I do think it could have been better than what was given. But that doesn’t mean it’s not without fault. The animation was stunning, most of the voice actors were great and the world-building was fantastic. I don’t know, maybe it’s just me, but there have been much better endings in Disney. Within minutes, the world is perfect again, reuniting under the name Kumandra once more. But with this, everything feels resolved so quickly - even when they are all stone people, it resolves itself so fast. It feels like it was meant to be there after the heartbreak and the sorrow that all of the characters had gone through. I hate to reference it again, but even in Frozen, there was so much time and conflict leading up to that ending where it feels earned. It’s been broken for so long and you’re saying just because the dragons reappeared, everything goes back to being hunky-dory? It would take some serious healing to reach that point again.
I feel like the world wouldn’t come back together just like that. It’s the typical Disney ending that you would come to expect, but it doesn’t sit right with me. I’d want all the help I could get if I was in her situation – and that means trusting others. It doesn’t feel earned – it feels rushed. There's a point where she's willing to give a peace offering, but it’s only at the climax where we really start to see her take a step back and maybe think of trusting people. We do see this happen a bit when she faces Namaari near the end of the film. Why can’t she think for one moment and wonder ‘Huh, maybe other people have lost their families, too, and would be willing to help me without a fight.’ Yes, the world is mistrusting, but why not give it a chance to see if other people want to help, too? Raya acts like she’s the only one who cares about reuniting the stones and she thinks no one will give it up without a fight. If I had lost my father in that same circumstance, I would be traveling all over the world to somehow find a solution as well.īut in this case, Sisu is so right. Raya Is Almost Too Mistrusting Of The World That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but considering the standard of sidekicks that Disney has made over the years, I don’t feel the same way. I feel like Awkwafina tried her best truly to make her stand out, but many of the jokes feel entirely catered to making young kids laugh. But adults know, and the casual way in which he says it makes it even funnier. Even the way Olaf said, “Oh look, I’ve been impaled,” makes me laugh because what child would know what that means? None. Heck, I even loved Olaf and the horse from Tangled because sometimes the way they spoke and acted had adult humor in ways only adults would understand. When I think of Disney movies, I think of sidekicks that parents can connect with as well. I get that it’s supposed to be like “alright, we get it, har har” but to me, it just felt annoying. I already mentioned the group project joke earlier on but there’s this one running gag where she keeps saying how good of a swimmer she is. It felt like she was almost trying to make Sisu into another version of the Genie from Aladdin where she cracks jokes constantly, but to me, that fell flat. She has been amazing in some other films, like The Farewell and Crazy Rich Asians, but there was something about her portrayal of Sisu that did not stick with me.
While I do encourage Disney to do more movies like this where the proper representation is used so that way kids have someone to look up to, I did not like Awkwafina in this role.
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