"There's gonna be an abusive British boy in this movie somewhere" damn Dylan really predicted colonialism

Dylan being obsessed with characters dying and completely missing that the grandma died at the beginning is sending me

I was not prepared for: “we name the stars” “that one’s Brian!”

Dylan saying "I ate my grandma" in his Hardin voice was so beautiful

Dylan if you’re reading this, remember that the Heart of Te Fiti has the power of life itself. The moment Grandma passed it to Moana, death came quickly for her. It’s implied that her lifespan wasn’t supposed to be as long as it was, and that the only reason she lasted as long as she did was because the power of the Heart was keeping her alive. If that part feels out of nowhere or sudden, it’s because Grandma was keeping the Heart safe for Moana until she was sure she understood her mission and was old enough to complete it. Because the second she gave the Heart up, she would die, and if she wasn’t absolutely sure Moana was mature enough to take it, then all hope of having someone from Motunui return it would be lost.

being a dylan is in trouble fan is a combination of rewatching his past videos, forgetting he exists for a while, then being excited when he uploads again (on every Monday).

I can't believe that after dunking on Anonym and emphasizing his love of death in movies he missed one of THE best deaths I've seen in movies. The lights going off on the island, the manta ray glowing below Moana's canoe, the brightening of the stars that guided her.. It's chef's kiss and he missed it!

In case you didn't realize, the reason why her grandma died was because she passed the heart to Moana. She was rlly old and the heart of te fiti was giving her life, so when she gave it to moana, her old age caught up with her.

Ursula, Moana’s grandma, an island, a seashell…there is definitely an undeniable aquatic theme to your taste.

Don’t you just hate when you’re midway through the week only to realize it’s actually Monday 😩😭

The fact that he was genuinely offended when he didn’t have the sing-along 🤣🤣🤣

Dylan: At no point have I ever seen an insect in my life and been like “You’re useful.” The bees: 👁️👄👁️

Moana has absolute fucking bangers- especially the voyage song 🫶🏾

Dylan: “That’s not true!” Moana: “That’s not true!” Dylan: 👁️👄👁️

Dylan's face at 28:14 after accidentally saying the same thing as Moana made me laugh way too hard

Imagine watching a movie with Dylan while he tries to guess everything before it happens 😂

Fun fact about newborn turtles and the little ritual: a big thing that's always made clear is that if you're going to help them find the water, you absolutely cannot carry them there. They have to find it on their own. This scene is essentially how Moanas journey ends up going out on the ocean. She may have been pointed in the right direction, but ultimately she had to do it on her own.

I love how Dylan went from actively avoiding musicals to embracing this sing-along

Regarding the body hair issue: Obviously Disney won't animate female characters with body hair cause *some* parents may lose their minds, but indigenous people tend to have less body hair than non-indiginous folks. At least that's the case for Amazonian tribes in South America. And in Mexico as well. Back in the 20th century, brown-ish, non-indiginous famous people from Latam would wear that body hair proudly to clear any rumors of them being indigenous. For example. Frida Kahlo

The rarity of Dylan actually enjoying a movie for once

"at night we name every star" dylan: "that one's bryan" I'M DYING

Fun Fact: The woman who said "She's doing great." When Moana fixed the Coconut problem is actually the mother of Moana's voice actor. That's basically mother telling daughter she's proud of her 🥺

I’ve been dying of laughing this whole commentary, but when I tell you I LOST it at 15:00 with the singing along and “that one’s Brian!” 💀 it’s 1:30 am, you can’t do this to me Dylan, my fam are light sleepers 😂💀

As a product designer, Disney's spacebar use drives me INSANE. So glad to see Dylan rage out on it every time he watches Disney plus

I can't believe he skipped over the bit where the grandma died on her way out and her spirit manta ray guided her out to sea

“The dad is just traumatized, and now he’s taking his trauma out on everybody” Wow that line is unexpectedly deeply Dylan…

i get chills everytime i hear the line “i am moana” in the song where her grandma is a stingray. the voice actor had an incredible voice and vocal range that fitted moana perfectly!

the way u reacted when u thought the pig was gonna die is why i love you

What's really cool about Moana (if you are a history nerd like me) is that it creates a myth around the the historical break in exploration by the Polynesian peoples. No one know why, but they stopped expanding to further islands for like 1,000 years.

"i'll see you next monday" dylan is genuinely one of the most consistent uploaders and i love that

The offense in Dylan’s eye when Maui said he was straight up leaving shows just how invested he was

24:15 oR aTe mY gRanDmOr - Hardin/Dylan

I don't know what killed me more: Dylan not seeing that Moana's grandmother was introduced as an old lady while Moana was a baby and didn't "predict" she was going to die later or the fact that after she was on her death bed he still thought that Moana was gonna save her and she would continue to live fruitful life.

Anonymous: you're a sick person. You always wish the characters to die. Also Dylan: I COULD BE A COCONUT.

Honestly his eagerness for people hopefully dying brings me back every time. I've never seen someone so genuine about what they are interested in and I AM HERE FOR IT!

10:31 I was like “woah, they have a geode”, but when she said “we should clear the deceased trees” I realized it was just a coconut

You can tell Dylan was genuinely just enjoying the movie most of the time

knowing that dylan has just as much hatred in his heart for insects as me makes me unnecessarily ecstatic

19:08 "granmas gonna me saved" 'skips the part where we see her die and becom the ray that guides moana'

Dylan really just having fun with the sing along it's killing me😂😂😂

I love how impressed Dylan was with Auli'i Cravalho's voice acting.

"We can exist without insects" I think he needs to watch the bee movie and rethink that thought

the way the grandma died at the start of the movie but still dylan begged for her to be alive the whole movie and then found out the grandma died almost at the end is pure comedy gold

The grandma was such an incredible character in this movie, even though she died she lived through Moana ❤

a couple of notes to add: 1. the reason she goes out at night is because the ancient polynesians used the stars to navigate, they were expert wayfinders and they never had written maps, only the night sky 2. that forehead touch is actually a nose touch, called a hongi, and you breathe in together as you do it. it's a greeting, kind of like a handshake but a bit more spiritual and respectful 3. moana literally means ocean (in te reo maori which is my frame of reference but also in other polynesian languages) which sounds nice as a name but makes all of the ocean stuff feel a bit on the nose lmao

I hope Disney NEVER change the pause to the spacebar that was so bloody funny watching his sheer frustration

27:51 the smirk 😳💖

I just love it, when you actually enjoy the movies/ shows you're watching. Your roasts are very funny, but these videos have very funny jokes too and it just makes me happy seeing you enjoy stuff!

This man will never cease to amaze me in the way he randomly brings in Audible.

The amount of joy and happiness Dylan got at 13:16 when he thought the pig was going to die was the most genuine reaction I've ever seen

29:15 has me sobbing from the scene and from Dylan’s whispering 😂😂

Dylan: I want MATURE movies with DEATH and GRIT Also Dylan: 10:22

she's an icon, she's a legend and she's deservingly getting her own series soon!

I can't believe I hadn't realized you hadn't seen Moana yet

I love how half of the time Dylan is getting mad over how Disney keeps killing off parents but then he always hopes all the characters die

What I love about your reactions is that you voice all the intrusive thoughts I keep in while watching movies 🤣

This commentary has everything from wishing death to children to GILFS 10/10

I had never thought of that but the moment when Moana gives advice on the crops dying and the fish lacking is crucial to the message of the movie : there's no easy fix to the environmental issues we're having / going to have, we have to completely alter our perception and relationship with nature : we see it as a sea of ressources we can just exploit but it's alive / it has a heart and it needs to be taken care of

“When it comes to predicting the most predictable lines in the movie, there’s not anyone better than me” 😂

DYLAN WHERE IS AFTER

I'm so happy he appreciates Auli'i Cravalho's performance, she did such an amazing job and she was only like 14-15 when she worked in this movie

Dylan being increasingly upset with Disney not having their space bar pause correctly on Disney+ is the funniest thing to me. It’s literally so bad I do not know why Disney does not have space bar=pause consistency I also love how he appreciated how badass Moana is at the end of the movie. Like, yeah, that scene with the water parting and Te Ka is really cool, I’m glad he acknowledged it as such.

8:56 the amount of times dylan has given chandler bing vibes is unreal but this face is peak chandler

28:02 out of context this is sus

I wish Dylan didn't cut out the part where Moana's grandma died. Her reincarnating as a stingray is such an underrated scene.

"i may have gone a _little_ ways past the reef" "you bitch" absolutely AMAZING comedic timing dylan 10/10

26:18 the way he says “yeeted into the ocean”😂😂

Anyone else waiting Dylan to do the movie Brave. I have a feeling he'd really enjoy Brave, but you'll probaly need subtitles on. Fun fact Merida is the only Disney princess not to have a english accent.

Gotta love how Dylan always mixes up New Zealand, Australian and British accents

I’ve been watching Dylan for years and somehow his Audible ads catch me off guard every time. It’s pretty impressive.

Oh my goodness when se parts the Ocean and sings I get chills and tears every time. Such a beautiful moment in the film!

Moana is always amazing, and your commentary made it even better! I wasn't even mad about the 10000th Audible sponsor!

Dylan, you've been hiding your musical talent from us this whole time? I'm gonna need every disney movie to be a sing-along from now on

making my night

9:25 he’s vibing so much 😂

When Dylan sang along I died of laughter

Dylan completely missing the grandmas death right at the beginning is hilarious

Dylan moaning to grandma's bars HAHAHSHHAHA

As someone who has seen this movie a thousand times this was absolutely hilarious 😂

21:15 Actually the idea that they were made for kids isn't really true. They are actually a part of Polynesian mythology 🤷🏾‍♀️ However they arnt coconuts but rather tiny people/human like creatures that are wearing the coconuts as armor. That inhabit the Solomon islands But they were definitely simplified for kids 🤷🏾‍♀️ so there's that

I always love watching people who didn’t grow up in a Polynesian country react to this film. Most islands have their own variations on Maui but I always found Te Fiti giving Maui a new fishhook funny cause -for me at least- I grew up with Maui’s fishhook being made from his grandmother’s jawbone. Tamatoa is voiced by a kiwi so you’re not entirely wrong about the British accent, but still not a Brit (I will forever maintain that kiwi accents exist somewhere on a spectrum between Tamatoa and Korg)

12:08 I love how Dylan is so passionate about his "death is a cathartic experience for all cultures, therefore it's the most effective way to connect to any audience" agenda. Quite sweet of him ☺️

25:03 that’s the British charm

"my sentences just run of of steam from time to time" just reminds me of Michael Scott

Watching Dylan slowly lose his mind over the Disney spacebar is honestly the best part of every Disney reactions.

"That one's Brian" made me laugh probably more that it should have.

I love it when Dylan trolls people who get offended by him and then use it as an underlying theme in a sponsorship ad. Amazing. 😂👏👏👏

i cant wait for the AFTER video!!!

I don't know if anyone already commented on this but there is a theory that just before Moana got to Maui she died (she fell off her boat in the scene before with the storm) and became a demigod. That's why she was able to find Maui and speak to her dead grandmother. You'll also notice that Maui told her that he was thrown into the ocean (I presume he died then) and only after that did the gods find him and he became a demigod. Moana also dived to the bottom of the ocean after she gave the heart back to it just to retrieve it which would also probably be very hard if she were still human but not if she were a demigod.

For anyone who wants to know how Maui died (or the version of the myth I grew up with). Basically, dude wanted to get immortality for mankind, again a misguided "good" deed, and decided that the way to do this was to eat the heart of Hinenuitepo (translated to Maiden of the Night), the Goddess who guides people to the after life. To do this, he decided to climb up through her "whooha" (where life begins) and make his way to her heart (or out her mouth like some variations). He shape shifted into a lizard and began his journey well Hine slept, but he made the mistake of bringing his mates with him who were tui (bird). The bros decided to laugh at Maui, shocking Hine awake and causing her to slam her legs shut. And that's how Maui was killed, by thunder thighs.

24:47 🤣 Dylan is the best

dylan and the space bar having beef is SENDING ME 💀😭

Dylan’s “Shiny” analogy: Spot on! The song and scene have always creeped me out, much like certain scenes in Thumbelina…

The implication is that since the Heart is basically a source of Life, Grandma carrying it around extended her own life beyond what it should have been. When she gave it back to Moana nature caught up to her.

"I could be a coconut. Metaphorically" 😂😂

24:57 that is a great description you gave And i hated that song too

fun fact; tamatoa and "shiny" as a whole is a tribute to david bowie, jemaine clement was asked by lin manuel miranda to channel his inner bowie for his performance also, tamatoa's accent is kiwi

This man will never not be obnoxious to me.. he will also never stop being entertaining at the same times

I know this video is a month old but I have to say as soon as Maui asked the question of why the ocean didn't return the heart itself I had an answer(for me anyway). Maui was thrown away by his parents and accepted by the gods but never truely accepted himself and was always fighting for acceptance from the humans who abandoned him. Moana expresses similar traits to Maui in that respect by constantly trying to be what her family and villagers wanted/needed her to be(in their opinion). Maui betrayed the gods who saved him by stealing the heart for those same mortals. Moana, being in a similar situation by trying to please her family, was chosen to both grow as a person by accepting herself but to also show Maui how to accept himself and let others close enough and be vulnerable enough to be himself with them. Their journey not only saved everyone but also saved themselves by becoming who they were meant to be. There was also a bit of 'you broke it, you fix it but I'll give you some help' energy going on as well😉😂

“OH MY GOD… she’s Moses” Legit had me dying