Mulan
Doc's Ranking: 12/51
Karo's Ranking: 20/49
A beautiful movie with some good songs, but severely lacking in the character design department (with one big exception). The movie starts out amazing, with the whole way the style and everything so perfectly captures an oriental feel. Then Mushu appears, and the movie's charm hits a brick wall at 100 MPH. I mean, seriously, Eddie Murphy? Could you possibly find someone more un-oriental then him?
The movie goes downhill from there as we are introduced to many forgettable supporting characters and a forgettable villain. Although there were still some very good scenes with Mulan in the training camp, it never really recaptures the magic found in the first part of the movie.
Mulan is by no means a bad movie, just a profoundly disappointing one based on what it could have been.
Best Character: Mulan
Also known as the only character in the movie that doesn't suck. One of Disney's greatest heroines, she is both the deepest character and the provider of much of the movie's humor.
She pretty much has to carry the whole movie on her shoulders thanks to the poor supporting cast, but thankfully, she is up to the challenge.
Worst Character: Shan Yu
Frankly, one could make the case for nearly every member of the supporting cast to receive this title. However, this award goes to Shan Yu, the most forgettable Disney villain ever created.
Ask anyone who the the villain in The Lion King or Beauty and the Beast is and they'll immediately reply with Scar and Gaston. Ask them who the villain in Mulan is and they'll be like "uh.. there was like this guy on a horse who did stuff?" That's pretty much all there is to him.
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