james_scott_mcs
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I absolutely loved the original. It had heart, soul and one of the greatest soundtracks of all time! But Moana 2 doesn't have any of it.
This felt like an old Disney direct to video sequel that that were quite common in the 90's and 00's.
Acting - Auli'i and Dwayne do a great job reprising their roles. And the rest of the supporting cast does a good job with the voice acting.
Story - Wow, they dropped the ball on this. It is so boring at times. It had the potential for a good story. But they threw in the other dimensions/portals, and you start to lose younger and older interest. They could have easily had them uniting the tribes/islands while just sailing around. There are a few minutes in the beginning, middle and end, where you might chuckle or say "cool". But overall, it feels like they threw a few ideas against the wall and saw what stuck. It defiantly needed a bunch of editing and rewrites.
Music - Now they REALLY dropped the ball on this. The first movie had so many earworms and bangers. That whenever I hear "Your welcome" or "Shiny" , I start humming the songs. But I honest can't think of one song in this movie that has the same effect. They could of had at least one or two songs that you'd want on your play list.
Animation - They knocked this out of the park. It's truly Moana 2. Same great quality.
Overall, worth a watch on TV for any Moana fan, but not worth paying to see at the theater.
This felt like an old Disney direct to video sequel that that were quite common in the 90's and 00's.
Acting - Auli'i and Dwayne do a great job reprising their roles. And the rest of the supporting cast does a good job with the voice acting.
Story - Wow, they dropped the ball on this. It is so boring at times. It had the potential for a good story. But they threw in the other dimensions/portals, and you start to lose younger and older interest. They could have easily had them uniting the tribes/islands while just sailing around. There are a few minutes in the beginning, middle and end, where you might chuckle or say "cool". But overall, it feels like they threw a few ideas against the wall and saw what stuck. It defiantly needed a bunch of editing and rewrites.
Music - Now they REALLY dropped the ball on this. The first movie had so many earworms and bangers. That whenever I hear "Your welcome" or "Shiny" , I start humming the songs. But I honest can't think of one song in this movie that has the same effect. They could of had at least one or two songs that you'd want on your play list.
Animation - They knocked this out of the park. It's truly Moana 2. Same great quality.
Overall, worth a watch on TV for any Moana fan, but not worth paying to see at the theater.
I'm sorry. As much as I was expecting to hate the movie after watching the trailer. I actually pleasantly enjoyed it. And yes, I was one of the people that rolled my eyes at the Tinkerbell casting and the Lost Boys. But overall, I thought it was an improvement over the cartoon. And IMHO the best Live action version.
Casting-I thought everyone was spot on perfect, save for Tinkerbell and maybe Peter Pan. I thought he was good, not great. But Wendy and the rest are spot on and I think steal the show anyways. There isn't one of the characters that you would see and not immediately know them.
Story-This is where I actually think it knocked it out of the park. We get a better reason for why Hook hates Peter and the rest. And overall, it ties together the whole Neverland story and reason for being. It does slow the movie down in parts, but to me, it is where it brought it more to a reality. And by this, as a kid I knew Peter Pan was completely fake and could never happen. It was just too absurd. But if I would of saw this, I think I would have believed, just maybe that it was possible. The Tinkerbell/Peter/Wendy love triangle pleasantly removed. And Tinkerbell and Peter are just best friends. And as such, they remove the whole Tinkerbell being a constant pest to Wendy. Which I always hated in the other stories.
Sets-The sets and scenes are incredible and well detailed. Again, these are places that you can believe are real and exist. Well ok, except maybe the Crocodile, it was a bit too obviously CGI. And kind of poor CGI at that.
Elephant in the room- Ok, Lost Kids AKA Lost Boys 2.0. I don't see the big issue with the Lost Boys now having girls, call them Lost Kids and be done with it. Let's remember when this was originally written.
Casting-I thought everyone was spot on perfect, save for Tinkerbell and maybe Peter Pan. I thought he was good, not great. But Wendy and the rest are spot on and I think steal the show anyways. There isn't one of the characters that you would see and not immediately know them.
Story-This is where I actually think it knocked it out of the park. We get a better reason for why Hook hates Peter and the rest. And overall, it ties together the whole Neverland story and reason for being. It does slow the movie down in parts, but to me, it is where it brought it more to a reality. And by this, as a kid I knew Peter Pan was completely fake and could never happen. It was just too absurd. But if I would of saw this, I think I would have believed, just maybe that it was possible. The Tinkerbell/Peter/Wendy love triangle pleasantly removed. And Tinkerbell and Peter are just best friends. And as such, they remove the whole Tinkerbell being a constant pest to Wendy. Which I always hated in the other stories.
Sets-The sets and scenes are incredible and well detailed. Again, these are places that you can believe are real and exist. Well ok, except maybe the Crocodile, it was a bit too obviously CGI. And kind of poor CGI at that.
Elephant in the room- Ok, Lost Kids AKA Lost Boys 2.0. I don't see the big issue with the Lost Boys now having girls, call them Lost Kids and be done with it. Let's remember when this was originally written.