Visually beautiful movie!!!! Very likable characters. But I personally felt like the story itself was kinda meh… It felt like one big mix of The Lion King, Mulan, and The Little Mermaid. I’m disappointed. Lilo and Stitch was a far more original story.
shareLilo and Stitch is better. more emotional and more original. This one is totally forgettable.
shareOmg so good to hear this. moana was fine but Lilo and Stitch is LIIIIIFE
shareI personally loved the story, but to each their own. I don't see how it's similar at all to The Lion King, Mulan, or The Little Mermaid.
Lion King - Learning to face your demons and get over your guilt in order to be a good leader.
Mulan - Growing stronger to fit in in the army to protect your father.
Little Mermaid - Make a guy fall in love with you quickly without being able to talk.
Moana - Sail across the sea with a demigod to return an artifact.
I really don't see any similarities in any of the 4 movies.
The Lion King - Simba is expected to grow up to be a great leader like his father and lead the pride. Mufasa dies but comes back in the form of a ghost to remind him who he is and what his destiny is.
Moana - Moana is expected to grow up to be a great leader like her father and lead her people. Her grandmother dies but comes back in the form of a ghost to remind her who she is and what her destiny is.
Mulan - Mulan feels like she is a disappointment for not measuring up to her parents expectations (the expectation being that she'll enter an arranged marriage and uphold the family honor or whatever). China is under attack so she goes on a mission to save it (and, yes, protect her father), becomes an amazing warrior with the help of a wise-ass guardian and returns home a hero.
Moana - Moana like she is a disappointment for not measuring up to her parents expectations (the expectation being that she'll become the new leader of the island when she wants to get away from the island). The island starts dying so she goes on a mission to save it and becomes an amazing way finder with the help of a wise-ass demigod.
The Little Mermaid - Ariel feels out of place in the water and wants to go on land but is told no by her father because it's dangerous out there.
Moana - Moana feels out of place on her island and wants to voyage out into the ocean but is told no by her father because it's dangerous out there.
Moana actually strives to be a great leader, unlike Simba who thought being king was laying on your ass all day. Mulan was unaware if her duality but Moana knows that she struggles between her duty and what she knows is her calling. Moana never feels out of place but wants to balance her responsibilities with her dream, unlike Ariel who can't even be bothered to sing at a concert.
shareYes. Young people who are going to become the next leader are expected to grow up to be a great leader. That's hardly a rip-off, as that is the case in every movie where a young to-be leader is growing up. And in every real life case like that. That's just normal. As far as Mufasa coming back vs Tala coming back, they were done rather differently (Mufasa being his father and the previous leader telling him to go back and be the leader, vs her grandmother who was not a leader telling her to not go back and continue following her dream). But yes, I'll give you the similarity that their visited by a family member as a ghost. Hardly a similarity, but I'll give you that one. And, as the poster above said, Simba wants to just lie around and do nothing as a leader. Moana strives to be a great leader, and only abandons her post to do exactly what a leader would do: save the island. So Simba abandons his duty, while Moana travels across the sea to complete hers.
Moana doesn't feel she's a disappointment. She is disappointed herself that she's discouraged from following her dream, while Mulan feels like a disappointment for failing to be a girly girl. Her father is called to battle, she wants to take his place. Moana is called to her mission. So, they both have a mission and they succeed. I'm not even conceding that, as that's a ridiculously broad generalization.
Ariel betrays her father because she's "in love" with a boy she's never met, so goes to a sea witch to be changed into something she's not to have a chance with him. Moana doesn't feel out of place, but just wants to have a hobby that her father disapproves of. When that hobby is shared by her ancestors and is needed to save the island, she decides to do what she must for her village. That's not similar.
I agree. Just saw it an hour ago with friends. I did like it and enjoyed it but yea the formulaic story really bugged me. And things like that don't normally bug me;I have a high tolerance for cliches. The part I enjoyed most was with the giant crab and his villain song. Tonally different from the entire movie but it was a lot of fun and was more interesting.
The villainy you teach me I will execute-and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.