Mulan (Animated) (DVD)

...gentle! The Story ******** Mulan tells the story of a girl who tries really hard to please her parents. It is Disney’s first Chinese related story which tells of the legend of Mushu the Dragon and Mulan. This was Disney’s 36th animated film and what a film it is! The film begins with Mulan being prepared to have a dinner with the potential in laws but as always, she messes up somehow and again disgraces the family name. Mulan always ...
...duty to fight for china. Mulan protests this matter and the men are astounded at her out spoken nature and the men advise her father to “control her“ or words to that nature. Mulan as well as everyone else, knows that her father is too old to fight and by going, it would surely mean he would die. Therefore, Mulan’s will for her father to live compels her to take his place. Unaware to anyone else, Mulan disguises herself as a young ...

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...heck, everybody was mad because Mulan was not the Mulan they all knew and loved -- an honest to goodness, accepted military figure in chinese history and not someone who had to sneak into the army. But, after the third or fourth viewing I said, "Get over it! So what if Eddie Murphy is an ebonics-talking dragon in ancient china! It's funny!" I like Ming-Na's "Mulan" as a role model for my daughter, who always says, "Mulan saved the day again!" And ...
...would be proud to have Mulan there to save the day. Having seen this many times, there is no longer any part I don't like. I love the guys in the camp, spitting and scratching and slapping each other on the backside. Harvey Fierstien as the tough, black-eyed Yao is a major coup -- talk about irony considering his current role on Broadway as Tracy's Mom in "Hairspray". George Takei, Pat Morita, a singing Donny Osmond makes it kind of like a cheesy ...

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...Mulan thinks she will never please her father, after a visit to the matchmaker that goes terribly wrong. Mulan fears that she will never become a suitable bride and uphold the family honour. The terrible news hits China that evil Shan-Yu and the Huns have invaded the northern border and Mulan’s father is called upon to protect his country and family. Mulan thinks that her father might be killed so she cuts off her hair, steals her father’s ...
...that if he can make Mulan a war hero then the ancestors will let him be a guardian again. ‘ It’ll take a miracle to get me in to the army.’ Mushu helps Mulan to get in to the army and gets her told off by Captain Shang. She gets into a fight with her fellow recruits and spills a cauldron of rice on to the ground. I know what your thinking how unlucky can you get? But Mulan works hard and becomes a good soldier. Mulan is trained ...

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...But here goes! Mulan is the only daughter of Fa Zhou, a well-known war hero in Imperial China. Her spirited personality and irreverent ways make her a misfit in her home town and she regularly gets into scrapes, disgracing her family’s name in a world where honour and dignity is everything. Mulan loves her family, and would do anything for them, but she just can’t seem to help herself. When the Huns invade China, the Emperor decrees that one man ...
...his country, a desire that Mulan simply doesn’t understand. Her father has already done his part, and would most likely be killed if he were to go off to war. So Mulan, in her usual impetuous fashion, steals her father’s conscription notice and uniform and flies off to train for war in her father’s place, posing as his imaginary son, Ping. Her family are heartbroken; they can’t go after her as if they blew her cover, the penalty would be death. ...

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...Chinese girl called Mulan. Mulan has to be one of the best animated movie's ever made - and it gets better each time you watch it. As with many Disney movies there are a lot of small things thrown in here, there and everywhere, which you only notice after watching a few times. Mulan tells the story of a young girl who goes to war to spare her father. She dresses as a man, and runs off to join the army. Mulan’s ancestors are convinced that ...
...with Mulan. On the way Mulan encounters many people who will become her friends (particularly the comedy trio that she trains with), and some deadly enemies, as they fight to save the life of the Emperor and ultimately save China. Can the Captain train these "misfits" to become the best army in China? It’s a story of adventure, fun and romance, with Mulan falling for the captain of the army, but will anyone find out her secret? If they do, ...

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Mulan is quite an unusual film for Disney to make and they do it very well. It is an enchanting story with great characters and wonderful animation. The story is that Mulan lives in China, where as a woman, she is destined to get married and follow the traditional role. But Mulan is not a traditional kind of girl and often makes mistakes and feels she will never please her father. After messing things up with the Matchmaker (picture a Chinese Cilla ...
...too frail to fight. So Mulan cuts her hair, disguises herself as a boy and joins the Army in his place. The story follows her adventures on the battlefield and the inevitable discovery of her deception. It is quite a serious story, but is done very well. There is one scene where a massacre takes place, but it is done very subtlely and is very under-stated, so the younger kids will not understand the full horrors implied. There are some lovely animal ...

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When I first encounter Mulan it was with a bit of mild irritation, Grandparents had bought it as an incidental gift. “Oh I just saw it on the stand and thought that’d be nice, Molly would like that.” I wish I had Fifteen pounds to fritter away on a whim!! As it turned out Molly didn’t like it immediately, she watched the first twenty minutes and thought it was boring so turned it off in favour of Snow White (another grandparent purchase). We later ...
...must serve the Emperor. Mulan secretly steals his papers and masquerades as a man, to save her father and face the Huns. I’m not sure about the original story but I expect Disney doesn’t follow it to the letter, I’m almost certain the soldiers in the original film weren’t prone to bursting into song. From the very beginning of the film the atmosphere is set, the titles are done as a painting in a minimalist oriental style, depicting the great wall ...

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...Set in ancient China, Mulan (Ming Na-Wen. Singing voice, Lea Salonga) is the story of a young woman who is somewhat different from the other girls in her village. Bold and forward, she is nothing like the decorous Geisha’s of her day. On failing to impress the matchmaker, Mulan is determined to bring honour to her family. So when her ill and elderly Father is sent for to defend his country against the Huns, Mulan runs away to take his place, ...
...honour by staying to protect Mulan and help her pass as a man. At the training camp, Mulan meets the hansom young Captain Shang (B. D. Wong. Singing voice, Donny Osmond), the main love-interest in the film, and three fellow soldiers, Ling, Yao and Ling-Po, who bring some light hearted humour into the story. On saving Shang and the rest of their troop with her quick thinking and swift wit when they are out-numbered in battle, Mulan is injured and ...

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Mulan is the best Disney film since Lion King, and that says a lot. Mulan is the young chinese girl who messes everything up at the matchmaker, and embarrases her family. She just don't know how to be a proper girl. Her father is called to war, but she goes instead of him, to save his life. She pretends to be a boy, and does a good job. To help her she has got a tiny dragon, who in his own way is trying to get back into the good book s of the ancestors. ...

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...fight in the war though Mulan can not bear to see her aging and crippled father go to war. She disguises herself as a man and bravely takes her father's place in the imperial army. Along the way her ancestors send Mushu – a small not dragon (Note not Lizard!) to bring her home safely. Though Mushu wishing to be once again a gardenia takes Mulan into the heart of the war and where the main plot begins. Opinion: I had a personal interest to see this ...
...were creating this particular piece. The story is one that moves as a steady pace though not to slow as to bore you or the child to the stage you turn it off but isn’t so fast paced you can’t keep up. This particular film has many twists and turns within the main plot to keep the audience captured from the beginning to end, making it a film that can keep your interest and make you able to re-watch. The film holds a lot of humour though can also ...

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...anymore today! Mulan offers us a new vision of the woman: woman can fight as men they can have the power they contribute to the history ! Great ! It's good! You can let your children become soaked with this culture without fear for their future faiths! In china (antique hunting), the honor is one of the basic values in the life of a person, a family. It's on this subject that thus begins this great adventure! Mulan is a beautiful young lady who gets ...
...the war. The father of Mulan also. But Mulan knows that her old father won't return alive if it leaves to fight. To save the life of her father, Mulan decides to disguise herself as man, takes the sword of her father and leaves the domestic place of residence for the war. Many pitfalls are going to raise themselves on her road … Pitfalls due to her condition: she’s a girl!. I’ll don't say more about the picture ! Please, undestand ...

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This film is set in the past and is about a young girl who goes and fights in the Chinese army against the invading Huns because she believes her father to be too old. She has to disguise herself as a boy as girls were not allowed in the army. When she joins there are many problems she has to deal with because she is a girl for example having a wash! However in the end she manages to save the army but the rest of the army discovers she is a girl. ...
...disgraced but the adventure is only beginning as she finds out the enemy's plan to kidnap the emperor. I thought this film was really good in several ways. Firstly this film highlights the love a daughter can feel for her father and it really touched me how a daughter loved her father so much that she went to fight the war for him. This film also made me very sad as I felt how the mother and father must have felt after thinking they had lost their ...

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...to "stick to their duties". Mulan is the flower of this wonderful tale as we, the audience, watch a girl who is sure of her mind blossom and striveing to achieve honour for her family with amazing consequences... It is refreshing for Disney to have a female character play such a spirited role, even though it may go against the somewhat typical format of earlier Disney cartoons it works surprisingly well. Having said that, there are some things that ...
...to uphold the Fa-Zhou name Mulan goes to War to protect her already injured father from the dangers of battle. Women are not aloud in the army, so she poses as a man with amusing consequences. There is also an array of funny secondary characters such as the amusing cricket that is supposedly lucky and although only speaks in undersized squeaks he is rather entertaining especially as Mushu’s side-kick! Look out for Mulan’s grandmother as well, who ...

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...great film it is. Mulan is a young girl and doesn't want fit into the traditional society that they have in China and when she finds out that her father (the only male in the family so he has to go) has to leave home to battle against the Huns who are invading China. As Mulan's father is getting on in his age she is very concerned about this and comes up with what she thinks is a brilliant plan. Mulan disguises herself as a man as leaves for the ...
...well, however that changes as Mulan becomes a great solider and prepares to go into battle. Mulan's has a faithful guardian dragon called Mushu (voice of Eddie Murphy) follows her on her travels, he is abit witty but Mulan will need more from him. This film has got its usual brilliant effects especially the avalanche, fantastic music and is full of action pack adventure. More than likely become another Disney Classic. ...

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...that a young girl - Mulan - is very accident prone and can never please her strict father. When the war starts her father is called upon to fight, her father is 'quite old' and has a limp. So as each family has to send a male she steps in and dresses up as a male soldier. And with her trusted guardian - mushu (eddie murphy) she embarks on many adventures trying to learn how to fight. She is firstly hated by the instructor and has to prove herself. ...
...group overcome the enourmous amount of huns. In the end there is a celebration of the end of the war but the city is attacked by huns and the emperor is under threat and eventually she saves the day and gets the man of her dreams. Don't want to give it all away although people have suggested including the plot which i think spoils the fun! ...

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