Why Moana Is the Worst Disney Princess Movie
Moana is the worst Disney princess movie. I have not seen all Disney princess movies, but out of all the princess movies I have seen, Moana is by far the worst. Moana is greedy and every problem the characters have to face lasts for 5 minutes, then is never spoken about again.
Moana’s character is one of the most greedy characters I have ever seen. Moana is the princess of a village, and all she wants is to leave the village she is going to be responsible for. Moana had everything their village had and knew of and yet she still wants more than she has. Eventually Moana gets what she wants, leaves the island, and meets a demigod named Maui who is locked up and has been locked in a cave for a thousand years. Moana forces him to help her.
In the film, every time something interesting happens, it gets sidelined or forgotten within five minutes of being introduced. One example is when the pig side kick was introduced and then set aside because Moana didn’t want the pig to get hurt, reducing the characters the show had to focus on. Another thing the movie introduced was the coconut pirates, which were very cool when they were introduced, but then were removed almost immediately and never mentioned again. This part really annoyed me because I feel like they could have done a lot more things with this enemy, but they just removed them from the story right after they were introduced. This problem happens a few times in the film, and most of the things they sideline have potential to make the movie more interesting.
There are a lot of things about Moana that make it the worst Disney princess movie. Now I am not saying Moana is a bad movie, but it is worse than the other Disney Princess movies that I have seen. From the greedy main character to the sidelined opportunities, this movie just isn’t interesting to me.
Riker • Jan 1, 2022 at 9:06 AM
I know we watched the same movie, but I think we saw much different things.
Moana was similar to her father, who wanted to do the same thing as her when she was young, go out and explore the world. It’s part of out nature as humans, to be explorers.
Her village seems to be part of the Polynesian Empire, but it’s been separated because nobody is sailing anymore. I believe there was a period in actual history where for centuries the Polynesians stopped exploring and colonizing new islands. Then they started up again, but I’m sure they had to relearn everything about wayfaring all over again. This movie gives a pretty fun fantastic reason why this happened. Maui is a real religious figure in Polynesian culture, and he got Disney-fied, but I like him all the same anyway.
So Moana doesn’t just have some death-wish wanderlust, she’s fulfilling her destiny and restoring her people to true wayfarers, and making the world safe again. She follows her heart, though she doesn’t even know why in the beginning. But she listens to herself, doesn’t need a romantic interest, faces an impossible task and ends up being a great chief for her people.
I think the challenges she overcome have their place too. No need to keep repeating encounters if she won. Why go see Tomatoa again? He’s in his realm, and she bested him already.
I think the story is pretty great. Different mythology then most westerners like myself have seen. Was a fun cute tale, and Disney did their research well and then Disney-fied it. Fun movie in my opinion.
Aidan • Oct 21, 2021 at 9:25 AM
This is kind of funny how off the story line is in this article. Because her island is going to be plagued by this darkness thingy, so she is not going to explore other islands for herself. She is doing it to save her family. Yes she might want to go out into the ocean, but at least she has a purpose.
Edgar Santos • Sep 22, 2021 at 8:56 AM
i am agree because it is a interesting history because it dont have the cliches that all the prinses diney movies
Breanne A • Sep 22, 2021 at 8:55 AM
The points made in this article are weak. She did care about her village but she wanted the ocean as well. You say she’s selfish, yet she saved many islands and helped other villages. She made Maui come because it was his fault was it not? Moana was destined to explore the ocean more then live the rest of her life on an island. And in the end she did take care of her village.
Cassius • Sep 13, 2021 at 1:03 PM
I disagree with this because it has the story all wrong, Moana was not greedy she just wanted to do what she wanted and not what the village wanted
kaden • Sep 13, 2021 at 11:02 AM
i agree with it being one of the wose disney princess movies the movie goes to fast
Taylor • Sep 13, 2021 at 11:01 AM
I can understand why you might think there were missed opportunities that could’ve potentially made the movie more interesting, but when Moana left, she was not being selfish, she was simply trying to help her village while doing what she loved.
landon godbold • Sep 13, 2021 at 8:05 AM
I agree if she is in charge of the village then she should not be leaving
George • Sep 13, 2021 at 8:03 AM
I think that they could have done a lot more with the coconut pirates to.
saly • Sep 13, 2021 at 8:02 AM
the only reason moana left the island and “forced” maui to help her was because she was trying to help her island. She was trying to get more food and stuff for her island.
zanio • Sep 13, 2021 at 7:56 AM
that is true most other disney princecess want to help family moana wants to help her self.
gio • Sep 1, 2021 at 11:01 AM
I really do agree that Moana was one of the worst Disney movies, yet she was very greedy. Disney disapointed with this movie cause as a “princess” I expected more.
vaeria h • Sep 1, 2021 at 8:59 AM
i agree that there were some opportunities to keep things more interesting but i do not agree that it was one of the worst Disney movies. Moana wasn’t being selfish she was doing what made her happy and she was saving the village.
Emmanuel Figueroa • Sep 1, 2021 at 7:56 AM
In my personal opinion:
I have seen Moana a couple of times because my younger brother love it, at the begining its confusing, you dont really know what is going on, if she is going to become the island leader or not, then, the characters are all sidelined and then you never hear about them again.
Now Moana its not a bad movie or one you should never see but its the worst Disney movie.
melissa sanjuan • Sep 1, 2021 at 7:48 AM
moana was a good movie but this artical does have some good points and talking about it made me realize that moana was greedy and the enimies did have potential to have more parts in the story.