Here’s hoping things continue to get back to normal sooner rather than later so stuff like this can happen more often.įor more information on Hollywood’s El Capitan Theatre and to purchase advance tickets, be sure to visit the theater’s official website. PG 1 hr 47 min Mar 5th, 2021 Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Family, Action. Directed by Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada, Raya and the Last Dragon is a computer-generated animated film that showcases a folk-tale from the medieval period, filled with dragons and magical elements.The stories of the past are narrated by Raya herself, who talks directly to the audience through the voice-over, thus, simplifying the complicated storyline. All told, returning to El Capitan Theatre turned out to be an ideal way to reacclimate myself to the idea of moviegoing in the eventual post-COVID world. Then it was time for the movie itself, which (as stated) I had seen pretty recently, but I made a point to drink in the film’s sheer visual beauty via the giant image in front of me. As someone who previously paid the $30 for Disney+ Premiere Access to watch Raya and the Last Dragon at home, I hadn’t seen the short before and was very pleasantly entertained.
After a personal greeting and safety regulation reminder from the affable head usher, El Capitan’s famous curtain show began and venue’s state-of-the-art projection and sound system kicked in, and we were treated to the trailer for Disney’s upcoming live-action feature Cruella starring Emma Stone, plus the excellent, extremely touching animated short “Up Again,” which is currently exclusive to theaters. Inside, we found the theater’s always-impeccable decor just as gorgeous as I remembered… and once our group settled into our appropriately physically distanced seats in the ornate auditorium, it was time to start the show. Plus, El Capitan has erected protective partitions around its snack bar to ensure picking up popcorn and candy remains as safe as possible for both theater attendees and the Cast Members working there. Just beyond the box office the theater has set up a fun Raya and the Last Dragon photo op for guests to commemorate their visits, and of course there are hand sanitizing stations scattered around both outside and inside the main lobby. We compare the movie’s in-theatre success to that of Tom and Jerry the week before, analyze Disney+ purchases vs. Pre-pandemic I spent an awful lot of time at El Capitan Theatre, both as a guest and as a Disney-focused entertainment journalist, so it was great just to be able to step in under the storied Hollywood movie house’s marquee again. In today’s Insight Flash, we look at the recent premiere of Raya and the Last Dragon, which launched on Disney+ for a 29.99 supplementary charge on the same day it was out in theatres. That’s why it was so nice when Laughing Place’s senior editorial staff invited me (and about a dozen or so other guests) to a privately rented out screening of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ latest animated feature Raya and the Last Dragon at the beloved El Capitan Theatre in the heart of L.A.’s Hollywood Boulevard tourist district. But as much as I appreciate my home theater setup and the absence of the usual pesky distractions one would find at public screenings, in recent months I’d started to feel the itch to see something worthwhile again on the much bigger screen. In the meantime, I’d gotten used to enjoying media exclusively at home via various streaming services and my own physical collection.
See the new poster for Raya and the Last Dragon below.Up until this past weekend, it had been over a year since I last saw a movie in a theater. Now, 500 years later, that same evil has returned and it's up to a lone warrior, Raya, to track down the legendary last dragon to restore the fractured land and its divided people. However, along her journey, she'll learn that it'll take more than a dragon to save the world-it's going to take trust and teamwork as well. From directors Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada, co-directors Paul Briggs and John Ripa, producers Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho, and featuring the voices of Kelly Marie Tran as Raya and Awkwafina as the last dragon Sisu. But when an evil force threatened the land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. Here is the synopsis for Raya and the Last Dragon: Long ago, in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and dragons lived together in harmony. The cast includes Kelly Marie Tran as Raya and Awkwafina as Sisu (the dragon). Raya and the Last Dragon comes from directors Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada, co-directors Paul Briggs and John Ripa, producers Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho.