>>89090788Now that you mention it, the ocean may be the actual problem with the movie that people keep trying to address without finding the proper words. It babies moana throughout the movie, preventing her from growing better as a character or having to achieve anything on her own. People say stuff like Maui is a bumbling idiot to make Moana look good, but this is acually a situation caused by the sea.
Removing the sea as a character would have probably forced a much better narrative, even if Maui was portrayed as goofy, since moana would have come off as more capable through the audience having seen her overcome her problems as opposed to the sea handing out solutions.
