This honestly missed the mark as a Disney classic. There wasn't really much originality in it and it felt really rushed. I mean, I saw Onward after Raya for the first time and it was so much superior, so much more deep! I mean, they are both about a quest, a journey to save a loved one, but Raya's journey just felt so... unsatisfactory. While Raya herself was a strong, indipendent woman, she still fell in the category of the personality-less hero, with good motives, good skills, but overall flavorless. Namaari was a much better written character and even more interesting; shame we didn't see much of her in the movie. I guess they had to make space for SISU'S AWFUL JOKES. Yeah, Sisu was just annoying. I also wanted to see more of the dragons, but they decided that the beings that were the premise of the movie weren't important enough, so let's just show them all together at the very end, for exactly 2 minutes
In conclusion, this might be a decent animated movie for a child (or for someone who approaches animated movies for the first time), but it will not do anything for any die-hard Disney/Pixar fan.
Review by LovesickDeadBlockedParent2021-10-24T14:10:22Z— updated 2023-03-16T23:16:38Z
This honestly missed the mark as a Disney classic. There wasn't really much originality in it and it felt really rushed. I mean, I saw Onward after Raya for the first time and it was so much superior, so much more deep! I mean, they are both about a quest, a journey to save a loved one, but Raya's journey just felt so... unsatisfactory.
While Raya herself was a strong, indipendent woman, she still fell in the category of the personality-less hero, with good motives, good skills, but overall flavorless. Namaari was a much better written character and even more interesting; shame we didn't see much of her in the movie. I guess they had to make space for SISU'S AWFUL JOKES.
Yeah, Sisu was just annoying. I also wanted to see more of the dragons, but they decided that the beings that were the premise of the movie weren't important enough, so let's just show them all together at the very end, for exactly 2 minutes
In conclusion, this might be a decent animated movie for a child (or for someone who approaches animated movies for the first time), but it will not do anything for any die-hard Disney/Pixar fan.