Yep Disney gets culture right, loved the chancla in Coco, while not Mexican I am Hispanic and got a kick out of all the little touches.

Maybe I don't notice things like that. And taking a while to leave the island is part of the story. They've isolated themselves for generations, it's not like they have taxi boats leaving out on a regular basis. Her trying to figure out what to do and how to do it is part of her story. Learning to be more than what she's been so far.

I want a the copy of this that's done in Hawaiian. I'll have to order it from somewhere.

That was a shame cause the pig was adorable and the roost just annoying.

i still love this movie and it definitely ranks up there. The Rock and girl who voiced Moana were great. this was just a sublime Disney adventure. Had a lot of fun. And the 3D Blu is great...

Yep. This is the first Disney film I've seen since Inside Out. I went through a 3-4 year period of not watching movies so I'm just now catching up.

I just want to chime in to say that I love that this thread becoming active again is a positive side effect of Disney+ being available. I wholeheartedly approve of other threads becoming active again as people get around to discovering or rewatching certain films that they have not seen in a long time on Disney+. Disney+ might bring a bit more active energy to this board and this thread bump beats the creation of another junk have you ever left a message board thread that got shut down a short while ago.

Taking my own advice later this morning I may search out and bump a Boy Meets World thread (if such a thread exists, maybe I will just bump the Girl Meets World thread) as I am rewatching the series from the beginning and had forgot how wonderful it is.

ETA: It turns out there are a lot of BMW threads to choose from, cool. Will get around to bumping one of them soon.

So it's the same as sports films... or most superhero films... or WWII films... or biopics. The outcome is inevitable. Does it still make the journey any less entertaining knowing the outcome?

Yeah, I don't get the complaint, other than it didn't resonate with him this time. Personally, I liked seeing the dynamic between her and her island, prior to leaving everything she's ever known and going on a wild adventure.

Even the rooster doesn't really play a big part. Both are there to sell merchandise and for the princess joke.

I am curious what Mabuse holds as the gold standard of great plot movement in terms of Disney animated movies. You could probably make the same complaint about most of them, Miyazaki movies as well, if you just want constant plot movement.

Actually I was thinking of Totoro... you could argue that very little plot-wise happens in that movie, but as you say it's full of charm/magic.

So I think part of the problem is the development hell most Disney animated films go through... IIRC they had to bring on like story consultants to work on some problems almost at the end of production.

That being said, I never thought the movie was too wordy. Granted, I haven't rewatched it recently so I don't remember all the details. The exposition at the beginning is a lot but they had to get that backstory in there. Being trapped on the island made sense, she tries multiple times to leave on her own and can't, and then Grandma reveals the true history of their people, which provides the boat, and then both the blight and the death of grandma gives her the impetus to finally leave. Her second crisis is similar, everything has gone wrong, Maui is gone, and she needs to find the courage to fulfill her destiny and not wait for someone else to do it.

I do think the musical aspect of it, as well as the need to feature the Rock's character, takes a lot of time in the movie, so I can understand why plot-wise it's probably not the strongest movie, but it was still enjoyable to me (and my kids, who were never bored).

I'll take Moana over Finding Nemo any day of the week.

Other than maybe Cars 2 Finding Nemo is my least favorite Pixar film I've seen.

I've never seen the sequel.