Yippee-ki-yay, movie lovers, it's Jan here.
If you've watched my review of Moana, you'll know I really enjoyed the animated feature.
So, in this video, I want to look at the five funniest moments from the film.
Obviously, there are spoilers ahead if you haven't seen the film already!
And if that's you, you can check out my spoiler-free review of the movie here, and come back and
watch this video after you've seen it!
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here to the video when it's ready.
Kicking us off at number five is the scene where Maui steals Moana's boat and sails off,
even taking along Moana's rooster side-kick, Heihei, as a snack for later!
It's especially funny when Moana escapes from the cave where the trickster demi-god trapped
her and launches herself into the air to try and catch up with Maui on the boat, but just
misses it and lands splat in the sea.
And I love how Maui reacts, saying, 'I could watch that all day.
Ok, enjoy the island.
Maui out!', then he tries to get away, but the ocean has other ideas and carries Moana
back on to the canoe again and again, despite Maui's repeated attempts to get rid of her!
It's just a little slapstick scene, but it's still very amusing when Heihei stows away
on Moana's boat and she finds him once they've set sail.
That moment is so funny when Moana takes the half-coconut shell off Heihei's head and he
realises where he actually is, not on dry land with rocks to peck and swallow, but surrounded
by water in the middle of the ocean, and he lets out a piercing scream, which only stops
each time Moana puts the coconut shell back on his head!
I love the magnificently crazy action scene where a boat-load of teeny-tiny pirates wearing
armour made of coconut shells attack Moana and Maui on the high seas!
There's so many of them that they're absolutely everywhere, zip-lining on to Moana's boat,
swiping Heihei who's swallowed the heart of Te Fiti, and suddenly turning their one ship
into three!
There's loads of fun in this fast-paced scene, including the Kakamoras accidentally shooting
their chief with a blow-dart!
And Moana gets some bad-ass action fighting the coconutty pirates, as does Maui who sails
their boat through the ever-narrowing gap between two rapidly merging Kakamora vessels!
It's all very Mad Max: Fury Road.
And who can forget when Moana first meets Maui?!
Thanks to an exceptionally charismatic performance by Dwayne Johnson, who lends his voice to
the big-headed, big-muscled demi-god.
Maui's so full of himself that not only does he stop Moana mid-speech to make sure she
gets his full title correct.
"It's actually Maui, Shapeshifter, Demi-God of the Wind and Sea, Hero of Men.
I interrupeted, from the top.
Hero of Men.
Go" but he also assumes that what she really wants
is his autograph, because, he is, after all, 'hero of men… and women…
it's not a guy-gal thing'.
Also, I really love 'You're Welcome, the totally irresistible song he sings about all his amazing
accomplishments and why he thinks humankind must be so grateful to him.
And the whole scene is made even better by the way Maui's tattoos come to life to tell
the story of all his fantastic feats, and the way mini-Maui acts as his voice of reason.
Absolutely adore it!
And at number one is the frankly fabulous scene where Moana and Maui outwit the totally
blinged-up, colossally conceited crab Tamatoa on their mission to get Maui's magical fishhook
back.
I love everything about this bit of the film, especially the incredibly catchy David Bowie-style
song that Tamatoa sings about how amazing he is.
I also love the way the 50-foot crab suddenly appears out of what just looked like a pile
of treasure and how Moana cleverly tricks him by showering him with compliments, appealing
to the fact that he just adores bragging about himself.
And it's really funny how Tamatoa does a sort of running commentary about what's going on
and also how Maui swoops in and grabs back his hook, telling Tamatoa that 'it's Maui
time'!
Jemaine Clement, who voices the super-sized crustacean, is just perfect and wrings every
last drop of comedy out of the scene, which is why it's great to see Tamatoa on screen
again in a comical post-credits scene where he name-drops Sebastian from The Little Mermaid.
It is just brilliant!
Ok, what are your favourite moments from Moana?
And which bits made you laugh out loud the most?
Can't wait to read your comments below!
I've got videos on the way with all the easter eggs and hidden mickeys in Moana plus some
cool deleted scenes from the movie, and I'll update the link here once they're live!
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