It's a very cute and fun movie hay hay is underated fight me

Usual Disney princess movie formula describes this movie: Step 1. Chose a theme and setting, Step 2. Start movie with Disney castle, netx add some conflict backstory, then go to characters child where they find something relating to the conflict, skip to the current age character with musical town intro, kill family member(s), character starts adventure with singing and leaves home. Step 3. Make middle part with more singing and adding characters (good and bad) (also esablish main threat) while main character goes to some places. Step 4. Add a sad or losing part for the main character. Step 5. Final sequence or fight where main character discovers something and then wins, then make final scenes where everything is better again, cut to credits.If you think you have seven this formula before in Disney movies you will know what to expect for this one. The theme is Pacific Islander this time. That is all that is different in this movie. Overall average

I feel like it's kinda inappropriate for me to be rating Disney movies as a 23 year old haha, but these movies are meant to have a bit of something for everyone.Anyway, as far as Disney and animated movies go, this was ok. The animation looked really nice, I liked the protagonist and Maui, music was pretty enjoyable to listen to (The Rock's song was my favorite, crab guy a close second). It did have some deeper and timeless themes, but it only slightly touched on them. The lack of depth and rather bare and inconsequential story is why I'm giving this only a 6 instead of something higher (for example I think The Croods did a much better job tackling tradition vs the future and exploring a new world. It was also much funnier). So as far as adults and animated movies go, this isn't one of the best and it doesn't offer much, although it is still enjoyable. I'm sure the kids will love it, so definitely set an evening aside and watch it with them if you have any!6/10 Pros: -Likeable characters -New take on accompanying animal/entity -Nice animation -Nice musicCons: -Superficial - deeper themes only briefly touched upon -No real compelling villain or enemy

Pretty much a pacific Islander version of Brave, only you replace the Celt with an Islander, the crazy killer grizzly with a volcano creature, the crazy witch with a crazy grandmother, and the 'overbearing'(ha ha) mother/oddball father with an overbearing father/demi-God. But, hey at least they got their basic Neo-Disney formula down(I'll give you a hint it rhymes with 'human-empowerment'). However I do find that the pig on the cover is a bit 'misleading due to the girl's grandmother having more of a role in this movie than that scared little piggy(I think they were trying to lambast the 'cute' Disney companion stereotype and just went with the chicken, but then again they did the same thing in Mulan and the 'little brother' character). But all criticism aside, this movie is viewable and relatable on almost all fronts, which makes it a great reviewable movie. Maui makes it a breath of fresh air due to his misogyny, which tends to be rejected in MOST Disney movies rather than embraced (Yeah he get's dropped down a few pegs, but hearing Moana call him a 'son of a-' makes you get the idea). Another good point is that it reaffirms a message of 'equality' vs superiority, given that Moana and Maui both contribute in the restoration of the heart(unlike Maleficent, which makes men look like total daughter kidnapping, wing-stealing, power hungry douchebags). The last point I'll make is that the movie 'empowered' women without 'overpowering' them, which is a faddish archetype seen in MANY titles that seldom makes the movie lose its charm(basically it makes us forget that the main character is a girl and portrays her just like a dude, IE Snow White in Snow White and the Huntsman and Alice in the 'New' Alice in wonderland series) a feature easily found in Mulan where they literally portrayed every male stereotype possible; good or bad (Don't get me wrong it was still funny as hell). It also avoided the hammer to the face REAL LIFE politically driven subject matter which can be seen in Zootopia(another recent Disney title, which I still enjoyed)... well unless you look at the fact that Maui was basically aborted by his parents as seen in his backstory.But all in all Moana made me laugh and my wife and kids enjoyed it(even if it is 'just another Disney movie').