Brother Bear
Brother Bear is an animated movie produced by Walt Disney Pictures and released on November 1, 2003. In it, a Native American boy changes into a bear after his oldest brother is killed by one. The movie's original title was Bears.
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Long ago in a post-Ice Age land when mammoths still lived, there were three brothers. Their names were Kenai, Denahi, and Sitka. Denahi, the middle brother, and Sitka, the oldest, worked as hard as they could. They think Kenai should work more and play less. Kenai, the youngest, hates bears because they fight for the same food, overtake the land, ransack his village and ruin his coming-of-age ceremony. Each brother is given his own totem: Kenai, the bear of love; Denahi, the wolf of wisdom; and Sitka, the eagle of guidance.
When Sitka is killed by a bear, Tanana, the tribal shaman, officiates a rite to say goodbye to Sitka. Suddenly Kenai ignores the village teachings of brotherhood with animals and sets out to hunt the bear for revenge. To punish Kenai, the Great Spiritss transform him into a bear. Unfortunately his other brother doesn't realize what has happened and Denahi tries to kill the bear he believes took his brother's life.
Disoriented and barely escaping Denahi's wrath by falling into the river, Kenai awakens on the shore and in the presence of Tanana who eases him through his initial shock at his change. Although she cannot communicate with him in voice, she advices Kenai to find where the lights touch the mountain in order to ask Sitka to change him back. This proves to be initially difficult since the only animal who are willing to talk to him are two dumb sibling Elk, Rutt and Tuke who were more interested in cracking jokes at Kenai's claims to be a man than helping him Along the way Kenai meets a talkative pesky bear cub named Koda, who claims to know the way to the salmon run where the bears gather to fish and where the lights seem to hug the mountain.
What happens is a journey in which Kenai, when not dodging Denahi who is now hunting him, grows rather fond of the irrepressible Koda. This in turn puts his hatred of bears in a stark perspective that forces him to reconsider. This culminates when they finally reach the salmon run and Kenai has the awkward experience of being surrounded by bears. Yet, the bears quickly accept him and he in turn learns about the loving community of these animals that makes his hate seem so foolish even as he learns to enjoy himself.
Yet, this contentment is shattered during the story session when Koda tells the story of his separation from his mother. Hearing the details of the story, Kenai is aghast to realize the story is essentially about the fight he and his brothers had with the killer bear from Koda's perspective. It immediately dawns on Kenai that he killed Koda's mother, because of a stupid vendetta borne out of a tragedy rising from his own foolishness to begin with. In shame, Kenai flees the gathering, but Koda follows and asks what's wrong. With great remorse, Kenai confesses that Koda's mother will never return and he is responsible. Koda is distraught and runs while ignoring Kenai's apologies and pleas for forgiveness.
With nothing left, Kenai scales the mountain to contact the spirit of Sitka while Koda mourns alone. However, that funk is dispelled by a chance encounter with the squabbling Tuke and Rutt who reconcile because of their brotherhood which makes Koda realize that it is analogous to his relationship with Kenai. As for Kenai, his quest goes horribly wrong as he runs into Denahi who has finally tracked him down. In the ensuing fight, Koda runs in to help Kenai at a critical moment in the fight which climaxes with the intervention of Sitka who changes Kenai back into human.
Yet, while Kenai revels at his regained humanity, he realizes that he can no longer talk with Koda, a cub orphaned by his own stupidity. Rather than abandon his beloved adoptive brother, Kenai requests Sitka to change him back into a bear forever, which was granted.
The film ends with Kenai finally making his mark with his tribe as a man and fulfils the promise of his totem animal in a stronger way that no one ever thought possible.
Plot
Voice Cast
The movie stars the voices of:
Pronunciation Guide
Kenai = KEY-nigh
Koda = CO-da
Rutt = rut
Tuke = took
Denahi = duh-nah-hee
Sitka = SIT-ka
Tanana = tah-nah-nah
Tug = tugSongs
External Links
