"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.

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.

This short fleshes out the legend that is central to Brave's story and that is problem. On its own it fits too comfortably in as legend trodding over a well known path. But its bigger sin is the legend in Brave *didn't* need to be fatten up like this. The big beats of the story are perfectly clear from Brave's text. To see the fat is to rob the little mystery in Brave to keep it just a bit more legendary.

A good story sometimes only has suggestion and implication. This trend to tell every single thing in the 2010's in a series of connected media annoys me on that front.