Review of Moana (2016) by Somepersona — 01 Jan 2017

This movie is Disney-Princess cliché after Disney-Princess cliché. Special girl with cool powers? Check. Dumb/friendly animal sidekick? Check. Awesome strong sidekick? Check. Story about discovering yourself/ love/ whatever? Check. Audience humor (humor that is dumb enough for dumb audience members)? Check.

This is no surprise of course; this is the same team of directors behind every Disney movie ever (hyperbole). However, this movie is lifted by smooth animation (especially those tattoos that were traditionally animated), creative sequences, an awesome soundtrack, nice voice-work, and the general backgrounds and settings that carry the film. All of these elements elevate this dumb, lazy, and boring movie (in terms of the writing and direction) enough that it is good.

It's also better than Frozen if you're worrying about that.