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Peak of all!! I originally knew the Broadway shows songs only but didn't know the plot and holy crap this was an amazing adaptation. At first I was skeptical of the musical, afraid it won't meet up the expectations since Mean Girls for me was a total flop. Oh boy was I wrong so much! Since yk Ariana had some scandals so I was scared it wouldn't go as well, didn't have high expectations but I was excited since I knew the visuals would be amazing. I was right, the outfits, the choreography, singing and overall set had got me gasping in the movie. Bless Ariana and Cynthia, amazing vocals fit for the musical standard.

Just watched this and got back from the cinema. Woo, amazing movie in terms of visuals that got me teared up. The culture, the ost always got me, not to mention the whole dynamic between maui and moana amazing as always. It didn't reach the peak level of the first movie of Moana but I nonetheless enjoyed it. Good things about it? The decent music, amazing ost, design, visuals and over all cultural dive in there. I liked the butt dial joke! I was mostly let down about the whole plot, thought batlady was trying to manipulate moana the whole time and kinda almost forgot about her the entire movie. Wished there was more to her than just the mid credits scene. There was a lot of plot holes imo during the whole movie. It went too fast but I get it, it's only a 1h 40 m movie...so I didn't expect it much. It just felt a bit fast paced, the difficulties they faced didn't feel idk good enough? I kinda missed Lin Miranda Manuel's touch here, he's a musical genius but he isnt included in this project so I knew going in there, the music wouldn't be as good as I expected. The song I liked a lot was Beyond the most. Movie was mid at most in terms of storytelling, I couldn't get into the feels of when Moana is struggling. It felt just so shallow...and that's coming from someone who cries at films easily. I find it hard to connect to her emotionally. But overall, enjoyable movie if you remove the storyline. I'd give a 5/5 if I was still a kid but 4 stars rn bc I love the animation.

I honestly expected more. Was it because of the fanfics i read in ao3 were really that good that this made felt like i was reading wattpad? Yes. Or maybe it's because of the high expectations I had even when I read that the book isn't that good from the reviews, I still held out to some sort of hope that it'll break me in tears since I easily cry but this was just boring and that I got severely disappointed. I'm half way through already in a day, honestly it just did not make me feel connected. Red flags i had with this book. The ending was already been told at the second page which was already a second red flag when i saw Finn's nickname from Autumn was "Finny", honestly, to me, it was horrendous, cringe and icky. The tiara was unnecessary. I don't need to say anything else, it didn't feel like symbolism to me at all because of how she said she was quirky and stuff...ya red flag!! Just reminds me of those fangirls back in 2018. Writing: There was the amount of mentions of sex, I actually read smut from time to time and I'm fine with it in general but it's a bit weird in my opinion?? At this point it wasn't because sex was the topic, it was the way it was written. AND GOD GIVE THIS LADY A DAMN THESAURUS, 'says' is so repetitive and annoying. The only thing I liked about the writing is that it was clear and easy to understand, suitable for those who are not good at English. Characters: Finn's character for me felt incomplete for some reason, maybe it's because we don't get a lof ot information about him other than he plays soccer, he gets drunk, he had childhood stuff with the female lead. Overall did not feel connected enough to the characters or emotionally attached. It could've been better. Would not recommend unless you're a colleen hoover fan.