Moana

[gaastra]

Moana 2 has now joined the Top 10 list of the highest-grossing domestic animated movies of all time. Also expected to hit a billion by end of jan!

https://screenrant.com/moana-2-movie-90 ... milestone/

[Randall]

I've said it before, but... imagine if it was actually good!!

[Farerb]

The reason it's so successful is mostly thanks to how beloved the original is, which I know people here don't like.

[Randall]

I really liked the original. I just haven't heard much good about the sequel, though audiences seem to like it well enough. Still, good for Disney to have a winner on their hands at the box office.

[Ben]

I’m really intrigued to see the new one. No, it’s not going to match up to the original — I think, Farerb, that Eric was the only one who didn’t like it, we're all fans as far as I can make out! — but I’ve conversely been hearing great things from family audiences and other adults about how emotional it is, which is never bad. Who said it wasn’t "good"? Not too sure on the songs, none of which have really jumped out, though I haven’t really heard much, but I’ll be picking up whatever movie disc the Mouse decides to throw at us when the time comes so I can see the whole thing. And I’m likewise pleased that both Pixar and Disney have had big wins at the BO this year, which is where they kind of should be, right?

[gaastra]

Moana 2 has a A minus Cinemascore and rt audience score of 86. That's not bad at all. It's huge in japan also right now. They love the movie.

So, people do like the movie even if first is better. Just because it's a follow up to a big movie does not mean it will be a smash it. Just ask joker 2, marvels, caddyshack 2 and gremlins 2.

[Randall]

It's just 61% on RT, though the audience score is much higher. And even the positive reviews from critics are largely tepid.

But yeah, great that audiences like it and that Dis has a hit.

[Ben]

…and it looks like Mufasa might take the top spot this weekend too in a double-whammy comeback.

[gaastra]

Welcome to the billion club moana 2.

[Ben]

Said it before and will say it again…

Moana 3…coming 2028…

…unless the live remake bombs. Which, y'know, it’s not going to. Live remakes of the sequels to come…!

[gaastra]

Moana again the most streamed movie of the year. She has been for years!

https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comm ... s_in_2024/

[gaastra]

Moana 2 now in the top 50 highest grossing movies in history.

https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comm ... _grossing/

[Ben]

Goes to show, you just don’t know, how far these things will go…

[gaastra]

More crazy chapek was going to just put it on disney plus same as stitch!

[James]

More crazy chapek was going to just put it on disney plus same as stitch!

I get from a business standpoint that it was a great move taking this from TV to theatres. But critically this just continues Disney's run of subpar theatrical 'canon' films which is not going to be good for them in the long run.

And before someone brings up the just barely fresh 61% RT score, check out what are supposed to be positive reviews! From the 13 positive blurbs from the first page of their top critic reviews, 11 of them are not exactly ringing endorsements!

- "If children of a certain age like this kind of kinetic fare, they're going to like this movie."

- "It's great fun for girls and boys"

- "the details of this fabricated, composite mythology get a little murky. But squint your eyes against the specifics, and the odyssey tends to deliver a mood that fluctuates along a scale of benign to bright"

- "Despite all this Moana moaning, though, it's still a high-quality piece of work...that small children, especially, are bound to enjoy"

- "the film will certainly connect with its target audience. But it doesn't trust viewers enough to feel for themselves"

- "Does it go beyond the first film? No, but that would have been a tall order"

- "Moana 2 is hardly smooth sailing"

- "more of an action movie with a few accidental musical numbers of varying quality"

- "frankly, she deserves a little more respect than this"

- "The storytelling stakes are higher, but it’s also much slicker, as if the edges have been rounded off"

- "I kept wishing for a better balance between story and action...So, this is not top-level Disney"

Goes to show, you just don’t know, how far these things will go…

Boo! Show yourself to the door. You know the way.