- www.amazon.co.uk/Products/Industrial
AdLow priced Products - Shop Industrial products - Amazon.co.uk®
Get deals on similar items in Industrial products on Amazon. Browse & Discover Thousands of products. Read Customer Reviews and Find Best Sellers
Search results
Mar 4, 2021 · Raya, who hails from the mythical land of Kumandra, rich in Southeast Asian influences, is a warrior on a mission. She must find the last dragon, Sisu, in order to reunite the clans and bring...
- 2 min
- Clarisse Loughrey
Mar 1, 2021 · What to Watch Verdict. Despite some minor issues, 'Raya and the Last Dragon' thrives in its superb storytelling, brilliant score, and fantastic animation. Pros. +. 🐉The world that Disney Animation has created is absolutely stunning and realistic. +. 🐉The message behind the story is heartfelt and leaves with you after the viewing. Cons. -
- laurasirikul@gmail.com
Mar 1, 2021 · After being delayed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Raya and the Last Dragon will now receive a hybrid theatrical (where theaters are open) and streaming release via Disney+ Premier Access, which comes with an additional price tag on top of standard subscription costs.
- Senior Editor-Superheroes
Mar 1, 2021 · Raya and the Last Dragon, which will be in theaters and available via Disney+ Premier Access on March 5, makes headway from both the thematic surplus of Frozen and the cultural appropriation...
- Disney's latest animated film has action, heart, and introduces an exciting new hero.
- Raya and the Last Dragon Visual Development
- Disney+ Spotlight: March 2021
- Verdict
By Nicole Clark
Updated: Nov 3, 2022 8:43 pm
Posted: Mar 2, 2021 2:00 am
Raya and the Last Dragon debuts on Disney+ with Premier Access in most Disney+ markets, at the same time as it is released in theaters on March 5.
Where recent Disney princess films reminded young girls they too could be heroes, Raya and the Last Dragon teaches its viewers about the perils of going at it alone. It’s a smart next evolution of the action princess coming-of-age story, with a clear throughline to princess predecessors in Frozen and Moana. Like Moana, Raya strikes out into the world on a classic hero’s journey. Like Elsa, Raya is emotionally closed off at the start of the film. Unlike these other heroines, Raya doesn’t lack self-confidence or understanding of her abilities. She’s a skilled fighter, a quality she does not question—and it’s about time.
Raya and the Last Dragon, Disney’s first film starring a Southeast Asian princess, opens with its own lore. The once prosperous land of Kumandra used to be brimming with dragons, creatures whose existence was tied to water and life itself. When the villainous drune attacked—an enemy capable of turning all to stone—dragons fought to defend themselves and humans alike. The last living dragons pooled their power into the dragon gem, which revived the humans. But the dragons remained frozen in time, with the exception of Sisu, the last living dragon. Raya’s epic quest kicks off when the dragon gem shatters, unleashing the drune back into the world.
Raya and the Last Dragon’s framing around themes of trust breathes new life into the Disney animated action-adventure format. The waypoints along Raya’s hero’s journey each challenge her to be vulnerable with others — in addition to posing physical challenges, like swinging between ravines — giving the supporting cast real opportunities to shine, and Raya plenty of opportunities to outwit her opponents.
As Raya and dragon Sisu barrel through the regions of Kumandra (Tail, Talon, Spine, Fang, and Heart), their relationship deepens. This is also true of Raya’s confrontations with childhood-friend-turned-villain Namaari (who is also a princess). Each fight reveals something new about their rocky past, and how they might make amends. Scrapping romance gives Raya and the Last Dragon more space to give platonic relationships their due.
Raya and the Last Dragon is also one of Disney’s best films about grief. Disney’s princess films have always been about grief, as practically all of the princesses have lost a family member (or multiple) by the start of their movies. In prior films, these deaths mostly act as backstory and character motivation. By contrast, every single significant character in Raya and the Last Dragon has experienced devastating personal loss, is motivated by grief, and has spent a lot of time alone. Their decision to trust one another — to form a chosen family — feels much more meaningful with this weight.
Disney’s princesses have always had enormous sway in pop culture, particularly for American children. The toys, costumes, and music from any recent release can feel inescapable. Raya and the Last Dragon will give Southeast Asian girls not one but two princesses — both of whom are amazing fighters, and both of whom learn valuable lessons about leaning on friends and family for help. Before this, young Asian American Disney fans had Mulan, the well-loved classic that Raya and the Last Dragon effectively pays homage to without feeling recycled. (Some parallels with Mulan are obvious: a young woman using her fighting skills on a quest to protect her father, and a dragon companion voiced by a comedian.)
Disney did a fair amount of research. Similar to Moana, Disney created what they call a “Story Trust” of artists, academics, and others, which they leaned on for issues of cultural accuracy. The team visited Southeast Asian countries, including Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Screenwriters Adele Lim and Qui Nguyen are both Southeast Asian, as is Kelly Marie Tran who voices Raya. But there’s the fact that most of the other voice actors — a packed roster of talent that includes Gemma Chan, Daniel Dae Kim, Awkwafina, and Sandra Oh — are East Asian. And because Kumandra is a “fantasy” world drawing from a number of different countries in a larger region, it risks blurring cultural references to the point where they become unrecognizable or incoherent to the people who expected to identify with the movie.
It’s a fine line to tread, and part of a larger conversation about the extent to which films featuring unrepresented ethnic groups are asked to carry the burden of “accurately portraying” that group. The idea that any one film, even if it meets the highest standards of research and casting, could capture “Southeast Asia” already falls apart. There is no single identity, as Southeast Asians aren’t a monolith. And like Mulan, this film mostly reads as distinctly American, with jokes about things like working on group projects at school that feel a bit out of place in a world that is supposedly fantastical.
Raya and the Last Dragon is a beautifully animated, action-packed hero’s journey, and a great next evolution of Disney’s modern-day princess films. Where princesses like Moana and Elsa spent their films learning to trust in their powers, Disney’s first Southeast Asian princess Raya is already an excellent fighter, capable of besting even the strong...
Raya and the Last Dragon: Directed by Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Paul Briggs, John Ripa. With Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Izaac Wang, Gemma Chan. In a realm known as Kumandra, a re-imagined Earth inhabited by an ancient civilization, a warrior named Raya is determined to find the last dragon.
People also ask
Will Raya and the last dragon be Disney+ Premier Access?
Is Raya and the last dragon a good movie?
Who starred in Raya and the last dragon?
Is Raya and the last dragon a Disney Princess story?
What is Raya and the last Dragon about?
When does Raya and the last dragon premiere?
Mar 1, 2021 · 'Raya and the Last Dragon' review: How does Disney Animation's latest feature film stack up?
