The legend of Mulan, beautifully reimagined in a breathtaking live-action with spectacular cinematography.
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After a delay of nearly half a year, Disney's Mulan is finally in cinemas! The wait was long, but it was definitely worth it.
Disney's Mulan is retold in a slightly different angle to give a breath of fresh air of the old tale. We start of the film knowing that Mulan is born with 'chi' which is frowned upon for girls. She hides her talent and tries to grow up like an ordinary girl so she can protect her family's honour.
Due to incoming invaders, the king passed down an edict that every family has to conscript one male to serve the empire. As her ailing father is the only male in her family, Mulan stands at a crossroad. She has to decide to dishonour her family by masquerading as a male to protect her father or say goodbye to her father for one last time.
Niki Caro smartly used 'chi' to show the disparity between sex in ancient China. Males born with 'chi' are hailed as heroes but girls born with 'chi' are called witches. This is a fine example of a male doing something he is right, whereas a female is wrong. While the movie did it in a significant way, I felt like they over overemphasised on the concept of dishonour and shame as it was brought up in almost every part of the movie.
I LOVED the action scenes in Disney's Mulan though! Every scene looked well choreographed and was visually stunning. It's safe to say the film is very different but it still has the heart of the original movie. It doesn't even matter that it's not a musical.
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