SHOVES culture into the audiences faces :-) MUHUHAHAHAA

Rating: 10/10 (22 November 2016)

*beep* yes. Way to go Disney.
This was in no way watered down culture used simply as a backdrop, like they did when they cancelled "Kingdom of the Sun" and turned it into Emperor's New Groove. (Removing all of the strong overt Inca/Quechua plot elements, gods, and songs) Or even to a degree what they did to Mulan.
Moana aggressively shoves culture at audiences. Moreso then even things like Aladdin. There are multiple long strong sequences in their full on native languages. Can you imagine if Aladdin had overtures in Arabic? Or Mulan in Chinese? They would feel like completely different films. The characters in Moana behave within their religion and value system. It was so impressive. The only anachronisms were a few odd jokes from Maui. But it's remarkably in the time period and well done. The richness is on display, not hidden.
GOOD MORE Disney. MORE LIKE THIS