass join the spirits and help guide the living through their life. Through this movie, you will realize how important it is to accept and love yourself, all the while being shown a little about the Native American beliefs as it invites you into their world.
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