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Moana

THE OCEAN IS CALLING. 

The 16-year-old daughter of a chief leaves her tribe and Polynesian island to find the demigod Maui, bringing a mystical stone that was lost for a millennium. Inspired by Polynesian mythology and the stories about the shapeshifting Maui in particular, the legendary Disney directors delivered their first entirely computer-animated film in 3D, and it’s a beauty. Engaging songs (by among others ”Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda), gorgeous sights and bursting with creativity, this is an adventure that overcomes a few slower stretches in its traditional Disney/Pixar formula. Dwayne Johnson is fun, and so are the dumbest pet chicken in history and the cute coconut pirates.

2016-U.S. Animated. 107 min. Color. Widescreen. Produced by Osnat Shurer. Directed by Ron Clements, John Musker. Screenplay: Jared Bush. Songs: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Mancina, Opetaia Foa’i (”You’re Welcome”, ”How Far I’ll Go”). Voices of Auli’i Cravalho (Moana Waialiki), Dwayne Johnson (Maui), Rachel House (Tala Waialiki), Temuera Morrison, Jemaine Clement, Nicole Scherzinger.

Trivia: Titled Vaiana in several European countries because of a trademark conflict, and Oceania in Italy to avoid confusion with the Italian porn star Moana Pozzi.

Last word: “So much of the movie takes place on the water, and the water was the hardest thing to animate. It’s always in motion, and then we wanted it to be a personality in the movie based on our trips to the South Pacific five years ago, where they talked about the water like it was alive, the ocean had feelings, and emotions, and we said we’ve really got to get that into the movie, but that meant our special effects who would normally do just the water… We had to team them up with character people who do the characters and acting so it moved not only like an ocean but have it really react, act, to be happy, sad, confused, frightened, whatever it might be.” (Musker, SlashFilm)

 

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