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Former ISU rating scale: 5.4/6
Grade: B+
Whenever I would see something like this, I would imagine that the setting would be similar to what cultures you would find in these countries: China (I can include Taiwan here.), Nepal, Bhutan, Laos, Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei. Although you can say that the storyline is similar to Mulan, still with the aspect of a deep history of how a breakup of Kumandra. Well, would you say that this is similar to how perhaps some places that would have been under imperial rule would sensibly return to their original lands, like China regaining Macau and Hong Kong, or USA giving back Panama the canal? That would be what I would think. This story would reflect that as we do have to see such differences and find a common ground to regain relations.
Truly, as the ASEAN ( https://asean.org/ ) countries would be a primary influence on the story, it does have the overall way of entertaining what Disney is starting to do, have more international flavor and multiculturality. In the case of R&tLD, they would show that we do have our ideas, morals, and beliefs, but we should have an overall vision about how life should be.
In RL, it is tough; it is going to be VERY hard for furries and humans to trust another being without conditions. We will all be backstabbed, cheated, lied and hurt by bad experiences, but as the movie is trying to tell us, there is always a good in one another. If we could all be like that and have the idea of the song by John Lennon's "Imagine", "the world will be as one" as he sang in his last words. Sisu is throughout the movie is relaying everyone to follow that mantra.
Despite that the movie is like Mulan, but it is more lighter despite a very similar culture, I was entertained throughout as Raya has her goal to try and save her father from permanently being stoned by the Drunn, but truly, the whole goal of hers is to reunite Kumandra, and to see that others she has met, especially Sisu-to have that fate to get everyone including the dragon family out of petrification, to have less hate in the world they live in. I can see that at the points when Raya and Sisu have to meet other lands, they should look at what is important to all and to have such plans to get everyone to be free from the Drunn once and for all.
It can have some hint of Brother Bear as there is not really an enemy to talk to (Denahi in Brother Bear is not really one, he does not know. Though you can say Namaari...), but the difference here is that for this one, they all have something, and the leaders are reluctant to unite for a cause, and to also put into perspective, trust is/alliances are not made. It can whittle down to greed, anger and other 7 deadly sins, like envy. The land of Spine is the most humble of them all and it made sense to have the sole survivor of the land be the one most likely to be more sy(e)mpathtic of Raya and Sisu. However, it is clear that everyone lost something, and they should have that mentality to feel for themselves AND others to live happily in the end. Something that Namaari, a friend of Raya and eventually Sisu, BUT BECAME TRATOROUS, had to learn a bit emotionally.
I can feel that if it ever has to be Sisu being human, then that power she has is fabulous! It would be something you would see sometimes in the daily comic strip, Sherman's Lagoon by Jim Toomey: https://www.gocomics.com/shermanslagoon . I would have to laugh at the boater and chef named Boun at the point when he brings up "credit!" Me having a background in business accounting, the first thing that comes to mind, is a credit card! BUT, as there's balancing the books and T-accounts with "DEBITOR (Dr.)" and "CREDITOR (Cr.)", having to have a promise to pay back can work in business, and if only Sisu wasn't in Talon, she would really be paying back the planned gifts she would be buying! That place wants money NOW AND ON THE SPOT. And I will admit, despite Raya at Spine telling her to not be dragon, it was perfect to have her show her real self when Raya was in trouble with Namaari. To also see that that Namaari really was a friend not foe, it does come to fruition that there is still the belief that people do have things they never meant to do, and they do have at times, regrets-some can be severely painful-even when she was the cause of Sisu's death, and is responsible of redeeming herself.(SPOILER!) And it was interesting at the beginning of how Sisu came to be-of course, she is a water dragon, but do note of how water DEFIES GRAVITY when it comes to the orb initially at Heart, and when her whole self was at Tail.
It is truly a thing to see at a theatre, but UGH, as COVID was the cause of limited admission to the cinemas, we could not see what Awkwafina's movie of her similar cultures she had, as she did voice Sisu very well, and sentimentally, it would be something of her "home hemisphere" despite that she was born in Long Island, NY. I would not discount that movie anymore, but truly, it is something that I would like to have in my collection of Disney animated movies I have watched. NOW I HAVE WATCHED 60! And though the movie was primarily made for more profit for the company, I would be certain that the FF'dom and many others who like such Oriental-based stories would love to see again and again. Disney has not failed me here!
And so, here is the update on the movies I have seen, and where Raya & The Last Dragon will rank:
60: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1 star)
59: Treasure Planet (2 stars)
58: Saludos Amigos (1 star, but deserves better.)
57: Atlantis: The Lost Empire (From here it is 2 stars, definitely.)
56: The Emperor's New Groove
55: Melody Time
54: The Rescuers Down Under (1990 sequel)
53: Meet the Robinsons
52: The Great Mouse Detective
51: Chicken Little
50: Dinosaur (From here it is 3 stars and would likely want to get in my collection.)
49: Fantasia 2000
48: Lilo & Stitch
47: The Sword in the Stone
46: Fun and Fancy Free
45: Oliver & Company
44: Pocahontas
43: The Adventures of Ichabod & Mr. Toad (From here it is 4 stars.)
42: Hercules
41: Home on the Range
40: 101 Dalmatians
39: The Black Cauldron
38: The Rescuers (1977)
37: Cinderella
36: The Little Mermaid
35: Fantasia (1940)
34: The Aristocats
33: Moana
32: Robin Hood
31: Tangled
30: The Fox and the Hound
29: Alice in Wonderland
28: Frozen II
27: Wreck-it Ralph
26: Aladdin
25: Big Hero 6
24: Ralph Breaks the Internet" (Wreck-it Ralph 2)
23: Encanto
21: Mulan
>>21: RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON<<
20: Make Mine Music (From here it is 5 stars. The very best!)
19: Peter Pan
18: Dumbo
17: The Jungle Book
16: The Princess and the Frog
15: Pinocchio
14. Frozen
13: Tarzan
12: Sleeping Beauty
11: The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
10: Bolt
9: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
8: Brother Bear
7: The Three Caballeros
6: Winnie the Pooh (2011)
5: Bambi
4: Beauty and the Beast
3: Zootopia / Zootropolis
2: Lady and the Tramp
THE BEST ONE: The Lion King
NO THIS IS NOT A MISTYPE! I will have to note, for Mulan, Encanto and Raya, I cannot really say which one is the best, but I could say tie of Raya and Mulan because of the similar storyline. Though Mulan is a bit darker than Raya, there are things that would balance each other out and make both movies equal to each other.
Former ISU rating scale: 5.4/6
Grade: B+
Whenever I would see something like this, I would imagine that the setting would be similar to what cultures you would find in these countries: China (I can include Taiwan here.), Nepal, Bhutan, Laos, Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei. Although you can say that the storyline is similar to Mulan, still with the aspect of a deep history of how a breakup of Kumandra. Well, would you say that this is similar to how perhaps some places that would have been under imperial rule would sensibly return to their original lands, like China regaining Macau and Hong Kong, or USA giving back Panama the canal? That would be what I would think. This story would reflect that as we do have to see such differences and find a common ground to regain relations.
YES, R&tLD WOULD BE IN A PERFECT WORLD, BUT IT WOULD BE HIGHLY DOUBTFUL IN OUR WORLD NOW-SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN THE CONFLICTS IN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE, AND ISRAEL AND PALESTINE... (this is as of Nov. 14, 2023.)
Truly, as the ASEAN ( https://asean.org/ ) countries would be a primary influence on the story, it does have the overall way of entertaining what Disney is starting to do, have more international flavor and multiculturality. In the case of R&tLD, they would show that we do have our ideas, morals, and beliefs, but we should have an overall vision about how life should be.
In RL, it is tough; it is going to be VERY hard for furries and humans to trust another being without conditions. We will all be backstabbed, cheated, lied and hurt by bad experiences, but as the movie is trying to tell us, there is always a good in one another. If we could all be like that and have the idea of the song by John Lennon's "Imagine", "the world will be as one" as he sang in his last words. Sisu is throughout the movie is relaying everyone to follow that mantra.
Despite that the movie is like Mulan, but it is more lighter despite a very similar culture, I was entertained throughout as Raya has her goal to try and save her father from permanently being stoned by the Drunn, but truly, the whole goal of hers is to reunite Kumandra, and to see that others she has met, especially Sisu-to have that fate to get everyone including the dragon family out of petrification, to have less hate in the world they live in. I can see that at the points when Raya and Sisu have to meet other lands, they should look at what is important to all and to have such plans to get everyone to be free from the Drunn once and for all.
It can have some hint of Brother Bear as there is not really an enemy to talk to (Denahi in Brother Bear is not really one, he does not know. Though you can say Namaari...), but the difference here is that for this one, they all have something, and the leaders are reluctant to unite for a cause, and to also put into perspective, trust is/alliances are not made. It can whittle down to greed, anger and other 7 deadly sins, like envy. The land of Spine is the most humble of them all and it made sense to have the sole survivor of the land be the one most likely to be more sy(e)mpathtic of Raya and Sisu. However, it is clear that everyone lost something, and they should have that mentality to feel for themselves AND others to live happily in the end. Something that Namaari, a friend of Raya and eventually Sisu, BUT BECAME TRATOROUS, had to learn a bit emotionally.
I can feel that if it ever has to be Sisu being human, then that power she has is fabulous! It would be something you would see sometimes in the daily comic strip, Sherman's Lagoon by Jim Toomey: https://www.gocomics.com/shermanslagoon . I would have to laugh at the boater and chef named Boun at the point when he brings up "credit!" Me having a background in business accounting, the first thing that comes to mind, is a credit card! BUT, as there's balancing the books and T-accounts with "DEBITOR (Dr.)" and "CREDITOR (Cr.)", having to have a promise to pay back can work in business, and if only Sisu wasn't in Talon, she would really be paying back the planned gifts she would be buying! That place wants money NOW AND ON THE SPOT. And I will admit, despite Raya at Spine telling her to not be dragon, it was perfect to have her show her real self when Raya was in trouble with Namaari. To also see that that Namaari really was a friend not foe, it does come to fruition that there is still the belief that people do have things they never meant to do, and they do have at times, regrets-some can be severely painful-even when she was the cause of Sisu's death, and is responsible of redeeming herself.(SPOILER!) And it was interesting at the beginning of how Sisu came to be-of course, she is a water dragon, but do note of how water DEFIES GRAVITY when it comes to the orb initially at Heart, and when her whole self was at Tail.
It is truly a thing to see at a theatre, but UGH, as COVID was the cause of limited admission to the cinemas, we could not see what Awkwafina's movie of her similar cultures she had, as she did voice Sisu very well, and sentimentally, it would be something of her "home hemisphere" despite that she was born in Long Island, NY. I would not discount that movie anymore, but truly, it is something that I would like to have in my collection of Disney animated movies I have watched. NOW I HAVE WATCHED 60! And though the movie was primarily made for more profit for the company, I would be certain that the FF'dom and many others who like such Oriental-based stories would love to see again and again. Disney has not failed me here!
And so, here is the update on the movies I have seen, and where Raya & The Last Dragon will rank:
60: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1 star)
59: Treasure Planet (2 stars)
58: Saludos Amigos (1 star, but deserves better.)
57: Atlantis: The Lost Empire (From here it is 2 stars, definitely.)
56: The Emperor's New Groove
55: Melody Time
54: The Rescuers Down Under (1990 sequel)
53: Meet the Robinsons
52: The Great Mouse Detective
51: Chicken Little
50: Dinosaur (From here it is 3 stars and would likely want to get in my collection.)
49: Fantasia 2000
48: Lilo & Stitch
47: The Sword in the Stone
46: Fun and Fancy Free
45: Oliver & Company
44: Pocahontas
43: The Adventures of Ichabod & Mr. Toad (From here it is 4 stars.)
42: Hercules
41: Home on the Range
40: 101 Dalmatians
39: The Black Cauldron
38: The Rescuers (1977)
37: Cinderella
36: The Little Mermaid
35: Fantasia (1940)
34: The Aristocats
33: Moana
32: Robin Hood
31: Tangled
30: The Fox and the Hound
29: Alice in Wonderland
28: Frozen II
27: Wreck-it Ralph
26: Aladdin
25: Big Hero 6
24: Ralph Breaks the Internet" (Wreck-it Ralph 2)
23: Encanto
21: Mulan
>>21: RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON<<
20: Make Mine Music (From here it is 5 stars. The very best!)
19: Peter Pan
18: Dumbo
17: The Jungle Book
16: The Princess and the Frog
15: Pinocchio
14. Frozen
13: Tarzan
12: Sleeping Beauty
11: The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
10: Bolt
9: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
8: Brother Bear
7: The Three Caballeros
6: Winnie the Pooh (2011)
5: Bambi
4: Beauty and the Beast
3: Zootopia / Zootropolis
2: Lady and the Tramp
THE BEST ONE: The Lion King
NO THIS IS NOT A MISTYPE! I will have to note, for Mulan, Encanto and Raya, I cannot really say which one is the best, but I could say tie of Raya and Mulan because of the similar storyline. Though Mulan is a bit darker than Raya, there are things that would balance each other out and make both movies equal to each other.
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