Everything GREAT About Raya and the Last Dragon!
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I like how the Tail chief died. She didn't just get turned into stone and come back with the rest. She hid herself behind a fortress and slowly wasted away because she was too paranoid to trust anyone else further reinforcing the message in this movie
I just find the fact you said "I like how the Tail chief died." so bluntly very funny to me. 🤣😂😁
@@lifeisanendlessseaofpain4959 their pfp matches too 💀
They said she actually died from her own trap. Which is an even better message then her just wasting away because of them
I also want to point out the position of her hand. She is mimicking the stone-statue people with a "giving" gesture.
Now, I don't know how to fully interpret this observation with how she also made herself part of the final trap of her tomb. One idea I had was that she set up that trap, but as the last moments of her life come, she realizes her utter mistake and made one final gesture to atone. Or she made that gesture on purpose to draw the tomb raider in the hopes of giving them a false sense of security (like it almost did to Sisu).
Wait the message was trust? Wow I didn’t realise that the movie was about trust did they even say the word trust once? Who would’ve guessed they never made it obvious at all (obviously joking the third act would not shut up about trusted)
“Ma’am, I know you’re panicked, but you just body-slammed a child.”
CW: *proceeds to add one win*
Body slamming children is always a win!
Body slamming children is tight!
@@ryanelliott1907 and it’s super easy barely an inconvenience
Win
Officer I drop kicked that child in self defense I swear-
I think Raya’s “doom walk” is one of the cinematic highlights of the movie for me. Especially the part where she splits a Druun *without even slowing down*, complete with a little flourish of the cape.
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I can't agree with our host saying she didn't care anymore. But at that moment, Raya had to feel betrayed, AGAIN, and was grief-stricken over Sisu.
Yeah she was completely enraged and I can’t blame her one bit.
Indeed
Agreed
“Awww I want Dragons!! Stupid non-dragon world.”
I honestly felt that
OMG me too! Especially with these dragons. Those 'Where are my Dragons!!!' dragons from Game of Thrones can stay put. I want Sisu dragons!
yessss
Then you’ll be eaten for breakfast by dragons!
Every other depiction of dragons can go fuck themselves, dragons from RATLD are the main choice!
@@GabsARV maybe, but would you not want to learn how to firebend from a dragon in the Avatar universe?
I'm mostly impartial to either but I think firebending is pretty cool
Fun Fact: All the fight scenes were choreographed, performed and filmed IRL and then used as reference for the animators. So all of them are somewhat real performances you are watching.
Were they filmed and used as reference or motion captured? They're both good. Just curious about the process.
The fight scenes were so well choreographed
@@BonaparteBardithion I believe Corridor Crew did a "Stuntmen React" video which included the raya fight scenes. Can't remember if it was just reference or MoCap, but I believe it was for reference only. If you want to check out their video th answer should be there.
Wowwwww
Same with Avatar
I'm just very happy someone else is finally saying that "trust everyone blindly" was never the message of the movie.
Finally someone got it!
Why does everyone keep thinking that? To quote another Disney movie, maybe they need to dig a little deeper to find the true message.
A close friend of mine has a lukewarm opinion of this movie because of such a misinterpretation of the message; maybe sharing this video can change said friend’s mind! 🤞🏻🤞🏻
EXACTLY. I constantly saw everyone saying that and commenting that, but guess what jackass, that mever was the message. Especially on that "Everything WRONG with Raya and the last dragon" video... such annoying people really. Creating problems out of thin air.
These things make me guilty of liking the movie and not finding anything wrong with it. It's one thing if it's a movie like Twilight that has real toxic and harmful problems.
@@whitewolf1310 yeah what movie?
Something I picked up on, I liked how Sisu’s human form, her teeth wasn’t perfect
In sooooo many Disney computer animated movies nowadays, their teeth are perfect
The imperfections that make her perfect. :)
It certainly would be a nice step forward for Disney to start teaching the younger generations, especially young women, that it’s okay, and beautiful to have imperfections. Because so many of us have grown up in a society that expects you to look perfect, and if you don’t, you’re “ugly” or “unattractive.” Its bred this whole ideology in young girls and women that’s caused disorders like anorexia and social anxiety.
It’s okay to strive to better yourself, while still not hating or self depreciating how and who you are.
@@GabsARV I think her dragon design fits her character, it bugs me the design is used for the other dragons because it fits Sisu more the most in my opinion, her not looking like a traditional asian dragon makes Sisu more unique, in my opinion..
“If you lost a puppy and someone said ‘WeLL wE sTiLL hAvE a BiG cHuNk oF It!’, would that make you feel better??”
Is single-handedly my favorite line from a Disney movie.
I gotta give Raya some props for being a action and adventure film from Disney, haven’t seen something from them like that since treasure planet .
Does Moana not count for you?
@@saphira8080 Moana feels more like adventure, it doesn't have the fight scenes Raya has
@@saphira8080 good question. Moana doesn’t include a lot of physical confrontation amongst humans, so maybe not?
Moana is very similar I will admit. It’s got some good action scenes and literally the rock as a demigod. But there are two things that defeat it in the end from being an action movie. One it’s a musical. Not trying to crap on the genre, but action musical won’t work. It’s why Hercules isn’t considered action. And two, the fighting and chases was a focus of Raya. So much detail goes into how Raya fights and without magic. Maui really only fights one person in the film, and it’s mostly through shapeshifting snd trickery, not full on force (in keeping with Maui of course).
It’s always so refreshing hearing someone else sharing the love of treasure planet!! Brings the good memories of childhood and those innocent adventures imbued with imagination to the surface!
"Almost like poverty and crime go together"
OUCH, I just burned my finger on that hot take
So?
Not exactly a hot take and criminals are still criminals no matter their financial situation
Was that an Odd1sOut reference?
@@ieatmice751 The point of saying it is that our current justice system is almost entirely focused on punishing “bad people,” rather than addressing the conditions that cause the crime in the first place.
@@simondowns2683 Well the justice system (police,courts) still has to do it's job. Changing the conditions should be a priority but its not necessarily their line of work.
@@simondowns2683 "Addressing the conditions" will forever be a work-in-progress. The definition of "poverty" from the last century is completely different from today, and a century later, that definition will no doubt change again. However, there will always be people who resort to crime due to what they perceive to be poverty, and law enforcement rightfully exists to keep those criminal filth off the streets.
Anyone else notice just how many people the Druun wiped out? If there were 5 clans to begin with, Tail is essentially a person-less wasteland, Heart got abandoned when the Gem split, and Spine got wrecked by the Druun with only a sole survivor, there were only 2 clans left: Talon, built on the water, and Fang, walled off by water on an artificial island. That means that about 60% of the world got wiped out just by the Druun.
Yeah that is freaky. We don’t know how many people from Heart made it to Talon or Fang when everyone fled, or if there was anyone in Tail that we didn’t see, but the places themselves were mostly deserted.
@@dbseamz Definitely unsettling, to say the least. If the movie had been a series, I would've loved to see the extent of the worldbuilding and the effect of the loss, desperation, hope, and despair of everyone's situation
@@lexeddy1663 Me too, honestly
@@lexeddy1663 certainly possible
Indeed
Don’t mind me, just waiting for ‘Everything Great about Luca’
Edit: “Ah yes boops, the universal language”
Me to friend
S a m e
Yeeees
ʸ ᴱ ˢ !
And Godzilla vs Kong.
"Magic is definitely afoot"
*shot of feet going up stairs*
I laughed.
Pretty clever. 😝
69th like 😎💪🏻✌🏻
I think we need to touch on how great the animation is, especially when things are wet. The slight darkening of Benja's gloves after he dips them in the water in the beginning, or the shine on Raya's hair after everyone comes back, or the way Sisu's "hair" kind of clings to her head when she does that little spin in the water. Even the shine on Raya's cheek after she wipes her tear right before she awakens Sisu. The animation in this movie is so smooth and detailed in some shots and it's beautiful the whole way through. I love how you can see the individual fiber strands that make up Tong's tunic, too
THANK YOU
13:44 I always interpreted it as Namaari being sad, since the dragon she’s been a huge fan of since childhood is now growling at her in anger.
I feel like its all those emotions at once, both sadness AND the ones mentioned in the video.
Something I noticed when watching the movie is that at you look at Sisu’s older brother when Sisu’s family is using the gem (15:27 in the video) his hands are cupped like how the people who got turned to stone hands are, which means that the pose that those people have is technically them putting their trust in Sisu to use the gem.
Omg I never thought of that but I love it :0
YESS I KNEW SOMEONE ELSE WOULD NOTICE THAT!!
I like how he addresses the trust stuff. all the reviews i've watched all criticise it for the message being 'trust everyone regardless of how they treated you' but this guy gets it but also says that it could've have been a bit better which I wholeheartedly appreciate
I agree, they’re looking at the trust message wrong.
Agreed
in my opinion this movie showcased the message "if you want trust from another person, trust them yourself as well"
When he started listing southeast asian weapons and martial arts i got really giddy for no reason lmfao. As a southeast asian individual who hails from the philippines, it's so amazing how he was able to recognize fighting styles, and research the weapons used by Namaari, and Raya, like the Filipino Arnis. These were small bits I didn't think western people would get, but i'm pleasently suprised! thank you
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Raya: Uses "Princess undercut" as an insult
Me, with an undercut: D:
Undercuts are a m a z i n g
@@InternalChickens I KNOW
I'm gonna assume that Jeffrey Bezos line was a reference to Inside
CEO, Entrepreneur
i NEED him to do an "everything great about inside"
@@seraphim.42 if he did, I half expect him to just sing along to Jeffrey Bezos and that's all that win is
@@TrungPhan-cz3bi born in 1964
@@VanessaTM024 lmao
I think my favorite versions of dragons always end up being closest to Sisu and her siblings in temperament. There's just something RIGHT about the intelligent, wise dragon, compared to the ravenous monster. Of course, I'm also incredibly fond of the look of western dragons, all big and wings and stuff, so...
I completely agree with you. I like the look of both eastern and western dragons, but I can't stand it whenever they're portrayed as vicious evil monsters. I always saw dragons as majestic noble creatures that humans can look up to and be inspired by, like the most intelligent creature to ever walk the planet. I never saw them as something for humans to fear. I was born in the year of the dragon so I've always sort of identified myself with them, and as a kid I would get offended whenever I saw them portrayed negatively.
you should read the eragon book series if you like that kinda stuff.
@@chadwolfman OH I did. I was dead center in the target demographic when the first one came out. They don't hold up, but I wouldn't be surprised if they played a large role in my opinions on dragons, since it was the first thing I read to so heavily feature them. Heckin loved Sapphira
@@chadwolfman I’m reading that RIGHT now
@@chadwolfman Eragon is great series. I was just about to suggest that. I love the movie's portrayal of dragons but hate that they ruined important parts of the story.
The trust theme would be fine if it weren't so incomplete. The problem is that Namaari lacks any kind of redemption arc. She betrayed Raya, and in a way that completely destroyed the known world - not a small betrayal - and does nothing at no time ever in the film to indicate that she is deserving of a second chance. Without that redemption arc, without requiring that Namaari demonstrate *some* kind of desire to change, the trust theme is dangerous. That's how people get trapped in abusive relationships.
The world, the real world, our world isn't suffering due to a lack of trust, it's suffering due to a lack of repentance (meaning change of heart, not even religious). Were people who caused harm more willing to admit their wrong and actively change, trust would immediately follow.
And Sisu needed to learn boundaries and to be careful with who you trust
Soren from The Dragon Prince did it better.
@@jeffreygao3956 Soren’s redemption arc was one of the best things I had seen. Totally unexpected too. And let’s not even talk about the choice he made in the final episode
@@cyborgcuttlefish6326 "It's so nice to be on the side that's unchaining things!"
The movie overall would have worked so much better if they had left out just the few seconds that showed Namaari’s finger on the crossbow trigger during the standoff scene. As it is, you have a point: the overall scene plays out like Sisu’s trust got her killed and Raya was right NOT to trust and just acted a little too late.
But think about how the scene would have gone without that closeup. If her finger HADN’T been on the trigger, it would imply that she might have chosen to put the bow down-which would have made sense based on her conversation with Virana earlier in the movie, she seemed on board with the idea of bringing Sisu back and re-making the gem. Raya’s sudden, UNtrusting move to disarm her would have then been what caused the crossbow to shoot (In no expert on crossbows, but something slamming into a loaded one that’s ready to shoot could conceivably break something and/or release the tension in a way that would make the bolt launch)-in fact when I first saw the movie that’s what I thought had happened. This would make Namaari’s later line that Raya is also responsible for Sisu being shot make a lot more sense, and make the point that *sometimes*, (not always), doing things out of fear and distrust can make situations worse.
One thing I caught in this movie that I wanted to share was that the main vehicle for getting around in the whole movie is a floating restaurant! As the adventure party gathers, they have many scenes of them interacting and becoming family in a place meant for food. I think there is a good theme of eating together brings people together thing going on, set up by Raya's dad talking about the soup made from different ingredients across the land. As the story goes on, we see the party bonding more and more over food the entire time!
Also heart brings sugar to the soup! The most peaceful nation bringing the sweetest ingredient
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Yes! As a kid of SE Asian parents growing up in the 80's and 90's this film hit hard in all the good ways. Happy to see it here to undergo the "Wins" treatment.
Fun fact Amy Johnston and Lauren Mary Kim choreographed and even did some motion capture fights in this movie. I don't remember what Amy was in but Lauren did mo cap for season 7 of clone wars among many other things. They're both really great stuntwomen
Amy Johnston is great in Accident Man and Lady Blood Fight. She also played Harley Quin in Superpowered Beat Down and Andriod 18 in a Dragon Ball fan film.
Amys also been a stunt double for Black Widow in the past as well I think, civil war I think.
Not to be confused with Amy Jo Johnson, the original Pink Power Ranger lol
I know those 2 in another CZcams channel
You got that info from Corridor Crew, didnt you? 😉😆
"Sisu" is a word in Finnish. It doesn't translate well into English but it's basically the definition of "not giving up" and "having guts to do so". Or as a simple google search says "strength of will" But I don't think the producers knew the word existed although the word describes Sisu in the film pretty well.
I'm a huge sucker for dragons, and elemental type stuff where different tribes have different elements or areas they live in, so this movie got me hooked in almost instantly.
I'm kind of glad that they didn't make Raya and Namaari into those "secret siblings" cliche because that's originally what I thought would happen.
The scene where they all turned to stone would've really got me if the credits started to roll.
I think this story would have made an amazing series. Flesh out the different clans and make a ATLA traveling series.
i also thought of ATLAwhen watching this!
Gasp, did you just compare this to Avatar?
RACISTS, I'm going onto Twitter to CANCEL YOUUUUUUUU!!!!!
(....someone will surely get the reference)
Yeah, my problem was that this story felt too short and compressed. We have a colourful cast of supporting characters and they don’t get a chance to shine. If this was a trilogy (maybe Disney’s first theatrical), or a third series maybe.
@@dylantennant6594 Agreed. This entire movie was really cool but it felt a little... off the entire time. The detail was amazing and I loved the world-building but it just didn't feel complete.
@@lexeddy1663 I just want a show in where Namariis character arc was, because her only good thing was also the only way she could live.
DUDE, I was literally just wondering where CinemaWins went and here you are with an upload!
Great to have you back man and glad everything is okay.
Me too, I didn't realise how much I missed Lee and Cinema Wins until now!
But did he just confirm that he’s a dad?
@@antonissa8345 it's his second kid
@@christopherjames762 WHAT!!! SINCE WHEN!!?!
@@antonissa8345 I think his other kid is like 3 or 4 at least
One thing I noticed: When they put the flowers in the water, they all put the exact number of people they lost through the druun.
I noticed that too
I noticed that the first time I watched it
at 10:40 each drop a different number of flowers representing all the family members that were turned to stone. Ngl I cried when I realized.
Something I think a whole lot of people miss is that the message of the movie isn't simply about trust, it's about mutual trust. Every instance where trust turns out to be a mistake is one where the characters are interacting with people who have been told not to trust their whole lives, and in Namaari's case, she's also being manipulated/instructed by her mother, who doesn't trust the other lands. Ultimately, a lack of mutual trust created the literal apocalypse (twice, according to Sisu), but its trust that saves the world and begins the process of repairing it at the end of the film. Namaari finally decided to take a risk for someone other than Fang, and Raya and co. realized that holding onto hatred and grudges (which have kept their world back for, oh, 500 years) was only going to make things worse.
Edit: yeah, I made this comment, like, halfway through. Thank you, Cinemawins, for addressing this issue and taking a new angle on it I hadn't seen before. Your point is honestly stronger than mine, since it faces a hard truth of life: that sometimes, trust has to go one way before it becomes mutual.
THANK YOU!!!!
FINALLY SOMEONE GETS THE TRUST MESSAGE!!!!
"Stupid no dragons world" - most relatable saying Ever.
"Nothing will make you feel like a child more than reconnecting with your previously stone dad after 6 years" damn her father came back from buying cigarettes
Finally got round to watching the film this morning (as well as Encanto, waiting for that EGA vid) and it is beautiful. There was one moment that had me in floods of tears, when Raya and her father see each other on the bridge and how she says "Ba" before running to him. So much heart and loss and relief and joy crammed into one small word.
I would LOVE to see you cover "The Prince of Egypt".
"dep la" is spelled similar to the Vietnamese "đẹp lạ": meaning "exotic beauty"
So you guys can guess why a lot of us ship those two girls cuz they keep calling each other "beauty" xD
Raya only said it once. Besides, it’s an extremely toxic ship
@@tototats16 I disagree.
the ship is toxic af
@@ussinussinongawd516 Why? Cause it's gay? You can't just say somethings toxic, you have to give a reason.
Plus idc, I think it's cute and that's all that matters.
@@amore9003 no one said anything about it it being toxic because it’s gay. It’s toxic because Namarri keeps betraying Raya.
Another fun detail I love about this movie is when Raya comes up to have her final confrontation with Namaari. When she brings the stone up and repealed the Druun coming towards her, two of them are shown being repelled, showing that one life just ended so that they could replicate, meaning they had JUST killed Namarri's mom or relatively recently. This gives her even more reason to be angry and spiteful towards Raya, giving the last battle that much more tension.
My list of things I loved about this movie + my list of things that could have been changed:
-The effects. Just the lighting of the water and tone of Raya’s skin are stupidly good animation.
-The dragons designs. They are long fluffy magic noodles. That is just beautiful.
-Shisu’s misunderstanding of the world around her. It makes sense that, after the last thing you remember doing o save the world is having to trust people, you would naturally think that everyone is to be trusted.
-The angry old lady chief. Idk why. She makes me happy even tho she betrayed Shisu.
-The FOOD EFFECTS. GOD IT MADE ME SO HUNGRY WATCHING
-The fact that Tounge(I think??) likes the baby because he misses his own child.
-Just seeing how the hatred had changed Raya after Shisu was killed. She was ready to kill. It added a great effect.
-The symbolism. How, because Shisu is the last dragon, and she is a water dragon, her being killed drained the water. Water truly is ‘magical’ in this world, as it acts as protection against the Druun. Also, how when they basically become un-stoned, the rain is what washes it away. Rain is water. It is Shisus magic and trust that saves them.
Now, things that should have been changed:
-A better Namaari redemption arc. We didn’t have much of her in the movie. I believe that there should have been more of her realizing how corrupted the world was, and how she wanted to change it.
-A close up of her finger off the trigger, not on. If they had showed that she was hesitating on shooting and had decided not to. If that had been shown, it would have created the impression that Namaari had finally been redeemed. However, it was Raya lashing out in her distrust that killed Shisu. I’ve operated a few crossbows, and hitting them while they are loaded DEFINITELY sets them off.
That was all for now. I will update more later.
Dunno if anyone things about this, but it really sucks that Raya's father missed like 6 YEARS of Raya's growth. That's time he'll never get back. It's like he went to sleep and she was a kid the last he saw her, and then the minute he woke up again, she was a full grown adult. Time passed for Raya, but for the chief it could have felt like the blink of an eye. That had to be so jarring, and I honestly don't think that they made that clear enough. He recognized her immediately, but I really would have appreciated some mention of 'how you've grown' or 'when did you get so big?'
"They grow up so fast, don't they?"
I feel you just liked that scene from endgame :)
All because he trusted the other clans…
@@thenumber27issomehowtaken Honestly it's more of his daughter's fault for bringing the princess of enemy nation to a sacred place (not blaming Raya ofc since she was a kid and she misinterpreted his words). Chief himself did nothing wrong.
So basically Interstellar.
After watching this, trust doesn’t sound like a word anymore
Semantic satiation?
Trashed is what I heard after a while--
@@HansMaurer. I feel like it's the only way that you can temporarily get an accurate idea of what your native language sounds like to a foreigner.
I realized something about the scene leading to the Dragon Gem breaking. All the Fang people saw the firework and immediately knew what the signal was for. This means that Namaari was NOT the only one in on the plan to steal the gem, and based on her other interactions with her mother, I doubt it was even her idea. Also, Chief Virana seems like a smart enough ruler she would have given flares and instructions to multiple people, not just her own daughter, so the plan would have more chances at succeeding. You do mention some of this at the end of the video, but I just really like when movies that give redemption arcs to the main antagonists don’t make them completely unlikeable from the start.
To help explain Raya's untrust against Namaari with the crossbow and Sisu, we should also remember that her Father was shot by one.
Bo Burnham Inside references get an instant thumbs up.
wait, where was that?
@@runamerone5492 Jeff Bezos line, plus ending line about content
No mention that Raya and Namaari have an "are they, aren't they" thing going on the whole movie
Fr.
Nah
With my shipping goggles on it's blatantly obvious. But while watching it normally there wasn't really time to establish that kind of dynamic. If they had known each other for longer as kids or established they met several times during those six years it would have worked better.
@@BonaparteBardithion It's leaning too heavily into the enemies side. It ain't like Catra and Adora where they had a history of fun together and so they know the good in each other and liked each other once, and were vaguely aware of Shadow Weaver's cycle of abuse. She Ra's Catradora is what Raya wishes it had.
... oh please, there was more sexual tension between those two than there was between Nick and Judy in Zootopia.
3:55 When you hear a tone shift in Namaari's voice, you know that Namaari played Raya.
i can't stop thinking about how much potential this movie could've had if it was a series. it's so gorgeous and the world is amazing but it was too big for an hour and a half
“On Fleek, Savage, Lit!” 😂😂😂
Don’t mind me, just waiting for Everything great about Dead Man’s Chest
Yup
I’m waiting for everything great about Godzilla vs Kong.
Yeeeeee
Yeap
Everything Great about Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie is the one I'm waiting for.
One of my favorite things about the movie which you skipped over was the paper cut outs in the opening prologue are a really gorgeous representation of Indonesian shadow puppets. I remember making them in school and my mum had a few of them when we were growing up. Really stunning piece of art.
I feel that it is less about "Trust everyone no matter what."
But rather
Trust people to want to help each other when the option is presented.
7:08 Oh god, we've lost another one to the furry horde
The music is some of the best Disney had produced in decades. The battle theme as Raya goes to battle Namaari at the climax is amazing, and every part of the score works
Ikr, this is James Newton Howard’s first films at Disney since Treasure Planet. Hope he keeps coming back.
@@joshuajoe1419 and Atlantis. His music is honesty incredible. He also did the hunger games movies soundtrack which is personally why I found the movies as engaging as they were, I don’t think I would’ve loved HG as much if it weren’t for his score.
"I love that sweet and cutesy Sisu pulls off ferocious like a champ" Unfortunately the comparison is unavoidable but Sisu can't pull off sweet and cutesy or ferocious like Toothless can.
I like Pengu's design ^^
He's a unique dragon like his fellow dragons
You should do Everything GREAT About Tangled
And Brave. That movie is EXTREMELY underrated.
@@silverdragon4018 Agreed
Yes please!
Yes! :D Tangled is such a good movie
@@silverdragon4018 That itself is an understatement.
"vastly-underrated She-Ra reboot." So I'm not the only one. YESS!!
Not by a long shot :)
Oh no, there are many of us. Even my straight-as-a-new-nail SO got really into it and told his brother how surprised he was by how good it was.
Shera is AMAZING. S5 is some god tier shit and sometimes I still think about it coz damn.
Melog best boi
That show is absolutely *incredible*, it's so well written and the animation is so beautiful and the characters are so engaging
16:38 that caught me off guard i heard Astrid and my brain went how to train your dragon
Honestly, I love the “totally lowkey unnoticeable” digs on society throughout the video! They confirm that my dude over here has got a good head on his shoulders 😝❤️
And when the world needed him the most... HE RETURNED.
Mmm, the water disappears if all the dragons die… humans are made out of 55% to 78% of water.
The plants didn't all shrivel up either. It's safe to assume it just means the rivers/lakes dry up.
Here's something I noticed fang does puppet shows and in tangled in the dream song they say fang does little puppet shows. So I found that hilarious.
Wait, so are the Ruffians from Fang?
Wait, that guy’s name was Fang? I must have misheard when I watched Tangled. Then again I know I misheard another lyric from that same song.
I absolutely love the moment right after Sisu is shot where it zooms in on Raya and shows her reaction. From the animation that shows the true fury in her eyes to her raged filled breathing. It’s such a subtle detail, but it was one of the most realistic animated scenes I’ve ever seen.
The exposition at the beginning looks just like the exposition animation in Moana
That’s what I thought
i love the 2D animation exposition portion of a lot of disney movies
i think a few people who worked on moana worked on raya and the last dragon so i’m not surprised there are multiple similarities between the two films
'I read that in a book once; obviously I had no friends as a child' had be choking. Why.
1:19 cuteness overload
The movie felt like an overly extended version of one of those short films in the trailer sequence at the movies (something like Disneys lava)
I literally went “YES!” when this video notification popped up
I did too, but that was only because I could finally suggest a Captain Underpants movie video again.
Oml same!
NO SAME CUZ I WAS LITERALLY LOOKING FOR THIS THE OTHER DAY
Same, now all I’m waiting for is Luca.
Ditto
Raya was probably the most fun I'd had with a Disney film since Wreck it Ralph.
It was ok tbh. Wreck It Ralph is 100% better
How about Zootopia and Moana?
@@Halllad no. Wreck it ralph was a bad movie lol, raya is way better
@@genevieveowusu885 Zootopia is a really good honerable mention.
Moana was just ehhh. Take it or leave it, it's fine either way.
@@diablotry5154 how
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Is it me or that kid is like a mixed version of Alberto and Luca design ? He really reminds me of Alberto personality wise too..
The scene where Namaari teared up at seeing Sisu had me choked up as well. It showed the emotional nuances between those sides.
This movie is gorgeous. In terms of the music, the fight scenes, the VFX, animation, story and portrayal of humanity, visuals/camerawork! Everything was just, beautiful.
I get to finally listen to something positive about this movie
ikr, I really enjoyed the movie but it gets so much hate unfortunately :(
Why is it getting hate? It's the best movie I've seen in a LONGGG time.
@@sonneann Because everybody thinks they need to have hot takes these days.
@@sonneann The message thier teaching to children is um kindav bad and not done properly
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@@sonneann I've litterally read TWO negative opinions on it. Vocal minority, as always
Guys, listen up. Who else is still waiting for Everything Great with “Atlantis: The Lost Empire” except for me?
If you are with me for this video, smash the like and answer whatever thoughts you have for this animated movie.
I'd love to see that. it's so underrated
plus, i'm glad my father brought that disc in the moment it came out on dvd (he got it from a rental store)
"Anger is never the answer"
But it IS an excellent motivator!
One detail I noticed that wasn’t mentioned in this video was the weathering of the stone steps in the first part of the movie from where the water was flowing up the stairs
The ONE thing that bugs me about the movie: why does everyone the Druun petrify have that pose? WHY? What's the significance of it?
I think it’s supposed to be irony, because people use that pose to respect dragons, and druun use that pose because they’re described to be the opposites of dragons.
I think it's a mourning pose. It's reminiscent of the poses that Raya and the others make when leaving the flower tributes to thier lost family members on the river--the cupped hands, held out.
Don't quote me on that, though. I tried looking it up but couldn't find anything.
at the end of the movie, when the rain from the gem brings everyone back, the statues hold their hands out to "catch" the rain. at least, that's how i see it
It's a submission pose, Druun symbolized the western colonials who colonize SEA since the fall of Melaka to Portuguese in 1511AD in which about 500 years ago.
I know I'm late but have you noticed how Sisu's siblings had their hands cupped when they were holding the gem, putting their trust in Sisu? like how the petrified people poses are? I think it was to signify that they're putting their trust in Sisu but there's other theories that explain better.
I would seriously love a tabletop RPG built around something like this. South-Asian inspired fantasy setting with fantastical creatures but little to no magic on the people side of things sounds like so much fun to just mess around in.
tbh the worldbuilding in this movie is just top notch
Finally, someone else acknowledging the amazing score!
One of my favorite details for the world building was the consistent water-centric theme to EVERYTHING. The dragon's magics are based around/act like water, the language ("What's drippin?", Super flow plan, right?", etc.), the martial arts used are all [more] heavily based on using streams of actions rather than single moves, the spirits being moved by the Druun all slip away smoothly with tendrils following like a current, even the map is water centric! Absolutely loved it.
It did make me think that Disney has been showing off their new water-animation software that they made for Moana though. Counting Moana, this is the third Disney animated theatrical release within the past few years with a water theme-the fourth if you include Pixar’s Luca. (The second was Frozen 2)
Amazing movie. Since theaters were closed in my country for many months, I had to watch this movie on Disney+. I haven't seen any trailer for it so it was a completely blind watching. The only thing about it that I heard were some rumors from people on youtube saying that it wasn't that good and the main plot is boring, so my expectations weren't too high. But this movie really impressed me. I liked the story about Kumandra, the dragons and the druuns, the main characters were interesting and the side characters were funny (I think I don't need to mention the outstanding visual quality). One of my personal little favourites were the fight scenes. I'm a star wars enjoyer, so I really love some good animated sword fighting scenes and this movie had some of the best I have seen in years.
I've watched Raya yesterday, for the first time. I cried like a baby for like the last half hour of the movie. I wanted to see a review that praised it. I kept thinking to myself "Is this that 'Disney magic' people talk about?" I was in love. The animation, setting, characters, voicework, the female-lead plot that had LITERALLY all the major players as women, not something you see often...
I searched, literally, "raya is good", wanting to see a positive reaction such as mine. The first five or six videos were "Raya is NOT a good movie" and variations of that.
Then, a glimmer of hope. A CinemaWins video. Thank you for being such a positive person. Besides me, your're the only other person I've heard of that still found a way to enjoy TRoS.
I know how you feel, this is on and off topic, when Wish Dragon came out on Netflix, I saw hundreds of comments calling it better than Raya and the Last Dragon, which honestly confused me, don’t get me wrong, I loved Wish Dragon, it was a very cute movie but better than Raya?
Really?
That is a complete overexaggeration!
Both Raya and Wish Dragon are both great in their own ways
One is not better than the other.
There’s a difference between saying one
movie is better than the other and it actually being better than the other.
( Note: This is just my opinion, if you like Wish Dragon more than Raya or visa versa, I can respect that )
I went into this movie not knowing anything about it and having no expectations, and ended up loving it so much.
The message about trust is incredibly timely, though it's probably falling upon deaf ears among the politically inclined adults. I hope the kids who grow up after watching this movie will remember it when they're in charge of the world.
Living for such a subtle Eragon reference with a 'Thunder of Dragons'
Yeah, I was lowkey disappointed that the fight scenes weren't just "The Raid Redemption, but for kids," but seeing Raya and Namaari use Pencak Silat and Muay Boran respectively in their first fight really tickled the martial arts nerd inside of me.
Ha! Imagine they got Iko Uwais for this movie!
You did something new in terms of animation. It'd be fun to see you do something a little older? For the sound design, score, animation, shot composition, and overall visual aesthetic alone this movie deserves it's time in the spotlight. I give you, Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
6:59, not furries... since this was a dragon movie, a lot of dragon-based fursonas will be made in the future. FYI Lizard-types or the cold-blooded guys are called scalies.
Finally, I'm not the only one trying to clear that up. XD
The dragons in the movie have fur tho, so should they be furries or scalies?
Same thing bro
The ending edit was the icing on the cake. Guffawed so hard at all the "trust" cuts
And then Namaari ending it with, "What?!"
Could you cover Everything Great About Rango? It would be greatly appreciated.
Rango!
I actually really liked this movie and I don't know why people hated it. It was wonderful
This IS a beautiful movie.
I can tell that he likes CinemaWins more than CinemaSins cause sins is all about stupid plot holes and cliches used, while wins is all about the love and thought that was put into the movies.
I get the impression he made the channel in response to CS' petty nitpicks.
It's also a misleading mentality and also why if you sees something rated 80% or so is usually just meh, and 70% is flawed.
Since your average "wholesome" person thinks on the scale of 5, 5 is the average standard, and only if there is something terrible should you take away from that score.
"Nothing great about this thing, and honestly it's a bit boring, but it's not a catastrophic failure, 4.2/5."
"A thunder of dragons". Don't think I didn't catch that Inheritance reference.
That's also just the official name for a group of dragons
@@theadventuresofhuckletaryfin It's the only other place I've ever heard that term used. Maybe it originated from it?
@@theadventuresofhuckletaryfin "A group of dragons is called a thunder. (Yes, I invented that. Yes, I'm proud of it.)" - Christopher Paolini, Author of the "The Inheritance Cycle" tetrology.
@@Zerphses Cool. Never knew where it came from. Now I'm interested in the series
Yes!!!! I wasn't the only one who noticed. That's awesome.
So a really cool thing, Sisu's "water stepping" is in the "Avatar" world as well! In the Avatar Kyoshi books she learns a technique that all benders can use called Dust Stepping- Water Benders do this (little suspended water/ice platforms they leap on) Airbenders and Firebenders do short bursts of air or fire, and Earthbenders grab dust/sand/small rocks and jump off those
I can't believe it took me this video to realize that it hit so hard to me because I developed "don't trust anyone" as a defense mechanism and I miss the faith of trusting in things just because - like Sisu does. Hello I did not sign up for therapy I just wanted to see some positivity about this movie 💀💀💀
The art style of the opening is done in the shadow puppet style - in Indonesia we call it Wayang. I also love all the little details from the food (sate), to the clothing (batik), to the environment (rainforest). It's really cool to see a character who looks like me or someone I could have gone to school with on the big screen this way. If this had come out when I was growing up, it'd be my favourite movie.
Malaysian here
Same same same 😍
It might be my favorite movie the more I watch it
Also, when a character is mistrustful, there is a normal focus while when they embrace Sisu's point of view, there is a bokeh blur instead. By looking at this detail you can see at which moments characters start to change their mind.
Can we just win the gorgeous and intricate details in the animation. Not just the landscapes but the unique look to each of the dragons and the details in the clothes and hairstyles. The animation is just stunning.
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That was a clean edit tho
Welcome back! Hope the fathering of two kids now is going well!