Over the course of this lockdown period, I've been either playing video game, watching whatever I can find or doing odd jobs for my mum to keep me busy. But usually on the weekend me and my family would all sit down and watch a movie together. And on that day we decided to watch a Disney movie that we never saw in cinema's but heard that it was a good movie. This of course was Moana (I mean its on the title).
Released back in 2016, Moana is an animated, fantasy adventure, comedy, musical based in Ancient Polynesia. The story centres on Moana (Auli'i Cravalho) as she is chosen by the ocean to save her island by restoring what was stolen by the demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson). Like the wreck it ralph movies I reviewed previously, the animation is on point. Especially with the parts with the ocean itself. The songs in the film are an enjoyable part of the film from the popular 'your welcome' to 'how far I'll go' and even 'shiney' and there more a less the most notable song everything else is a variation of one of them.
Moana feels like a return the Disney films known back in the 90's, while at the time it was released, Disney seemed to have increased the quality in there animated movies with Frozen or Wreck-it- Ralph the year before that. Although know they might have a slight decline with Wreck-it- Ralph 2, we never know what it round the corner especially with what they could do on their recent streaming service with their future originals.
The most interesting thing in the is movie is that there isn't really a villain. I mean don't get me wrong there are antagonistic characters like whatever Jermaine Clement's crab character was called but apart from there isn't really a threat that Moana and Maui face except maybe Heihei the chicken (Alan Tudyk) I mean that chickens just trouble. If you haven't seen the movie you might not have got the last sentence.
Overall I'd give Moana a 8/10- For a fun adventure with a bunch of great song with some great voice performances.
