Another Winner for Disney

Rating: Null/10 (2 August 2018)

Moana (2016)
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
Beautiful looking and highly entertaining animated film from Disney tells the story of Moana, a young girl born on an island and who learns of various ocean tales from her grandmother. As a teen, Moana's island comes under a curse so she decides to set out to sea in order to find the Demigod and make things right.
I had avoided watching this, although my two-year-old daughter seems to watch it a couple dozen times a day. I finally sat down and watched it with her and it's certainly another winner for Dinsey. There are a lot of great things about this picture but what I enjoyed most was the actual look of the film.
I thought the visual quality was amazing and it really does seem as if the company keeps getting better with each new film. I really loved the vivid colors as they really jump off the screen with their beauty. The majority of the film takes place at sea and I really loved the colorful look of the ocean. The scenes on the various islands are also great to look at.
The film also works perfectly as an adventure and that's made even better because the Moana character is so much fun. Being able to go on the adventure with her was a lot of fun and I thought the various battles she has to face were a lot of fun. The Lava Monster was brilliantly designed and certainly made for more fun. Then you've got the Maui character voiced by Dwayne Johnson. Both MOana and Maui add up to one of the more entertaining Disney duos in recent years.
The vocal performances are all extremely good and for the most part all of the characters are great. The one exception would be the "dumb chicken" who I just didn't find to be entertaining or at least not up to the level of everyone else. Tee song and music numbers are all catchy and quite good as well. Throw in some nice laughs and MOANA really is another winner for the company.