Gosh the effects in this movie, the smoke, rain, sand and especially the water animation, it looks so real, like SO REAL! How is it possible to animate this good!
The '' Moana & Vaiana '' thing is because in some countries they had to change it from Moana to Vaiana, because there was an Italian porn actress with the name Moana. And they did not want children to find porn while looking for the movie . Eventhough there are no results of the actress anyway, but still they changed it , mostly in Europe .
in Māori culture there are gods for domains like the forest, the ocean, the wind, growing and cultivating crops, volcanoes etc and Maui was the demi god who went up against the gods and either defeated, tricked and won things for us, like fire, coconuts, he fished up my country Aotearoa, he gave the sun a hiding to slow it down so the days would be longer- i grew up with his stories and revisiting them as an adult has been crazy, some versions are not super kid friendly lol. Awesome to see you checking these films out:)
Hey are you also nz as well like me bc it's hard to find people who is also nz on social media I find it cool thst this is kind of a nz disney princess movie
@@Vyke-roundtableKnight that laughing emoji doesn't really hold much weight, it's kind of just a thing people use to end their sentences. Wouldn't think that deeply about it
The "haka" that Maui does is a traditional war dance, used to intimidate opponents before battle. Warriors would do the haka as a scare tactic, sometimes in hopes of warding off the enemies before any fighting and bloodshed broke out. It is also very sacred, because warriors use it to call upon their ancestors and spirits to fill them with strength and physical abilities for the upcoming battle. In modern times, it is performed for cultural ceremonies, and is performed most famously before Aotearoa's (NZ) All Black rugby team play rugby. They do this for the same reasons that they would for battle back in the day (except its just rugby not war). Although all islands in the pacific (polynesia,melanesia,mirconesia) have war dances that are different and unique but of the same nature, but the term "Haka" is mainly used by the Maori of Aotearoa, New Zealand. It's also important to note two more things: First off, this movie is not an "NZ movie" as a lot of the comments down below have claimed. It's a movie about a Pasifika princess and pasifika culture and our history as voyagers. There are elements throughout the movie that have been taken from islands all over the pacific. In fact, there isn't really any part of this movie that is solely based on one pacific country. There are Maori, Tongan, Samoan, Kuki Arangian, Tahitian, Hawai'ian, Fijian and even more elements from other island countries in the pacific. And my second important note is: remember that this movie is all about real cultural customs, stories and characters that real people care immensely about because they are part of their history and culture. Maui, for example, is a character that is the topic of many stories across the pacific. He was used to explain why things like fire, daylight, coconut trees and islands existed back before our people had scientific evidence. So if you don't know something, or something during the film captures your interest, its better to research said things before commenting or saying stuff that is not true and is a little insulting. Right, sorry for the essay, but thats it. Love your videos by the way Don!
It’s not the most obvious thing in the world, but if you pay attention, you’ll notice that saving the sea turtle is kind of a test. if you pay attention, you notice that right after saving the sea turtle, there’s like a magical energy pulse wave that bursts out across the ocean. later on the ocean will also perform other tests to test to resolve and find out if she’s ready to face the journey ahead, and the tests it will bring.
I love Moana's development, but Maui's personal growth was amazing. From being such a vain, self-absorbed, borderline narcissistic demigod to becoming a kind-hearted and loving friend and mentor is awesome, plus hearing Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson sing is pretty damn badass. I love how they cast Nicole Scherzinger (lead singer of The Pussycat Dolls) as Moana's mother.
Honestly, I think Moana was correct in having to go out passed the reef. Sure, yes, she wants nothing more than to explore, but I believe she was thinking about her tribe more than herself. If you can't survive locally, you have no choice but to stretch yourselves farther. Both father and daughter were right in their own way.
@@God_of_Anime123well I don’t know which one but Te Fiti is definitely based on a real mountain in the Philippines called “Mt. Makiling” the shape of the mountain looks like a girl sleeping.
@@fumetsu-950they changed it more more european countries so that kids wont find the porn actress when googling this movie, even tho you wouldnt really find anything of her with just googling the name🙂
@fumetsu-950 Yeah... but if they share the same name, you run the risk of kids finding the porn star instead of the movie when they search for it on the internet lol
It's not that Amazon got the name wrong, but that the name was changed in many countries because there's a porn actress who shares the same name, and they didn't want kids finding her videos by accident when googling for the movie.
43:17 "im pretty sure thats a south american thing" dawg legit said earlier it was Aoteoroa's rugby team before but switched up and said its south american... aingggggg
Much of the music is provided by the contemporary Polynesian group "Te Vaka". You can find their videos and music on UA-cam and elsewhere online. Wonderful stuff.
Maui supposedly needs the hook for his transformation powers. However, without the hook, he is still a demigod, and therefore still has his super strength in mortality, and a few other things including the magic tattoos.
26:07 As a man I'm surprised you didn't understand that part. You could tell from the smile Maui had, and the face of disgust that Moana pulled, that he had pissed in the water.
Actually in most places in Europe more specifically Italy there is a porn actress named Moana and they didn’t want kids to see that while searching for the movie so they in some parts they changed her name to Vaiana
12:14 this shot is amazing 😂 And the Vaiana thing is bc in some countries the name was already used. For example in France it’s due to numerous brands having the names. In some countries she is even name Oceania
The ‘South American rugby ting’ is a Maori cultural and ceremonial dance, with the stamping of feet, movement, and shouting. Usually taking place to welcome esteemed guests, or for special occasions or great achievements. I also found out about it through sports teams😂 it’s awesome
Technically, calling Maui a demigod is inaccurate, A demigod is someone who, in mythology, has one parent who is a god or goddess and the other is mortal (human). Therefore, because Maui was born to human parents, PLURAL, he is actually a shapeshifting god.
You probably got confused about if it was "How far I go" at the end because the version in the movie is sung by the voice actress Auli'i Cravalho and the one at the end is sung by by pop singer Alessia Cara and it is remixed too.
with how much you like the music you should react to the Hamilton Musical. Its made by the same man who created the songs, and he plays as the lead (Alexander Hamilton). Afterwards, I recommend a "top 10 things you didnt know about Hamilton video" since he adds alot of weird details.
@@Ma1hematics2013 Lin recorded the original cast during 3 performances and clipped them together to make a movie form of the musical. He actually ended up getting it on Disney Plus during quarantine.
Hey, i am a proud and true kiwi and the chant he did on the mountain wasn’t quite nz but more Samoa, Tonga, Rarotonga. These countries were the first to populate nz. So in some ways yes it is nz but it came from the Polynesian islands
yeah that was like the NZ haka lol. A lot of this like with Maui is taken from the beliefs of the Māori and Polynesian culture which is why i guess they have that in to show the a bit of Māori/nz culture. also a lot of the voice actors r from here as well.
Also they keep saying Vaiana in the subtitles, because you probably got wrong subtitles. In some countries she's renamed to Vaiana instead of Moana because of some reasons 💀
She was actually 14 when she was casted! At least that’s what I remember from a bts video on the DVD, when they started recording I can’t say, buy she might’ve been even younger in the beginning stages of recording, so even more impressive!
I believe the name Vaiana is for Europe and moana in america, im not 100% sure but there is trademark conflict with this movie name in Europe so i think most of the coutnries in Europe calls this Vaiana instead of Moana
@DonTownsend, If you enjoyed this one, you should watch Encanto next. Lin-Manuel Miranda made the music for this and Encanto. If you can react to Hamilton, you should do that too. By the way, Moana 2 is coming =)
Gosh the effects in this movie, the smoke, rain, sand and especially the water animation, it looks so real, like SO REAL! How is it possible to animate this good!
especially for a movie that was released so long ago
@@SyphonXYwhat do you mean long ago? 2016 was just 8 years ago 😭
@@davidk06 almost a decade that's hella long especially for technology.
@@davidk06 that was a pretty long time though
@@davidk06 Thats a long while mate
The '' Moana & Vaiana '' thing is because in some countries they had to change it from Moana to Vaiana, because there was an Italian porn actress with the name Moana. And they did not want children to find porn while looking for the movie . Eventhough there are no results of the actress anyway, but still they changed it , mostly in Europe .
Screw that adult actress man.
funny how her name is "moan"a xd
She is also underaged, jail !
@@Rohan_-- i walk talking about the actress xd.her name suits her job
"Guys, I think I bought the wrong Moana movie."
in Māori culture there are gods for domains like the forest, the ocean, the wind, growing and cultivating crops, volcanoes etc and Maui was the demi god who went up against the gods and either defeated, tricked and won things for us, like fire, coconuts, he fished up my country Aotearoa, he gave the sun a hiding to slow it down so the days would be longer- i grew up with his stories and revisiting them as an adult has been crazy, some versions are not super kid friendly lol. Awesome to see you checking these films out:)
Hey are you also nz as well like me bc it's hard to find people who is also nz on social media I find it cool thst this is kind of a nz disney princess movie
"the video of that african guy" leave my president alone don🤣
IN THE BENINGIN
@@Natasha-fq3zt eish
@@Natasha-fq3zt leesan propahlee
he's such meme material fr😭
😂😂😂Eish
The water got warmer when Maui was teaching Moana because he was peeing, and he was directly in front of her.
everybody knew that…
@@KellyMurning no but he was explaining to don what happened because he didn't get what maui was doing at 26:11
Well no shit
and yes, the dance that Maui does is, indeed, a haka.
Everyone loves "How far I'll go" song lmao 😂
“PLEASe. oME FiBd MedEEeeEeE” I sing it every day help-
Probably cuz shit SLAPS
The ancestor song is my favorite song 😭
Why is that funny?
@@Vyke-roundtableKnight that laughing emoji doesn't really hold much weight, it's kind of just a thing people use to end their sentences. Wouldn't think that deeply about it
The "haka" that Maui does is a traditional war dance, used to intimidate opponents before battle. Warriors would do the haka as a scare tactic, sometimes in hopes of warding off the enemies before any fighting and bloodshed broke out. It is also very sacred, because warriors use it to call upon their ancestors and spirits to fill them with strength and physical abilities for the upcoming battle. In modern times, it is performed for cultural ceremonies, and is performed most famously before Aotearoa's (NZ) All Black rugby team play rugby. They do this for the same reasons that they would for battle back in the day (except its just rugby not war). Although all islands in the pacific (polynesia,melanesia,mirconesia) have war dances that are different and unique but of the same nature, but the term "Haka" is mainly used by the Maori of Aotearoa, New Zealand. It's also important to note two more things: First off, this movie is not an "NZ movie" as a lot of the comments down below have claimed. It's a movie about a Pasifika princess and pasifika culture and our history as voyagers. There are elements throughout the movie that have been taken from islands all over the pacific. In fact, there isn't really any part of this movie that is solely based on one pacific country. There are Maori, Tongan, Samoan, Kuki Arangian, Tahitian, Hawai'ian, Fijian and even more elements from other island countries in the pacific. And my second important note is: remember that this movie is all about real cultural customs, stories and characters that real people care immensely about because they are part of their history and culture. Maui, for example, is a character that is the topic of many stories across the pacific. He was used to explain why things like fire, daylight, coconut trees and islands existed back before our people had scientific evidence. So if you don't know something, or something during the film captures your interest, its better to research said things before commenting or saying stuff that is not true and is a little insulting. Right, sorry for the essay, but thats it. Love your videos by the way Don!
Fun fact: the blue mantaray you saw under the boat was the grandmother
It’s not the most obvious thing in the world, but if you pay attention, you’ll notice that saving the sea turtle is kind of a test. if you pay attention, you notice that right after saving the sea turtle, there’s like a magical energy pulse wave that bursts out across the ocean. later on the ocean will also perform other tests to test to resolve and find out if she’s ready to face the journey ahead, and the tests it will bring.
I love Moana's development, but Maui's personal growth was amazing. From being such a vain, self-absorbed, borderline narcissistic demigod to becoming a kind-hearted and loving friend and mentor is awesome, plus hearing Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson sing is pretty damn badass. I love how they cast Nicole Scherzinger (lead singer of The Pussycat Dolls) as Moana's mother.
Honestly, I think Moana was correct in having to go out passed the reef. Sure, yes, she wants nothing more than to explore, but I believe she was thinking about her tribe more than herself. If you can't survive locally, you have no choice but to stretch yourselves farther. Both father and daughter were right in their own way.
The fact that there's actually an island shaped like that irl is dope
what island?
Yeah I need to know
@@God_of_Anime123well I don’t know which one but Te Fiti is definitely based on a real mountain in the Philippines called “Mt. Makiling” the shape of the mountain looks like a girl sleeping.
@@crysiklethey might be talking about "The Sleeping Lady", an island in Kosrae, Micronesia
@@omlg2021this is not true, the directors based it off polynesian islands, not in the philippines.
26:06 for this scene, maui basically took a leak LOL
the subtitles saying Vaiana is because in some countries the translation of Moana's name is Vaiana
It was because in Europe, specifically in Italy, Moana was known to be the name of a porn star.
yep. in my country the dub said vaiana too, i don't actually know why
@@JiReyAnimation but its a kids movie, im sure kids didn't know that..
@@fumetsu-950they changed it more more european countries so that kids wont find the porn actress when googling this movie, even tho you wouldnt really find anything of her with just googling the name🙂
@fumetsu-950 Yeah... but if they share the same name, you run the risk of kids finding the porn star instead of the movie when they search for it on the internet lol
43:19 that is a haka, a maori/polynesian in this case tradition. so i guess a new zealand rugby thing?
Her name is Moana but in some European countries they had to change it to Vaiana because some other lady's X rated stage name was Moana. No relation.
It's not that Amazon got the name wrong, but that the name was changed in many countries because there's a porn actress who shares the same name, and they didn't want kids finding her videos by accident when googling for the movie.
Did he really just call the Haka a South American rugby thing
LOL he said Maui a Latina king
Bro fr I got so offended 😂
Alessia Cara ATE when she sang this!!! Rent was DUE!
I love everything about this movie! The animation, the characters, the voice acting and the music in this are so good! It's a perfect movie!
Bro i literally just re-watched this a few hours ago in the morning.
And then i hop on youtube and you've reacted to it as well.
Absolute madlad
45:07 I'm crying 😭🙏
😭😭😭
He wasn't wrong
6:36
that little boy maxed out his confidence
When I saw this as a teeniebopper (teen) this scene showed me that over confidence is possible
@@isuapig6705teeniebopper means something different then what you used it for
@@isuapig6705 Why did you say the word teeniebopper if you felt you needed to clarify that word meant teen?
@@billbill6094 cause a lot of people don’t know the meaning. But I wanted to use the word anyway
Maui is voiced by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson himself!
No fuckin shit
No shit you just figuring this out
@@ethenstokes7608 No. I'm telling this in case someone didn't known that yet.
Apparently he liked it bc he’ll play Maui in the movie 😂
damn why are they so triggered by your comment😭😭
41:35 my guy did not just combine Te Fiti with Tatooine 🤣
I was looking for this comment 😭
43:17 "im pretty sure thats a south american thing" dawg legit said earlier it was Aoteoroa's rugby team before but switched up and said its south american... aingggggg
Much of the music is provided by the contemporary Polynesian group "Te Vaka". You can find their videos and music on UA-cam and elsewhere online. Wonderful stuff.
Maui supposedly needs the hook for his transformation powers. However, without the hook, he is still a demigod, and therefore still has his super strength in mortality, and a few other things including the magic tattoos.
Fun fact, at 15:45 u can see Maui’s hook as the stars in the sky, foreshadowing she’s on the way to meet him
wow not like they mentioned it in the movie
Fun fact, the gramma is old, foreshadowing she is going to die
@@natorgator4969 sorry man ive just had a long day ill delete it
The music in this movie is amazing! Auli'i is just awesome, gotta love her
I don’t think you noticed by the snow monster from frozen is one of the monsters in the begging
26:07 As a man I'm surprised you didn't understand that part.
You could tell from the smile Maui had, and the face of disgust that Moana pulled, that he had pissed in the water.
0:06 can somebody draw Dons face in a cartoon style with "OH MY GOD" in the back so we can get merch🤣
Bros looking at the mountains cake
Moana was one of the princesses that Venelope hung out with in Wreck-It-Ralph Breaks the Internet.
the swedish version is called vaiana for some reason so the subtitles some times translate to the swedish name
Actually in most places in Europe more specifically Italy there is a porn actress named Moana and they didn’t want kids to see that while searching for the movie so they in some parts they changed her name to Vaiana
@@honeybear7488yeah i didnt find out about that untill after i posted The comment
Jesus loves you ❤️
12:14 this shot is amazing 😂
And the Vaiana thing is bc in some countries the name was already used. For example in France it’s due to numerous brands having the names. In some countries she is even name Oceania
Him every two seconds: this song is cooold
i think i saw it when it was called Vaiana. The music in this is top tier, glad you enjoyed it so much
23:29 pause at this moment and you will see baymax
I saw Moana not that long after losing my grandma, that scene hit hard
the best thing about this movie is the song
YOU'RE WELCOME
This movie was so good I watched it like 3 times already
Fr😂
3 whole times holy crap you are a big Moana fan
The baby turtle she saves in the beginning of the movie is baby crush from finding Nemo. BTW watch Yuyu Hakusho
The ‘South American rugby ting’ is a Maori cultural and ceremonial dance, with the stamping of feet, movement, and shouting. Usually taking place to welcome esteemed guests, or for special occasions or great achievements. I also found out about it through sports teams😂 it’s awesome
I don't think he ever even laid eyes on a screen when he was younger. 💀
Technically, calling Maui a demigod is inaccurate, A demigod is someone who, in mythology, has one parent who is a god or goddess and the other is mortal (human). Therefore, because Maui was born to human parents, PLURAL, he is actually a shapeshifting god.
Moana is by far my favourite Disney movie, nothing else tops it for me 🔥🔥🔥
Moana is a type of movie I could watch every day and not get annoyed ❤️
LITERALLY! I watched it for weeks on end after the release
29:15 you gotta love the Godzilla cameo 😂💯
The image of baby Moanna protecting the turtle with the leaf, actually comes from a scene in Disney's "Lilo and Stitch."
Tamatoa proudly said I ate my grandma
You probably got confused about if it was "How far I go" at the end because the version in the movie is sung by the voice actress Auli'i Cravalho and the one at the end is sung by by pop singer Alessia Cara and it is remixed too.
Moana feels soo nostalgic
0:48 man, me and my sister go "in the beninging" SO MUCH
This movie is amazing! You know what you should do next? Planes! It’s like cars but with planes
with how much you like the music you should react to the Hamilton Musical. Its made by the same man who created the songs, and he plays as the lead (Alexander Hamilton). Afterwards, I recommend a "top 10 things you didnt know about Hamilton video" since he adds alot of weird details.
Wait it has a series/movie?
@@Ma1hematics2013 Lin recorded the original cast during 3 performances and clipped them together to make a movie form of the musical. He actually ended up getting it on Disney Plus during quarantine.
14:11 that's the grandma. She came back as her wish, as a ray.❤
Jurassic park 3 when? Its been months
Cry about it puss. Holy
I still get chills every time I watch this movie. Great reaction 😊
45:10 bro chill 😂
Moana is my favorite disney film and princess i can't wait for the second film later this year
The guy in that meme was my country’s president at some point 😭😭😭
This move brings so much memories
Moana means water/open sea which makes this movie valid
0:48 that clip is of Jacob Zuma, former South African president. he's the ultimate meme in this country lol
"Where's titiwini?"😂
Hey, i am a proud and true kiwi and the chant he did on the mountain wasn’t quite nz but more Samoa, Tonga, Rarotonga. These countries were the first to populate nz. So in some ways yes it is nz but it came from the Polynesian islands
yeah that was like the NZ haka lol. A lot of this like with Maui is taken from the beliefs of the Māori and Polynesian culture which is why i guess they have that in to show the a bit of Māori/nz culture. also a lot of the voice actors r from here as well.
Btw there’s a myth that moana actually died and became a Demi-god after the fact that she drowned she was reborn again
I love it when you watch Disney movies! This was a fun video to watch:)
Damn you upload like crazy
in german her name was changed to Vaiyana, so there´s that.
LOVEEEE YOUR REACTIONS!!!! please watch TMNT mutant mayhem next! it’s such a feel good, 90s vibe black movie.
Also they keep saying Vaiana in the subtitles, because you probably got wrong subtitles. In some countries she's renamed to Vaiana instead of Moana because of some reasons 💀
Yeah the dance is mostly islanders like Samoa, tanga Fiji Hawaii shii like that and yeah most Samoans and Tonga do it in rugby
No you clown he was performing “ka Tu te ihiihi” which is a Māori haka 😂
The haka is for the people of Māori, cook island and Tahiti but in the rest of the pacific is called sipi tau
Oh I love the part in “vaiana” when she has to face 41:36
This movie shows how scary the sea really is
Moana voice actress, the one who sings for her was 16 during the movie
She was actually 14 when she was casted! At least that’s what I remember from a bts video on the DVD, when they started recording I can’t say, buy she might’ve been even younger in the beginning stages of recording, so even more impressive!
@@leahmccay4891 that makes sense. When the movie was done she was 16 but I don’t know how long they worked on it
i love the "ight boom" in the start 😂
Oh moy gawd
OH MOY GAWD
Idk if Don’s reacted to it already but Emperors new Groove would be amazing
To you should react to jumanji 1,2,Nemo,talk to me(horror),fast furious,sparta 1,2
Jumanji 😮😮😮😮 now that's a movie I'd love to see him react to
Unless he’s already seen it
Why’s it so hard to believe that they’ve been there for 1,000 years. Did you see how many stones were on that mountain.
Maui's power is the tattoo and the hook is he's tool like thor
genuinely watch dons reaction and the movie ❌❌ stare at dons dog in the background ✔✔
“its getting warmer! **gasp** DISGUSTAHNG! WHAT IS WRONG WITH U”
for those who dont know what happened… you have an innocent mind fr fr 😭
Not one of my personal favorite Disney movies but this movie is really beautifully animated tbh
I believe the name Vaiana is for Europe and moana in america, im not 100% sure but there is trademark conflict with this movie name in Europe so i think most of the coutnries in Europe calls this Vaiana instead of Moana
Almost correct, it was changed because when you searched the name you would find a p***star
26:25 it says Vaiana because it's different country subtitles, in France, Poland, Spain, and Germany instead of Moana it's Vaiana
My kid loves this film and to be fair I don’t mine when she wants it on lol
45:08 "why is the cake like that tho'' WHAT
The songwriter for this film also worked on another Disney movie called encanto, you should watch it
He already did
@DonTownsend,
If you enjoyed this one, you should watch Encanto next. Lin-Manuel Miranda made the music for this and Encanto. If you can react to Hamilton, you should do that too.
By the way, Moana 2 is coming =)
OMG I also said at the begining "IN THE BENINGIN" XD
My favorite Disney Princess movie!
Love this youtuber fr❤️💯💫
Great reaction! ❤️
26:07 Bro just took a leak. That's why it's warm