Watching **RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON** for the first time | I DID NOT EXPECT TO GET THIS EMOTIONAL!!
I was NOT expecting to cry! But this movie was so good!
Let's watch Raya and the Last Dragon for the first time!
Raya and the Last Dragon is a 2021 American computer-animated fantasy action film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Animation Studios, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The 59th film produced by the studio, it is directed by Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada, co-directed by Paul Briggs and John Ripa, produced by Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho, written by Qui Nguyen and Adele Lim, and music composed by James Newton Howard. The film features a predominantly Asian American cast, including the voices of Kelly Marie Tran as the titular Raya and Awkwafina as Sisu, the titular dragon, along with Izaac Wang, Gemma Chan, Daniel Dae Kim, Benedict Wong, Sandra Oh, Thalia Tran, Lucille Soong, and Alan Tudyk.
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This film is so beautiful. Seeing Tong take Little Noi under his wing after he lost his child KILLED me.
I KNOW! IT WAS SO CUTE I COULDN’T
@Rohan Clyde ugh you bots
I know! Seeing Little Noi staying beside Tong is the cutest thing ever! Because she hasn't had a parental with her for some time and he missed his baby, so they connected
My thoughts as I was watching: "eh, it's ok" "this is really predictable" and then at the end "fuck you Disney, who's cutting onions. I'm not crying you're crying"
Literally ME!!!!😭😭
Yeah. I thought it was pretty uneven int he first 2 acts. Gorgeous, but alot of exposition and character introductions without really getting to know any of them. But the ending was perfect. Punch right in the emotions
My reaction the entire time was “this is so gay”
I loved Namaari from the beginning. Even though she is “the villain” it’s so much more than black and white. As a person with a lot of empathy, I could understand her very well. So I never hated her or thought of her as a bad person. Just a girl trying to make her mom and land proud.
Same
Same, like always in a movie, theres the villian and the person that doesnt intend to hurt anyone or is just confused.
same this is exactly how i saw her!
Seeing this comment makes me felt im not alone of seeing her as a good person
But she shot the dragon right? Mad disrespectful
And because of COVID, this whole movie was made from home. The teams who helped make this movie made it from their HOUSES!! That just makes it that much more awesome. 😭
Maybe they should have made it in a warehouse in the middle of nowhere, and then destroy the warehouse?
@@kiillabytez I mean they could have, but I guess they decided to release it and make over $8 million opening weekend with a worldwide box office total that was a bit over $114 million. Good thing they didn’t burn that warehouse.
@@cajunlizard I just want them to stop making these fucking movies. Of all the production companies in the world, it was Disney who I thought would be one of the few remaining that made original movies without being predictable every step of the way. Sure, the animation looks great, but today, that's not really hard to do, and you can't rely on your visuals and say fuck it to the rest of the film.
@@cajunlizard I believe you're delusional. It opened domestically at $8.6M, while Tom and Jerry opened the same weekend at 14.1M. Source: www.cartoonbrew.com/box-office-report/raya-and-the-last-dragon-opens-to-8-6m-domestically-40-lower-than-tom-jerry-202851.html We all know what a shit show Tom and Jerry was, so what does that say about the Raya movie?
That’s freakin amazing I didn’t know that
Disney animated movies always make us tear-benders
My 4year old daughter LOVES this movie (I do too). At the end she was crying happy tears, which was the first time I've seen her do that and the first time she has ever cried during a movie. It was wonderful.
Raya and Namaari got that classic friends to enemies to no-longer-touching-in-this-film dynamic. 😏
You basically mean Catadora dynamic 😏🤔
@@BPASstudio that exactly
if they didn't show them when they were kids i would i have shipped them, but now i can only see them as friends
@@madapigi1 Yeah, I agree
Giulia. The little shy hair tuck situation Namaari has going in even when they were kids makes me still ship them
Gonna be honest, I really enjoyed this movie, I love Raya, Sisu is a bit naive but still likeable and the supporting characters are really fun. Namaari is, without a doubt, the best "Villain" from Disney we've had in a LONG time, she's intimidating, competent, cunning, complex and has a real presence. Every villain we've gotten post Hades and Syndrome were really bland a forgettable that depended to much on the twist but we get to know Namaari and see what makes her tick. It helps that she and Raya have a wonderful dynamic and are just fun to watch together. It's like Catra and Adora they just have fantastic chemistry throughout the film. The action is fun, the plot is well written and the climax is, IMO, one of Disney's best. I WANT to see more of Kumandra and these characters and there is so much potential for this world, even more so then any other Disney property. Hell, I'd love to see Kumandra as part of Animal Kingdom or get an Uncharted like game that allows us to play as Raya along with a TV series. This world is amazing, Raya and Namaari are interesting and there's so much that can be done with this world that I really do think Raya and the Last Dragon deserves a sequel. :D
I also noticed the similarities between this movie and Avatar!
Treasure Planet came out post-Hercules, and it's villains were great.
@@youknow3881 Silver was a great character but the movie, IMO, failed him by making him more of a anti-hero AND had it so he failed to get his treasure. Long John Silver is a villain, he may have a soft spot for Jim but that's all it is, a soft spot. By making Silver more of an anti-hero it undercuts his character so while Silver is great in that movie it doesn't quite capture what made him a great villain. For me I think Tim Curry is the best Long John Silver as while the film still fails him by having him get his comeuppance (he actually gets away scout free with some of the treasure in the original novel) it remembered that Silver was a Master manipulator and a villain. He loved Jim like a son but in the end, he was still a villain. What I like about Namaari over TP Silver is that she DOES succeed for most of the film. She managed to locate the Dragon Gem and reveals it's location to her Tribe, beats Raya in their second fight in the film AND gets Sisu killed. While that last part wasn't intentional it does make Namaari a more accomplish antagonist then any other villain we've had in a long time. Hades managed to make Hercules mortal, took Hurc's powers away from him, indirectly got Meg killed and successfully invaded Olympus. Syndrome (the last great Pixar villain IMO) managed to indirectly shut down Superheroes, killed God knows how many Superheroes, defeated Bob in their first encounter, captured the Bob Twice in the film along with the rest of the Incredible family AND successfully had his robot attack the city. Again, TP took away Silver's success from the book in favor of saving Jim so while he is a great character I don't count him as a great villain. Treasure Planet did capture Silver's relationship with Jim Beautifully but he spent to much time being threatened and outsmarted by others.
Mother Gothel?
Yeah that would be nice, being with the Asia area, or being in Epcot because that place is based of around the world.
Also I’m soooo glad someone else thinks younger Raya looks like korra😂😂😂 I thought I was the only one😭
How could people not see it????
@@thebestofstephx Ikr!!
Ive never seen Korra so i thought katara ._.
@@jayeef2313 ohhh ok👌🏽 a lot of people saw katara, but I didn’t😭 I think people saw katara bc when they saw her hair they automatically thought of katara’s hair loops
When I saw the trailer I was getting a strange vibe of deja vu
Raya and Namaari give me such Catradora vibes I was screaming thru the whole movie istg
I am gay for Namaari and I'm not afraid to admit it. I live for the fight scenes, the animation, the music! *chef's kiss* I have to say that I'm kind of disappointed how they just brushed of Raya's obvious trauma and that she (the victim) was kind of expected to fix the relationship between her and the one who caused her trauma (Namaari). While Namaari was also just a child that was manipulated by her mother, she and the entire fang nation didn't really come to the conclusion to feel guilty for what they caused until Raya came along. Actually, She never even said sorry for it. They just forgot about it. And instead, she blamed Raya for Sisu's death as much as herself, even though she still had her hand on the trigger the entire time and Raya's reaction was caused by trauma and valid. So I'm a little scared on how this could affect kids in the future, who'll think that it's your job to get along with the people who hurt you. I think if this would've been a series, this could've been better explored and executed, similar to She-ra and Catra's redemption.
Yeah, She-Ra and Kipo and many other shows explored this much better. I guess this movie just lucked time for this. Still a decent movie though (I'd even say good)
Ikr, I wanted Namaari to at least say sorry 😔
I can understand what you mean since it’s just a movie and it happened in such a short amount of time. Thank you for addressing that Catra had decent development and not just “the same selfish person” like I’ve seen people say. I feel like I’m not understanding those people at all.
Thats exactly what i was thinking!!!!!!
Thats exactly what i was thinking!!!!!!
The “Fang Attack Plan” sequences just has me thinking back to She Ra in that one episode.
Anyone else shipping Raya and Namaari
Literally most of the internet is. I personally don't.
i'll literally never forgive disney for not making it happen
@@kirac2219 sameee
@@kirac2219 wut
@@justsomeone6588 ?
stephanie whenever she gets emotional: EUAHHHHHH. pls shes so funny 😭 💀
This movie is 🔥to me, and when she pull out the sword it look so clean.
The Southeast Asian representation in this film makes my heart so happy!
Raya definitely is in the all time top 3 best movie Disney ever created. Everything is beautiful and i really want to watch more of Raya and SIsu in action
i loved this movie!! as a southeast asian, how they combined our cultures is a bit **eh** though (i mean it's disney, what did i expect) but i still like it a lot. can't wait for your reaction
Yea I'm not a SEA but I was ready to see more SEA princess dresses more of what probably would have represent more like I get Raya is Badass but c'mon now we needed that classical Disney dress like that would have made it much better but I loved tho either way
This movie is amazing and for some reason it’s not being talked about much. It should be!! The music, action and heart this movie has is amazing.
GRUUUL! I CRIED HAPPY TEARS TOO. Maybe it was cuz of this last year, but seeing people come together in this movie felt so hopeful and wholesome. I'm so GLAD we both got them feels!
Woot woot. BTW I wanted to say thanks for putting captions on your videos. As a deaf person this is much appreciated as I know captions take up a lot of time. So thank you.
Of course! I wish it was a more standard practice among creators so you wouldn’t have to thank people for providing it. I’m happy to do it :) Someday I hope to start getting them professionally captioned so they can be more precise.
@@thebestofstephx You are doing a brilliant job!
@@thebestofstephx I have about 20% of my hearing due to a birth defect; reactors who set up CC are heroes! Thank you so much!
Fun fact: This is the fourth Disney film to have score by James Newton Howard; he previously scored Dinosaur, Atlantis The Lost Empire, and Treasure Planet.
The spine warrior!! He looked so familiar to me and I couldn’t remember why. His voice actor is Wong from doctor strange but the character is a look alike from Tangled! The one with the hook.
Yay yay Just my thought!! UwU
As a Thai 22 year old, this movie means *SO MUCH* to me!!! She’s the first East-Asian princess and it finally feels like some real representation for me I can’t even believe it!!! I cried when I first saw her onscreen. 🥺🥺🥺
Raya and her Father hugging is straight up parallel with Zuko and Iroh. That's why I cried. It's like knew and nostalgic at the same time.
the queen of roasting has come to do a reaction video...
the queen of roasting?!?! I love it! 😄
I needed another fix of the friends to enemies to lovers trope after She-Ra. I think this one covers it.
I remember that I didn’t even get excited for this movie, like... the trailer didn’t amaze me that much, and I was like “meh, maybe I’ll watch it”, then I watched it... and OMG, I believe is now one of my favorite Disney movies!!
woah i wasn’t expecting this! i loved this movie. i can’t wait to see your reaction
Was I the only one who saw the chemistry between Raya and Namaari
I live how everyone gets emotional! I cried too!! The film score was definitely nice! I knew Namaari wasn’t bad when she went through the dragon cemetery... I LOVE this movie. And I agree there are some parts that adults would appreciate more than little kids.... especially the chemistry between Raya and Namaari 😭🥰🥰👑👑
Something REALLY cool is the term Raya and Namari use *dep la* in vietnamese it translates to "strangely beautiful" I just thought that was amazing. My mom shared that with me (she is half Vietnamese and half Hispanic)
I agree with you 😭💓 The score was *chef’s kiss* 👌 This movie’s message is so moving 🥺
Whoa, wasn't expecting this, I sadly haven't been able to watch the movie yet so I'll have to wait a few months to watch this. Just to be clear, I'm one of the people who has to sit until the movie becomes widely available in June 😔 Edit: You know what, forget it, I've seen the trailers over and over again, I basically know the entire plot, I'm watching the video.
I said while I was at the theater, he is to good af a dad and I'm scared for what Disney is gonna do
Why did I cry so much but was happy at the same time ughhh you won this time Disney 😩
i can see the creative crew of the movie loves avatar and legend of korra
Even if there in homes they can still sing they have there own room THIS IS THE REASON WHY RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGO DONT HAVE SONGS: 1.raya and the last dragon is serious 2.Raya has no princess or prince charming 3.Lots of fights :K
@@stephenmaranan3693 I don't think that's the reason. 1. Sisu is funny, it's not too serious 2. Moana doesn't have a prince/princess and her movie is a musical 3. There are flights in other movies like Mulan that are musicals Just my thoughts :)
YES!!! THIS MOVIE IS AMAZING
I literally love her reactions, like YESSSS or Ugggggg and just the small facial expressions
when I realized Benedict Wong voiced Tong, I was like: " W O N G 😍 "
I was actually shocked about the fact that Benetic Wong is the VA of Tong :0
Hey, Wong rhymes with Tong!
I just watched moana a few months ago and i became a fan of it. Then came Raya, i thought huh, too violent..but then cutting onions in the end😭
This is my new favorite disney movie! Finaly a happy ending that FEELS like a fantasy storybook ending.
Yes!
The Voice Actor of Raya’s dad is the same for Hiroshi from Legend of Korra!
He also was General Fong in _Avatar: The Last Airbender_ in the Season 2 episode "The Avatar State" and Chin Ho in _Hawaii Five-0._
I knew he sounded familiar
He was also Jin in the tv show Lost.
I absolutely love this movie. Never thought I’d ever love a Disney movie this much. Sisu is so cool!
Kumandra: *comes into existence* Stephanie: *Tarzan screams emotionally* Me: Same.
i really love Sisu, the fact that you can be a dragon and still be a hot mess... and that even a hot mess can save the world is really powerful
OMG!!!! I WAS WISHING YOU'D WATCH THIS MOVIE BUT I DIDN'T THINK YOU ACTUALLY WOULD I'M SO EXCITED I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!
Well, Avatar The Last Airbender was also inspired by a lot of Southeast Asia references. So the similarity is understandable.
Steph has amazing taste when it comes to movies and shows (atla, tlok, hamilton, the dragon prince etc). If she likes it, chances are its probably amazing! So ill definitely be watching it now
I loved the soundtrack! I'm glad that I'm not the only one who gets emotional. Amazing reaction as always
AHHHHHHH!!😝 I WASNT EXPECTING THIS BUT IM SO HYPE!!! I SAW IT WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT AND OMG IT WAS GOOD. HOPE U ENJOY IT💯
Can't wait to see your reaction! Think I expected to much of the movie and got disappointed but I'm still happy disney is trying out some new stuff
By the end I was crying 😭 This movie was absolutely amazing
No one: Stephanie at any given point in this video: AhHHhHhhHHhh (Honestly though absolutely LOVED this video!!)
My 18 year old daughter loves your reactions yor amazing
I relate to Stephanie! This is how I reacted when I watched this movie for the first time... AND IT STILL IIIIIIIIS
For some reason, the line that got me most in the entire film was "your daughter did you proud". Almost burst into tears in front of my 2 siblings lmao
The soundtrack is such a banger!!
18:18 “i’m literally gonna cry” she says while ALREADY crying 😂😂 i don’t like crying in movie theaters, i feel like people will judge me. so i was trying really hard to not cry, i did good for a while but when everyone started reuniting with their families.. i could not hold back any longer. i was SO moved. good thing i had my mask to hide my tears 😂 this movie was incredible, in my opinion. i also felt really emotional bc i kept thinking about how far disney has come with their movies. i just genuinely love the messages, inclusiveness, and honesty we are starting to see. these stories, they show how greedy humans can be and how hate can basically ruin everything, but it also shows that fixing our mistakes and reuniting IS possible. it just gives me hope. reality can be so cruel, but also very beautiful. man i’m so sleepy idek if i’m making sense so goodnight everyone lmao
I just looooove the ending. I don't know why, I mean all that coming back was... no words. Just represented in what the music tells you. It's just super. 😁
Stephanie is just so damn cute, I cant even.
Am i the only one who doesn't see any similliarity between Korra, Katara and Raya? Korra and Katara between each other yes, but not with Raya. It's just really diffrent, like Korra and even Katara just had outfits made more for the cold than the warm like Raya..
i think Raya is one of the most badass princesses of all disney. Like, she's the only princess that already knows how to fight, all the other ones (like Mulan, for exemple) learn how to use a sword at some point in the movie.
3:26 As a Kingdom Hearts fan, I had the literal same reaction when he said that lol
15:07 captions said “now there is nothing to stop the doom” lol
Just watched this movie specifically because I love your reactions so much (and animated stuff, I Love good animated art) and... This was beautifull. All those haters don't know what they're talking about. Didn't cry though, I usually cry on my rewatch. So looking forvard to crying with you tomorrow, when I watch your reaction!
Raya is probably my favorite Disney movie. I’m glad you liked it! Your “aughh” reactions made me laugh 😂
This movie did NOT resolve my trust issues but it was a nice try
@Silent Nova lmao it's a good fun movie kinda predictable But it's actually good tbh there's some plots that I was ok Disney i see you
Same I cried like 5 times too~
in an alternate RAYA universe, they would've been great friends, grew up together found SISU together and Kumandra would've been achieved, no drunes, no hatred, no commotion, no drama. but humanity loves drama.
5:24 I was just waiting for her to back out like Sokka and say “Water Tribe 😎”
been looking all over KZhead for a reaction Vid to this movie
Funfact: Tooktook is named after a type of Thai Car
Omgg you're reacting to Raya and the last dragon, I've always love this movie 😭💞
How many times she says "Aww"...
Rayaari got that Catradora dynamic down pat.
James Newton Howard and his music gets me every time
I called the movie “Blue flying lizard thing wants blue rock”
So I had to watch the movie before being able to see your reactions. Glad I'm not the only one crying hehe
THE TEARS MOMENTS, OMG 🤧
This movie is great. The antagonist's a princess and there is fighting instead of gowns and stuff. And the music is fantastic!
“You know, for the danger only happening 6 years ago. The majority of these cultures adepted pretty well and pretty quickly” Fang already made their canal during the war. And lucky for them, it also protected them from the druun. If they made it after the druun appeared, it would be to late. And Talon was built on water. Young raya described it as “a floating market”. So they had a natural defense against the druun. So Fang and Talon were lucky. Raya was the only survivor of Heart, (because she had a gem piece). Tong was the only survivor of Spine. And in Tail most peppol where turned to stone, but some survived. Most of Tail was a desert, and thus, for a druun, a good place to be. But in the scene were they met Boun, there were some villagers in the background. And technically, they were stil in tail. I assume that only those who lived close to water survived. But that wes never explained.
FINALLY! 🙌 SOMEONE WITH A POSITIVE REVIEW!!!!!
OMG U REACTED TO RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON. THATS LIKE MY FAV MOVIE. I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN U REACTED TO THIS
Raya and the last Dragon and soul great Disney movies I loved it thank you for the reaction this movie
Heck yes we love James Newton Howard. 💙🎵
Watched this yesterday did not expect to be this good
Cecu is voiced by Akwafina. Raya's father is voiced by Stephen Yeung. Fang Emperor Wan is Benjamin Wang
4:40 Stephanie: I feel like you guys are way to young to be doing an adventure The Aang gang: An i a joke to you?
Loved your reaction and just subscribed
It is such a great story. I loved it!!!
I just watched the movie, then I came for the music clips ,found you and now I'm crying silently (inside) out loud again cause of you... So I'm gonna say straight to you lady ....thank you
The story is soooo good. I cant believe i dont want to watch this bcs the trailer 😂 Glad my friend forced me and i'm not regret it. It bcm my fav disney movie besides coco and moana 😆
It's nice that Disney made a totally original and diverse character for the Southeast Asian community! Fun fact: Daniel DAE Kim also played General Fong in Avatar the last Airbender. I also love that Raya's actress Kelly Marie Tran was willing to take the first step even after the hate she received for playing Rose tico in Star wars. (My message to Kelly Marie Tran. I don't know if she's watching this but, if anyone does anything or say anything to make you feel unwelcome, Resist that!) ❤
This is so hilarious! I am so subbing!
'Wow it's both incredibly pretty but incredibly haunting' perfectly describes both the cemetery and Namaari. ;)
OMG I rember watching this with my family I was the only one who cried 👁️👄👁️
The best part of this movie, is ultimately, all Sisu did was trust everyone. Sure, it bit her a couple times, but she never gave up. And her choice to trust everyone set up the domino chain that led to the world being saved and the Druun re-banished. Raya's paranoia and distrust did nothing but slow everything down and make the journey harder. So many of those problems they faced could have been solved potentially just by Sisu boldly presenting herself as a dragon and declaring her intent to again defeat the Druun. The only real area they'd had problem would have been Fang, and that would have been a brief problem... all Sisu really would have had to do was talk to the leader of Fang and she likely would have abandoned her plan, and likely just tell the different leaders she needed the Gem Shards to defeat the Druun again. How do I know this? Throughout the movie, different people from Talon, Spine, Heart, and Tail ALL rallied immediately behind Sisu LITERALLY AS SOON AS THEY SAW HER TRUE FORM, and the princess of Fang, basically this film's direct antagonist, had a massive crisis of loyalty just from seeing her, too. One that would have likely ended in her changing sides if not for the... accident. In Talon, Sisu was even put in danger by Raya's paranoia! The leader of Talon wanted to know why a random woman was walking around seeking Dragon Gem Shards, and ruthless enough to threaten to feed her to the Druun if she didn't get answers. That same shrewd old lady would NEVER have questioned why SISUDANTU, THE LAST DRAGON, would be seeking the Gem Shards, and, since the people of Talon want the Druun beaten as much as anyone else, she likely would have handed her Shard over to Sisu to make that happen! Sisu could have rallied all of Kumandra behind herself if Raya hadn't insisted on her staying hidden due to her distrust!
This movie gives so many catradora vibes and I'm living for it
The end part with the dad made waterfalls come out of my eyes. The “dewdrop” and the immediate emotional meltdown of Raya. Ugh it got me so bad!