Moana 2 (2024)

20251227:
Songs didn't land. Parts of the story worked, but I think the movie really needed the songs to hold the movie together, and the lack of punchy songs meant for a lackluster movie.

Rating: 2.8/5

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Instant Comments:
1a: I'm not sure how I feel about this overly ambitius fix-it person. why do movies sometimes have the need tointroduce such a character (e.g., Jar Jar Binks)
1a: haha. Moana dances back
1a: this "can I go beyond" song doesn't hit the same as "How Far I'll Go"
1a: ok. when asking this engineer to join, she still seems crazy but a little more grounded than the one or two other times we saw her
1a: why does Loto keep cutting the rope?
1a: hehe nice song
1a: pause at the 38 minute mark
1b: resumed.

Credits:
1b: Tamatoa
1a=20251226, 1b=20251227

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Watched first third 20251226, remainder 20251227 (Disney+)
Moana 2 (2024) David G. Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, Dana Ledoux Miller. 100 min

Relevant Links:
Moana 2 (IMDb.com)
Moana 2 (RottenTomatoes.com)
Moana 2 (Wikipedia.org)