Moana 2 hits tediously choppy waters mimicking the past
“The guiding principle for Disney’s animated movies after Walt Disney’s death in 1967 was ‘What would Walt do?’ However, this approach led to a creative rut at Disney. After a while, repeating the past becomes uninteresting to everyone. Disney Animation has a history of reinvigorating itself by doing things that were thought impossible, like ‘Beauty and the Beast’ in the 90s and ‘Tangled’ in the 2010s. Yet, Disney still tends to return to familiar, comforting themes.