Raya And The Last Dragon (2021) : Movie Review - Walt Disney being an ancestor and Pioneer of Animation Films since 30s decade seemed a little down in last 2 decades. Their last universal classic came in 1994 (The Lion King) while rest of the classic were either from Pixar or with collaboration. Now, one can say it without doubt that Walt Disney has found something to be proud of in their own in the form of 'Raya And The Last Dragon'. Finally, a Classic Animated Feature for Disney without the help of Pixar and certainly their best work in the last two-and-a-half decade. Raya And The Last Dragon is a fantasy film having half the character in human forms and rest in fictional dragons form. 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 to unite the divided kingdoms again. The storyline is very cleverly written by Qui Nguyen and Adele Lim and the screenplay too doesn't bother much despite the predictability. It has a powerful message of Trusting each other blended with high emotions which certainly works like magic and leaves you teary-eyed. At the beginning, the VFX work looked quite on low standard as we have seen in 90s but fortunately in the second session it covers the advanced and great looking visuals when the dragons portion appears. The background score by is very well composed according to the emotional surroundings while the the same has been helped by terrific sound mixing. Action scenes are fine but nothing new to be considered as path breaking in spite of having potential for the same. Raya and The Last Dragon is pushed high by the soul stirring material of human emotions where these technical things doesn't matter much hence the narrative never looks dull. It is a very simple story and predictable too, so talking more about it will only help to spoil your fun. Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada's duo provides a much needed quality film to Walt Disney Animation Studios for which they were waiting since long time. Many people termed Pixar far ahead of Disney in last 25 years and deservingly so, but with Raya And The Past Dragon Disney has cracked the same formula and hopefully they will continue making such great films in future as well. Overall, a Must See for all ages. Hollywood has got its First Classic of the year 2021 from a brand like Walt Disney so don't miss it. RATING - 8/10*

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