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Auli\u2018i Cravalho in \u2018Moana 2\u2019<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I\u2019ve probably seen the first Moana <\/i>at least 50 times. I can sing most of Maui\u2019s \u2018You\u2019re Welcome\u2019 song verbatim and can recite the punch lines of almost every joke. With two little girls in my house, it\u2019s still in their top 10 movies they continue to watch. Directed by John Musker<\/strong> and Ron Clements<\/strong>, with songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda<\/strong>, the film is really fun and it was a huge hit. So, Moana 2<\/em> was pretty much a no-brainer. And while this one is still enjoyable, there are a few, \u201cwhy\u2019d they do that?\u201d moments.<\/p>\n

Set a few years later after the original, Moana (Auli\u02bbi Cravalho<\/b>, always good) is visited by a wayfinding ancestor, telling her that she needs to find a long lost island to help reunite members from long lost communities. If she\u2019s not successful, her people will no longer exist.<\/p>\n

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Quickly setting out on the seas of Oceania, she\u2019s accompanied by Loto (Rose Matafeo<\/b>), Moni (Hual\u0101lai Chung<\/b>) and Kele (David Fane<\/b>), along with Pua and Heihei (Alan Tudyk<\/b>), to solve the mystery and find the island. Soon, Maui (Dwayne Johnson<\/b>, a welcome kick of energy) joins the crew, helping them in their quest.<\/p>\n

One of the things that was great about the first movie is that Moana was the one who set things in motion. It was her story. When Maui arrived, even though he was a demi-god, he was able to help show the audience how strong she was, with or without his help. For some reason, screenwriters Jared Bush (returning from the first one) and Dana Ledoux Miller, decided that they needed more characters to help with her journey. But, they do nothing to further the story,\u00a0they just get in the way and honestly, they\u2019re kind of annoying. Moana is either helping to save them or trying to get them to stop causing damage to one thing or another.<\/p>\n

There were one or two catchy songs, which were written by Abigail Barlow, Emily Bear, Opetaia Foa\u2019i and Mark Mancina, but the rest were mostly forgettable. I mean how do you top Lin-Manuel Miranda? It\u2019s a difficult task. And even though Johnson can\u2019t sing, Miranda realized that and still turned \u2018You\u2019re Welcome\u2019 into one of the best songs of that film. The song he sings here, Mana Vavau, feels way off and out of time, like he\u2019s trying to catch up with the music.<\/p>\n

The animation does look fantastic. The water is crystal clear blue and the colors throughout the whole film pop off the screen. It\u2019s almost photo-realistic and some of the best I\u2019ve ever seen.<\/p>\n

Moana now has a younger sister, Simea (Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda<\/b>) who is cute as a button and there is another set of characters called Kakamora who will no doubt sell like hotcakes at Disneyland.<\/p>\n

The ending is satisfying, except that Maui and Moana don\u2019t get an ending scene. There\u2019s no goodbye or \u2018smell ya later\u2019, which I thought was weird.<\/p>\n

But why take it from me, here\u2019s what my daughters, Ella (7) and Sadie (5), had to say about it:<\/p>\n

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Sadie: I liked the little sister and the songs. The scariest part of the movie was when Moana fell into the ocean. And my favorite part was when Maui turned into a shark. It was really funny.<\/p>\n

Ella: I liked everything about the movie. I liked that she went on a new adventure and I loved the songs and the new coconut characters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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