First Time Watching Moana 

Oh no Ruff isn't there, THEY'RE UNSUPERVISED!!

Rest in peace, Ruff. We dedicate this reaction to you.

Maui is the Polynesian god of trickery. and everything he sang in his song are things his legends say he did

Not only does it cover real pacific islander mythology, it's based on the real world thousand year period where anthropological evidence suggests they completely stopped voyaging. They were voyagers, stopped for a full millennium, then began voyaging again with nobody knowing why.

I didn’t notice the detail of the grandmother becoming weak after she gave Moana the heart. It didn’t dawn on me that it was giving her life

HeiHei is voiced by the incomparable Alan Tudyk. Every cluck is the cluck of a legend.

Fun fact: Auli'i Cravalho (the voice of Moana) was like 15 or 16 during the recording of the movie, which is crazy to think about considering how well she sang

Imagine the BALLS those people had to sail the Pacific Ocean from island to island on those sailboats.

When I watched Moana the first time, it felt like I was watching one of the Disney films from the Renaissance era(like Hercules and The Little Mermaid), with its fun and epic story, musical numbers, wonderful animation, and great characters. Still one of the finest animated films I’ve seen!

18:11 There's a theory that the Heart kept Grandma alive

39:30 I always interpreted it as the ocean chose her first, and then respected her descision to give up being the chosen one. So her recovering the heart again after she dropped it is her choosing to be the one to restore the heart.

22:58 Theres many different stories of Maui from each island, in New Zealand we believed that he pulled an island(top part of New Zealand) out of the sea and the bottom part was his boat. And another story how he slowed down the sun because it kept going past fast. Im not really sure if these stories are similar to other islands but we all see him as a Demi God‼️

Part of the Maui legends is that 90% of his successes would have been failures if not for the last minute assistance from his two big brothers, so my fan-theory is that Heihei and the Ocean are actually Demigod shapeshifters as well, helping Maui on his quest.

I wanna say I remember when Moana came out it got so much praise bc it was one of the first Disney movies where the animation just looked so clear and lifelike. I can’t believe the 10 year anniversary is almost here. 😭

I can't imagine how Sorta Stupid fans that are actually called Billy must feel every video It has to be a wild experience

For how they animated the water it's absolutely insane. Cause they treated it like particles. Every individual detail was practically microscopic.

Moana is likely a Demi-human, likely a descendant of Maui, how else would she survive being in the underworld where mortals aren't supposed to survive the atmosphere let alone the monsters. Her mood influenced the Heart as it was flickering and dimming as she was questioning herself before her grandmothers spirit returned. Likely each chief was a descendant but enough dormant traits awakened allowing communication with the Water Spirit.

36:57 I meeean... if the ocean told me I was a special, I'd likely believe it too.

the Polynesian Mythos in this movie is way more accurate than that dumpster fire Hercules was. (yes I'm salty they fucked up Greek Myth so badly. Hades deserved better!) Ofc you cant have the Mythos be 100% but Moana does it right.

Love how boom is just straight jamming in this reaction

Btw, the dad is voiced by Temuera Morrison, as you may recognize as Jango Fett, Boba Fett, and Aquaman's dad.

5:48 The Ocean: OH NO, THEY CAN'T FIND OUT I'M SENTIENT!!!

Heihei is voices by Alan Tudyk.

RIP ruff

I must see Ruff in this deer suit for the next reaction. 😂

I hope Ruff survives the wild world that is the road and cars

I love when Grandma shows up in spirit form when Moana is at her lowest, she doesnt give the usual Disney style pep-talk of Moana needing to keep going and she cant give up or the islands will continue to deteriorate. No, she tells Moana thats it okay if she cant keep going, that its okay if she decides to just go home and that she'll be with her the whole time. Giving Moana both the freedom to make her own choice and the comfort she needed to hear after Maui abandoning her. Its a refreshing change.

dont forget that akward phase where the Rock thought he was a musician.

When my little sister was born, my dad had this movie in the background so when she cried or needed to take a map or something it was always Moana and Tangled EVERYDAY

I love Hei-Hei because he's crazy and voiced by the ever talented Alan Tudyk.

I love watching Boom just be so over enthusiastic with this movie XD, i fucking love y'all

Donatello just laying there like 🫠 as y’all are talking about Ruff being mia was too funny for no reason 😂

Ruff jumped through a bus now he’s going to antartica

I saw the thumbnail and title and first thing that popped up in my head was the "You're Welcome" song 😂

Moana became my favorite Disney Princess really quickly, and she my introduction to Auli'i Cravalho's performance. Praying to God the sequel does not disappoint...

35:17: "That's a big eagle" There used to be a massive eagle here in NZ that preyed on moa (a giant, extinct, flightless bird), it was one of the largest raptors to ever have existed, with a wingspan of around 2 or 3 meters. Check out the Haast's Eagle (and the moa) for some excellent extinct wildlife lore :) Maui is, I assume, taking the form of one of those here. It still existed when the first humans arrived in Aotearoa, but the loss of its main prey (the moa, which were hunted to extinction as a rich and abundant food source, providing meat, feathers, skin, and eggs, with no real defence aside from their size against the new human threat. They were a walking buffet until they... weren't) and destruction of large areas of habitat, led to it's extinction by the mid 1400s. It was one of the few birds to ever be an apex predator, larger than the largest raptors alive now, and it must have been chilling to feel its shadow pass overhead, even though they couldn't have lifted an adult. (Unasked-for natural history dump) I love this movie for so many reasons But mostly it's just beautiful, and the moment when people realise where the spiral is, where the heart was taken from, gets me every time, because of course, without the heart, there's only rage and fire, but until then it's never obvious, it catches everyone (and caught me the first time) off guard, and I just love seeing that moment of understanding. Great reaction!

I swear these guys are really tempting me with Patreon their videos are to good

Insane that they had a whole song in Tokelauan which only has about 4000 speakers in the world

The blou simbel on booms shirt keep looking like he has an awesome earrings

Super sad and unfortunate fact the song that is played at the beginning of the movie while Toddler Moana is interacting with the Ocean that song has a very tragic true story behind and if you Google the song's name which is An Innocent Warrior you can find the story oh yeah and here's some fun Moana fun facts the scene where Toddler Moana is protecting the Baby sea Turtle from the Birds with the giant leaf that's a Lilo And Stitch reference and that same Baby Turtle and the adult one that Moana seen were both references to Finding Nemo and Finding Dory

38:50 GOD that "I AM MOANAAAAAA" is SO triumphant it makes me tear up every. time. 😭

Interesting reason that HeiHei eats rocks is because real chickens do that. They swallow small stones and pebbles to work as a grinder to digest their food. HeiHei is just the throat GOAT and goes for the big rocks.

Disney took inspiration from multiple different versions of Maui across Polynesian. For example, killing the eel that supported the coconuts is from the Hawaiian legend. Meanwhile, the pulling up islands parts is, I believe, from the Samoan or Fijian legend.

Fun fact: Chief Tui (Moana's dad) is voiced by Temuera Morrison, aka Jango Fett (and later Boba Fett).

You're Welcome Billy!

YOU'RE WELCOME! 💜

I really am loving Sean vibing and taking part in singing and the movie. 😄 💚

WHERE DID BOOM GET THAT SHIRT FROM!!! I NEED ITTTTTTT OMGGGGGGTGGG

Watching this reaction kinda makes me want to see them do Surfs Up. Only because of the Chicken

4:40 I have a family friend who's one of the team who worked on the animation effects for the water in this movie! She's super cool

I love how Sean just starts singing along to every song.

There is a real island called Tahiti!!! It’s in French Polynesia 🇵🇫

No grandma wasn't on the ship. It's been a thousand years since Mowi took the heart and stopped all traveling

Seeing how much you guys liked this, I kinda wanna see you watch "Wish" now. That and seeing Boom lip syncing to himself makes me want to see them do some karaoke. XD

So who else actually expected to hear schaffrillas's voice when Tamatoa started talking?

you all should watch Namona its another great movie with a funny shark scene

Just a couple of things to say. Boom, that combover looks pretty good on you. 👌 This movie was going head to head with Zootopia by being released in that exact same year and as you can imagine, it was the winner of the Oscars while Moana was a nominee. Still, it’s a true honor to have your name being immortalized in a once-in-a-lifetime experience in entertainment history. Everything from this is astounding. The fact that they took the Pixar route by making this film accurate as possible to the Polynesian culture down to the minute detail is extraordinary. Even the hair as Eric mentioned was created to be soft, smooth and silky because to the Pacific Islander people, it represents their spiritual connection to the land and the sea with their hair flowing like the wind itself. It also fascinating that yes, Dwayne Johnson has come a long way from being a WWE champion to being one the most celebrated actors in Hollywood. Since he’s Samoan, it was pretty fitting that he was cast in this project. The soundtrack that Boom mentioned is very good and uplifting, especially in that sequence where Maui was relearning his abilities from his hook and, with the songs written by Lin Manuel-Miranda, it made all the difference. On a side note, about turning into a bird would be exhilarating. So much so that if I could choose which form to take, it would be an osprey since it is a pescatarian that fishes all bodies of water, fresh and salt. I also would like to be a barn owl because that owl in particular has always captivated me, primarily for their glamorous appearance. I’d be happy either way. Watching those scenes with Moana’s grandmother reminds me of the time when I also lost mine; due to cerebral stroke. Hard to believe that today marks 3 1/2 years since that happened. No matter where I am in the world, she’s never far away because I have my heart and soul to carry the memories of her every day. I’ll see her again, in the next life. I believe that. 🥲

I absolutly love Moana, it's one of my favorite Disney movies of all time. The great thing about the scene where Moana is alone on the sea and grandma comes to her. Grandma never says "but you are the chossen one" or "you have to go, if you like it or not". She says "It's not your fault. I never should put so much on your shoulders, if you are ready to go home, I will be with you" and that is so beautiful!

I wish the cast was larger beyond just Moana and Maui (BH6 has my favorite Dusney ensemble), but aside from that, it's an amazing film.

Fun fact: Due to branding issues, Moana was changed to Viana overseas in Europe

Boom's DenDen Mushi Shirt is awseome!

Moana is basically a Disney-fied version of a story from Polynesian mythology.

In “we know the way” it shows the first time they went to the island, but earlier we saw like ten stones representing ten chiefs which is like 10 lifetimes, the woman in the song was most certainly NOT grandma 💀

theres a YTP of this movie andone of the jokes IS that she just gets dunked by the wave and dies. its so sudden and perfectly done

Watched this movie so many times it's not even funny. I can't hear someone say thank you or you're welcome without that song popping into my head. Te Fiti in both forms looks great and the ocean and the chicken were very entertaining. My heart broke when her grandma died

I’m Hawaiian. That’s it.

The chicken is no thoughts just vibes 😂

RIP Ruff, I hope the impact with the diesel wasn't too painful 😔

The ocean is undefeated. But heihei gave it a proper challenge. Lol.

Not only was that the reindeer from Frozen, but earlier in the movie when she's loading the boat, you see a carrot and two sticks... and maybe two stones, I would have double check that bit.

42:25 "she literally has trees everywhere" and brother im prepared to get splinters

Disney were cool enough to do a dub of this movie (and some other movies like Frozen and The Lion King) in Te Reo Māori, the native language of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Those versions of the songs are so beautiful even if you don't understand them.

You guys should definitely do more dual reactions, the back and forth banter is great.

The chief is voiced by Temuera Morrison, who played a _small_ role in Star Wars as... Jango Fett, all the clone troopers, and the re-dubbed voice of Boba Fett in the OT.

Its definitely my favorite disney film of the modern era.

Moana is the best "strong independent women" Disney has every written, AND IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE.

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.

The word "tattoo" comes from the tap-tap-tap rhythm of those tools while they pierce skin.

Never thought I'd see a movie with both The Rock and Jango Fett in it, but here we are.

There is a heavily implied theory that the heart was actually keeping the Grandma alive so when she sat down after giving it to Moana she knew she was about to die.

When it comes to the hair, pretty sure it was for Tangled that they came up with a new way to animate it given that hair is such a big focus of that movie. From Tangled onward, great animated hair is consistent in Disney 🤣

Boom being so hyped is adorable

The dad is also the guy who played jango fett/clone troopers

Much appreciated when you say upfront who has and hasn't seen something before reacting to it. Thank you.

I see this before and is very funny 😂

I'm ready to laugh and cry with the boys when I get home in about 2 hours. 💜 Believe me, there will be tears. 😢

8:04 I love how boom vibing 🤣🤣❤️

Just an FYI. When they first marketed this they made a roughly life-sized toy Hei-Hei that recreates the screaming scene.

Lin-Manuel Miranda: (sings) The boys: Is that Grandma? 😂

Ruuffffff nooooooo

i love this boys yall fr , bless them!!!! also this movie is imo, one of the best disney 'princess' movies; absolutely fantastic

This is gonna be awesome, Moana is my favourite movie from Disney 🌊☀️

Personal bookmark 6:50

35:25 - My favorite part of this Movie. Even the Ocean was tired of Hei Hei! (lol) 🤣🤣🤣

🎵You're welcome~🎵

Maui is a big figure in Polynesian myth he’s basically what if you mix Loki and Heracles into one character, can be referred to as the trickster, the fishermen and the Demi god(even tho technically he’s the child of two gods in some versions). I went into this movie knowing the actual myths and props on them finding a way to PG-fy them cause no way you can do story 1-1 in a pg setting. “Lassoed the sun” that’s only half the truth, In the myth the sun ran so fast across the sky that barely any day work could be done so Maui had the casual idea of ‘what if we wait for the sun to wake up…AND THEN WE JUMP HIM AND CRIPPLE HIS ASS SO HE HAS TO MOVE SLOW!’💀

Yall gotta be my favourite reaction channel rn! I hope you do more Disney movies :)

42:18 Boom: "I'm just saying; Would." I mean, better Te Fiti than Hine-nui-te-pō, am I right?

Lots of extra cuts and talking over scenes in this one, huh Glad y'all got to experience this movie though! Really good stuff

Good morning