Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)

Literally the movie started good, was excited, but the dragon and her annoying character shifted the tone entirely into another goofy by-the-numbers movie. It would have been much better if the dragon didn't talk, like the horse in Spirit (a far better film btw) and emotions were expressed in facial expressions. The dragon was stupidly designed and written, and why does she sound so american??? It makes no sense and is really jarring for me. A meh movie, lost potential all over.

Fmovies: Nicely done animation film! Great message in the movie... Trust! Perfect family movie night with the kids!

Not Worst Disney.movie, not stupid, not predictable, not boring (at all), not horrible, not terrible, not trash, not weak.

So all this 1/10 are from idiots who even bother too see the movie, trying to boycott because one of his actors or or seen it on cam.

I love this movie, mainly because is far from the traditional musical movie.

The story is the best part, and Awkwafina was a fully surprise for me.

See for yourself. You will not regret.

Raya and the Last Dragon fmovies. Awesome character design, great intro and then the dragon talked... The tone shifts soo much it's like a complete different film. Honestly I really don't know what to say talk about a missed opportunity for a great mythical film with a awesome lead with martial arts skills. Tuk Tuk should get its own film the rest is just the stupid talking dragon. Disappointing.

Wow. The animation was absolutely stunning. But the story was completely predictable and unoriginal. Absolutely zero mystique - which is what I suspect most of us hoped for with a story like this. And then.... the dragon spoke. I get it, she's the comic relief, but it just didn't fit. Nonetheless, it was good for the kids. Simple to understand absolutely beautiful to look at.

I am at awe with how far computer graphics have come in such a brief period of time. I still remember watching the first Toy Story in cinemas, back when that was state of the art.

Raya and the last Dragon gives me goosebumps just looking at the characters skin and the incredible water, smoke, and overall look of the animation. Really beautiful movie.

And maybe that is what made this movie so painful to watch. A boring cliched story, with the same beats over and over. It is even structured as different levels in a video game, with the different stages clearly stated from the beginning: Get a piece from each of the 5 kingdoms.

And then watch the same fights, between the same characters, telling the same jokes (the 10th time that the beef jerky joke was told, I rolled my eyes in disbelief), with the same moral of the story repeated again and again at nauseam.

None of the characters leaves a lasting impression, and nothing funny, amusing or exciting happens to them in their journey.

Watching the trailers and the story premise I wasn't expecting much, but even with low expectations it managed to be a disappointment.