MOVIE REVIEW:

CHARACTERS:
 Moana (Auli‘i Cravalho)
 Maui (Dwayne Johnson)
 Gramma Tala (Rachel House)
 Chief Tui (Temuera Morrison)
 Sina (Nicole Scherzinger)
 Tamatoa (Jemaine Clement)
 Hei Hei (dumb rooster)
 Pua (Moana’s loyal pet pig)

SETTINGS:
Moana is an ancient tale set on a fictional island, but the story, characters, and culture depicted
are drawn from real Polynesian islands. Disney’s Moana takes place in the Pacific Islands in the
distant past,

CONFLICTS:
The Central Conflict: Moana and Maui must battle the monsters of Polynesian lure to restore
the Heart. False Goal: Get Maui's hook back. Intentional Opposition: Tamatoa has Maui's hook,
and is willing to kill to keep it.
PLOT:
In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the Demigod Maui reaches Moana's
island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the Demigod to set things right.

Moana Waialiki is a sea voyaging enthusiast and the only daughter of a chief in a long line of
navigators. When her island's fishermen can't catch any fish and the crops fail, she learns that
the demigod Maui caused the blight by stealing the heart of the goddess, Te Fiti. The only way
to heal the island is to persuade Maui to return Te Fiti's heart, so Moana sets off on an epic
journey across the Pacific. The film is based on stories from Polynesian mythology.

Moana is a daughter of the chief of her tribe. Coming from a long line of navigators she sets off
for a fabled island with the demigod Maui. Along the voyage they battle all which the ocean
hides, while learning what the power of persistence and faith can accomplish.

An adventurous teenager sails out on a daring mission to save her people. During her
journey, Moana meets the once-mighty demigod Maui, who guides her in her quest to become
a master wayfinder. Together, they sail across the open ocean on an action-packed voyage,
encountering enormous monsters and impossible odds. Along the way, Moana fulfills the
ancient quest of her ancestors and discovers the one thing she always sought: her own identity.

On the Polynesian island of Motunui, the inhabitants worship the goddess Te Fiti, who brought
life to the ocean, using a stone as her heart and the source of her power. Maui, the shape-
shifting demigod and master of sailing, steals the heart to give humanity the power of creation.
However, Te Fiti disintegrates, and Maui is attacked by Te Ka, a volcanic demon, losing both his
magical giant fishhook and the heart to the depths. A millennium later, Moana, daughter of
Motunui's chief Tui, is chosen by the ocean to return the heart to Te Fiti. However, Tui arrives
and takes Moana away, causing her to lose the heart. Tui and Moana's mother, Sina, try to keep
her away from the ocean to prepare her for ascension as the island's chief.

OPINION:
 After watching the movie, I did not know what I felt. I did not even know how should I react.
It made me think about so many things. My mind even asked me some questions. "Am I doing
what I really want?" "What do I really want?" "Who am I?" "Am I doing something that is
beneficial to my loved one and me?" and lastly, the question that hit me the most was, "Am I
satisfied with my life?". With all these questions that formed in my mind, I cant even think of an
answer to any of them. Moana knew what she wanted to do in her life so she knew what she
needed to do for her to achieve it. However, in my case, I still don't know what I really want to
be. I don't know who I want to become in the future. I was in a stage wherein I was stressed
and depressed about my future, about my decisions and also I didn't know what my capacity is.
After thinking about it and analyzing what I had watched. I realized that I do not need to
become anyone. I do not need to know what my capacity is because I can do anything I want. I
can be myself in front of everybody. I could be proud of myself even if no one is and that is the
best gift that a person can ever get- knowing his/her self worth. Moana did what she wanted
because she knew that her worth would be wasted if she would conform on what they had. In
the end, she succeeded and I believe I would too. Right at this very moment of my life, I can say
that I am not satisfied yet. I know that I can do so much better than what I am doing now. I can
overcome every challenge and I know that this is just the beginning. Even if no one believes in
me, I would believe in myself just like how Moana did and voyaged on her own

REACTION:
In the movie Moana, the different problems encountered by an individual in our society
today was shown. The story revolves in a girl named "Moana" which turned out to be the title
of the movie itself and "Maui" the demigod. Ever since Moana was a kid, she wanted to go to
the ocean. She was inlove with water. However, due to conflicts and restrictions made by her
parents. She could not do what she really wanted to do. Instead, she was given a responsibility
that she would be the next heir of their land. Hence, little did her parents know that it was too
much for her to handle. She can lead but she wanted to go after her dream more. As a result,
she went into a journey herself until she found "Maui" who later on, became her ally. Maui was
a demigod. He was made a demigod after his parents abandoned him. Everyone considered him
as a "hero" until one day he stole the heart of "Te fiti" who represented mother earth in real
life. All of a sudden, people perceived him as an evil person because he was the reason why the
earth was suddenly in chaos. Trees died and everything slowly faded away. From these
happenings in the movie, I came up with the thought that maybe the maker of the movie
wanted to make the viewers realize the following: first, you should go after your dream but
always be ready for the consequences. Second, the things that you think you do for the good of
everyone can actually harm them more than help them. Lastly, our environment is being
destroyed so we should do something to save the most essential thing in our life .