The first installment of Moana grossed at the box office $643.3 million throughout the world, and obtained a 95% approval on Rotten Tomatoes by critics, as well as 89% by the audience. Although it premiered in 2016, many fans of disney They continue to consider it one of the company’s great films of the last decade.
This November 29eight years after the first film, arrives in Spanish cinemas Moana 2the second installment in which we will meet again with Sheath and Maui. Will the sequel live up to the original feature film? The question is in the air, as viewers will have a lot to say about it. But the specialized press that has already seen the film has already begun to share its opinions.
The film boasts between 69% and 70% approval on Rotten Tomatoes by the specialized press (a figure that has fluctuated in recent hours), a figure much lower than the first.
New installment of Moana and Maui
Moana 2 takes us back to Polynesian island Motunui to develop a new adventure for Variana, who is no longer as young as when we first met her. In the first movie, this “princess” had to restore the heart of Te Fiti with the help of Maui and recover the legacy of their ancestors, who were expert sailors.
Now we will see her converted into an explorer willing to search new human tribes to contact and establish a relationship. Moana will work alongside Maui and a series of new friends who will join their duo as a crew: the farmer Kelethe inventor Lotus and the chronicler Moni.
In the original version, Vaina’s voice will once again be that of Auli’i Cravalho. For its part, Dwayne Johnson will return as Maui, which he will also give life in the live-action of Moana in 2026. In Spanish, Maria Parrado She will be the artist in charge of giving voice to the protagonist’s songs.
Second parts… Were they never good?
In its origin, Moana 2 It wasn’t going to be a movie, but a animation series that could be seen through the platform Disney+. However, it has ended as a 100 minute feature film which, as those who have already seen it advance, hardly offers anything new with respect to the first installment.
The audience will find just what they expect: a adventure movie with catchy songs and tender and well-known characters. The little ones will love it, because the plot is the same as the first film: the journey of the heroine who achieves her goal. Disney repeats a formula that already worked for them, but is it enough to win over viewers?
This “safe bet” also has its negative side, and that is that Moana 2 does not contribute barely no news with respect to its original. The feature film adds new characters and plots, but is caught in the same spiral as its original. It is too similar, both in narrative and technical and artistic aspects.
Moana is one of those rare sequels that Disney made direct to video, but sneaking into the cinema. A result of a study in crisis that no longer knows how to do what it knew how to do
And I won’t forgive him for making me miss Lin Manuel Miranda pic.twitter.com/2msKPCGJuB
— David Vaka (Dir. David Vaca) (@DavidVaka_) November 26, 2024
Disney bets on sequels and remakes
For a few years now, many have been asking the same question. What’s wrong with disney with the aftermaththe prequels and the remakes? Some have even labeled him with a kind of syndrome: “sequelitis”. The Mickey Mouse company has been around for years leaving aside innovation and the risk that that entails, and prefers to take advantage of formulas that have worked before.
Just like what happened with Marvel and the superheroesnow it’s happening with the animation disney and Pixar. Film critics are raising the possibility that audiences will tire of consume a similar product over and over again which he has been consuming in recent years.
Today also marks 5 years since the release of ‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’, the sequel to the original 2014 film pic.twitter.com/9ZazS0YZa9
— DISNEY REACTIONS (@DisneyReact) October 18, 2024
The director of #InsideOut2Kelsey Mann has dropped that we could see the rest of Riley’s life in more sequels
“We are open to making another film. People are excited to see Riley’s life, her whole life. “They want to see Riley grow.” pic.twitter.com/va1PmIFt5D
— DISNEY REACTIONS (@DisneyReact) October 24, 2024
Meanwhile, other animation studios are betting on truly innovative productions that are managing to attract the attention of all types of audiences. Arcane either Spider-Man: Crossing the Multiverse are some of the new examples that are setting new trends with more elaborate and innovative narratives.
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Now the big studios are in low hours making sequels and shit (Disney, Pixar…) and with your quality and scriptwriters you would sweep the market and the awards season. pic.twitter.com/ASssnh43U3
— Victoria (@vickybelivet) November 24, 2024
The company’s next releases
The trend of second parts was evident last summer in the disney convention, D23 Expoheld in Anaheim, California. Most of the titles announced were sequels, prequels and remakes. Of the 15 movies that Disney presentedonly one is completely original: Elio.
The new Disney-Pixar feature film follows the story of an 11-year-old boy who is kidnapped by aliens and appointed Earth’s ambassador in space. Its premiere is scheduled for June 2025.
Among the main news, Disney confirmed the arrival Moana 2, toy story 5, The Incredibles 3 and Frozen 3. Zootopia It will also have its second part, and Avatar his third. snow white and The Lion King They will also have their own live-action.
How long will this strategy last? Will he be able to convince viewers? Time will tell.
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