Mulan (Disney's Masterpiece) [VHS] Overview
Solid entertainment from a new group of Disney animators. The story source is a Chinese fable about a young girl who disguises herself as a man to help her family and her country. When the Huns attack China, a call to arms goes out to every village, and Mulan's father, being the only man in the family, accepts the call. Mulan (voiced by Ming-Na Wen, sung by Lea Salonga) has just made a disastrous appearance at the Matchmaker and decides to challenge society's expectations (being a bride). She steals her father's conscription notice, cuts her hair, and impersonates a man to join the army. She goes to boot camp, learning to fit in with the other soldiers with some help from her sidekick, Mushu, a wise-cracking dragon (voiced by Eddie Murphy). She trains, and soon faces the Huns eye-to-eye to protect her Emperor.
The film is gorgeous to look at, with a superior blend of classic and computer-generated animation. Directors Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook make the best of it: a battle in the snowy mountains is as thrilling as the best Hollywood action films. The menacing Huns are not cute but simple and bad. The wickedness is subtle, not disturbing. The film is not a full-fledged musical, as it has only five songs (the best, "Be a Man," is sung during boot camp). Eddie Murphy is an inspired choice for the comic-relief dragon, but his lines are not as clever as Robin Williams's in Aladdin. These are minor quibbles, though. The story is strong, and Mulan goes right to the top of Disney animated heroines; she has the right stuff. --Doug Thomas
Customer Reviews
My first encounter with this story of girls in China was an ancient warrior doll from the consideration of the character on Home Shopping Network is sometimes in the early '90s.
At that moment I could see how much publicity there would soon be in the Western world for the legendary predecessor of China Jeanne D'Arc in France, in a few years!
Disney animators have done a good job of capturing the flavor of Chinese history, and the layout is based on ancient Chinese watercolor paintings.We feel the numbers on the right came from the delicate, old-fashioned piece of paper, and basically timeless.
Our story begins with the gloomy scenario, the Mongol leader Shan Yu (Miguel Ferrer) and his troops crossing the recent construction of the Great Wall of China to conquer the land. The Emperor (Pat Morita) conscriptions orders that are formed are used by all the Chinese situation.
Elsewhere, in a beautiful province, the maid, who makes the differencePreparations for a meeting with the broker country (Miriam Margoyles). First we meet young Fa Mulan (voiced by Ming-Na, and sung by Lea Salonga), who uses the service of his dog, "to help Little Brother" (Chris Sanders) to feed her chickens in an innovative way that goes wrong, what to pray with his father, Fa Zhou (Soon Tek Oh), even more to the success of his daughter awkwardness that day. His mother, Fa Li (Freda Foh Shen), and Grandmother Fa (he was voiced by June Foray, and sung byMarni Nixon) to prepare, with the suit and its presentation with luck, including small cricket, Cri-Kee (Frank Welker), whose name I have reason to believe, not the Chinese as it seems. ..
In short, the visit with the broker does not go well, and Mulan is in a funk on yet another failure, despite the father's attempt to console her.
Soon you reach the village of messengers to urge people to join the army. Ago when he sees that his father,That prior to serving, is not physically able to win, they ignore the fact that women are taken into the Army closed, listening to the voices that you forget their place as a woman who is saying and doing what his heart says is right, cut hair, in which case the father's armor and riding a rainy night in his place.
Pause for a moment to find inspiration and hope for a guardian, Mulan will soon be his wish in the form of a small dragonMushu (Eddie Murphy with without the expressed gai "Pan"), despite the objections of the first ancestor (George Takei), and other ancestors because of past mistakes, takes it upon herself to watch Mulan, by competing with expressed with a horse little and Mulan Cri-Kee, Khan (also by Frank Welker).
What I found amusing about the ancestors of the tete-a-tete, that after living in Hawaii, with its large Chinese population, which reminded me of people I met when I was young.
MulanOn arrival at the military camp where he meets other recruits, including the feisty-eyed Yao (Harvey Firestein), the Joker, Ling (Gedde Watanabe), and the gentle giant, Chein-Po (Jerry Tondo). It also deals with the semi-official official Chi Fu (James Hong), but is hit by strong young master Shang (voiced by BD Wong and Donny Osmond singing), whose father, General Li (James Shigeta), the is fighting elsewhere.
Without at the same time to make a good first impressionMulan finally inspired the people when he can first Shang tests give the recruits.
Soon will follow the troops on marches across the landscape, and you will see the evil Shan-Yu and his troops nearby.
Mushu and Cri-Kee, Mulan has to cover to be exposed to prevent, or change the issue into their own hands the way of things.
The culmination of this story is a dramatic confrontation with the Mongols in the Snowy Mountains, where Mulandiscovered a way to force the rear Shan-Yu, where the strength of its cutting forces seem overwhelming.
Wounded in the battle after the loss of human life Shang, Mulan is soon discovered to be female. While Shang their spare parts as an act of reciprocity, ordering troops to leave and he will not do more with it.
Mulan, but the work is not finished yet: watch the Huns pop from the snow, rushed to the men who realize they must be followed to warn his defeatShan-Yu. " The finish is spectacular, and save China and save the world - or at least most of them.
What makes this a great story for kids is that they are the flaws of Mulan, Mushu and Cri-Kee see, but can some perseverance, despite the mistakes of the past to learn, because these people believe in themselves and do their ability to do good. - Highly recommended story with the grace Oriental!
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