Mulan - Nostalgia Critic 

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Something really cool I didn't realize as a kid is that Yao, Ling, and Chen Po are all individuals who don't fit the traits of what it means to be a strong male. Ling's the skinny one, Chen Po's overweight, and Yao is short so he has a bit of a Napoleon Complex. So we're not just seeing Mulan's growth, we're seeing theirs too.

Man, you cut my favorite line. Mulan: "Do you wanna stay for dinner?" Grandma: "Do you wanna stay forever?"

The doll thing still gets me. I'm amazed by how one object could tell us the dark moments happening offscreen and how merciless Shan Yu's troops would go to eliminate an entire village, without even having to show us the child who used to own that doll.

Shan Yu is arguably a scarier Disney "Villain" in comparison to Ursula, Jafar, Captain Hook, and Gaston. Sure, he wasn't given a menacing, catchy theme song, but he was CERTAINLY more gruesome. He literally killed one of the messengers, which was heavily implied with the whole, "how many messengers does it take to send a message" and one of the Huns go "one" shooting the guy point blank, sending a message to both the emperor and China. He was a real conquerer and although he wasn't given a lot of screen time, he was still interesting. For example, he didn't care that Mulan was a man or women, because the Huns were nomadic and had significantly less gender biases than that of China. Shan Yu still attempted to kill Mulan in revenge regardless. He wasn't a traditional antagonist, but he still played his part as the villain well.

Fun fact: Jackie Chan voiced Captain Shang in the Chinese dub and even sang “I’ll make a Man out of You”.

Ok but the coolest part about “Girl worth Fighting for” is that through the whole thing, they’re talking about a girl romantically, until they find the village. More specifically the doll, and that little girl who was killed becomes the real girl worth fighting for

21:23 Don’t forget that Mulan disarmed Shanyu with *just a fan!* The very symbol of her femininity since the beginning of the film! And the fan combined with her incredible resourcefulness and basic combat training in a split second decision speaks to the epitome of her character. Backed into a corner, with no more options left, she’s able to disarm the greatest threat to her country; the biggest, strongest, scariest enemy she’s ever faced... with ‘just a fan’ as ‘just a woman’ that couldn’t compare to the might of the hierarchy. She’s mastered herself. She understands how to combine the best sides of herself. The masculine with the feminine. She’s no longer lost. She knows her reflection now. She did finally bloom. *She’s herself.* The whole movie was leading up to this very important moment! 😍 I love it! Plus, the whole conversation with her dad is so beautiful! 😭

Shang Yu is an unappreciated villain. To me his strength is his realism. He was winning until Mulan. And he took his defeat as temporary. He was ruthless, relentless, his plans were solid, he feared nothing. He was serious about things. He was serious. NOT a cartoon. The emperor was the other utterly serious character. Pragmatic and cool-headed. They were not playing. Too bad they had so few scenes.

Shang Yu freaked me out as a kid. He wasn't fun or charismatic; he didn't sing; he didn't have a grand scheme. He wasn't Disney, and that scared me. He wasn't someone who would let you "temporarily" live as part of his grand plan. If he wanted something, he would slit your throat for it is the vibe he gave off. No negotiating, no bribing, no persuading, nothing but sheer force could stop his hand, and that terrified me. Also the transition of "A Girl Worth Fighting For" to the silence of the burned village clicks for me more as an adult. War is built up through propaganda to draw in young blood by promising honor, glory, and prestige, but the devastation, the horrors of war are never mentioned. The transition from the song, or lack thereof, really just feels like their realization that war isn't just training, or a game of strategy, or all the good stuff everyone told them going into it. It's devastation, ruin, suffering, and sorrow. Hearing something second-hand is completely different than experiencing it first-hand - the sight, the sounds, the smells. That cut felt like a flashing sign saying "Welcome to War"

"you're humming that song on your head right now" - Me: Yeahh..........

I think it's important to note that it's not necessarily that her father was too old to serve in the war, though he is definitely older. It's that he's injured from being in the army previously. That's why they make a point about him tripping or having difficulty standing up.

I can't believe you skipped the "I never want to see a naked man again" *A dozen naked men run past* moment. 😂

Mulan killed more people with snow then Elsa ever dreamed of.

“I like too that Mulan isn’t naturally a fighter. Nothing about her background or environment would indict that she would be. In fact, if anything it makes her risk and sacrifice all the more meaningful, she’s going into a fight not knowing how to fight. She has to learn like everyone else. Which allows growth for the character, as well as growth with the army.” This right here is what is going to be missing in the live-action remake. Mock words and throw whatever insult you can come up with, I promise you that is what’s going to happen!

As a girl who didn't fit into stereotypes of femininity but still wanted to make my family happy, this movie very much spoke to me. Instead of forcing me to wear skirts and dresses and only complementing me when I wore make-up, I wanted was my family to say the same thing her father did at the end, "The greatest honor is having you for a daughter." I just wanted to be me. Mulan was the first hero to give me some hope. It took many years to feel comfortable in my own skin.

>Mu Shu disguises himself as a messenger, passing off a message he wrote (cricket ghostwrote) that sent them down that snowy pass >Mu Shu set off the battle in said pass >Mu Shu literally killed the Hun leader ...is Mu Shu the real hero of China?

"I've a girl back home who's unlike any other" "The only girl who'd love him is his mother"

What's great about Mulat is that the movie got "strong female character" right. She doesn't go to war because she wants to prove something. She does that so her father doesn't have to go. But in meantime she does prove something. At the beginning she can't do the same thing as other soldiers because she never trained. But she takes an advantage of her own skills. She struggles to achieve her goal. But she has no special gifts to do it. She doesn't want to "be like men". At the end she remains very feminin. Perfect female character which is not a copy of man actions in female body.

Mushu being Donkey and the Dragon' s son explains.... I think everything 😂

When Shan Yu said “how many men does it take to deliver a message?” I felt that.

Normal people: my girlfriend loves me General Shang: my girlfriend saved China

“A Girl worth fighting for” isn’t a weak song. As soon as there’s a drastic scene change and mulan finds that doll, we realize the Chinese army has another girl worth fighting for. 😢 😭

Fun fact. Theres a deleted scene were one of the villain soldiers frees a bird and his eagle eats it. And the he aproaches to the soldier and says "freedoom has a cost" and stabs him

Something I didn't realize until recently was the line, "A girl can bring her family great honor in one way. By striking a good match, and this could be that day." Mulan later brings great honor to her family by striking a good match to light the cannon to cause an avalanche. And again in the climax I think.

To be fair, while Shan Yu is the “bad guy”, he isn’t the main antagonist of the movie. He’s not supposed to be that interesting. I think The Huns and the war are more of a framing device as well as the action conflict. Mulan isn’t linked to him as personally as other heroes are to their villains (Even Maleficent was directly slighted by Aurora’s parents), she’s just another soldier in the bunch until she throws an avalanche at him. Less personal to Mulan means less personal to the audience (until she throws an avalanche at him). We want to defeat the Huns, but saving father and avoiding discovery in the army is first and foremost. The actual main conflict is the Chinese army itself and their expectations/rules on gender, represented by Shang, the advisor, and her army buddies (Ling, Xiao, and Chien Po). And as such, they are more interesting to watch. Mulan’s stakes are that she can be sentenced to death by her fellow soldiers for hiding her gender and taking her dad’s place. Her family will be disgraced and dishonored. Sure, the Huns could kill her, but that’s not as important to her as saving her father is.

Fun fact: Mulan was one of the last animated movies made by the Florida Animation Studios before it closed down, along with Lilo and Stitch.

I guess Im one of those rare unicorns that loves Mushu then, I love how he makes no sense culturally, his sass, particularly when he presents himself to Mulan with the televangelist tone; hes anachronistic. I also like the villain because he is just an aspect of the conflict. The reason I like this movie is because her conflict isnt linear or just one villain, its more naunced as she is mainly fighting against society and herself which makes her growth more cathartic.

I actually love Shan Yu, and here's why: He completely stands apart from other Disney villains, to the point where I often forget he is one. We never explore his past or motivation. It's unclear who he is. We have no real reason to love or hate him. He has very little screentime. This all seems negative, right? I actually disagree. This is what gives his character its charm. This is the point of him. If he were given a long set of motivations and a backstory or reason to hate Mulan, it would distract from the main story. This is war. Not everyone is a perfect little character package. Really, when you think about it, he's done nothing wrong. He kills a guy, burns down a village, etc. But it's war. Both sides want the other side dead. I don't believe that he has any personal grudge against his opponents, it's simply warfare. There's not always a good and evil. Really, Shan Yu was neither a villain nor true antagonist in Mulan. He was simply an obstacle. Mulan didn't join the army to fight him, she joined to save her father. Therefore she was his enemy. But he wasn't anything more. The true conflict has nothing to do with him. He fits his role perfectly and does exactly what he's meant to do. He's not supposed to be interesting or unique, because he's not important at the end of the day. Also, he's incredibly real. Intimidating and powerful, but real. He wants to win the war, and doesn't care who his opponents are. He has no magical powers. No sad backstory. Just an enemy. The thing most people love about him is how intimidating he is, which goes along with the 'real' thing. He's no goofy cartoom, doesn't sing a song, doesn't try to convince anyone that he's something he's not. He just holds a threatening presence that never crumbles. So, I'm sorry I just kinda rambled, this is all my opinion and interpretation. I completely see why someone would call him boring. I just think he perfectly fits the role and was the best choice. Feel free to discuss with me!

"would you like to stay for dinner?" "WOULD YOU LIKE TO STAY FOREVER?!"

"I've heard a great deal about you, Fa Mulan. You stole your father's armor, ran away from home, impersonated a soldier, deceieved your commanding officer, dishonored the Chinese army, destroyed my palace, and...you have saved us all."

I like “Girl worth fighting for” especially when he says “I couldn’t care less what she wears or what she looks like. It all depends on what she cooks like. Beef pork chicken, mmmmmmm” BARS. Bars right in the feels.

Also something I want to point out is that the recruiter says "Every ABLE-BODIED male of age", even if they accepted her father in the initial recruitment the army would have sent him home after maybe a day or so after failing a physical or something. At most they MIGHT give him a desk job or a comparatively cushier role like training troops as a purely vocal/demonstrative instructor. Also two murders specifically by decapitation on Mushu's body count, he sure does love beheading people doesn't he?

"How many men does it take to deliver a message?" "Just one." *arrow thud noise* "you missed" *arrow thud noise* "you missed again." *arrow thud noise* "there you go" I had to keep myself from laughing so hard I would have woke my roommate. Well played Doug, well played.

"Ugly concubines" Daddy whats a concubine? Missed a possible joke

The song Reflections is actually longer and you can find the full version on RU-vid. Lea salonga said in an interview that they cut it due to time and she was disappointed by that. I wish they would have put the full song in.

Would absolutely buy a Mushu shirt that says "Dishonor on your cow".

18:12 it was Mushu. He was shown throughout the film that he's trying to properly breath fire without success. So in that moment he was practicing and accidentally lit a fire work on.

I'm sad he skipped over; "You missed! How could you miss, he was 3 feet in front of you!"

Fun facts about Mulan: - The drawings in the opening were created by putting watercolor on either rice or parchment paper - The reason why Chi Fu is a ass is because his name is a play on the Chinese word for “to bully”. - The version of “Reflection” that made it into the movie is the short version of the original. If you look up and listen to the extended version, it’s amazing!

Shang Yu is one of my favorite Disney villains. He is intimidating in a very real, very raw way to me. Other Disney villains can be more interesting as characters, but few are as fun to watch as Shang Yu to me. I would like to note on the doll scene how cool the entire scene was to me. Because in that scene, what happens is, the Huns find the doll. They then take a look at the doll, and together come to a conclusion. That there's a village nearby, that the village houses Imperial forces, that the forces are strong and plan an ambush on the Huns. They manage to deduce all of that from a doll. This makes the Huns - and Shang Yu as the embodiment of these Huns - seem animalistic and fierce, but also really dangerous and intimidating

When I hear the emperor say "And you have saved us all" after all that build up...I always get so emotional. I love this movie so much. Do have to disagree a tad on the Shan Yu front though I see what he's saying. I liked having a villain who even off screen had such a body count and was so serious. No songs...not a lot of goofy moments...he felt real and intimidating though he did deserve more screen time. Also my favorite moment with him was in realizing Mulan was the "soldier from the mountains." There's no "Whaaa??? A WOMAN???" He just went immediately into murder mode. Love it. Lol.

“My 10-inch pianist.” I am ashamed how long it took me to get this.

The Emperor also has the greatest clapback in Disney history. Shan Yu: *has infiltrated the castle, taken it over, and kidnapped the Emperor* "You will bow to me." Emperor: *doesn't give two shits* "No matter how hard the wind blows, the mountain cannot bow to it."

17:47 I LOVE the whiplash I get every single time I watch this scene. We go from ,”a girl worth fighting for!” to an entire village razed to the ground. Juxtaposition like this is what I live for.

The villain in Mulan was for me one of the scariest as a kid. I didn't know his intentions or his reasons, and that's what caused him to rise above other villains. We didn't know hat he would do next and the vagueness of moments such as when he said he would "return the doll" and you immediately see a burning village was creepy. What did he do? Did he torture anyone? Was everyone killed without a second thought or were they allowed to escape? These questions, these uncertainties, followed by seeing the doll and finding out that Shang's dad died, lead me to imagine the very worse as a child and having to get to that conclusion on my own versus having the movie point-blank show what had occurred made it all the more real. We only knew what Mulan knew, the worst she could imagine was what we imagined too. That is what made those scenes hit so hard and made this movie that could be so light and cheery at times become instantly serious. I enjoyed that about the movie - it didn't force you to live in one narrative. You could fill the blanks in for yourself as Mulan would have been forced to.

Everyone is like "oh mulan has gender problems." Actually no, she has problems with the roles for the genders. She conplains about "shes a woman so should this". She never said "i wish i was a boy" she said "i wish i wasnt doing this role." So there people.

I can't believe you didn't mention the scene where mulan finds a doll in the snow The whole point of Girl worth fighting for is that the real girl worth fighting for is the villager girl that was killed in the invasion

I’m loving the Critic doing stuff he actually likes.

"Why else would I come back? You said you trust Ping. Why is Mulan any different?" One of the most powerful lines in the movie.

Mulan drinking game: take a shot every time they say honor. Happy alcohol poisoning

for me as a girl there is an important lesson: being a woman is a proud. mulan is my favorite disney movie

10:05 I will concede that Shan Yu doesn't have as much gravitas as the other Disney Villains, but there is another scary thing about him. Unlike the other soldiers in the Chinese army, he never comments on Mulan's gender. This is shown when he has Shang at his mercy and Mulan distracts him and explicitly shows that she is "the soldier from the mountain." Realizing exactly who he's dealing with, Shan Yu immediately switches targets to the person he feels to be the bigger threat to his plans. From when he chased Mulan through the palace to his pyrotechnic death, Shan Yu NEVER ONCE commented on Mulan being a woman. Before encountering Shang's army, he was steamrolling more experienced soldiers before Mulan took out most of his army. When he adapted his plan and used stealth tactics, he would have killed the Emperor if it weren't for Mulan's intervention. His competence is what I like about him. Not as much as the other characters, but still enough to consider him " underrated."

My main defense with this villain is that he is probably the closest thing to a monster the real world can offer us. I'm not saying mulan is in any ways realistic, but for me personally, the scariest part about shan yu was the fact that people just like him existed. Ghengis khan, hitler, Vlad the impaler, these are people who have taken countless lives. For different reasons, sure, but they are all warlords in their own right. Monsters and demons in human form. Shan yu was the one that made me realize that the fiction spawned from these men were merely watered down tales of their true brutality.

“You should accept it for what it is instead of what you want it to be.” That is waaaay too true for pretty much everything these days. Whether it’s movies or video games, it still counts for it all.

Lea Salonga will forever be the greatest disney princess ever.

Fun fact: Jackie Chan sing a Chinese version of make a man out of you. Which makes the song even more awesome

I'd say "a girl worth fighting for" is one of the strongest songs. It acts like a funny ego song after training hard and is so cheery that you get whiplash seeing the reality of what the villans can do, making the scene more powerful

No joke on granny’s “would you like to stay forever?” Hands down the best line and character in the film!

I think that if 'Mulan' _where_ royalty; she would _not_ be called "princess", instead she would be known as "empress" Just saying.

“You will never bring your family honour!” My brain: say it. Me: No. My brain: You know you want to. Me: *HONOUR DIED ON THE BEACH.*

I still get a chuckle out of the "Dishonour On Your Cow!" Line, it's just so random :)

"She's not technically a princess, though." Finally, someone is brave enough to say it!

I think the reason why Mulan plays out more like a comedy is because it came out soon after “Pocahontas” and “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” which were relatively really dramatic Disney animated films. Those films were not the money-makers Disney had hoped for so they may have mandated Mulan to be more comedic to avoid being the disappointment those two films were

When he screamed at hello fresh, "Let Me TALK!!!" Idk why but I died 🤣

Nobody seems to notice that when Mushu accidentally sets off that rocket, he saves everyone's lives. If they had kept on marching, they would have been caught in the center of the valley with archers on one side and the ground troops on the other. This led to the decimation of the archer squad by rocket death, and forced the Huns to charge towards the largely undamaged enemy, instead of waiting for the survivors of the arrow attack to come to them.

“My eyes can see straight through your armor “ RATED G 😂😂🤣💀💀

I give defense to Shan Yu: he is a generic villain, with an army. Most of the other villains needed to prove why they were evil or worth considering a threat, but he simply the looming evil from the start. I personally think they did him justice by making him seem cold, ruthless and efficient. Also I admit it helps that the Hun’s theme is really good

22:27 Critic cut off the funniest line in the movie!!! It should have been: Mulan- Would you like to stay for dinner? Grandmother (offscreen)- *Would you like to stay forever?!*

If I'm being honest I think it was pretty refreshing to have a straight forward villain, not everyone needs to be hyper complex to be intimidating. His whole thing was strength etc, and thats all he did. His strategy? Brute force and overwhelming numbers.....end of strategy. His goal? Make those that think they are stronger submit, thats why he didnt just kill the emperor

I agree that Shan Yu is a pretty generic bad guy, but I actually feel that's part of his menace. He has no goofy moments, when he's on screen, he's legitimately intimidating, and, let's be real. Would you really buy it if he were more... well, animated? The other Disney villains have more character, yes, but I feel that that detracts from their menace. A villain like Shan Yu is perfect for this movie. He's a warlord. In a movie about a war, that's what's needed. I can buy captain hook leading a ship of rowdy pirates, but I couldn't take Jafar seriously if he were, say, leading an army. Shan Yu was the right call for THIS movie.

Imagine the awkward conversations parents had with their children explaining what Mushu's "couple of things I know they're bound to notice" line. LOL

Gene Wilder "IT.COULD.WORK!!" Everyone 1 week later: Well that didn't work

"Say that to my face! You limp noodle!" Kid me: Hahaha! He called him a noodle! Adult me: *laughing even harder*

4:15 To quote Azula: "Don't you know fans only make flames stronger?"

Imma point out that Mulan wasnt really against the arranged marriage tho, she went along with it and no indication that she was really planning going against it

I commented on the Lilo and Stitch episode that I had my students watch it and answer some questions on it, and how well-suited the movie was towards that. Honestly, Mulan was the one that convinced me to try Disney movies for "reading" comprehension work--Mulan is a GREAT movie to talk about theme with. It's a good introduction because, once guiding the students through character arcs, and noting that Mulan, Mushu, and even Shang (somewhat) go through the same character arc of having to prove themselves, and only doing so by deviating from expectations/tradition that they succeed. Plus it has some really solid symbolism moments. I loved the sound of triumph in one student's voice when she said "Mulan IS the rice!" after the movie cut from the Emperor saying one grain of rice could tip the scales to Mulan balancing a grain of rice.

There is actually a deleted scene where Shun kills one of his men for being too merciful.

"Would you like to stay for dinner? :)" "WOULD YOU LIKE TO STAY FOREVER?? 8)"

Doug: *sarcasm* CANCEL DISNEY. Let me me how well that goes Twitter: Hold my gluten free, dairy free, soy milk frappuccino Not that it's gonna get them anywhere, but let them have their fun

I showed our Chinese exchange student this movie and the first thing he said was "why does the dad have a Japanese accent?"😂😂😂

I think Shan Yu is a villain but not the antagonist. He is the one who causes the plot and the people they are to fight against but he isn't the one who blocks Mulan's path or is a foil to her. I'd say that goes to Chi-Fu, the advisor. He is dumb where Mulan is smart. He is stubborn when she is flexible. He is a man in a position of power and she is a woman just trying to save her family.

I'm willing to say: if Shan Yu had been the "Evil Plans, backstabbing etc." kind of villain, it'd been "He was kinda a rip off of Maleficient/Frollo/etc. I think he works fine for what he is, the leader of the Xiongnu invading China. Could he have been written better? Yes. But he IS NOT a schemer or backstabber, rather he is the "(Mostly) Sadistic, little non-sense Warlord" kind of guy. "All he says is 'kill people' and his army kills people!" is in my opinion Appropriate, considering how the Huns and Mongols acted in their invasions. Utterly ruthless when faced with resistance. He is a strong fighter and leader, and for hte kind of villain, that is utterly serviceable. If he had been like Jaffar, or Scar, or Frollo etc. IN MY OPINION it wouldn't really have fit into the story. Shan Yu btw isn't an actual name... Shanyu is basically the Xiongnu equivalent of Emperor. In the comparison with Hunchback: I'd say that also partly boils down to the difference in Setting. Hunchback is basically a maniac of a villain, here the Villain and the hero have a much more personal connection... Mulan is a war, Shan Yu is the villain because he leads the Xiongnu, not because of some connection with Mulan, and seeing the destroyed village for the first tiem WITH the heroes, as part of hte mood whiplash after the song, imho is more powerful than KNOWING that they are too late.

“Does this dress make me look fat?” 😂 Yao

Chien Po's "...Feel better?" still makes the rounds in my family, usually after someone says an extended nonsensical sound while stretching or dealing with something frustrating. Something about him picking up Yao bodily and rocking him back and forth while chanting as he rages is just utterly hilarious.

Mushu: Did you see those Huns? They popped out of the snow, like daisies! (I love that line) I think why Mulan resonated so much with me as a kid was because it was the first time I'd seen a Disney heroine take real agency and her goals had nothing to with romantic interests, but saving her family. The movie also highlighted what made her a good soldier wasn't necessarily her strength with weapons, but using her mind to problem solve, hence the montage coming to a climax with Mulan using the weights to help her climb the pole rather than how the others treated them as additional obstacles against their brute strength to climb it. All of the obstacles in the film are solved by using her mind and the resources around her (including making her fellow soldiers dress in drag to distract guards.) But that's just me.

I go hard when "I'll make a man out of you" comes on. I'll be having a whole concert in my car.

A bit disappointed by the Critic on this review. The villain - yes, boring, but he looks and sounds impressive. Moreover, it seems to me that the idea was that he was just a huge, terrible strong man, and the fragile Mulan was to fight against him. And, moreover, I like the fact that we are not shown his atrocities. We just see the burnt village, the girl's doll, and we understand that he is cruel and immoral, any compassion is alien to him. The final battle in Mulan is really different from the others, but it's also great about it. In general, I often notice that the Critic loves action more, even if the film is not about it. In Mulan, action in the finale is not needed, because that is not the main thing. Mulan is a woman and does not use force as men are used to. She won not because she became stronger physically, but thanks to her intelligence and ingenuity. I also have nagging, but they are not so significant. In short, the Critic of the cartoon looked like half an eye.

5:11 This. This alone explains why Mulan is my all time favorite Disney animated film. Thank you for actually summarizing what it meant to me for so many years. If I ever get better at singing, I'm absolutely covering Reflection with my transition progress, photos and videos.

I didn't get Reflection when I was younger, but I get weepy at it now

I really enjoy Mushu. He's one of the best parts of the whole movie. He never got on my nerves even once.

Fun Fact: Lea Salonga, Mulan’s singing voice, was originally going to be her speaking voice, but she could not make her voice deep enough when Mulan posed as a man, making her sound unconvincing. So Ming Na Wen was chosen to be her speaking voice.

It was action packed, had some very deep moments, and had lots of good comedy

Um, Critic? It's not that Fa Zhou is too old. He IS elderly but he's also permanently crippled.

what I love about mushu is his relationship with mulan. how it slowly evolves from him being a self-serving ass to genuinely caring about mulan. my favorite moment is when he confesses to her that her ancestors didnt really send him, and when they hug after he tells her things will work out. they started it together, and they'll end it together. that's friendship. and i do see what you mean about Shon Yu, but come on, wasnt it bad ass and intimidating when he survived a freakin avalanche and dug his way out of the snow?

The first time i saw Shan Yu's hand burst out of the snow on the big screen i jumped off my chair. Current N.C wouldn't get a strong reaction out of me if it went on for another 10+ years.

in the legend of Mulan had a younger sister and brother and she already knew how to fight. I am really glad that she had to learn to fight like every one else, it allowed alot of growth for her and raised the stacks. Also the 2009 live action Mulan is amazing and really draws from the legend, and also really draws on the scarifice of doing what is right for your country. Unlike another movie cough cough Mulan 2.

"Admit it, you're humming that song in your head right now." No, I've been singing it since the video started.

Let’s be honest, most of us had to go listen to “I’ll make a man out of you” after watching this review.

Hey Critic, I for one loved our out of place red Dragon, because in German he's voiced by Otto Waalkes, a very renown musician/comedian/filmmaker from here, who appeals to old and young and has a very unique style of talking and laughing, which he applies for Mooshoo as well, and thus kinda breaking the fourth wall, in a way. Anyway, loved the review of one of my favourite childhood movies, next to Hercules and Hunchback of Notre Dame. I just hope the Remake is remotely good.. With the reallife/cgi adaptations track record, I fear for the worst