Hope this isn’t a duplicate.
I enjoyed it. That said, I wonder exactly what was going through the head of the screenwriter when he thought: “Evil pirates…and they’re coconuts!” I mean, her people ate coconuts. Presumably the ones she ate were non-sentient.
The sailing was wonderful.
I loved it. The songs aren’t as ear-wormy as Frozen, but good enough. The story is fun, if straight forward. I like that it has both a strong female and a strong male character.
Just saw it with my daughter. We enjoyed it. We both felt the songs were eh, with the theme perhaps trying too hard to reach Frozen’s Let it go status. Even the title of it, “How far I’ll go” seems to echo “Let it go”.
Also, nice to see a Disney film with both parents alive.
I enjoyed it a lot. Parts of the middle were a little bit slow, but the animation was beautiful and I loved the story (and the fact that there was no prince in sight). Also loved the chicken. He was great!
The short hit me right between the eyes, since I’m one month away from leaving my day job to take a chance on doing what I truly love.
Be sure to watch all the way till the end of the movie–there’s a post-credits scene.
Saw it with my wife and kids on Thanksgiving, enjoyed it a lot. Plot not as original as Wreck-It Ralph or Zootopia, songs and comic relief not as good as Tangled, but great visuals. I’d rank it just below the three I mentioned above, on a par with Frozen.
Noooooo! A post credits scene! Well, shoot. Missed that.
My husband and daughter rank it as their favorite Disney flick ever. My daughter says it’s her favorite movie ever.
I really liked, but I’d have to think about where I’d rank it. It’s definitely one we’ll buy and watch again. (They’re even talking about going back and seeing it in the theater again.)
Double no! Kids and their small bladders kept us from waiting too long.
Can someone spoil me?
Giant evil crab still on its back, unable to flip over, complaining. Says, 'Let’s be honest. If my name were Sebastian and I had a cool Carribbean accent, you’d help me. You would." Blackout.
Let’s play spot the references!
Anything else?
Well, there the crab.
I’m fairly certain there must be a Lilo and Stitch one in there but I’ll need to watch again.
I really liked it. I liked that it was almost a picaressqu story. You don’t see a lot of those anymore. The songs were good but more importantly they didn’t feel forced like a lot of Disney musicals recently (not Frozen but before this I was chalking that up as an anomaly).
Great main characters great acting. Nothing I didn’t like.
I wasn’t paying attention, but my daughter said she saw Wreck It Ralph in the end credits. A part of the decorative elements, I think.
Yep, I saw him too!
I liked it although the main story was boilerplate Disney and some of the songs were rather bland too. What made up for it was the stunning detail and beauty of the animation: the tropical island, the pirate ship, the giant crab, the goddess, this film may be a new peak in CG animation. Maui and his animated tattoos were great too;I think he should have been the main character instead of the rather generic Moana.
I absolutely loved this movie.
We took my daughter to see it (it was the first time she’s ever been to the theater, it went well) and she kept trying to sing the “How Far I’ll Go” song.
But yeah, I liked the music and the visuals (I might be able to convince my wife to let me get a 4k tv for this film).
I might buy my daughter a Moana doll. She’s a Disney princess (she wears a dress and has an animal sidekick. She’s a princess) without a love interest. Her success was due to her hard work. She’s a girl but that wasn’t important to the story. She was just a hero. I liked that. A female hero who’s closer to her skin color than many, many of the other Disney princesses.
There wasn’t anything I didn’t love about this film.
Man…strong minority opinion here. I didn’t think the movie was bad, but I thought it was very weak and mostly forgettable. The exception, unsurprisingly, were the visuals, which were outstanding. PIXAR/Disney have really reached new heights.
But man, the plot was muddled and kind of dull, the characters cliche. I didn’t feel like there was enough at stake, or the development nearly strong or interesting enough.
And the songs…! As I got increasingly bored I tried to amuse myself by internally humming better nautical-themed music from old Disney movies - The Little Mermaid, Bedknobs and Broomsticks… I actually felt kind of bad for the song-writing team - I was sure it was a team because the words and music fit so awkwardly together I thought it couldn’t be by one person. I was shocked afterwards to read that the songs were by Lin Manuel Miranda, the writer of Hamilton and darling of Broadway! I couldn’t believe it!
But then I’m just an outlier on this movie - everyone here liked it and the critics almost unanimously live it. Oh well - YMMV!
To me, the crab was a bit of a big-lipped alligator.
As for the “oh-ay” song, it always makes me think of Tony Danza’s catchphrase from Who’s the Boss?., and it makes me wonder how much of the song could be put together by someone (who isn’t me) using sound clips from that show, like the Tonight Show skits using Brian Williams clips to make rap songs.
Mom and I saw it the other day and loved it.