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This has got to be my favorite Disney Princess film (although I haven't seen any of the Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, or Cinderella films or the Pocahontas sequel yet). I didn't have the pleasure of seeing it in the theater, but I rented it in...late 2009, I believe (shortly after going to Walt Disney World, which got me on a Disney Princess kick).
Mulan has seriously got to be the most awesome, kick-ass Disney Princess ever (yeah, yeah, I know she's not really a princess). I think she's the only Disney Princess that's ever killed anyone (and she set the bar pretty high at that: the entire Hun army...minus those that...escaped...from the ice...what?).
I love Mulan's personality. She's awesome, but she also a clumsy, free-spirited goof. "I'm here!...What?"
Ming-Na Wen (Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, The Batman) does a great job as Fa Mulan. Originally, Lea Salonga had auditioned for the role, but it was felt she couldn't lower her voice deep enough during the scenes when Mulan is pretending to be a man; she was, however, kept on as Mulan's singing voice, and she does a great job.
Now, I'd gonna get into ranting territory. "Reflection" is, without a doubt, my favorite Disney Princess song, but it's so short. Mulan has the shortest solo of any Disney Princess. According to Lea (during one of her concerts), she had come into the studio three times to record "Reflection", and each time was shorter than the previous. They cut out a lot. Er, no, they downright BUTCHERED the song!
I found a video on YouTube recently that has what's presumably the original performance...sort of. It starts with the scene from the film itself. Then there's a slight blackout and pause, and then it comes back to an alternate recording (presumably the original), set to storyboards of the rest of the sequence. This transition occurs just as Mulan enters the shrine, and it's distracting. I would have preferred to hear the entire original recording. Anyway, this video literally brought me to tears. I'll never be able to watch this scene in the movie again without being reminded of how epic that it ALMOST was. Cutting this song and sequence has got to be the greatest sin in cinema history.
Seriously, someone please fanimate this sequence!
Anyway, I've noticed that this extended version has some lyrical differences compared to Lea's live performances (I'll get into that later).
So what are your thoughts on this film?
Mulan has seriously got to be the most awesome, kick-ass Disney Princess ever (yeah, yeah, I know she's not really a princess). I think she's the only Disney Princess that's ever killed anyone (and she set the bar pretty high at that: the entire Hun army...minus those that...escaped...from the ice...what?).
I love Mulan's personality. She's awesome, but she also a clumsy, free-spirited goof. "I'm here!...What?"
Ming-Na Wen (Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, The Batman) does a great job as Fa Mulan. Originally, Lea Salonga had auditioned for the role, but it was felt she couldn't lower her voice deep enough during the scenes when Mulan is pretending to be a man; she was, however, kept on as Mulan's singing voice, and she does a great job.
Now, I'd gonna get into ranting territory. "Reflection" is, without a doubt, my favorite Disney Princess song, but it's so short. Mulan has the shortest solo of any Disney Princess. According to Lea (during one of her concerts), she had come into the studio three times to record "Reflection", and each time was shorter than the previous. They cut out a lot. Er, no, they downright BUTCHERED the song!
I found a video on YouTube recently that has what's presumably the original performance...sort of. It starts with the scene from the film itself. Then there's a slight blackout and pause, and then it comes back to an alternate recording (presumably the original), set to storyboards of the rest of the sequence. This transition occurs just as Mulan enters the shrine, and it's distracting. I would have preferred to hear the entire original recording. Anyway, this video literally brought me to tears. I'll never be able to watch this scene in the movie again without being reminded of how epic that it ALMOST was. Cutting this song and sequence has got to be the greatest sin in cinema history.
Seriously, someone please fanimate this sequence!
Anyway, I've noticed that this extended version has some lyrical differences compared to Lea's live performances (I'll get into that later).
So what are your thoughts on this film?