03-06-2021, 11:20 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-06-2021, 11:20 PM by Drunk Monk.)
(01-26-2021, 07:17 PM)Drunk Monk Wrote:
Raya and the Last Dragon
A friend bought it and set up a private livestream - same friend that hooked me up with Mulan. It was a little glitchy but still watchable.
I enjoyed it. It was very predictable. Kelly Marie Tran is a solid voice actress. Awkwafina tries to pull off the zany mystical creature ala Murphy's Mushu or Williams' Genie but she doesn't quite succeed. Gemma Chan is good too. Benjamin Wong rocks. He always rocks. The look of the world is colorful, eliciting memories of Thailand and Indonesia. The fusion mythology is a bit confused, especially when it comes to the dragon/naga, but it is a fantasy world, after all. It's a good father/daughter tale, as well as female empowerment, but it's really predictable, right down to the Disney death.
What redeems it for me is the sword fights. It's some of the best Disney sword fights so far.
I wouldn't particularly recommend it to DOOM.
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