Mulan made me cry...

Rating: Null/10 (14 June 1999)

Because it was so horrible. First and foremost, the animation was horrid. Where was all the detail? All of the characters seemed to be floating about in a void. There wasn't any distinctive features on any of the characters. Mulan looks like just another pretty face. Second, the music was *terrible*. Here was an opportunity to try out all sorts of esoteric instruments used in the Chinese culture and what do we get? Classic, but timid, string arrangements, and, worst of all, bubble gum pop by 98 degrees and Donny Osmond to accompany the classic, but timid, plot formula. And then there were the voices. The little dragon-thing was annoying and the first Disney supporting character I ever wished would be erased by that goop in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?". This film is so banal and sanitized without any other mission than to sell their crap szechuan sauce stuff that I cried. When I was ten, I dreamed of working for Disney after "The Little Mermaid" (despite the porno, which I wasn't aware of at that time). This dream was completely cemented when I watched "Beauty and the Beast", and then started crumbling after "Pocahantas". "Mulan" offended me as someone who is part-Chinese. But my sister and just about everybody I knew loved it.