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?

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] serendepity@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

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

[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago

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