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Badd Medicine Website: Moana (watch along & The Full Dose available)

Link watch along: Moana (2026) FULL REACTION

The Full Dose: Moana (2026) FULL REACTION

Format: Watch along (Have your copy to sync) 

First watch: All

Watched on: Rented on Amazon Prime

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dandelions2

Cannot join you legends on this one; it's one of the worst remakes ever fellas

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I completely agree. Even Snow White was better and I hated it xD

XOXO808

I’m a Samoan & Hawaiian (Polynesian) blood here and this movie to me was very personal and emotional. I hope you guys get to watch more Pacific Islander movies genre (All the Polynesians are related (Voyagers). At least movie like once were warriors or whale riders (Māori specific) <— (Where Avatar Way Of Water) got its inspiration of the water tribes and the avatar that plays Tonowari (Cliff Curtis) in the movies I recommended & also Moana Grandma (Rena Owen). Much Aloha/Alofa (Love) from O’ahu, Hawai’i! Big supporter of your guys page for a year now! LFG🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

XOXO808

It was good for us Polynesians! To each their own though!

dandelions2

I think our Polynesian brothers and sisters deserve better than lazy remakes such as this; I actually really enjoyed the original MOANA animated film. I assure you this isn't meant to be a slight against any demographic

~Mercedeez Lee~

As a Polynesian myself too ( Māori ), I only watched the live action at the movies just to take my niece and nephews out for a day and surprisingly I enjoyed it. Which was weird cause I wasn’t expecting much. I really don’t care about the original animated one. Never understood the hype around it honestly cause the storytelling just doesn’t feel authentic like how us Polynesians tell our stories. Basically giving plastic Polynesian storytelling, so really the classic ‘Disneyfied’ narrative but yeah I actually liked the live action. Maybe cause it just felt special seeing our Polynesian actors on screen

Shannon

Really enjoyed this and glad you all loved it too! Personally I love most remakes, you get to enjoy the same nostalgia & familiarity, with just enough novelty sprinkled in 😁

XOXO808

Of course it’s for kids lol not really a authentic deep rooted Polynesian even though got our dialects, our outfits and similar traditional culture ways in it. Samoan & Hawaiian here from O’ahu Hawai’i!

~Mercedeez Lee~

I mean I was technically a kid when the first movie came out like 10 years ago. I’m not just talking about now that I’m an adult, I’ve just always never been a fan of it

XOXO808

Is it because it was pre-date before they found the other islands like Hawai’i, Rapanui, Aotearoa etc but yeah maybe because I’m older and just seen the deeper touching of it. But all good.

Mari Vaz

I haven't watched yet. No way is worse the Snow White? How? Gal Gadot haunt me in my dreams because of that movie lol

Alanna Meyers 🍌

As a big Moana fan, I was excited for this until the Roast of Kevin Hart happened and Rock called him the R word 2 or 3 times. So I will never financially support anything involving him in the future. I will watch this but skip all of his scenes so probably only the first 20 minutes I’ll watch. I know some might think I’m overreacting or being too sensitive but as someone autistic who has had this word directed at me as an insult throughout my life, I can’t support him any longer. The fact that he’s a father, a grown man, someone who does charity work, works for Disney and it’s also 2026 is astonishing.

Alanna Meyers 🍌

I loved Snow White but Gal was absolutely the worst part of it

I'm Batman

Yeah, I am not a fan of this live action remake. First of all the bodysuit looks absolutely ridiculous if you ask me. The song performances for the most part, while not completely soulless, still lack in impact compared to the original (except for the last act, the songs then did hit for me). In terms of the cgi it had its ups and downs, Heihei in the beginning looked so bad but after the time jump he looked much better, and when Te Fiti got back to the way she was that was absolutely stunning in terms of the cgi. Heihei was the best part of this movie. Overall I wouldn't recommend this at all, the original is perfect in my eyes and yet another great Disney movie gets a boring live action remake. Now I'm not one to hate on all live action remakes. I actually quite enjoyed a few of them like Beauty And The Beast, How To Train Your Dragon, and of course The Lord Of The Rings which it's first time in movie form was of course animation. But as for the other live action remakes like Lilo & Stitch, The Lion King, Aladdin, Pinnochio, Mulan, Dumbo, Snow White, and now this movie just pales in comparison. The 2 things I appreciate the most with this was Heihei (he was hilarious the whole time), and they kept the original story in tact. Other than that I was pretty underwhelmed and hopefully no more live action remakes happen for quite some time. At least Brave, The Emporers New Groove, Treasure Planet, Atlantis and others haven't been remade to live action. Giving this one a 2.5/5 and will just stick to watching the original.

Tania R

Heihei!! 🐓 Oh my God, I love this adorable little walking disaster. He is my Chaos King! 👑❤

mae_annabelle

omg yes! whale rider is one of my favorite movies! and rena owen in once were warriors is just so amazing. she is such a great actress. i added it as a recommendation for the guys but one can only hope they give it a watch.

mae_annabelle

funny enough i’ll be in o’ahu in a few weeks to see my ohana 💜

Chikaaaa

I don’t understand the hate on this film… it’s really good. And I loved seeing Polynesian actors shine on screen as it rarely happens. The hate campaign kept me away and now I am annoyed bit annoyed as it was unwarranted.

I'm Batman

Take Oaks advice. If it's something that looks interesting to you then check it out, don't let others dictate what you think is or isn't worth it.

Marie RammGirl

Quinn's joy over Hei Hei/Answer's glee over "Shiny!" & Quinn/Answer's dancing impressions during Maui's "Welcome" song was the best moments hehe. (Also agree with you that the Kakamora's kinda look like Shy Guys from Mario hehe) Well Dwayne voiced him in the animated movie, so OF COURSE his gonna play Maui in the live action, I'll admit it exceeded my expectations too & I know EXACTLY what Quinn means, the animated one will always hold that special place in yourself, but feeling more emotionally connected to the parents/side characters in the live action, I felt that too, they did a grand job with this Live adaption, the water animation was beautiful, I just LOVE seeing water visual effects in any movie 🤩 The "Cala-Maui" & "Nunya Business" line got me 😂 also did anyone else keep hearing " Deafeati" in their head when "Te Fiti" was said or was it just me? 😅

Knightmare

The lighting was so terrible, I was distracted the whole time. You can tell that they're standing on a soundstage for 70% of this. And then the end battle had the color grading of Infinity War. I'm talking ZERO cohesion 🤣 Somehow The Rock was the best thing about this film. Very surprising with his comedy chops here LOL. He had good chemistry with himself and with Moana, haha. Overall, I can say that even with the flaws it was much better than Snow White. I think they finally ran out of options so maybe we'll see Prince Naveen on screen in the next 2 years 👀

TingKarg

This is easily one of the worst Disney live action remakes, not like many of them are good anyway.

Juzism

To me this shows how creatively bankrupt Disney is at the moment, this is just another unneeded 1 to 1 remake with original. Also shows how Hollywood doesn't take animation as a medium serious

vaygatti

I’m sorry, but why watch at all if you’re going to just skip around? Nothing and no one is forcing you to press play…

Knightmare

Yeah I was surprised by how good Te Fiti looked at the end 😂 the cgi was REALLY hit or miss and it seems like they couldn't really come to a consensus about whether they wanted it to be real or cartoony and just did both. Weirdly, Moana's mom turned out to be the best actress and she had maybe 45 seconds of screen time. But to be honest, I don't think anything could be worse than Mulan. I mean Mulan is worse than bad, its BORING. 😭

I'm Batman

Yeah I think for me I'd still have to say Snow White was the worst. If they had marketed it as a retelling of Snow White I think it would've been more accepted.

Alanna Meyers 🍌

I know no one is forcing me. But I want to at least watch the beginning with Moana. Am I not allowed to?

Arudorin

I strongly disagree with you oak. They should cast another Polynesian actor to portray Maui. I loved all the Polynesian actors and actresses who played the characters; they really nailed it. Also, I think it's too early to adapt this into a live-action film. We also just got Moana 2 in 2024. This feels more like a cash grab, which is likely why this movie didn't perform well in theaters. However, I understand that some of you and folks in the comments enjoyed it, and I watched along to see this guys reactions, which was great. Overall, though, I found it meh.

Elena

It's not my fav.. but ya'll complain on everything with remakes.. at least they got the culture right this time, and actually have Polynesian actors in it. wich is a BIG plus in my book.

Keshonna Laniece

I decided not to go see this in theaters because I hate to waste money so I decided to wait to watch it it with the crew and unfortunately although it’s a good remake and I did enjoy it, I found myself i don’t know getting bored?? Which is crazy because not only are the guys talking through it but you put on the original and I basically won’t blink. I feel like the animation had more.. emotion? If that makes sense. I don’t know. I was crying 5 minutes into the second Moana just because of how much I missed it so I guess this just didn’t hit those emotional aspects to me. The cultural impact though 10/10 loved seeing it represented on my screen correctly and in all its entirety.

Tysurge

Wow I saw so much hate for it online which I understand the live action remake hate but I believed them and regret not seeing in theaters because this was a lot of fun.

Javi

I don't think it was that bad. The Rock did look a little goofy with that wig, but I thought it was ok. Definitely not the worst live action adaptation, that award , in my humble opinion, goes to Snow White. And the best live action adaptation, for me, goes to The Jungle Book

Alicia

So I admit - I really had a lot of prejudice before I watched this one - just not really seeing the need for it at all! That being said - it was a fun watch and brought a new dynamic to the story. I dunno though - like I think the Rock was humorous and did a good job - I just still feel that they should have chosen someone else! Someone who naturally looks a little more like the original cartoon Maui without needing a bodysuit and also to give another upcoming actor an opportunity in a big Disney film!

vaygatti

I never said you weren’t, it just doesn’t make sense in my mind to subject yourself to something you clearly don’t like when you don’t have to. And in my mind, to announce that you do it seems a bit performative. But that’s the thing, it doesn’t have to make sense to me. You do you…I just never understood how some people know something triggers them, yet they continue to interact with it when they don’t have to. It really feels like fake activism to me because skip or no skip, it still gets your support with a view.