u/terrence1972

He is the only one with the persona, the clout and drive to bring these moana projects together.

He is also samoan. Which is perhaps the most authentic and intact polynesian culture today.

Samons also have some sway in hollywood with samoan producers and directors.

But reality is, no dwayne no more moana.

If that's the kind of reception moana live action gets, then world doesn't deserve our beautiful polynesian culture.

Dozed off 20 minutes into spidey bnd movie. So boring.

They come here, talk absolute repetitive shit about the moana movie and dwayne. You respond to them and they get all mushy crybaby.

Demanding the moderators ban me from this MOANA forum. Duh.

Most of them haven't even seen the movie.

What a sad miserable lot.

Mesa Faasolo

As someone who is of both Tongan and Samoan heritage, sometimes it comes off as Moana being represented heavily by the Samoan culture only.

I get that majority of the cast and creators are also of Samoan heritage, but ‘Maui’ & ‘Moana’ were figures in all polynesian cultures. Not just Samoan.

Just my opinion, not looking for lessons/ novels or explanations. There just isn’t enough representation of other cultures.

Roman Reigns i reckon has very limited range and obviously wants to stay in his comfort zone (wwe). He also getting old (41).

At this point, i can't see any polynesian break out star any time soon.

Alafou Ulukivailoa

We watched Moana as a family, and I got to watch something I’ll never forget. 🥺❤️‍🩹

From the very first scene, my daughter was on her feet, dancing along to every song like her body already knew the rhythm before her mind caught up. I realized why. This wasn’t just a movie to her. It was home.

She saw her grandmother’s wisdom and warmth in Gramma Tala. She saw her dad’s steady strength in Chief Tui. She saw her mother’s kind spirit in Tina. She saw her own fire, her stubbornness, and her big heart in Moana. The ocean, the drums, and the dancing weren’t just background music. It was her music. Every move she made along with Moana was her body recognizing itself in the story.

That’s what true representation does. It’s not just a character who looks like your kid. It’s a story where they can see their grandmother, their father, their culture, and their whole family reflected back at them. My daughter didn’t just watch Moana tonight. She danced her way into seeing that she belongs in this story, fully and completely.

Grateful beyond words for movies that do this for our children. 🌊🐓

Moana gonna have long long legs with its familiar storyline, catchy tunes and absence of kids/girls movies the next few months.

Wont be surprised if disney keeps it in theaters through xmas-new year holidays.

Time for a south seas love story.

Keep the story moving along.

Also notice they've added 600 screens for moana this weekend. A couple of thousand more than the odyssey OW.

Interesting.

Where ever the moana la box office numbers end up at. It doesn't really matter to us.

Disney is a huge company. It can recover any losses overnight.

Us samoans and the polynesian communities have got what we want. And we are truly humbled to see our people and our culture in all its essence, celebrated across the globe.

Odyssey is Rated R, so will have little effect on junior market. Spidey will eat into minions and toys male audience.

As of right now. Minions seem front-loaded, Toys is running low on batteries (pun intended) and moana has its female crowd.

Moana's catchy tunes also should push her towards Thanksgiving.

Good moana holds so far this week btw.

An ode to our polynesian common ancestor Tangaroa.

He led the voyages to most of the polynesian islands. He was Maui's father.

This scene could be the launch pad for a moana spinoff.

These markets are not tainted by western internet crap like oooh-it-came-out-too-soon-should've-waited-100-years-to-make-it oooh-it's-dwaynes-selfish-project-because-he-getting-old and fck-dwayne-coz-he-rich-talented-n-successful-n-i'm-just-a-pathetic-miserable-loser.

😁😁😁

Watch these markets k.

Cheeehooo..

Yep. One market at a time.👍

Cast heading to tokyo next week for japan release on july 30th.

No family releases till end of the month with spidey opening. So gonna be a three-race comp between minions, toys and mow-ana.

This would be interesting.

Excellent audience reception so far should see it build good legs over summer holidays.

Leshgoooo..cheeehooo!!

I think people who watched Moana LA genuinely enjoyed it

Especially parents and kids.

But if by any small chance disney 'influenced' part of the score, I don't blame them. Crusty old critics shit on their movie for kids and moana fans.

And at the same time heaping praise on boring sleepfest old people flicks like theinvite they like.

Disney knows how to play this game.

Hollywood is not particularly kind to Polynesian actresses. Apart from the moana movies, Aulii, too, has been struggling to secure major roles. Just bits and pieces in b-grade movies, tv and stage.

Pros for Ms Laga'aia.

- pretty enough with acting skills. But then hollywood is not short of those.

Cons

- church and family-oriented means she'll be conservative and less selfish. 2 traits that wont help you in hollyweird.