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This movie is the reason for one of the Princess rules. And while the rule CAN be applied to other characters it just exist for this one “princess” only because she is special.
Mulan isn’t your standard Disney Princess movie as she dons armor and saves China with her cunning. We also see her failing and over-coming her short coming to succeed which makes her a vastly compelling character.
In addition to the great protagonist ,the side characters are memorable. Mushu is more than a wise-cracking sidekick as he has his own arc. I also do like the cricket and Khan.
One of the weaker aspects of this movie is that villain, he’s more of a force of nature than an interesting character with a even a slight hint of a motivation. I guess his motivate was to conqueror China because he saw the Great Wall as a challenge. But he’s more of design than a character.
Mulan has a total of four songs and two are super great and the other two are alright. They are good enough that I wanted more songs. The other music part of note is “Mulan’s decision” which is a masterclass of visual storytelling.
Uou can’t not tell you don’t belt out I’ll Make a Man Out of You every time it comes up. Li Shang is S tier too.
