So is it agreed that this film would have been infinitely better if Maui was our protagonist?

So is it agreed that this film would have been infinitely better if Maui was our protagonist?

That's a terrible idea.

It would've been better if she took her top off.

Possibly. Moana was lame because she was just a copy pasted character that Disney has been rehashing for a while now with (Rapunzel, Anna and a little bit of Judy) with character developments copied to an exact formula (optimistic naive girls meets cynical snarky man with sad backstory who they befriend and teach to lighten up).

That said, as great Maui is his character only really works when there's someone else to bounce of his fun personality.

Moana ate more shit than every other modern Disney Princess combined. It was actually quite refreshing

Getting thrown of the boat a couple times doesn't change the fact that we've seen this same exact character before three times already interact and go through the same character developments and twists again.

>Tossed off the boat multiple times by Maui
>Easily manipulated (You're Welcome)
>Haughty, arrogant
>Would have gotten others killed twice due to her arrogance or someone else hadn't intervened
>Saved from literal death by Maui twice, once is completely her fault
The only time she actually succeeds at something is when she finally returns the heart
She's by far the most flawed modern Disney lead

WELL TAMATOA HASNT ALWAYS BEEN THIS GLAM

>human version animation will never be finished

He really needed a bigger role. He was cool.

It'd be infinitely better if she sat on my face

No, I enjoyed it because it's a cute girl. Not because of The Rock.

weird i just saw this like 2 hours ago
was expecting them to get together

some scenes could have been planned better to have more of an impact. like the grandma didn't have to turn into a stingray immediately

It would've been better is moana had become a demi-god like him.

I have to say the entire "Song of the Ancestors" sequence was quite something

'CUZ I'M SHINYYY

underwhelming end to the disney revival era

Infinity is big, man. Like, there's no limit to infinity. I just rewatched the Incredibles because of a recent Sup Forums thread and it's not really likely this film could've been better than that whatever changes were made. So since I can put a limit to it, infinitely better is unlikely.
Face it guys, big-budget Disney films are kinda losing their grip. At least Zootopia was good.

Zootopia was different, which I liked. Though the film did suffer by having such a skewed message and really forcing it down the audience's throats.
That seems to be such a big trend with Disney Animated features recently. They're kind of good, but have these huge flaws that prevent them from being GOOD good, or even great

The toddlercon was pretty rightous. Good on you Disney for taking that bold step.

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if you think zootopia s preachy you should check how heavy handed it was before.

>tfw no optimistic naive boy who meets a cynical snarky woman with a sad backstory who they befriend and get seduced by

Yes.

No. There should be some form of spinoff showing his past exploits though.
I am not sure what form it should take though.

They were probably saving some stuff with hin for the inevitable tv show

The movie was just structured really badly. We have a montage of Moana first trying to sail, then of her getting to Maoi, then a useless Coconut fight, then of her learning to sail, then a useless crab song, then ANOTHER montage of learning to use the hook, then they get to the lava goddess, fail, and then immediately overcome it. A lot of those scenes serve no narrative purpose and just waste time.

It's stupid that two short scenes are wasted on Maoi getting and then learning to use his hook; there was no need for him to not be able to use it except for Moana to serve a purpose.

First disney princess to take a cock in her mouth

>Netflix (or whatever disney's equivalent is) show
>The grandmother is the framing device
>she's 3d
>Maui's storys its in the same 2d style as the your welcome scene

>that twitch when her wet hair slaps her face
Cute.

Yes, in fact it should have been a chronicle of him becoming a deity.

yeah i never saw this. does the whole look as good.

Guess they were too tired to think after that affair with zootropolis.

>useless crab song
shit taste detected

From the trailers it seemed the movie will be about a big road adventure with moana and maui but instead it took too long for her to leave thee island and barely anything happened until the resolution.

Its a fun song but the scene serves no real narrative purpose other than exposition dumping Maui's backstory, and the character is irrelevant to the plot at large.

If he appeared earlier in the movie or had more of a role, it would be fine. Perhaps they could have mentioned Maui's relationship with him earlier- it seemed like they'd once been friends but Tamatoa now has a huge grudge against him, so the scene could have played up the idea of Maui's selfishness hurting other people and or something.

You're right. Plus the false start with the pig on the boat was a complete waste of time.

Tamatoa had his hook so they needed to get it back. i think that serves a narrative purpose

>false start with the pig
Disney movies don't use unnecessary characters. I believe originally she had a pig for the animal sidekick and they were already finished with the scene when changed the story.

You know, you made me recognize something. The story is told in a way that an old myth would be. Nothing happens immediately but everything happens to ensure the ending karmically. The problem is that telling a myth story is best done focusing on the grandness and humanity of it, and not dragging out the beat for beat. If you had told me the story of Moana over about, fifteen minutes as a big storytelling performance, I'd have loved it. But after almost 2 hours and those forgettable songs?

Eh.

And yet the scene after that is used to say that he can't use his hook and has to relearn how to use it. You don't need both of those scenes.

Pretty sure it was intentional. There were a few lines poking at the idea of a princess with an animal princess. The pig was a cutesy fakeout while the retarded chicken was the "subversion."

> Sup Forums will fuck anything as long as it's voiced by Jemaine

I hate to admit it but this. She did very much come off as some other disney princess from how she talked and acted. I'm not sure which off the top of my head, but it gave me deja vu.

I kinda wonder if the voice actress was the same as another princess, cause it'd make so much sense if so.

No. Being a selfish trickster is what makes Maui interesting, but it also makes him a poor fit as a protagonist in a conventional narrative.

Neat.

This
>tfw no 90 minute long porn movie with disney animation quality

from the directors of little mermaid and princess and the frog

gee, I wonder why.

>Does the whole look as good
Yes