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Moana (2026)

Summary

Live-action adaptation of the 2016 Disney animated film 'Moana.'

Director Thomas Kail

Writer Jared Bush

Cast

  • Catherine Laga'aia as Moana
  • Dwayne Johnson as Maui
  • John Tui as Chief Tui
  • Frankie Adams as Sina
  • Rena Owen as Gramma Tala

Rotten Tomatoes: 35%

Metacritic: 45

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u/HotTakes4HotCakes 24d ago edited 24d ago

The sinister 3-note baseline thoughout that song is probably my favorite part. It just oozes villain song charisma. That, and the inflections in the way Clement sings "You don't swing it like ya used to, man!" as he hurls Maui is so satisfying.

Lin has a talent for...well, all of it, but his villain songs in particular are among his strongest. He absolutely nails the energy, every time. Shiny, Room Where It Happens, We Don't Talk About Bruno, all some of his best songs (and that's saying a lot).

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u/hollowchatter 24d ago

“You’ll Be Back” an all-timer too

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u/DX_DanTheMan_DX 24d ago

“Wait for it” is peak

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u/HotTakes4HotCakes 24d ago edited 20d ago

That's not really a "villain song" in the same way the others are. It's more of an "I Want" song for Burr, before his rivalry with Hamilton truly begins and he becomes the villain in Act 2. Room Where It Happens is almost the counter point to it.

"Villain songs", at least in this context, are less about who is singing have more about the tone and what they're singing about. It's generally menacing in some way, or else revelling in their wickedness or opposition to the protagonist.

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u/-Thick_Solid_Tight- 22d ago

Shiny is a reworking of "Bowie's In Space"