Mulan 2 (G, 2005)

This one started off promising -- Mulan is joyfully teaching a group of adoring young girls the yin and yang of warriorship (balance and skill, toughness and serenity). Then along comes Li Shang, who proposes marriage to her. We hear her squeal delightedly from a distance as her grandmother exclaims "she said yes!" Much celebration by family follows. The movie spends a lot of time on Mulan getting married and becoming a female partner to General Shang. When the Emperor calls them for help with a new mission (safely transporting his 3 daughters to their new husbands), he calls General Shang to lead the troops. Mulan -- who saved China after all (and Gen. Shang a couple of times) -- is relegated to helpmate. Her feminist spirit is only displayed by her anger at the fact the girls are undertaking arranged marriages. She urges them to 'follow their hearts', much to the displeasure of Shang. In the end, she marries him despite their enormous differences. And the princesses get to marry their love matches too. All ends with much marrying and kissing and celebrating, and Mulan peacefully telling Mushu how she now defers decision-making to her husband. Why did Disney ruin the Mulan story with this nonsense? I wasn't thrilled.

I remember I was really excited when this movie came out. It was the reason my family bought their first DVD player (up until then, we had only owned a VCR!), because it was released on DVD. Sequels never compare to the original movie, and although this movie was great, the first Mulan movie will always be my favorite. The musical numbers in this movie are few-- there are three songs, and one is a reprise of another from the first movie. A couple years before Mulan 2 was released, I had read many fan fiction stories online and had expected that something similar would happen in the movie, like the return of the Huns, or a great story about Mulan's daughter carrying out the same journey Mulan did in the first movie... Mulan 2, in reality, wasn't as exciting as I had hoped. It's still a wonderful movie, though, and better than most of the Disney sequels. Young children probably won't understand a lot of the topics discussed, like 'your duty is to your heart' and arranged marriages, but they'll enjoy it. Older kids will like it too.

I liked this movie pretty well. I actually thought it was kind of cheesy. The beginning, where she's teaching the little kids was kind of cool. Then it kind of went downhill from there. Overall, it was a good movie, not my favorite, but good. I recommend you see it.

When i whatched this movie, i laghed SO SO much at the fat guy!! It is HALARIUS!!!