Is the live-action ‘Moana’ a new low for Disney remakes? Why the internet dubbed it ‘the most insulting one so far’

In 2015, Disney discovered a new way to cash in on nostalgia: live-action remakes of its classic animated films. That started with Cinderella, brought back to the big screen 65 years after the original movie premiered. In the decade since, Disney has released 12 more of those remakes, with the gap between the original films’ release dates and the remakes growing shorter and shorter. The next entry is a remake of 2016’s Moana coming to theaters this July, a few months shy of the original’s 10-year anniversary. Disney remakes are designed to recapture the magic of the source material, replicating iconic shots and rehashing beloved lines, scenes, and songs. But that creative philosophy has always raised a simple question: Why watch the remake, when the original animated film still exists?  On Monday, March 23, Disney released the first trailer for its new take on Moana, putting that question center-stage like never before—and viewers across social media are dragging the remake to the