According to the rat’s house some films have so successful that we should see them (at least) twice. It is the case of Oceania, acclaimed animation film of 2016 that we are redesigned in a live action remake in a dynamic now known: limited adaptation, cast with some stars and an avalanche of visual effects to recreate animation. But is it worth listening to Disney and seeing it at the cinema?
Oceania: Odisseo chi?
The inhabitants of the island of Motunui have lived in peace and prosperity for countless generations, kept safe by a coral reef that never exceeds. Vaiana has dreamed of the boundless waters of the ocean since she is a child, but the fears of her father and her role as daughter of the head and future community leaders stop her from following her navigators.
When a mysterious calamity begins to squirt the Vaiana island no longer has a choice: it will have to be courageous and sail in search of the Maui Semidium to restore the heart of Te Fiti and restore the natural order on Motunui.
The endless streets of the ocean will teach you what it means to be a leader and secret truth about the origins of his people.
Scrutare nell’abisso
Watching a live-action Disney remake is always complicated. Not because the film is particularly difficult in itself — and I would like to see, we are talking about a product for children who has been smoothed and milled with aerospace precision to offer the least degree of friction possible — but the overall experience always provokes a huge existential shock.
I find myself looking badly at the Slavic image of Mickey Mouse on an old glass of Nutella. “Why?” I ask, “Why can you do anything and decide to do this? ”
I don’t know what’s worse, the fact that you answer me or what you do by bursting into my face, in a series of guttural spasms broken only by the ka-ching, ka-chiing of a cash register that opens. Her eyes shine with reddish light like Joe Biden’s memes.
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Cotto e frullato
Watching Oceania reminded me of a very old YouTube format in which a gymnasium presenter omogenized carbonara spaghetti in the coca-cola and a whole Christmas dinner in white wine. The experience is exactly how I imagine it is to drink one of its unlikely bibitons: going down goes down, but none of the flavors you perceive makes sense with others.
The original animated (which is actually very cute), The Rock with a very ugly wig, the embossing of trying to translate the logical cartoon into the real world, the muddy visual production: all together confusedly. The only positive note is Catherine Laga’aia’s performance, and, surprisingly, Dwayne Johnson, who comes out of his usual little-inspired numbness and for once seems to really engage.
In conclusion: are you parents with children of the right age and are you thinking of taking them to see Oceania at the cinema? Bring them, not because the film is valid but because children and boys deserve to live the magic of cinema often and with every kind of film, even those questionable. Unless you are part of this specific demographic category, however, avoid. A little because the film leaves to be desired, a little because at some point it becomes time to vote with the wallet and remember the evil mouse we deserve better.
Il cast
Catherine Laga’aia is Vaiana Waialiki, princess of the island of Motunui; Amaya Masoli plays Vaiana girl. Dwayne Johnson plays Maui, a semi-dead with a legendary past that has spent several thousand years trapped on a deserted island. John Tui interprets Tui, the father of Vaiana who wants the island to remain as he has always known it while Rena Owen is the grandmother Tala, who understands and nourishes the adventurous spirit of Vaiana.
L’articolo Oceania has thrown me into existential confusion — The review comes from Dituttounpop.it.
