Moana 2026 “Review”

Thought I was going to hate this but that sound track carries this movie hard…let’s discuss!

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As mentioned above, the soundtrack is amazing, just as it was 10 years ago. Everything with Catherine Laga’aia, who’s playing the live-action Moana, was amazing. Honestly loved her. The rock wasn’t even as bad as I had expected prior. He’s still not Maui to me. But he doesn’t do as bad a job as I thought prior to watching.

I had a good time with this. A personal 7/10 one time watch good time. It doesn’t hold a candle to the original. But, going in with a 36% RT score my expectations were set extremely low and I walked away honestly having a good time with the soundtrack. Maybe I had rose-tinted glasses on due to it? But if I pulled up the original alongside this like I did getting home from live action Lilo & Stitch, maybe I can tear it apart. But watching it as a movie with the animated version deep into my past memories I walked away having a good time.

Nothing at the end of this title, so maybe no live-action Moana 2. Honestly, Disney needs to stop with these live-action remakes. They’re never done better or add anything to the discussion. The soundtrack carries it, and the lead, Catherine, does a great job of capturing this story in live action.

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Thank you for coming by Popped for your movie “reviews”. Did you checkout Moana in theatres? Love to hear your thoughts in the comments below. Still to come from this weeks batch is The Invite. Next week we have the 3 hour long Odyssey before having a week away with no/limited releases for Comic Con weekend then the big Spider-Man to wrap up July :D.

Looking forward to those yet to come. What movies are you looking forward to after Spiderman at the end of the month? Let us know in the comments below.

Until next time though, fellow movie-goers. Happy Movie-Going :D.