Moana (2016)

Here's the latest animated offering from Disney, a beautiful musical adventure with a Polynesian setting. Visually the film is stunning, the vibrant CGI really makes the locations come alive with everything looking top notch. The voice acting is also solid, with a great debut for Auli'i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson bringing his usual likeable charisma, as well as a good support cast including the much welcomed talents of Jemaine Clement.
The musical score is also really good and consistent and fits in super well with the film overall, with none of the character songs ever feeling like a chore to get through.
Now the films plot is formulaic and doesn't cover much new ground, but it's so well executed with all it's other elements that the films stays super enjoyable from start to finish, also I'm sure it's message of female empowerment is sure to resonate well with audiences. Overall another solid effort from Disney.

The Legend Of Tarzan (2016)

Tarzan returns in a live action film that's kind of OK but a bit bland overall. Lets start with the casting, we've got Alexander Skarsgård in the lead role who has the brooding down to a T but lacks the presence to make for an engaging lead man, Margot Robbie works alright as Jane, Christoph Waltz plays his usual villainous self which is always enjoyable and Samuel L. Jackson add the much needed energy the film needs and thoroughly lacks.
The story itself is also a bit plain and generic but contains a few interesting elements that should have been focused and explored more to make for a much more compelling film.
There's actually a scene before the climax that I thought was really good and was going to set up an interesting climax, but instead gets thrown away for thousands of CGI Bisons, ugh. Overall it's a disappointing movie that had potential to be a whole lot better. **1/2