Surprised no reviewers are acknowledging that really unique aspect for a Disney film.
The cross generational love a grandchild and a grandmother. Also dying of natural causes, not killed by a villain.
I thought that was quite beautifully done. Very emotional as well in its suddenness. It has a hard realism to it. It was nice how the incorporated the religious elements afterwards as well.
When the grandmother said "there is nowhere you can go without me" on her deathbed, I was so moved that I cried in the theatre. Actually, I'm crying remembering it right now.
shareGramma Tala wanting to be with Moana even as a ghost sounded like some bad fanfic.
shareWhat are you even talking about? It was beautiful.
shareI don't like it when alive people see their family members as ghosts, it's usually stereotyped in anime and I think also because I saw my grandmother as a ghost when I was younger and I was scared of ghosts.
Wake up, wake up, wake up, it's the first of the month.
When I saw the scene when Grandma Tala shows up as a ghost, I took it as a visual representation of her still being with Moana and her thinking about what her advice would have been.
Dead family members showing up after death is kind of a staple of animated films as well, think e.g. "Land before Time" and "The Lion King". I don't mind it very much, because a monologue of thoughts would probably not be as interesting to watch. Maybe a call-back to a scene where the grandmother was still alive would have been better, but oh well.
Yeah, I'm was of a similar mindset. They were just a visual representation of Moana's knowledge and memories. The movie actually implied this when she surfaced to nothing but moonlight after retrieving the heart.
shareYeah, I can't remember if I mentioned it or not but it's one of the things in the early going that really got me. Loved every scene between them.
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Agree. The cross generational bond was a very importand aspect and woderful done
shareIt reminded me a great deal of my relationship with my mother, who was the crazy lady of our village and a very wise woman. She had her ashes scattered in the sea when she died so she could be carried in the currents to be with her children living all across the world. I feel very much that her spirit is with me no matter where I go and she is still advising me. I cried so much in the theatre...so glad I was sitting apart from my daughter and her friends in the cinema. What an embarrassing mum I would have been. ?
shareI agree. I love how the movie handles their relationship really well. The grandmother has a good personality. Their relationship kind of reminds me of Pocahontas and Grandmother Willow. I even found her spiritual like reincarnation as a stingray prophetic too.
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