Just a heads up there's going to be a lot of sad personal stuff brought up so if あなた don't want to read this that's totally understandable.

Today's rewatch: Moana
Last time watched: July 6, 2017

How much did I like this movie when it came out?

I had some reservations about this movie because I didn't know for sure if it was going to be good especially since I hadn't seen too much stuff about it. But after hearing How Far I'll Go I knew I wanted to watch this movie even if it was just to hear that song on the big screen. My husband and I saw it for my birthday and even though the villain twist seemed a little meh to me, I still had an amazing time watching it and I loved the soundtrack so much that I downloaded all the songs that night for my flight the 次 日 (I was visiting family for the holidays). While on the flight I listened to the song on repeat for several hours (12-15 hours including layover). Then while visiting my お気に入り for クリスマス I saw Moana again after only just seeing it a couple days before and then I bought the official soundtrack which, once again, was played on repeat when one of my sisters and I were on a 2 1/2 drive to my dad's. I ended up preordering the dvd and bluray and got promotional 画像 from the movie (just like with The Little Mermaid :P) and of course as soon as it was delivered I begged my husband to have us watch it that night.

On July 6, 2017, the last time I watched this movie, I had gotten a phone call from my mom. She told me that my dad, who had been diagnosed with cancer only a few months before and wasn't strong enough to get the treatment he needed, wasn't going to make it through the night. I was living in Indiana at the time with my husband while my entire family was in Washington so there was no way I was going to make it there in time to say goodbye. I didn't even see him after he was diagnosed, I thought there would be もっと見る time. I was getting married in September and his first grandchild was going to be born in November. I had been hoping and praying that he was going to be able to make it that long but instead we were going to lose him and I never got to see him または say goodbye. After the phone call I began to sob on the livingroom couch. My husband was working that night so I was ホーム alone. I needed something to distract me from the pain so without thinking I put in Moana, laid on the ソファー, ソファ while clutching the stuffed dog he gave me for my 18th birthday, and just watched the movie. As the movie went on there were scenes where I was sobbing; Moana saying goodbye to her grandmother, Maui leaving Moana, and Moana giving back the heart. によって that time the pain was starting to be too much until...Gramma Tala came to Moana. I suddenly felt this small comfort that even though my dad was leaving me forever, he would still be with me in my heart. I owe this movie so much for being there for me on the worst night of my life, I'll always be grateful to Moana, both the movie and the character.

Why I 愛 this movie so much:
I feel like a broken record saying this but I 愛 the アニメーション so much! The different designs of the characters and how they actually have realistic body types, the ocean, the 2D style アニメーション used for some of the scenes, Te Ka's lava, everything.

As I've 発言しました before, I 愛 the soundtrack for this movie. It's not as great as Aladdin's または The Little Mermaid's but it at least has a better soundtrack than Frozen.

Baby Moana still puts a big smile on my face. I have a huge soft spot for cartoon 赤ちゃん like Littlefoot and Tarzan and Moana is on that 一覧 with how kind and adorable she is.

Something I 愛 about this movie is that this movie focuses on Moana actually accepting her role as future chief without 芝居 like it's a death sentence and having her save her people and her ホーム while working with a male companion without shoehorning a romance in. I 愛 ディズニー 映画 with romance but it is refreshing to see a female lead without a romantic partner especially with all the ディズニー 映画 we have with male leads with no 愛 interests.

There's a ファン theory that I like to consider to be canon about the ハート, 心 of Te Fiti, how it kept Gramma Tala alive this whole time until she gave it to Moana, and it was because of the ハート, 心 that Moana was able make it through her journey safely, including going beyong the リーフ even after almost drowning the first time earlier that day.

I have a hard time understanding why people hate Hei Hei または find him annoying. He was just a silly chicken! His reaction to being out in the middle of the ocean still gets me laughing every time.

I think my お気に入り easter egg in this movie has to be Baymax in the kakamora scene. It's just so funny to see that adorable friendly face in a sea (lol) of murderous pirates.

I still like the "if あなた wear a dress and have an animal sidekick, you're a princess" quote, the same with his "if あなた start 歌う I'm gonna throw up" line. I don't consider it an insult for princesses または take it too seriously, it's just fourth ウォール breaking humor, which happens to be one of my お気に入り types of jokes in shows and movies.

In my opinion I think there were way too many jokes in this movie but at least most of them were genuinly funny. My お気に入り jokes were 鮫, サメ head, Maui throwing Moana off the ボート several times, and "Ever defeat a lava monster?"/"No, have you?" There's some jokes I think could have been left out like the tweeting joke.

One of the things I 愛 the most about Gramma Tala is she doesn't give a speech または try to convince Moana to try again, instead she lets Moana decide for herself what to do 次 without making her feel ashamed of failing.


Princess:
I 愛 Moana as much as I 愛 the classic and renaissance princesses. There, I 発言しました it. She's not high on my 一覧 like Rapunzel is but I really don't think she deserves all the hate she gets. If あなた don’t like her then whatever but I had a hard time seeing her as annoying または a Mary Sue または bland. It could just be me not seeing the big issues but either way I 愛 her. She was 12 on my 一覧 but now she's 9!

Movie:
As I 発言しました before I thought there were a little too many jokes and I thought the movie could do without the kakamora scene but I still had a fun time. This movie was 9 on my 一覧 but now it's 8

Rating: 7/10

Would I watch it again?
Yes!

次 movie will be Brave/The Legend of Mor’Du!