![]() ![]() ![]() Where Maui is arrogant and difficult to work with, Sisu is friendly and humble. Maui and Sisu are sought out by the respective heroines of their films in an attempt to save their kingdoms. One of the biggest differences between Moana and Raya is the personality of their overpowered sidekicks. The last Disney Princess movie to follow this formula was Moana, though Raya sadly any of the toe-tapping songs that made the 2016 musical so appealing. Raya and the Last Dragon follows the contemporary Disney Princess formula to a T, featuring a headstrong young woman with no love interest who can defend herself in any physical conflict, no true villain, and a magical act of forgiveness. Collecting pieces of a magic jewel is a pretty standard plot for fantasy stories, especially cartoons, but Raya managers to incorporate it in a way that feels fresh and innovative due in no small part to the exotic setting and state-of-the-art animation. Determined to save everyone from the returning Druun, Raya must journey to each province to unite the pieces of the gem and in turn reunite the people of Kumandra. When Raya is knee-deep in her training, an act of betrayal shatters the gem into five pieces, creating a visual metaphor of the divide among her people. Raya is the princess of the province known as Heart because of course she is. The people fought so hard over possession of the gem that the kingdom was divided into five provinces, each named after a different part of a dragon's body. However, Kumandra no longer exists as a nation in the way it had before the Druun attacked. The only thing that stands between the people of Kumandra and utter devastation is the Dragon Gem, which Raya has trained under her father to protect for her entire life. ![]() Raya lives in an enchanted kingdom that was once called Kumandra and is under constant threat of being taken down by the Druun, a mystical force resembling the Smoke Monster from Lost that turns people to stone. The trailer for Raya and the Last Dragon is a pretty accurate depiction of the movie's plot. ![]()
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