An average movie

I have to admit that I really have a weak spot for ‘Moana’ and I was quite surprised that they would come up with a sequel 8 years later, especially since the first installment didn’t turn out to be such a huge box-office success. Well, it seems that this bet paid off though since this sequel might become one of the most successful movies released this year, no less than that. However, even if I do believe that ‘Moana’ is actually one of the most underappreciated animated features delivered Disney, unfortunately, this sequel was just terribly boring though. Indeed, instead of expanding what was developed in the previous movie, it seemed that they only amplified what actually didn’t work already in the first place. Indeed, Moana might be one of the most charismatic characters delivered by Disney, her journey was not exactly super original and, by giving her another really similar quest, it was even more obvious but, above all, really tedious. Concerning Maui, he is a cool character but, in fact, he is basically some kind of cheap copy of the Genie from ‘Aladdin’ and it was even more obvious the 2nd time around. For this sequel, they also did give Moana a whole crew which wasn’t a bad idea, except that none of them was developed at all and, even worse, none of them was entertaining whatsoever. And who the hell was Matangi? Seriously, she turned out to be one of the most half-baked characters I have seen in a Disney animated feature. At least, the animation was really nice but it was really nothing new compared to the previous installment. Anyway, to conclude, I really had a hard time to care about the damned thing but I have to admit that it was rather harmless and I guess it is worth a look but probably only if you really like the genre. 

6/10