This movie was awesome. This review was supposed to go up last Monday, but I am actually glad I forgot because otherwise I wouldn't have anything to post today. It's the end of the semester and a lot of stuff came due at the same time.My godchildren are also visiting this weekend. Right now, they are parked in front of Finding Dory but I'm sure Zootopia will be making another appearance. I'm going to try to take them out tonight to look at the Christmas lights. But for now, let's just focus on Moana.
Moana (pronounced Moh-AH-nah) (Auli'i Cravalho) is the daughter of a chieftain (Temuera Morrison) on a South Pacific island who dreams of exploring the open ocean. She is convinced the solution to the failure of the island's fishing and coconut crops is out there. Her grandmother (Rachel House) tells her that long ago, the demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson) stole the heart of the goddess Te Fiti and lost it somewhere in the ocean. Moana must retrieve the heart, find Maui, and convince him to put the heart back so that the islands will prosper.
That description does no justice to how good this movie really is. I would even say it's better than Frozen. The music is perfect, the story is predictable but extremely well-executed, and the animation is beautiful. It is an excellent addition to the Disney line-up.
Funny story about Moana. The music was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, the genius behind Hamilton. He hadn't written Hamilton yet when he was selected by Disney for this, but because he was able to network further because of this, he was able to get Hamilton into production when he did.
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