A good movie

I already watched this movie in the movie theater when it was released but, since it was available on Disney+, I was quite eager to check it out again. Not so long ago, I saw 'Zootopia' again as well and I was still amazed about how underwhelming the whole thing was. I mean, sure, I have to admit that it was still a decent watch but it was far from being one of the best Disney animated features I have seen but, somehow, it turned out to be a huge box-office success and, for a while, it was even the best movie released in 2016 according to IMDb (not anymore though). Well, I hoped this 2nd animated feature released by Disney during the same calendar year will crush 'Zootopia' because I thought it was so much better. I mean, sure, by now, we have been used by those guys to give us some stellar animation but, this time, they really pushed it even further. Indeed, the whole thing was just so gorgeous to look at, it was easily one of the most beautiful animated features I have ever seen. Furthermore, I really liked the realistic approach they chose to portray the Polynesian people and the end-result was quite fascinating to behold and, above all, much more interesting than what they usually provide us. However, I have to admit that it didn’t completely work though. Indeed, except for the main song which was really neat, the musical scenes rather bored me. But the biggest issue was that the damned thing was too long though. Especially since this tale was rather generic and pedestrian, there was really no need to stretch it for almost 2 hours. Eventually, it felt like they spent 90% of their time and energy searching and creating this fascinating world and only 10% on the plot which was too bad. Still, even though it wasn't a complete home-run, I thought it was really good and easily one of the best Disney animated features released recently.


7/10