Review of Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) by Repetition — 17 May 2021

Solid 7/10. nothing ground breaking, and I think some parts were definitely skimpy (?) (as in, underdeveloped or glossed over), but I think this is definitely worth a watch! I loved the character designs of the human characters, which is a HUGE draw-in for me, especially because girl characters often look awkwardly cartoonish compared to guy characters in disney movies.

(this movie doesn’t have this problem at all.) the character design of the dragon(s)…… honestly sucked, but whatever. I also think it’s really awesome that the core relationships here are 1) a rivalry between two girl characters who are “equals,” which is interesting in this type of movie and 2) raya and her dad.

I love that raya is a *genuinely* flawed character in a way that makes sense and I enjoyed the resolution a lot too. I think it’s easy to get caught up in specifics if you really want to critique, but overall a very nice story that I enjoyed :) the “crew” was also fun - just a little underdeveloped.

the overall dynamic was still so sweet though.