Disney's Moana

[areaseven]

Coming to theaters this Thanksgiving is Disney's Moana, directed by Ron Clements and John Musker (Aladdin, Hercules) and featuring the following voices:

• Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (The Scorpion King, Hobbs in The Fast and the Furious series) as Maui
• Auli'i Cravalho as Moana Waialiki
• Rachel House as Gramma Tala
• Temuera Morrison (Jango Fett in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Commander Cody in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith) as Chief Tui Waialiki
• Nicole Scherzinger (the talented one in The Pussycat Dolls) as Sina Waialiki
• Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords) as Tamatoa
• Alan Tudyk (Duke of Weselton in Frozen, Duke Weaselton in Zootopia) as Heihei

Music is by Mark Mancina (Speed, Blood+) with songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, In the Heights) and Opetaia Foa'i (of the New Zealand band Te Vaka).

The film will be released in most of Europe as Vaiana (supposedly due to copyright issues) and in Italy as Oceania (because they have a porn star named Moana).

Official Site

Edited December 7, 2016 by areaseven

[Mommar]

Pretty cool to see a Polynesian-themed Disney story now.

[Mazinger]

+1 for Lin Manual Miranda

[Dobber]

Looks great so far, my daughter and I will definitely go see it!

Chris

[areaseven]

Edited December 3, 2016 by areaseven

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[TangledThorns]

It's Maui time!

Looks great. Can't wait to show this to my daughter.

[Mommar]

I don't even care if the story is good or not. I just love the visuals.

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Edited November 30, 2016 by areaseven

[areaseven]

"Awesometacular"

"A-"

"87%"

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 97% - "With a title character as three-dimensional as its lush animation and a story that adds fresh depth to Disney's time-tested formula, Moana is truly a family-friendly adventure for the ages."

Metacritic Score: 81 out of 100

Edited December 3, 2016 by areaseven

[areaseven]

Get used to this song, as your kids will probably drop "Let It Go" for it.

[Mommar]

Get used to this song, as your kids will probably drop "Let It Go" for it.

Nah, this song isn't nearly as catchy. The chorus isn't as simple as Let it Go which is important for little kids to follow. They're not dropping it.

[Thom]

That looks like a lot of fun!

[areaseven]

Yup, Disney's collecting another Oscar for Best Animated Short Film next year. Here's the opening act for Moana.

[Mazinger]

Yup, Disney's collecting another Oscar for Best Animated Short Film next year. Here's the opening act for Moana.

Wow, now we get trailers for shorts!?

How long before we get teasers for the trailers for shorts?

Looks good regardless.

[Dobber]

Just saw Moana with the family, it was fantastic! Still liked Zootopia better for this year but it was still great! This year has been great for animated movies.

Chris

[kalvasflam]

Nah, this song isn't nearly as catchy. The chorus isn't as simple as Let it Go which is important for little kids to follow. They're not dropping it.

Agree, it doesn't have the right beat. When you hear "Let it go" the gut reaction is you want to hear it again immediately. This one, not quite as much, this is like the Rapunzel song, whatever that was. Not as good as "Let it go" This from the adult perspective, we'll see what my 7 yr old say when she sees it this weekend.

[areaseven]

[areaseven]

What an amazing film. Disney Animation takes what they learned from Finding Nemo and turns the ocean into the film's standout character. Aside from that, we have excellent voice performances by Dwayne Johnson and Auli'i Cravalho. Jermaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords) also steals the show as the giant crab Tamatoa with his David Bowie-inspired number "Shiny".

The music shouldn't be compared to Frozen, as it's like comparing Scandinavia with the South Pacific - totally different climates. With that said, the score by Mark Mancina (Tarzan, Training Day) and songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda capture the feel of the ocean tropics without going over the top like the Pirates of the Caribbean films.

As for the opening act Inner Workings, it's not as memorable as Paperman or Feast, but there's no doubt it'll bag the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film next year.

Overall, Moana is another Disney film worth adding to your Blu-ray collection.

[areaseven]

Some countries have the film's theme song performed by their local artists. The question is: Who sang it better?

Alessia Cara (USA)

Janella Salvador (Philippines)

Lira (South Africa)

Edited December 3, 2016 by areaseven

[jvmacross]

Just watched this with the family over the weekend.

A quality Disney animated film, just nothing memorable....definitely no Frozen.

Disney can't expect every one of their animated films to be a Frozen-like phenomenon I suppose. They are making enough cash on their Marvel and Star Wars films that they should just concentrate on making quality animated films with a good story.

[areaseven]

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(SPOILER WARNING!)

[areaseven]

Something for the kids.

[areaseven]

[sh9000]

 

[kalvasflam]

The honest trailer was better than the real movie, I like the idea of Disney Princess Avengers.... ha ha, it'll catch all the right demographics.

[Thom]

On 3/7/2017 at 7:34 PM, sh9000 said:

 

I would love to see Disney Princess Avengers!! Bring it!

Edited March 10, 2017 by Thom

[kalvasflam]

Just a little off topic, but honest trailers seem to be on a two week Disney Princess run, this week, it's Belle.  (not a real princess in the movie per se)

 

Frigging Hilarious.

 

 

 

 

[Thom]

4 hours ago, kalvasflam said:

Just a little off topic, but honest trailers seem to be on a two week Disney Princess run, this week, it's Belle.  (not a real princess in the movie per se)

 

Frigging Hilarious.

 

That was great!! The songs were the best.

Edited March 15, 2017 by Thom

[Mommar]

The Beauty and the Beast one was awesome.