Wow does my daughter ever love Raya. She's asked for it like 5 times in the past week and we now have a new number 1. Pretty big change on the power rankings with the long time leader dethroned. My full review and updated power rankings below:
Raya and the Last Dragon: Basically Moana if instead of having to collect 1 magical item she has to collect 4. We've got the princess going on a heroes journey to save the water filled world, meeting a god like creature voiced by a big name actor, and of course Alan Tudyk voicing an animal. Raya even looks like Moana. Can't say I mind this Disney formula though, with the modern kick ass independent woman, and Raya takes it in a darker more complex direction. Sometimes that complexity is good exploring interesting themes around loss and revenge while sometimes it's bad feeling like a video game side quest. Didn't like the stupid gangster baby when more time could have been spent on developing Raya's rival whose character arc felt undeserved. Overall it was predictable but fun with some cool dragon visuals. 7/10
1. Raya and The Last Dragon
2. The Aristocats
3. The Lion King
4. Frozen 2
5. Frozen
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