Really isn't great. Disney isn't getting any better.

Rating: 2/10 (20 May 2020)

Who knew how ridiculously stupid and lazy Disney can get. Characters are practically the same as Finding Nemos', just think about it. Protagonist wishes to go beyond that which is forbidden, overprotective dad that lost someone they loved that caused them anxiety for their other loved ones, etc. The animation is of course really good. But that's really the best it gets. The characters and their motivations are dumb and predictable. The emotional scenes feel meaningless and forced. Some scenes don't make sense or have any reason to be there. The comedy is forced, poorly timed, horrid dialogue and illogical. The ending scene where Moana is trying to keep the heart of Te Fiti from falling into the water was so incredibly stupid. Throughout the entirety of this, what we'll loosely call a plot here, the ocean is an entity that constantly throws the stone back when it is thrown into the water. So the forced intensity of this scene just made me super angry. The humor in this movie sounds like it was made up by 7 year olds. The jokes aren't funny, they don't follow the logic of what has happened, and are unoriginal! Unoriginal!! How was this piece of crap movie ever released?!
Not that this comes as a surprise, but this movie has so many clichÃ©s in it too! Namely, "loved one dies in the most forced and lazy way possible that is said to be too weak to speak only to completely contradict that and barrage an entire load of forced predictable exposition" clichÃ©. First ever Disney movie to break the 4th wall in a stupid and unfunny manner to think it's being clever when it really isn't. "Protagonists stir up conflict for stupid forced reasons just before the climax" clichÃ©. "During what is supposed to be an emotional scene the protagonists' loved one that died early in the movie comes back for a couple minutes to motivate the protagonist to close up the plot" clichÃ©. The list goes on.
My thoughts about the songs, juuuuuust no. Disney has this pattern that is getting old. That one song in the whole movie known as the "money maker" or "the big one". That of which is ALWAYS by a female character. The songs themselves are most of the time, pretty good. But for promotional purposes they want to force the same song on you by adding a Pop cover for the end credits. Really doesn't make the song any better other than letting you know exactly what song they're trying to make the most money off of. And it WORKS! So dumb!
Overall this is a stupid, unfunny, forgettable, forced, clichÃ©, rip-off of a superior movie. To prove my point of it not being funny, I remember nobody laughing throughout the whole movie. I would never watch this again or recommend this to ANYONE.