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Disney’s Moana is the 56th feature\u00a0from the guys at Walt Disney Animation studios. It’s a story inspired by the folk tales, myths and fables of the islands and people of Oceania. An area filmmakers visited on many occasions during conception, and all the way through the production of the movie.<\/p>\n
We meet Moana, voiced by Auli’i Cravalho<\/a>, at a very young age listening to the stories of Gramma Tala. Learning the ways of her island and the people that live there. They are simple people who live from the land and never venture past their island reef. There is nothing for them beyond the reef. Although it angers her father Chief Tui(Temura Morrison<\/a> – Once were Warriors), Moana has a fascination with the ocean. She longs to be part of it and wonders what might lie beyond the reef.<\/p>\n When Moana’s island begins to die, Gramma Talla sends Moana on the adventure of a lifetime. Its time to cross the reef and fullfil her destiny. Her task, to find the mighty demigod Maui(Dwayne Johnson<\/a>) and get him to help her return the heart of Te Fiti.<\/p>\n Disney’s Moana is a great film. However having set the bar so high in recent years with movies like Big Hero 6 and Zootropolis<\/a>, it does lack a little of their punch. That said, there are some beautiful things about this movie. The music is authenic and fun. Lin-Manuel Miranda(Hamilton – on Broadway), Mark Mancina(Speed, Tarzan) and singer Opetaia Foa’i have done a fantastic job. Fusing different musical styles seamlessly. The 2 stand out songs for me were Maui’s ‘You’re Welcome’ and Giant Crab Tamatoa’s ‘Shiny'(a song inspired by the passing of David Bowie). The 2 main characters Moana and Maui are also noteworthy. Their chemistry is effervescent, and you get a real sense that Cravalho and Johnson had a lot of fun making the film. Finally the animation is absolutely incredible! This is to be expected from Disney but watching some of the action scenes, its hard to believe that the scenery is computer generated. Another big hit for the mouse house, but don’t worry, echos of ‘let it go’ won’t be drowned out just yet! 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It’s a story inspired by the folk tales, myths and fables of the islands […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" [et_pb_section admin_label=\"section\" background_image=\"https:\/\/nigelclarkepresenter.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Milk-Blog-background-4.jpg\" transparent_background=\"off\" allow_player_pause=\"off\" inner_shadow=\"off\" parallax=\"off\" parallax_method=\"off\" padding_mobile=\"off\" make_fullwidth=\"off\" use_custom_width=\"off\" width_unit=\"on\" make_equal=\"off\" use_custom_gutter=\"off\"][et_pb_row admin_label=\"row\"][et_pb_column type=\"2_3\"][et_pb_text admin_label=\"Text\" background_layout=\"light\" text_orientation=\"left\" use_border_color=\"off\" border_color=\"#ffffff\" border_style=\"solid\"]<\/p> Moana is the latest film from the guys at Walt Disney Animation studios. It's a story inspired by the folk tales, myths and fables of the people of Oceania. An area that the filmakers visited on many ocassions during conception, and all the way through the production of the movie.<\/p> You would be forgiven for thinking Jon Favreau<\/a>'s Jungle Book (2016) is a live action film. But in essence it's an animation. From the opening scenes we are treated to CGI of the highest standard. So much so, that it's very difficult to see where animation stops, and real life begins. The only living thing in this film, is its star Mowgli played by Neel Sethi<\/a>. I don't use the term star loosely here. Sethi\u00a0does a fantastic job with this role. Not once did my belief that he was running around the jungle wain. And his interaction with animals that essentially weren't there, was faultless. Not to be over shadowed, the vocal performances throughout The Jungle Book (2016) are fantastic. Bill Murray<\/a> bringing a his much loved humour to the lovable Baloo. Idris Elba<\/a> portraying Shere Khan with a menace that will send shivers down spines. Christopher Walken giving King Louie a Satirical twang and Ben Kingsley holding down the narrative as Bagheera.<\/span><\/p> The downside to the movie, is its pacing. There are a couple of places where things could move along a little faster. I wondered whether this was because I knew the story, but content wise there is not much more story than the original, yet this film, is a good 20 minutes longer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p> Finally, you may be wondering wether you'll be treated to any of the much loved music and song from the original. The trailer hints at it, but... would it fit this new, much darker, take on things? 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Moana - The Girl who loves the sea<\/span><\/h2>
What have Disney done differently? <\/span><\/h2>