I hate Donny Osmond. The man has no business inflicting his presence on the world anywhere outside of Branson, MO. And that is why I've never seen Mulan all the way through. This is a lesson in why prejudice is bad. I've been missing out on a pretty incredible movie, and Donny Osmond is only the singing voice of Shang. Donny sings one song in the movie, and I just pictured Hugh Jackman singing it instead, so it wasn't so bad.
I love this movie. It's hilarious, it's moving, it's epic. It's not as consistently great as some of the classics, it does have some clunky moments, but the base story is very powerful and the art work is gorgeous. The battle scene in the mountains is epic Lord of the Rings type stuff. Mulan the character is hands down the best part of the movie. the animators did and incredible job breathing life into her every movement, she's one of the best characters in any movie so far. Eddie Murphy is his usual entertaining self, and George Takei, Mr. Sulu himself is in this movie, bringing my Star Trek reference tally to 3 days in a row -- for three different star trek series! ('sigh' I'm such a geek....) Anyway, I'm glad I finally sat down and watched this Movie properly. It will be joining our DVD collection in the future.
Story and Art work - 10/10
Music and Movie as a whole 8.5/10
(including letting Donny Osmond sing about being Macho)
Tomorrow, we go back to the beginning with Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
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