Moana

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Moana has made a lot of debates on if this movie is a classic princess movie or if it is taking its own path. I have three reasons that conclude either of them. They are about the movie itself, opinion pages and blogs and other opinions for people. What do you think about the movie? Maybe your opinion will change once you read this. In the movie, there are mentions of people calling Moana a princess. There isn't a lot of clarification that she is or isn't a princess. I feel like they did that because they want you to decide for yourself. In the movie, she doesn't have a love interest which happens in most of the Disney princess movies. Moana also stated that she was not a princess. In the movie, she finds demigod Maui, who repeatedly calls her princess. Moana clarifies that she is not a princess, she is “the daughter of the chief.” “Look,” Maui says, “if you wear a dress and have an animal sidekick, you’re a princess.” The movie really does not follow the typical princess movie outline. Although she does wear a dress and have a sidekick. …show more content…
On Imdb ( click here to go to imdb (Moana) website ) they mention something about her being the daughter of a chief. On Netflix
(click here to go to Netflix (Moana title)) they mention that she is destined to be her island’s chief.
Everyone has their own opinion about everything. As for this movie, I feel that people are confused, opinionated, and loving the Moana movie. In a bunch of blogs (that different people wrote), some of them state what they think and others do not state whether they think if she is a princess or not. People believe that she is the first Polynesian princess. Others believe that she just is a Polynesian chief in the movie. In all I think its a 50/50 because a lot say she is a princess, a lot say she is just a

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