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Summary: Love it!
Review: I loved this movie! It was great, one of the best Disney films in a long time. I don't know why people are so upset about Disney tearing apart the original story...Disney does that to a lot of English stories and nobody cares, (...)
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Summary: this is the story that all little girls should hear
Review: not Snow White or Cinderella ......"The Ballad of Mulan" has existed since the year 5 A.D.(!) and now Disney has captured this tale in a marvelous DVD. Mulan is the daughter who disguises herself as a man to save her elderly father from being drafted into war. She risks being killed if her superior officers discover her secret, and once her father finds out what she has done, he has to stay silent to keep her alive. Mulan sets about becoming a world-class soldier, overcoming physical and mental blocks, and befriending her compatriots in arms. She develops a crush on her higher-up but of course keeps it under wraps. The story is very exciting and often fearful as she comes to many close escapes from both the enemy and her own army. But don't worry -- it's Disney. It's safe to leave the kids alone with this cartoon.
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Summary: Get rid of the 90's humour-this is historic China !
Review: What could have been a great film, with a terrific story, and a terrific cast of voices, fails to be a truly great Disney film. Eddie Murphy is not welcome here as the '90's LIKE' dragon, who's lines are soooo coooool, and rad. I felt like I was listening to a cartoon from Saturady mornings! Why not keep him still GOOFY and FUNNY but historically correct? It's like Disney is so afraid that if the dialouge of the kids we have today isn't in there somewhere, then it'll flop. Not TRUE. My niece brought this up, and she's only eight! She asked me why do some of the characters in the movie not sound historic? 'Most of them sound and act like us today' were her exact words. 'Be A Man' and other songs are sure winnners, keeping right to the story, and the culture VISUALLY is great and acurate, so why not keep the culture of the way people spoke to each other back then? They had humour too! Just not this sarcastic ' Right on, keep it cool daddy-oh' junk. Some of the jokes were funny.....like the part where Eddie Murphy's dragon was wearing the stone head of a guardian dragon to be disguised so he can save the day was hilarious! Or Mulan swimming with the soldiers, and had to hide her 'woman' body since she cannot reveal that she's not a man....poor Mulan. Lousy parts,(too many of them) like the BACON & EGGS ??!! (in ancient China??!!) for breakfast, or of course, they had to use fireworks at the end, like a "MISSLE" to keep things a bit too familliarly modern.....you guys can't be original...have to be so SAFE FOR MODERN COOOOL RAD KIDS, HUH? So, keep up good humour and great stories...and the visuals culturally.....the dialouge and attitude stinks of most of the characters. Stop modernizing any of your movies that are suppose to be historical!!! Disney, for the last twenty years, you STINK.
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Summary: A story of bravery and overcoming the odds.
Review: This is a story about the daughter of a nobleman asked to join the army to repel an invasion. Mulan realizes that he could never survive a battle, let alone the riggers of winter in the mountains. She disguises herself as a man and sets out to represent the family as a member of the army. This is no GI Jane, a 1 star movie. This is a solidly told story that is all the more interesting because it is set in China, where a girl has no status. Mulan is brave, determined and admirable and wins over those in per patrol that must fight with her. We rated this movie 22 out of 41. Disney used CG here but the effort could have been better. This is a story that the whole family liked and we watched it several times, but then interest waned. My little ones will go through phases of watching a new Disney movie to death, and then it wanes to "periodic". This one never an obsession for anyone in the family, no one has anyone asked to see it lately. When the kids were asked to help rate it they remembered that there really was some cool stuff in this movie. But ultimately, there were 21 Disney movies that they liked better. I thought the problems might be the medium coloring, but they watch the "power puff girls", and Disney's worst isn't ever close to being that bad. I also didn't care for the digital imaging job that was done... almost as if it was rushed. I thought the action was good and the characters interesting, so maybe the kids didn't care for the music. What would the Hunchback of Notre Dame be without that wonderful music!
We had a lot of fun by gathering the family together to rank the 41 Disney movies we have that include some cartoon work. All the kids, ages 6 to 27, participated along with mother and dad. Lion King was selected number 1 of the 41 as the family favorite, but narrowly. Peter Pan was 2. Pete's Dragon 3, Beauty & the beast 4, Sleeping Beauty 5, Snow White 6, Robin Hood 7, 101 Dalmatians 8, Fox and the hound 9, Cinderella is 10th, Rescuers 11, Hunchback of ND 12, Aladdin 13, Aladdin King of Thieves 14, Jungle Book 15, Little Mermaid 16, Hercules 17, Winnie the Pooh 18, Rescuers Down Under 19, Sword in the Stone 20 and Pinocchio 21
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Summary: Mushu is funny!
Review: This is a tale of a young chinese girl who steals her father's "call to arms", cuts her hair and disguises herself as a boy so that she can join the war instead of her father. She has a little dragon with her, Mushu (voiced by Eddie Murphy), sent by her ancestors to protect her from danger. Mushu is the highlight of the movie! Though the lines are not quite as funny as what you'd expect them to be for Eddie Murphy, he is the best part of the show.
Good movie. The animation is wonderful. It's just not one of those movies that my family requests to watch very often at all. It is at the back of the pile of Disney movies now - waiting to be requested again. It is worth seeing once - from there you'll have to form your own judgement as to whether it becomes a family favorite - or just a once in awhile movie.
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Summary: Disney's best action/animation movie
Review: It was very good! It is about a girl named Mulan that runs away from home to go out to war for her father. Her ancesstors have a little dragon named mushu to follow and protect her. She disquises as a man and attemts to save China from the evil Hun warlord Shan-Yu. A great addition to your video colletion. You should buy this movie today.
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Summary: Good story and cultural glimse.
Review: This is a story that the whole family liked and we watched it several times, but then interest waned. My little ones will go through phases of watching a new disney movie to dead, then it wanes to "periodic". This one was never an obsession for anyone in the family, not has anyone asked to see it lately. I thought the problems might be the medium coloring, but they watch the "power puff girls", and disneys worst isn't ever close to being that bad. I also didn't care for the digtal imaging job that was done... almost as if it was rushed. I thought the action was good and the characters interesting, so I think it was the music. The music here is mediocre to bad. The music can make a big difference. What would the Hunchback of Notre Dame be without that wonderful music!
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Summary: Don't expect Disney to get anything right.
Review: It's a terrific story, but the costuming and legend is off. If you don't let that bother you, it's great. Just accept it for what it is: a wonderful message set in a made up place with some Asian customs. I took off one star for poor research and one star for an excess of slapstick, stupid humor. The Matchmaker especially is annoying and not funny enough to hold your attention for the amount of time she's on screen,
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Summary: absolutely beautiful!!
Review: this disney masterpiece is a real visual treat for everyone. the backgrounds, characters, storyline ...everything is just fantastic. the true story of mulan is so beautiful it takes you along. a must buy dvd!!!
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Summary: Woman Power!
Review: A eye-catching film about a strong, determined girl who wanted to tell the world to look at her strength and intelligence and not her gender. A movie all girls should see.
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