• DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    I mean…I already watched this movie like 10 years ago. I know what happens already.

    OK, Maui is now The Rock in a muscle suit and a wig. But most of the new movie is CGI. The original movie was also animated. Why do I need to watch the new one?

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      At least with the lion king there was a 25 year gap between the two movies so the target audience would’ve been entirely different generations.

      But Moana 2 came out 2 years ago. Anyone who watched it, probably watched the first one beforehand, even if we’re talking about a 5 year old in 2024 who wasn’t around in 2016 - the kid’s parents would’ve probably pirated or streamed it to watch before going to the movies to see Moana 2.

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      2 days ago

      Also, The Rock’s acting in the trailers looked… stiff as a rock

      But seriously, he doesn’t have the charisma of the original Maui

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        Which is funny because he voiced the original Maui too. I guess the animators did a lot of work to sell his voice acting.

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      Honestly I didn’t even realize it had been that long till you said it.

      10 years is still to early for a “live action” (even though it’s basically just animation) remake.

      They would have made more money doing frozen

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        They would have made more money doing frozen

        The CinemaSins video on the trailers suggested making a live action remake of Atlantis. That would sell like gangbusters, but Disney has spent the last 20 years pretending it didn’t exist