Mulan

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Summary: Powerful, endearing, hilarious
Review: The magic of Disney strikes again. Wonderful story, magical animation and fun for all!

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Summary: More for the Children (Ages 1-8)....
Review: This animated movie is not at all as great as people say. I don't understand why nearly everyone seems to like this movie. Is it because it's about your culture, or because you live for and worship Disney? This movie is a waste of money for anyone who's mature. I will admit that the movie is good for young children because the animation does in fact resemble that of a WB cartoon, and the plot is very off. However, I don't think this movie sets a good example to the children (Young one's won't understand it anyway, so it doesn't matter to them -- They'll just look at the pictures) Many people think that it sets a good example because it proves that women can accomplish things in the same way as men. But the message that I picked up from it is far from that... Mulan's message is saying that you have to FIGHT to be loved, and that's not true. What a shame. The songs are teribble and sound as if they were thrown together within 2 minutes. The movie is a bore... If you have trouble sleeping at night I would reccomend this movie to you.. it will do the job rather easily..The movie trys to hard to be something it's not. Don't waste your money. I went to see this movie in the theatre on the opening day. I was very very disappointed the way that the movie turned out. I expected much more from a Disney animated movie.

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Summary: Much better...
Review: I am 13 years old. When I was little, I was a big fan of Disney movies, but in the last few years they haven't been very good. Mulan was a great movie in my opinion! I think some parts that were not supposed to be humorous were sort of forced to be funny, but I really liked this movie. It was about compassion and bravery, and for once the romance didn't dominate the heroine's life! This Disney movie is a good one to own!

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Summary: Very Disappointing!!!
Review: Below is a copy of my email to Disney......

Dear Disney, I am writing to you, in response to your movie, "Mulan". After hearing how wonderful the movie is by several friends and co-workers, I decided to purchase it, and watch it. Prior to watching Mulan, I have always loved all of the movies Disney has released in the past, many were unforgetable, and very well writen, both loved by adults and children as well, with very well researched and written scripts to always have a meaning to both adults and children. After watching Mulan, I was very disappointed with the directors, and disappointed to find out that the directors, Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook, had no direction at all as to what "chinese" and "japanese" are, and did not care enough to even research just a little bit before releasing such a movie, to be seen by millions. I am almost positive that they had at least eaten at a chinese and japanese restaurant for that matter, and should find that the foods taste quite different, and that the language and culture also very different. I have to say being chinese myself, having been born in Hong Kong, yet raised in San Francisco since I was 2 years old, I consider myself to be a native San Franicscan. Although, I was fortunate enough to have been able to learn the language and my culture from my parents, I use to be ashamed of the fact that I was able to speak and understand chinese, for all my friends were not, and I did not want to be laughed at or assumed to be different than everyone else. After growing up, and having children of my own, did I appreciate the fact that I was chinese/american and have always been so ever since. I try to instill what I believe in my children, and hope that one day they too will be proud to be chinese and would like to learn more of their history as they grow up. My children are 13 and 11, both boys, and I was proud of the fact that they were able to clearly see the wrong interpretations of chinese culture that you displayed in your movie. By the way I am only 32, and have never really cared enough about the chinese culture to take a stand, for even in school, everyone is busy learning about the history of the United States, I was hoping others would also see what my friends and I saw. After reading the reviews from Amazon.com from many viewers whom also saw the movie, I was quite apalled that some of them were chinese also, and yet couldn't tell the difference. I took it as an insult to me and my family, almost mocking the chinese people that they are ignorant and wouldn'g know the difference, while actually Disney was ignorant to release such a movie. I am sorry to say, that in the San Francisco Bay Area, the chinese people are not the minority here, but quite the oposite. We are now a growing poopulation, and considered almost the majority, you will see it in the politicians, head executives, children ratios in school, city hall, and especially in silicon valley. You should be more aware of your surroundings, for I would not be surprised to find that one day, maybe someone of the chinese descent might very well run Disney. I apppoligize for the harshness in my writing, but I must say that the clearly mistaken difference between chinese and japanese, are vividly apparent in your picture, although the story was wonderful and touching, I believe Disney must have been mislead by someone on the staff as to the culture of the chinese people. I am sorry, but there is a big difference, not to mention, Japan and China are still thousands of miles away from each other to the best of my knowledge, and the language clearly different, and the clothing worn and ways of life also different, not to mention that chinese names and japanese names are clearly different. As you probably could guess what I am getting at, the movie Mulan was suppose to be about China, and not Japan. Although, all the names were chinese, and the language spoken was chinese, that was ALL that was chinese. The wardrobe, the way of dress, (clearly japanese), the sitting down and drinking tea on the floor, (clearly japanese culture), and even the flags chosen must have been a hit and miss. Unfortunately for you, it was a miss, the director did not even notice that that was not the china flag. Ironically, the movie is about honor is it not? Please forgive me, but after seeing the movie, I hope that more chinese people would feel as strongly as I do, for chinese people feel strongly about respect, respect for others as well as elders. I myself and many others have respect for the United States as being a melting pot, and have respected the american way of living, and caring enough to learn the English language and culture of many different nationalities, for that is what makes the people special for being different in their own ways as individuals and as a whole. A good example is that I have owned japanese, american and german cars, although I am not ignorant to the fact they they are made in Japan, America and Germany, every one of them different in their own ways. I am sure when you got your cars, you got what you expected and hopefully made where they said they were made, and not just an emblem put on a different car. I am very proud to be chinese american, and very proud to be living in the United States, but you must not deny me of my passionate feelings for my culture. I was always taught to respect others. I would very much like a response to my email, or at the least the acknowledgement that my email was at least received and read, and maybe to hear what the comments of others are. I would be very curious to see if it makes any sense at all to Disney, that maybe next time they should be a little more caring and take a little more pride in their work, so as not to be put in an embarassing situation again

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Summary: My favorite Disney movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: As a Chinese girl, I was thoroughly impressed by the Chinese heroine Mulan. The previous Disney feminine heroines had bored me because most of them only interested in their romance. I'm not saying that I don't like romance, but Mulan was different from all of them in all its aspects. Her devotion and bravery tought me a lot. The character, Mulan is absolute famed in my culture. We have a peom for her legend. I could recite when I was just a little girl. I'm so proud of my culture.

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Summary: Good Movie
Review: Nice movie but too much Disney humor. I cringed every time Mushu opened his mouth. Disney does not work when it tries to be contemporary. The story was a lot better, though.

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Summary: Nice movie about my culture compared to other Disney movies!
Review: The Disney version is different from the real story of Hua Mulan. In the real one, the Imperial Army didn't find out that Mulan was a girl until afterwards. Also, in the true story, there was no talking dragon named Mushu nor was there any cricket named Crickee. There are some flat characters and stereotype in the story, but it still shows a lot about my culture.

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Summary: Mulan
Review: On my list of the top ten movies of 1998 Mulan is #10. I wouldlike you to know that this is higher than Shakespeare in Love, higherthan Elizabeth, and far, far higher than Ever After...Mulan is wonderful partially because of the animation, partially because of the comedy, and partially because of the drama.

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Summary: It's GREAT!!!!
Review: I like the part where the bad guys are down in the snow and they come back up again and when Mulan kills the master of the bad guys. I like when Mulan gets back to her daddy with a necklace and a sword. I like when Mulan gets her dad's armor on and gets into the army and she pretends to be a boy and nobody knows it. She's pretty and she's strong... that's what I like about it. Everybody should buy it because then they could have it in their home and be happy and watch it and keep it.

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Summary: It's just perfect!!!!
Review: The back grounds seem so real!I like how they turned a nobody into a somebody.It's a little confusing that a a real skinny woman such as Mulan,can destroy a powerful man like Shan-Yu!