Moana 2
Moana 2looks to be fixing Disney Animation ’s late villain problem . Set a few years after the event of the firstMoana , the new film will bring back the nominal wayfinder as she embarks on a new quest across the ocean . This is a corking chance for the film to expand her universe , bringing back fan - favorites while set upMoana 2 ’s cast of charactersto grow in exciting ways . One of the most challenging of these fresh character is Matangi , one of the film ’s antagonists .
Played by Awhimai Fraser , Matangi is set to be one of Disney ’s only open villain since 2010’sTangled . For the last fourteen eld , Disney villains have gone through an interesting ( and sometimes very compelling ) way that has also had the unfortunate side - effect of shit them less memorable . EvenWish ’s seek to course - right with Chris Pine ’s King Magnifico ultimately did n’t knead . Here ’s the key elements that Matangi seems to be bringing tothe newfangled Disney sequelthat could make her Disney ’s best villain in over a decade .
Moana 2’s Matangi Is Already More Exciting Than Wish’s King Magnifico
Matangi Was Designed As A Direct Contrast To Moana
Moana 2 ’s Matangi is a more structurally compelling villain , unlike other late Disney opponent likeWish ’s King Magnifico . As described byMoana 2 ’s film director Jason Hand , Dana Ledoux Miller , and David Derrick Jr , Matangi is poised to serve as a major opponent of the film . Trailers for the movie have shown her confronting Maui and receive manner to battle him . Promotional images free including the character show her as a surprisingly expressive figure , with a jolly conversant appearance corresponding to Moana . This seems to be knowing , asMatangi is report by the film ’s directors as a verbatim contrast to Moana .
As described byMiller during an audience with Screen Rant , Matangi is a dreary contrast to Moana ’s commitment to search the world and plug into people . " We started thinking about what is the opposite word of connection ? It ’s disconnection . What does it imply to be sequester ? It was from there that we really started to think about who the foe would be . “This gives Matangi a direct aroused dividing line to the heroes , something that should motivate echt drama as she attempt to halt their deputation . It ’s a great foundation for a villain , and something leave out from other recent Disney antagonist .
Disney Hasn’t Had A Memorable Villain In A While
BeforeWish, The Last Memorable Straightforward Disney Villain Had Been Mother Gothel InTangled
Walt Disney Animation has been fill an interesting approach to baddie over the last two decades . While it ’s bring complexness to the antagonistic characters , it ’s also think a lack of memorable outright scoundrel for the dealership . Four movies in a row ( Wreck - it - Ralph , Frozen , Big Hero 6andZootopia ) have twist villains who only give away themselves of late in the story . This also think they did n’t get much quad to be unforgettably vile or nefarious . MoanaandRaya and the Last Dragonhad antagonist , but specifically sought to give them more complexity . This cost the born bombastic theatricality of more open Disney baddie .
Moana introduced some gods and demigods urge on by Polynesian mythology and chronicle , and now Moana 2 introduces even more of these immortal .
Ralph Breaks the Internet , Frozen 2,EncantoandStrange Worlddidn’t have villains at all , derive conflict from the main characters . Wishwas therefore a welcome return key to the scoundrel original , the first Disney animate movie sinceTangledto have an outright villainous graphic symbol . However , despite a solid carrying out from Chris Pine , King Magnifico does n’t get the memorable darkness of characters like Maleficent or Scar . There ’s an attempt to give him some depth , but it make his villainous transformation more abrupt and out of character . Magnifico does n’t feel evil enough to be memorable , and was one ofWish ’s braggart let - down .
What Moana 2’s Villain Has That Wish Didn’t
Matangi Is An Overt Villain, Which Is An Exciting Development
There were some cool ideas behind Magnifico inWish , but his depravity was too disconnected and his connexion to Asha too thematically weak to be compelling . A bully antagonist , particularly in Disney enliven film , has to be a unmediated contrast to the Cuban sandwich while hold a unqiue gumption of personal style and personality . The good Disney villains , like Maleficent and Gaston , benefit from being somewhat one - billet . This effloresce focus on character gave the creatives way to make certain that one line worked , create deeply memorable antagonists . By contrast , Magnifico wants to be at the same time complex and aboveboard , and fails at both .
This is n’t Awhimai Fraser ’s first experience with Disney Animation . Before playing Matangi inMoana 2 , Fraser previously play Elsa and Dolores Madrigal in the Māori dub ofFrozenandEncanto , respectively .
That ’s what makes Matangi such an exciting prospect as a villain inMoana 2 . She ’s project as a lineal foil to the lead fiber , with no attempt to hide her dark-skinned side . This should allow the filmmakers more way to showcase her rather of explaining her , giving her infinite to make her memorable . Her direct antagonism with Moana will likely jell up compelling dramatic play , and pass on her ( and the audience ) someone to settle down against . Sometimes , having a straight advancing baddie is a good thing , andMoana 2seems to be heading in that direction .
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Moana 2 is the sequel to the 2016 animated photographic film Moana . direct by David G. Derrick Jr. , Jason Hand , and Dana Ledoux Miller , the film continues the journeying of Moana as she embarks on new adventures , exploring the huge Pacific Ocean while encounter new characters and challenge along the way .
Moana 2 is the sequel to the 2016 animated film Moana. Directed by David G. Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, and Dana Ledoux Miller, the film continues the journey of Moana as she embarks on new adventures, exploring the vast Pacific Ocean while encountering new characters and challenges along the way.
