Mulan

Mulan

My favourite Disney film. 1998. Directors: Barry Cook, Tony Bancroft.

Mulan is a young woman who doesn't seem to fit in in the traditional China. She wants adventure, but everyone else seems to want her to just become a beautiful wife of some man.

After making a fool of herself at a matchmaker, Mulan cries and becomes very sad because she doesn't want her parents to be disappointed. When her father is forced to enlist for war, Mulan decides that she'll take his place as a soldier.

She leaves in the middle of the night, when her parents are asleep. She cuts her hair and dresses up as a man. On the way to the soldier camp, she meet the little red dragon Mushu, who's there to protect her.

Mushu isn't really the one to protect her, but he destroyed the stone dragon that really should do it. With the help of Mushu, Mulan manages to enter the camp, but everyone thinks that she's a total loser.

She calls herself 'Ping' and starts the training together with the other soldiers, a bunch of at first idiots. The trainer and great warrior, Shang, finds her useless and sends her home. But she proves her worthy and then she becomes the best soldier of them all.

They then leave to meet another troop, but finds it destroyed and slaughtered. When they continue their journey, they are attacted by the extremely dangerous Huns. They plans to take control of China, and Mulan must stop them!

This is such a wonderful picture. I loved it as a child and still does. It's absolutely splended and what I would call swell. It's all very beautiful, the music and the songs are very good and everything is just great. This is the best Disney film ever made! A strong 4.