Thursday, January 31, 2008

Mulan

Mulan is a very fulfilling movie. Its a roller coaster of fantasy, life lessons and joy. The many dragons and Chinese themes throughout the movie are up lifting and warm to the human spirit.
The movie Mulan shows many of the Chinese/ American values. The grandmother and her superstitions at the beginning of the movie give her a warm, humorous Chinese grandmother feel. There are other values shown such as war, beautiful geisha like woman, and men. Some people debate about this movie portraying China as a sexist country. Its hard not to since its a fact that in the past most of the world was sexist.
The movie Mulan has great morality. It shows the struggle of a woman, a woman who proved wrong the perspective of society. Mulan did not do it for pride, she did it because it was the right thing to do. Regardless of what they said in the end Mulan was the one to make the decisions which is how it is supposed to be.
On the whole, Mulan is an incredible movie, the type that can make you have a happy day. I hope the morales and lessons the movie teaches are stamped into its viewers.

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