Over thanksgiving break, I had the opportunity to watch Moana at the cinema with my friends. Prior to watching this movie, I thought this was like a classic Disney movie with a princess theme and a love interest. Yet this movie has proved me wrong and it was truly one of the most unique and remarkable movie Disney has made. Unlike many Disney movie, this movie does not have a very fantasy theme nor does the main character has skinny Barbie like most Disney princesses have, but yet it focuses on a girl’s rites of passage and the brave story of hers to rescue her island. It reminds me a lot of Mulan talking about girl power and it is a refreshing movie with good moral lessons embedded. I have learned a lot from this movie because it taught
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This movie is set basically in Hawaii with strong Polynesian culture influence. We can tell from the beautiful scenery, clothing of characters, songs as well as the hula dance they were dancing in the movie. These all provide a very exotic feel of Hawaii and some also argues that the hula dance is like a prostitution of Hawaiian culture. A big part of Polynesian culture is singing and dancing, this movie has done a good job portraying this. However, the character Maui is criticized due to his overweight image. This sort of gave a stereotype and offensive image of Polynesian as overweight to the audience. Therefore, if I could have the chance to change the presentation of this film. I would change this the image of Maui in the movie. I would not change him completely to a Disney prince figure, but I would not keep his overweight big round body image either. I would try to portray him with a normal body figure in order to combat such stereotype of Polynesian being overweight. In conclusion, Moana is a great movie and I recommend people who have not seen it to go watch it. It is truly a piece of gem which embraces strength in diversity and taught us to appreciate different cultures. Not only will it give the audience a great laugh, it will also inspire and enlighten the
This movie is set basically in Hawaii with strong Polynesian culture influence. We can tell from the beautiful scenery, clothing of characters, songs as well as the hula dance they were dancing in the movie. These all provide a very exotic feel of Hawaii and some also argues that the hula dance is like a prostitution of Hawaiian culture. A big part of Polynesian culture is singing and dancing, this movie has done a good job portraying this. However, the character Maui is criticized due to his overweight image. This sort of gave a stereotype and offensive image of Polynesian as overweight to the audience. Therefore, if I could have the chance to change the presentation of this film. I would change this the image of Maui in the movie. I would not change him completely to a Disney prince figure, but I would not keep his overweight big round body image either. I would try to portray him with a normal body figure in order to combat such stereotype of Polynesian being overweight. In conclusion, Moana is a great movie and I recommend people who have not seen it to go watch it. It is truly a piece of gem which embraces strength in diversity and taught us to appreciate different cultures. Not only will it give the audience a great laugh, it will also inspire and enlighten the