Moana 2 (2024)

[Morrigan2575]

I couldn't find a thread for the movie, please merge if one exists already. 

I watched it this afternoon,  theater was reasonably full for a Thursday matinee.  

First thing I will say is the songs are not as good as the first and a few times I felt like the songs were from Frozen more than Moana. I worried Lin Manuel Miranda had lost his touch but, it turns out he wasn't involved and it shows.

The story itself was good, normally that's a let down in the sequel but, overall it felt like a good continuation of Moana's journey. 

The new characters weren't great,  two grew on me even if I couldn't be bothered to learn their names. Quirky "tech" girl was very annoying and just didn't really add anything the story for me. The villain of the story was fairly thin but I enjoyed his intermediary she had depth which worked. 

The best part was, IMO the expansion on the Kakamora they were fun in the first movie and I liked them even more in Moana 2.

Overall it was good, not as good as the first and certainly not something that was desperately needed but, I'd watch it again on streaming. 

There is a mid-credits scene so don't rush out during the credits

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D23 Inside Disney | Moana 2
Disney   Nov 26, 2024

[Browncoat]

I saw this this afternoon -- well, afternoon in New Zealand.  it was pretty cool to see it in New Zealand!  I enjoyed it quite a lot, although I think the first one is better.  There was a lot of exposition, reminding us what happened in the first one, and that felt a little like filler.  And there was one entity that seemed out of place, as in the animation even seemed different.  Other than that,  I did like it -- it was simply gorgeous, and the songs were good, too.

There's an extra scene too, in the credits.

[absnow54]

On 11/26/2024 at 5:26 PM, Morrigan2575 said:

First thing I will say is the songs are not as good as the first and a few times I felt like the songs were from Frozen more than Moana. I worried Lin Manuel Miranda had lost his touch but, it turns out he wasn't involved and it shows.

The music was noticeably worse, especially when they tried to squeeze in random Lin Manuel rap breaks. It was such a contrast when they played the reprise of “We Know the Way” from the first film. I did enjoy “What Could be Better than This?” 

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Moana 2 opened with a domestic weekend (3-day) box office of $135.5M and a 5-day box office of $221.0M......
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt13622970/ 

'Moana 2' leads in highest-grossing Thanksgiving weekend ever at box office
A trio of recent movie releases — “Wicked,” “Gladiator II” and “Moana 2” — has made this Thanksgiving weekend a feast for movie theaters.
By Angela Yang   Dec 1, 2024
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/moana-2-thanksgiving-box-office-record-rcna182346 

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The trio contributes to an estimated Thanksgiving weekend total of a whopping $420 million, according to box office data from Comscore — surpassing the previous record of $315.6 million set in 2018, led by the releases of “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” “Creed II” and “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.”*  *  *
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Grossing $221 million across North America since its Wednesday release, “Moana 2” has shattered box office records with the biggest five-day opening of all time — including the biggest Thanksgiving debut ever. The film soared past the previous five-day opening record of $204.6 million for “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” and nearly doubled the $15 million Thanksgiving Day record formerly set by “Frozen 2.”

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Moana 2 got a Golden Globe nomination (winners to be announced during televised ceremony on CBS on Jan. 5)...

Golden Globes Nominations Full List Revealed: ‘Emilia Pérez’ Leads In Film & ‘The Bear’ Leads TV
By Andreas Wiseman   December 9, 2024 
https://deadline.com/2024/12/golden-globes-nominations-2025-list-film-tv-1236198070/ 

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Best Motion Picture – Animated
Flow (Sideshow / Janus Films)
Inside Out 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Memoir of a Snail (IFC Films)
Moana 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Netflix)
The Wild Robot (Universal Pictures)