The scariest part about Mulan's sacrifice was that she didn't go to be a hero. The most likely scenario would be she'd take her father's place in the army and die in battle. She was willing to lay down her life for her family and it is truly the bravest most noble that ng anyone could do.
Exactly- like the remake didn’t convey the same emotions and the same risk that she took as the original, the original was able to show so much emotion and really understand that her actions are for her father and her family and she is ready to die for her father. Newer one doesn’t show the same stuff
To add more maybe she thought it would be the only way she would bring honor to her family. She knew she was clumsy as a future bride the way she was being trained to be (the matchmaker made a fool of her before the whole village) or that she nearly spilled the beans about her father's weakness before everyone (Fa Zhu who didn't want his weakness to be shown so that he would be honorable) so she felt she would never bring him honor anyways. She would have taken the decision that dying in the battlefield would be the best shot she had...
As Horace Clocles said in the ancient Roman Republic: And how can a man or a woman die better than facing fearsome choices, defending the ashes of his fathers and the temples of his gods?
In reality there was never a person named Mulan in han china. It's a meaningless name in Chinese. This is the name of the northern nomads. Only the nomadic women who have been fighting for survival in the extreme cold climate can fight like men in war.
During this scene, there are dragon emblems everywhere. On the sword, on the walls, on the wardrobe. Mulan makes the decision to leave while sitting under the statue of the Great Dragon. I believe Mushu couldn't wake the Great Dragon because the Great Dragon had already left as Mulan.
This scene from the movie is an example of why the live action missed the mark so much. In this original scene, you can feel that this decision will change her life. In the live action, you feel nothing
Yeah a big part is because the live broke the rule of show don't tell, also mulan had less motivation to honor her family because she wasn't an only child and was already gifted. They also had less of a loving family vibe.
As a kid I never knew why she closed her eyes before she cut off her hair. Did she just really like her hair or something? After rewatching it more recently, I realized why it was such a big deal: once she cuts off her hair, there's no going back. Her short hair was evidence of what she intended to do. That moment of hesitance before she sliced off her hair was...golden. I fell in love with this movie all over again simply for that moment.
A bit late here. To add on to your observation, in ancient Chinese culture it was considered a grave taboo to cut one's hair unnecessarily. Ancient Chinese considered hair as a part of their body, granted by their parents and must not be simply cut. They would not cut their hair unless someone died or as a form of punishment. Mulan cutting her hair here has that extra bit of significance because as a girl she must especially keep her hair long, but to join the army she had to break the taboo.
@@lacrimosa3868 That was not considered grave taboo only in China, but also traditionally in Mongolia, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam too. It's a common culture of East Asia.
@@lacrimosa3868 while this is true, in reality it applied to both men and women. So the fact she cut it to look more like a boy is strictly for western audiences
@@angelux2793 yep, the rest of the men in the movie still had long hair (or at least as long as it could be for it to not be a burden or distraction during battle; they kept it in a bun anyways).
@@hellbunniez3 right, but my point was in real life neither men nor women were allowed to cut their hair. So men would have very long hair as well. They weren't allowed to cut it, even for battle. They simply tied it up/away from their faces
DenisK21 Now that I am older and understand this movie, that line is so much darker and devastating than I thought when I first watched this 17 years ago
I've heard a great deal about you - Fa Mulan... You stole your father's armor. Ran away from home. Impersonated a soldier. Deceived your commanding officer. Dishonored the Chinese Army. Destroyed my palace. And... You have saved us all.
ville rautiola Fa Zhou(Mulan´s father) is not a chief, just a veteran, perhaps a bit wealthy(nice house and doesnt seem to work too much but thats about it), so no. I think you might be talking about pocahontas seeing that you talk about north america, in wich case i covered her saying ruler. Ps:there are other disney main female characters not blood related to rulers, but mulan is the only one that starts and ends as a non royal(Li Shang might be influential but not royal)
+wizzzer1337 and the only Disney princess to have a killstreak higher than 15. seriously I can just imagine that one rocket hitting the mountain and then someone off to one side announces. *MONSTER KILL*
@@LuigiTheItalian did you get permission from Big Brother Mario to comment over here? I don't think he wants you interfering with Disney Affairs since you're property of the Nintendo Corporation LOL
Everything about this scene is amazing. When Mulan is staring at her reflection in the puddle and her parents turn the lights off and you see that EPIC look of determination in her eyes. Way to go Disney!
+Kelsey834 Fun fact; that scene wasn't originally in it. It was put in last minute because the movie had become too focused on Mushu and they needed something that really strengthened Mulan's character and made the audience egg her on and focus more on her! c: Also Mushu was originally a great big typical chinese dragon, but then they brought in Eddie Murphy to be his voice and everyone kinda went "Well he's just silly..... So we should probably make Mushu silly!" so they shrank him and made him more comical! ^-^
She had no chi, but a big heart. Her power did not come from magic, but from effort and sacrifice. She was not saved by the mithycal creature, she saved the mythical creature. Mulan (2020) saved China by defeating men. Mulan (1998) saved China by conquering herself.
no matter how old I get , when the music gets louder and more dramatic at the 1:05 mark , I always get chills and even tear up a bit. One if the most powerful orchestral Disney songs of all time without a doubt.
@@VCJunkie Hoosiers (Concert Version), Explorers (The Construction) and Star Trek: The Motion Picture (The Enterprise) to add to your inspirational Goldsmith lists.
@@albertrex6851 It'also not just Meg and Mulan. Characters like Merida, Jasmine, Moana, Belle anbd Rapunzel all kick ass in their own right. Disney knows how to write likeable female leads the best when it comes to family movies.
This song has so many feelings... In the beginning uncertainty, in the middle pure determination, and in the end dismay. And they all flow together so smoothly. The music tells a story that needs no images to be communicated. That's what makes a good soundtrack.
Manuel Orozco Yes. Very much yes. And I am not saying that because I just discovered the Princess Tutu anime last month and have been obsessed for the past month or so. I've enjoyed ballet ever since I was 5 or so. NUTCRACKER BALLET!!!
Telpenariel The Nutcracker was my first ballet when I was 14 nine years ago. I prefer musical theatre over ballet. Musicals are much more fun. Ballet however would be perfect for this scene
Back in 2020, my twin sister found out she had to have chemo when her cancer returned. She was reluctant to cut her hair because she wanted to keep as much of it as possible. But unfortunately for her, the chemo the docs gave her to prevent it from returning and spreading was causing it to fall out. After much convincing, she finally agreed, but only in the condition that this song be played as it gets cut. Fast forward to today, she is now in full remission 3 years later.
Reminds me very much of the (John williams) home alone themes (Home Alone 1990 and Home Alone Lost in New York 1992) where Kevin goes to prepare the traps for Harry and Marv.
There's just something about this piece at 1:07. It's so dramatic. Like, it carries that weight of someone going off on their own to do something they feel they must do, even if it's against the laws, the culture, whatever. Really great stuff.
Yeah but...wow. There's sometimes when you have a dramatic moment or something like this going on, and they just kinda drop the ball on it, or it isn't as impactful. But this? Good Ra, this just hits you HARD with it. And there's also NO voice acting in this part, even when she calms down the horse. It's all just beautifully and brilliantly conveyed and expressed with music. ~Tamagi
1998 Mulan: a girl that finds the courage to save her father at risk of certain death and gains the viewer's respect through hard work and perseverance 2020 Mulan: Rey, but chinese
@Plsc1994 1994 I mean, the same stuff was equally easy for Luke, so ...? The 2020 Mulan doesn't come close to stacking up to the original, though. On that, I can agree.
@@clary7404 And? Rey was getting her ass handed to her by a severely wounded Kylo who'd just fought her friend first. She was _going_ to lose if that fight carried through to a conclusion. And unlike Luke, she was established at the beginning as an experienced fighter (with a staff), yet she was still unable to hang. Honestly, I don't see the point people think they're making about Rey. Sure, she figured things out on the fly, but so did Luke. We didn't even know you could Force-grab shit until Luke just arbitrarily decided he could do it on Hoth. Luke never trained to use the Force to make intuitive shots with his fighter, but he still had no real trouble winging it with barely a nudge from Obi-Wan. It's not like Force-users figuring things out on the fly through inspiration is anything remotely new. As for the most recent trilogy in general? Yeah, it was bad, but it wasn't really because of Rey so much as because of a tug-of-war between two very different directors with very different visions ... not to mention the fact that JJ Abrams is a talentless hack. Rian Johnson at least tried to take Star Wars in a new direction, even if he did stumble at times. Still, it had (in TLJ at least) the best version of post-RotJ Luke I've ever seen, as well as some of the best lines (e.g., "Let the past die. Kill it if you have to."). So it wasn't a total loss. Or to put it another way: at least there was TLJ, because otherwise the trilogy was a total derpstorm.
@@n0wheregrrl I don't think we watched the same movie. If you are talking about TFA, she did win that fight. Kylo was on the ground after she won, and she would have finished him if the ground didn't collide. That is the only thing did not happen with that scene. The issue most people take with Rey is that, though we all agree she would have been a good fighter taking consideration of her upbringing, that alone isn't enough to justify all of her powers and abilities. She knows how to swim and navigate even though she is from a desert planet, clearly stating she never saw green or water before. She comprehends the force amazingly, and can use it even though she never trained properly. She speaks wookie, somehow, even if Jakku has no sights of wookies whatsoever. Everyone seems to like her for no reason, even the villains. The old heroes are mesmerized by her suddenly. Not to mention, they spent the entirety of the trilogy telling us that her parents do not define her, that they forgot to define her as a character. Seriously, we do not know what she fights for besides "she's good and wants to do the right thing". So yeah, as a protagonist, she is bland. People use Anakin and Luke as argument. Anakin was literally space jesus, and he had abilities, but not only did he train for years: he also lost. He lost multiple times, including to Obi Wan at the end of RoTS. Luke in the first movie didn't know how to use the force, and that's why he spends the next movie (5 years after the first one takes place, mind you) training, and still loses. Hell, even in RoTj he loses. He was saved by someone else. Rey never had a moment she struggled. Never. And, when she was in danger, that danger was the REASON something GOOD happens (Finn decides he needs to go after her and so tells the Resistance what he knows), but even then... She saves herself with no difficulty. JJ Abrams tried to fix that in RoTS, but it was too late, and everything around it was fragile. Now, don't get me wrong. You can love her character and these movies (I personally despise most things about them besides the visuals and Finn & Poe ), all you want. This is simply a friendly discussion, ok?
Este tema en particular es increíble. Te empapas del espíritu de lucha de la protagonista, justamente en el minuto 1:07. This song is incredible! You can feel the Mulan's fight spirit, just in 1:07 minute-
I think it's a shame not a lot of people mention the orchestral music in Disney films. "Mulan", "The Lion King" and "Beauty and the Beast" have some of the best music I've ever heard in film.
You guys probably already know the "Mulan was actually the Great Stone Dragon" theory, but what's interesting about is that it explains two things: why Mulan never fit to be "a perfect bride", or why she didn't join the emperor's council and went back home. She was always meant to be the protector of her family.
昨夜见军帖，可汗大点兵。(Last night she saw the king`s order.) 军书十二卷，卷卷有爷名。(with dozens of papers, everyone of them has her fathers name on it.) 阿爷无大儿，木兰无长兄。(who has no son. Mulan has no elder brother.) 愿为市鞍马，从此替爷征。 (She is willing to be equipped and serve the country for his father) 东市买骏马，西市买鞍鞯，(She goes to the market, buy horse and stable) 南市买辔头，北市买长鞭。(buy helmet and whip) 朝辞爷娘去，暮宿黄河边，(Leaves home at morning, rest aside the river at noon) 不闻爷娘唤女声，但闻黄河流水声溅溅。 (She can hear no voice of her parents` calling, but only the sound of the river) 旦辞黄河去，暮宿黑山头；(Leaves river at morning, rest aside the mountain at noon) 不闻爷娘唤女声，但闻燕山胡骑声啾啾。(She can hear no voice of her parents` calling, but only the sound of enemy horses) --《木兰辞》(From the ancient Chinese epic, The Mulan Song) The Mulan Song is a required study article in Chinese middle school. Every chinese read it, know it and some can recite it. Listen to the song while reading this quote literately made me cry. By the way, the end of the Mulan`s story (according to the epic), is like what showed in the cartoon , Mulan was not punished, but rewarded by the emperor, while she gently refused all offers and returned home to her parents, married and continued her life as a peasant. One of the greatest female character in Chinese history and all human civilization.
WATERSTARS19 Her character showed discipline, honor, bravery, love, respect, courage, love, determination and protection. She truly is a positive role model even if she is fiction.
Honestly, this track is so powerful. You can feel energy and determination surge inside you. Everything coming into harmony. Words cannot explain. It just speaks for itself.
THIS. THIS SONG. THIS ONE SONG. I spent endless endless hours as a child searching for this song when I first found a computer, its always been one of the greatest Disney songs for me, it just gives me a wicked passionate feeling, and to be able to find it so easily now, its like a dream come true. THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH.
There is so much power and emotion in this track as well as the coordinating scene from the film, you literally feel something when she chops off her hair with that sword. I will forever adore this track as well as the Mulan film.
This movie's lesson about how you don't have to be a man to do great things is ahead of its time. I love this movie, and I hope it helps little girls and boys see that we all can be a hero. After all, Mulan is using both feminine and masculine attributes to save the day!
"I have heard a great deal about you Faa Mulan. You took your father's armor, ran away from home, impersonated a soldier, endangered the lives of thousands of men. But soon the world will know the great things you have done."
The Remake is an absolute insult to the original movie, complete and utter waste. This song along shows she knew if her father went he would die...yet also knew if she was ever to be found out she would die. It was a risk she was willing to make
It was not supposed to be a remake. People always get offended by that geez, the movie was supposed to be an another adaptation of the Chinese poem, not the Disney!! Yeah I didn't like the movie as much as I thought I would when I watched the trailer, but it still was pretty good. The only references to the Disney were the song and the eagle (and I might missing others stuff)
I really hope disney will use this for the live action movie of mulan 01/10/2020 Wow! Over 4K likes! I guess... this masterpiece will not be on the movie. Not even Mushu :( oh well... life goes on.
Best Disney character: she doesn't stand in a corner waiting for a guy to help her or clean the shit for seven men, but rather risks her life&honor to save her father. Also, good thing the movie doesn't focuses on a love story.
That makes it even more dramatic and courageous of her. Imagine the similar story of france. A lil lady from the countryside heard voice and fighted for the army in the name of god. That's kinda creepier than fighting to save her old father. Humans only remember what they want to. French remember the image of a girl taking the role of a man just because god told her. It's a story about girl taking power. Chinese remember the image of loving daughter, that's an image of respect for family. We see clearly the difference between two culture that has totally different values. And it's not going to be possible to make a disney about the french version, cause the value it shows are just creepy.
***** it isnt just fictional characters we like to remember certain aspects of, and it isnt always the good part of them we remember and forget the bad, the reverse happens too. the huns, for instance, often improved the lives of those they took over, often toppling corrupt governing systems and lowering crime rates, and actually they often didnt actually rule the nations, once they showed they beet them they left them to do as they wished. the real life dracula, or rather vlad tepes, had a similar mentality. most like to remember him as a war monger, when really he was a man sold as a slave as a youth who broke free and went to insane lengths to topple the people who took his land by force in the hopes he could once again bring freedom to his people. hell, sure his enemies feared him, but records actually say his people beloved him for his actions lowered crime and brought some of the greatest freedoms to his nations. (but media prefers to remember him and many others for negative propaganda, cuz the way their enemies monstracize them makes for a more fun story)
Nakumare I totally agree with everything you said, but it doesn't go against my point. Whatever we remember, bad or good, it shows somthing about our society. If Mulan is a legend today it's because she is a symbol of a girl loving her family. And if Jeane d'Arc is a legend its because she is a symbol of a girl taking power. That's two different visions of the the woman in the society.
Mulan is and forever will be my absolute favorite character and movie. Everything about this movie is amazing. From the music to the way they played everything out.
Sapphire Wolf Actually, this theme makes me imagine a ninja jumping on every rooftops until he finds his mortal enemy and fights him in the cold rain. XD
1. Play this while doing my hair. 2. 1:05 begins to play. 3. Instantly feel like a badass. 4. Realise that I've just cut all of my hair short. ...FUCK!
You're missing a few steps after 4. Try these as well: 5. Steal your father's armour 6. Run away from home 7. Impersonate a soldier 8. Deceive your commanding officer 9. Dishonour the Chinese Army 10. Destroy the Forbidden Palace 11. Save everyone!
Every now and then, a piece of heaven breaks off and falls to Earth where it manifests itself as a piece of music. Due to it's divine nature, the piece will radiate epicness... This song is one of them!
Can't help but have tears falling out of my eyes when 1:08 shows up, very powerful and touching moment in the movie. Mulan will always be the best Disney princess in my eyes!
I like Pocahontas as well, but I don't think she was a badass. She never needed to defend herself. And when she tried to stop Kocoum from killing John, she got pushed away. But she is most certainly brave :)
Over 20 years later and this still gets to me, it's emotional, uplifting, melancholic, and just all around beautiful. I literally sometimes wanno cry to this scene and the music
The live action movie was like a punch to the gut to me. 1998 Mulan was not strong, but used her cleverness to her advantage, she outsmarted her opponents, worked "smart and not hard" if you will. She was a role model for me, she was relatable. 2020 Mulan is just some ninja abracadabra
rainofjoysauce Oh, I shave it twice a year. Once in December, once in June. Then I just let my hair grow out for six months, at the end of which it's long enough I have to start brushing it. Then I know it's time to lop it off again. :)
This is makes me cry. I can see my childhood in front of me, I just wish I can go back to my old days Thanks disney for build my knowledge and teaching me many things more than school 🙏🏻♥️🇸🇦
got so energized just listening to this gem of a soundtrack. Its amazing how a single soundtrack encompasses so many emotions in one go! Disney, you ROCK!
Emily Jones Yeah...like Snow White, how she accepted an apple from a creepy, old hag. Or how Aurora thought it was a good idea to trust a woman with horns on the side of her head and prick her finger on a glowing spindle wheel. Or how Cinderella didn't have the backbone to stand up against her step mother and sisters. Or how Ariel thought it was a splendid idea to trust a sinister, octopus lady living inside a creepy ass lair with some creepy tentacle monsters (who used to be people)and some creepy eels.
When I think of my favorites Disney movies, this one stands out to me versus Little Mermaid or Lion King. The art style for one is so unique out of all of Disney's classics, not to mention the message and just everything about it. There are so many great scenes. Forget Frozen, I love Mulan.
Mulan is a war epic movie rather than a love story like the Little Mermaid, can't really compare it. I agree about comparing it to the Lion King, however the songs pose different heavy kind of meaning compared to Mulan. The message and the scenes, so agree with you !! nahh, Frozen don't even compare.
Workout song (weights and such), cleaning and de-cluttering song, decorating song, Facebook friend search or unfriending song, a song to play while printing a kick-ass paper or story... it just works. If your dentist allows headphones, put this song on repeat!
So yesterday my mom was about to cut my hair and I'm one of those guys that doesn't like hair cuts, So while she started cutting I played this song she inmediatly reconized it and just said "You're such a drama queen at times you know..." hahaha thanks for posting the song yo!
technically it should be because zeus was king of the gods, making hercules a prince and meg a princess, however she's often not included in the canon princess because it didnt make as much money as the other disney princess films.
One of my favorite things about this track is 0:42 where the flute comes in, and it sounds like something crying. It reflects Mulan's fear of what will happen to her father so well.
This is how I feel when I force myself out of bed everyday for work, then when I arrive at work it restarts as I'm walking to the front door waiting for my shift to start and what feels like an endless wait for it to end. My top 3 princesses would be Mulan, Pocahontas, and Rapunzel (that almighty frying pan tho)
If I'm ever going to be a Father to a little girl, im gonna first show her the story of Mulan not frozen or any other Disney Princess who's happiness depends on someone else, I will show her how Mulan stood up even though the odds were against her and although she could easily die either in the battlefield or by her own people she fought nonetheless for the safety of her family and her country. She was no soldier or a Warrior but she did what was necessary because she believed it was the right thing to do. I salute every person with a character similar to Mulan's.
No tiene nada de malo que parte de tu felicidad dependa de alguien más, el amor es la fuerza universal más poderosa. Si uno lo piensa bien, al igual que con el resto de "princesas" las acciones de Mulan fueron impulsadas por el amor, no el amor romántico pero si el amor a su familia. Si al comienzo ella intentaba encajar y llevar honor a su hogar era por amor a su familia. Lo que la motivo a sacrificarse y tomar el lugar de su padre en el ejercicio apesar de enfrentarse a una muerte casi asegurada fue el amor a su familia. Cuando salvó china fue por amor a su familia, sus amigos del ejercito y su nación. Mulan era sin dudas una mujer fuerte, una guerrera digna de admiración. Pero al igual que con todos nosotros su felicidad si dependía en parte de alguien más, de su familia, sus seres amados. Y por eso se decidió e hizo todo lo necesario para protegerlos
Mulan: I should never have left home. Mushu: Come on, you went to save your father’s life. Who knew you’d end up shaming him and disgracing your ancestors and losing all your friends? You know, you just gotta learn to let these things go. Mulan: Maybe I didn’t go for my father. Maybe what I really wanted was to prove I could do things right, so when I looked in the mirror, I’d see someone worthwhile. But I was wrong. I see nothing. *goes on to save China and brings honor to her family directly from the emperor himself* I think it’s safe to say she really wasn’t wrong. We do see someone worthwhile
Now thar I'm much older this movie makes me cry. When she comes back and her father tells her how proud he is of her it makes my heart pound and cry My mom used to cry to that scene cause she was a marine and my grandfather was proud of her too.
My favorite moment of this scene (and maybe of the whole movie) is when she looks at her father sleeping, and softly smiles at him. She knows she probably won't be back. She knows her father loves her, despite their different opinions. She knows she loves him, and she want to show him that her place in the world is where those beliefs will bring her.
I tell those people to go listen to this song. LOL. This song still gives me the chills after so long. And I love it. This is going to be weird but I meditate to this song too >>,
I miss my childhood so much.... grew up on these movies Stuff like Frozen or Tangled is cool and all, and classics like Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty are incontestably masterpieces, but the era of Disney from The Little Mermaid through to Tarzan is unbeatable Yeah. Nostalgia definitely blinds me a little bit. But these movies were so special
Nostalgia definitely makes me favor these movies more as well. People will ask me about my opinions on old vs new Disney, and I think the only real reason I go with old is because these are the movies, the songs, the stories, the characters I grew up with. Every time I watch them or hear their music I have a weird urge to cry from the nostalgic feeling. Tarzan, Mulan, Aladdin, and Treasure Planet will always be my all-time favorites.
@@havenspringer No. I meant what I typed. The Disney Renaissance is generally defined as lasting from 1989-1999. Lilo and Stitch was released in 2002, making it part of the Disney Post-Renaissance which is generally defined as 2000-2008
You can recognize a great scene when characters express their feelings and decision through images, musics and no dialogue. 2D animated Mulan gave me more expression and feelings when she gazes in the pond then pray her ancestors while the music plays than many real actors in movies
The score was later sampled Ubisoft’s 2014 best-selling video game Watch_Dogs. The beats are sampled in the video game score of the penultimate mission “No Turning Back”.
When this song kicks I have goose bumps all over. It was like that when I was a kid and now as an adult. I always felt the courage of Mulan and how her desicion is something life changing and I always admired that. This movie might be my favourite Disney movie of all time. Treasure Planet is a close second.
I always come back for this track... The symbol of cutting her hair to show everyone she got this, and she can do it. It's my favorite song for the entire movie. Live long beautiful movies from the past
The scariest part about Mulan's sacrifice was that she didn't go to be a hero. The most likely scenario would be she'd take her father's place in the army and die in battle. She was willing to lay down her life for her family and it is truly the bravest most noble that ng anyone could do.
And yet in the remake, it took all of that away.. by giving her superpowers
Exactly- like the remake didn’t convey the same emotions and the same risk that she took as the original, the original was able to show so much emotion and really understand that her actions are for her father and her family and she is ready to die for her father.
Newer one doesn’t show the same stuff
To add more maybe she thought it would be the only way she would bring honor to her family. She knew she was clumsy as a future bride the way she was being trained to be (the matchmaker made a fool of her before the whole village) or that she nearly spilled the beans about her father's weakness before everyone (Fa Zhu who didn't want his weakness to be shown so that he would be honorable) so she felt she would never bring him honor anyways. She would have taken the decision that dying in the battlefield would be the best shot she had...
As Horace Clocles said in the ancient Roman Republic:
And how can a man or a woman die better than facing fearsome choices, defending the ashes of his fathers and the temples of his gods?
In reality there was never a person named Mulan in han china. It's a meaningless name in Chinese. This is the name of the northern nomads. Only the nomadic women who have been fighting for survival in the extreme cold climate can fight like men in war.
During this scene, there are dragon emblems everywhere. On the sword, on the walls, on the wardrobe. Mulan makes the decision to leave while sitting under the statue of the Great Dragon.
I believe Mushu couldn't wake the Great Dragon because the Great Dragon had already left as Mulan.
+DibbehFan13 This is what I got as well.
+DibbehFan13 That's an interesting theory:)
+DibbehFan13 Holy shit.
+DibbehFan13 Maybe the Great Stone Dragon was rebirthed as Mulan?
Mind. Blown. Seriously. That was an amazing insight that had never occurred to me. Now I love that scene even more.
This scene from the movie is an example of why the live action missed the mark so much. In this original scene, you can feel that this decision will change her life. In the live action, you feel nothing
Yeah😕😕... concuerdo con el desconocido 👍
I was like "Yeah... here comes the good thing"
And then she rides her horse and leaves.
"Is... that all?"
Yeah a big part is because the live broke the rule of show don't tell, also mulan had less motivation to honor her family because she wasn't an only child and was already gifted. They also had less of a loving family vibe.
apparently they just wanted to make the movie more "mature" and seem more realistic by taking the disney out of it...
This is why this movie is one of the greatest disney movies. The emotion we all can relate is there...
As a kid I never knew why she closed her eyes before she cut off her hair. Did she just really like her hair or something? After rewatching it more recently, I realized why it was such a big deal: once she cuts off her hair, there's no going back. Her short hair was evidence of what she intended to do. That moment of hesitance before she sliced off her hair was...golden. I fell in love with this movie all over again simply for that moment.
A bit late here. To add on to your observation, in ancient Chinese culture it was considered a grave taboo to cut one's hair unnecessarily. Ancient Chinese considered hair as a part of their body, granted by their parents and must not be simply cut. They would not cut their hair unless someone died or as a form of punishment. Mulan cutting her hair here has that extra bit of significance because as a girl she must especially keep her hair long, but to join the army she had to break the taboo.
@@lacrimosa3868 That was not considered grave taboo only in China, but also traditionally in Mongolia, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam too. It's a common culture of East Asia.
@@lacrimosa3868 while this is true, in reality it applied to both men and women. So the fact she cut it to look more like a boy is strictly for western audiences
@@angelux2793 yep, the rest of the men in the movie still had long hair (or at least as long as it could be for it to not be a burden or distraction during battle; they kept it in a bun anyways).
@@hellbunniez3 right, but my point was in real life neither men nor women were allowed to cut their hair. So men would have very long hair as well. They weren't allowed to cut it, even for battle. They simply tied it up/away from their faces
Mother: You must go after her! She could be killed!
Father: If I reveal her... she WILL be.
DenisK21 Now that I am older and understand this movie, that line is so much darker and devastating than I thought when I first watched this 17 years ago
I know, right? Gives me the shivers just thinking about it!
DenisK21 When I heard that I said "JESUS! No!".
@Dr Boom exactly.
The real mulan was eventually discovered and put to death despite doing a lot for the Chinese military
I've heard a great deal about you - Fa Mulan...
You stole your father's armor.
Ran away from home.
Impersonated a soldier.
Deceived your commanding officer.
Dishonored the Chinese Army.
Destroyed my palace.
And...
You have saved us all.
Rare footage of speech by Xi Jinping to a PLA woman soldier
My little baby's all grown up. saving China. do you have a tissue?
This is probably the best writing Disney has ever produced.
We bow down to the OG Disney Princess😁
Just in case, they’re not the Huns, but the Hans
And she’s not fa mulan she’s Hua Mulan
Just to clear somethings up
Mulan: the only Disney character with a killstreak in the THOUSANDS.
+TheUnholyHandGrenade Well, now that Disney owns Star Wars, I think it's safe to say that Grand Moff Tarkin has a higher body count.
+Monosmith Disney Princess, then.
+Lexie Luff sorry but she´s almost the only female protagonist not daughter of a ruler
ville rautiola She's the daughter of an ex-military man, that's it
ville rautiola Fa Zhou(Mulan´s father) is not a chief, just a veteran, perhaps a bit wealthy(nice house and doesnt seem to work too much but thats about it), so no. I think you might be talking about pocahontas seeing that you talk about north america, in wich case i covered her saying ruler.
Ps:there are other disney main female characters not blood related to rulers, but mulan is the only one that starts and ends as a non royal(Li Shang might be influential but not royal)
Mulan is, without a doubt, the best, most honourable, selfless and brave Disney "Princess" out there.
Kida would like a word with you.
Great movie
Mulan is a true feminist, as all that woman that decide to KEEP fighting to support and defend theirs families. That's true feminisme
Idk man, Esmeralda has got to be pretty high on the list too
She literally sings for nothing for herself in God help the outcasts
@@2516김한성 Yeah Esmeralda was pretty cool as a freedom fighter. But she was also a harlot who cucked Quasimodo.
Mulan, the only 90s Disney princess with an 80s synth montage
+wizzzer1337
and the only Disney princess to have a killstreak higher than 15. seriously I can just imagine that one rocket hitting the mountain and then someone off to one side announces. *MONSTER KILL*
+wizzzer1337 she not a princess..
Prielle Ker You forgot to ask if we give a shit.
+wizzzer1337 That 80s synth montage is still my shit. It's fucking epic.
Belle isn't a princess, but we still call her one.
this song is what makes the animation movie way better than the live-action
Just this single piece of music is levels above that mediocre disappointment of a remake.
No, what makes the animation movie way better is Mulan training and becoming good. Not being perfect from the first scene.
@@LuigiTheItalian did you get permission from Big Brother Mario to comment over here? I don't think he wants you interfering with Disney Affairs since you're property of the Nintendo Corporation LOL
@@LuigiTheItalian Perfect from the first scene? Have you even watched the movie?
@@patskats4859 the one that starts with her wielding a pole like a mix between darth maul and an electric fan?
Everything about this scene is amazing. When Mulan is staring at her reflection in the puddle and her parents turn the lights off and you see that EPIC look of determination in her eyes. Way to go Disney!
+Clarissatx89 And that reflection as she draws the sword....
Dayum! That really sent a chill down my back.
+Clarissatx89 not to mention she was actually sitting underneath the Great Stone Dragon when she made her decision.
+Kelsey834 That look, at least to me, is the single bravest moment of an Disney character ever.
+CompletelyNewguy my theory of why the great stone dragon could not be awakened by mushu is because its spirit went into mulan in that scene
+Kelsey834 Fun fact; that scene wasn't originally in it. It was put in last minute because the movie had become too focused on Mushu and they needed something that really strengthened Mulan's character and made the audience egg her on and focus more on her! c:
Also Mushu was originally a great big typical chinese dragon, but then they brought in Eddie Murphy to be his voice and everyone kinda went "Well he's just silly..... So we should probably make Mushu silly!" so they shrank him and made him more comical! ^-^
She had no chi, but a big heart.
Her power did not come from magic, but from effort and sacrifice.
She was not saved by the mithycal creature, she saved the mythical creature.
Mulan (2020) saved China by defeating men. Mulan (1998) saved China by conquering herself.
Chi?
@@l.adodg3r70 Chi
@@japonsubtitulado Damn son, you hit the nail on the HEAD
@@l.adodg3r70 The life force in all living things. U're welcome.
That last part hit *HARD.*
no matter how old I get , when the music gets louder and more dramatic at the 1:05 mark , I always get chills and even tear up a bit. One if the most powerful orchestral Disney songs of all time without a doubt.
Same. :)
Jasmine Simmons
I only liked bcos of your pp & name 😁
namjoon stan I’m not lying when I say that I’m actually crying while listening to this rn
I can't remember what scale they play in, but oriental music always hits a soft spot in my heart
1:39
And this, folks, is why the French horn is the instrument of heroes.
+Mats Lindgren frenchhhhhhhhhh
And again at 2:03 :)
Totally killed the song tbh
I'm an orchestra student, but if I was in band, I'd play either the French horn, trumpet, or the percussion
YEEEEEAAAAAAAAAH
needs to be played at every barber shop
hahah lol
LOL for real though 😂😂😂
Epic only works if the cut is made with a sword
@@kelakoel7906 and we do it ourselves
Haha but probably but not the black ones!
Jerry Goldsmith did NOT have to go this hard but goddamn it he DID.
It's Jerry Goldsmith. For him, it was just another Tuesday.
Patton, Rudy, and Mulan. Three of the most inspirational film scores of all time. All composed by Jerry Goldsmith.
Ik this is prob the best Disney piece I’ve ever heard
@@VCJunkie Hoosiers (Concert Version), Explorers (The Construction) and Star Trek: The Motion Picture (The Enterprise) to add to your inspirational Goldsmith lists.
It's like Jerry said when he did Secret of Nimh, he was never gonna do. a mickey mouse type of music
I now have the urge to do push-ups during a rainstorm.
You should totally do that.
i would try but i'd probably go inside and ask for some hot coaco
let's get down to business
Funniest thing I've seen all day💗💗❣
How about a 10 Mile run during a rain, windy and thunderstorm?
Dear creators,
this is how you write strong female leads. Take notes.
Hercules seemes to have gotten the note
Agreed . A character should be made in a way that it will be liked by everyone from all the community instead bong made to please one community .
@@albertrex6851 It'also not just Meg and Mulan. Characters like Merida, Jasmine, Moana, Belle anbd Rapunzel all kick ass in their own right. Disney knows how to write likeable female leads the best when it comes to family movies.
@@sheepisfortheweak6164 laughs in Rey
Strong female characters are not the goal. But the reward. (I’m trying to sound smart, is it working?)
This song has so many feelings... In the beginning uncertainty, in the middle pure determination, and in the end dismay. And they all flow together so smoothly. The music tells a story that needs no images to be communicated. That's what makes a good soundtrack.
Maybe it needs interpretive dancing
Manuel Orozco Depends on the dancing.
Telpenariel How about ballet
Manuel Orozco Yes. Very much yes. And I am not saying that because I just discovered the Princess Tutu anime last month and have been obsessed for the past month or so. I've enjoyed ballet ever since I was 5 or so. NUTCRACKER BALLET!!!
Telpenariel The Nutcracker was my first ballet when I was 14 nine years ago. I prefer musical theatre over ballet. Musicals are much more fun. Ballet however would be perfect for this scene
Back in 2020, my twin sister found out she had to have chemo when her cancer returned. She was reluctant to cut her hair because she wanted to keep as much of it as possible. But unfortunately for her, the chemo the docs gave her to prevent it from returning and spreading was causing it to fall out. After much convincing, she finally agreed, but only in the condition that this song be played as it gets cut. Fast forward to today, she is now in full remission 3 years later.
"The flower that blooms in adversity is the most beautiful and rare of all."
1:07 is the part we all came for.
The synth with the accompanying drum beat is just bad ass!
Reminds me very much of the (John williams) home alone themes (Home Alone 1990 and Home Alone Lost in New York 1992) where Kevin goes to prepare the traps for Harry and Marv.
There's just something about this piece at 1:07. It's so dramatic. Like, it carries that weight of someone going off on their own to do something they feel they must do, even if it's against the laws, the culture, whatever. Really great stuff.
Well, yeah. That's the whole plot of Mulan.
Yeah but...wow. There's sometimes when you have a dramatic moment or something like this going on, and they just kinda drop the ball on it, or it isn't as impactful. But this? Good Ra, this just hits you HARD with it. And there's also NO voice acting in this part, even when she calms down the horse. It's all just beautifully and brilliantly conveyed and expressed with music.
~Tamagi
Niko Linni & Friends Exactly :D
Niko Linni & Friends That's the power of Jerry Goldsmith's music, my friend.
Yes, it is!
1998 Mulan: a girl that finds the courage to save her father at risk of certain death and gains the viewer's respect through hard work and perseverance
2020 Mulan: Rey, but chinese
I like Rey but.. that 2020's Mulan is not like her
@Plsc1994 1994 I mean, the same stuff was equally easy for Luke, so ...?
The 2020 Mulan doesn't come close to stacking up to the original, though. On that, I can agree.
@@n0wheregrrl... Luke lost. Multiple times!
@@clary7404 And? Rey was getting her ass handed to her by a severely wounded Kylo who'd just fought her friend first. She was _going_ to lose if that fight carried through to a conclusion. And unlike Luke, she was established at the beginning as an experienced fighter (with a staff), yet she was still unable to hang.
Honestly, I don't see the point people think they're making about Rey. Sure, she figured things out on the fly, but so did Luke. We didn't even know you could Force-grab shit until Luke just arbitrarily decided he could do it on Hoth. Luke never trained to use the Force to make intuitive shots with his fighter, but he still had no real trouble winging it with barely a nudge from Obi-Wan. It's not like Force-users figuring things out on the fly through inspiration is anything remotely new.
As for the most recent trilogy in general? Yeah, it was bad, but it wasn't really because of Rey so much as because of a tug-of-war between two very different directors with very different visions ... not to mention the fact that JJ Abrams is a talentless hack. Rian Johnson at least tried to take Star Wars in a new direction, even if he did stumble at times.
Still, it had (in TLJ at least) the best version of post-RotJ Luke I've ever seen, as well as some of the best lines (e.g., "Let the past die. Kill it if you have to."). So it wasn't a total loss. Or to put it another way: at least there was TLJ, because otherwise the trilogy was a total derpstorm.
@@n0wheregrrl I don't think we watched the same movie. If you are talking about TFA, she did win that fight. Kylo was on the ground after she won, and she would have finished him if the ground didn't collide. That is the only thing did not happen with that scene.
The issue most people take with Rey is that, though we all agree she would have been a good fighter taking consideration of her upbringing, that alone isn't enough to justify all of her powers and abilities. She knows how to swim and navigate even though she is from a desert planet, clearly stating she never saw green or water before. She comprehends the force amazingly, and can use it even though she never trained properly. She speaks wookie, somehow, even if Jakku has no sights of wookies whatsoever. Everyone seems to like her for no reason, even the villains. The old heroes are mesmerized by her suddenly. Not to mention, they spent the entirety of the trilogy telling us that her parents do not define her, that they forgot to define her as a character. Seriously, we do not know what she fights for besides "she's good and wants to do the right thing". So yeah, as a protagonist, she is bland.
People use Anakin and Luke as argument. Anakin was literally space jesus, and he had abilities, but not only did he train for years: he also lost. He lost multiple times, including to Obi Wan at the end of RoTS. Luke in the first movie didn't know how to use the force, and that's why he spends the next movie (5 years after the first one takes place, mind you) training, and still loses. Hell, even in RoTj he loses. He was saved by someone else.
Rey never had a moment she struggled. Never. And, when she was in danger, that danger was the REASON something GOOD happens (Finn decides he needs to go after her and so tells the Resistance what he knows), but even then... She saves herself with no difficulty. JJ Abrams tried to fix that in RoTS, but it was too late, and everything around it was fragile.
Now, don't get me wrong. You can love her character and these movies (I personally despise most things about them besides the visuals and Finn & Poe ), all you want. This is simply a friendly discussion, ok?
This is one of the most epic orchestral pieces of my childhood!
Este tema en particular es increíble. Te empapas del espíritu de lucha de la protagonista, justamente en el minuto 1:07. This song is incredible! You can feel the Mulan's fight spirit, just in 1:07 minute-
Teledramaturgia Chilena Takes me back to being 6 years old again
Anyone else get a bit of a Rocky IV vibe? Wonder if Jerry Goldsmith took inspiration...
IKR
@@nahor88 I love Rocky 4
The best song from Mulan ❤️
Ok
Not really a song but definitely best part of the soundtrack
best OST but best song to *me* is Reflection
Along with "The Huns Attack" theme
I’ll make a man out of you, is my personal fav, BUT THIS IS THE NEXT BEST THING
1:07 I get the chills every time
8 year old me: oooh shiit mulan letsss goooooo!
18 year old me (now): still same
Yess Broo
Goosebumps and emotions start running through your vain that tear you up because of mulan choices she made
This is one of THE greatest musical pieces in any Disney movie, in my opinion. Timeless, and still holds power of courage Mulan had.
I remember when I saw this movie in theaters when I was a kid, this scene gave me chills. The music is...!
Screw Eye of the Tiger, THIS song makes me feel like a total baddass
I think it's a shame not a lot of people mention the orchestral music in Disney films. "Mulan", "The Lion King" and "Beauty and the Beast" have some of the best music I've ever heard in film.
Not many people seem to be into orchestral music
The Hunchback of Notre Dame as well. Sanctuary is one of the best pieces ever to come out of a Disney film.
You guys probably already know the "Mulan was actually the Great Stone Dragon" theory, but what's interesting about is that it explains two things: why Mulan never fit to be "a perfect bride", or why she didn't join the emperor's council and went back home. She was always meant to be the protector of her family.
昨夜见军帖，可汗大点兵。(Last night she saw the king`s order.)
军书十二卷，卷卷有爷名。(with dozens of papers, everyone of them has her fathers name on it.)
阿爷无大儿，木兰无长兄。(who has no son. Mulan has no elder brother.)
愿为市鞍马，从此替爷征。 (She is willing to be equipped and serve the country for his father)
东市买骏马，西市买鞍鞯，(She goes to the market, buy horse and stable)
南市买辔头，北市买长鞭。(buy helmet and whip)
朝辞爷娘去，暮宿黄河边，(Leaves home at morning, rest aside the river at noon)
不闻爷娘唤女声，但闻黄河流水声溅溅。 (She can hear no voice of her parents` calling, but only the sound of the river)
旦辞黄河去，暮宿黑山头；(Leaves river at morning, rest aside the mountain at noon)
不闻爷娘唤女声，但闻燕山胡骑声啾啾。(She can hear no voice of her parents` calling, but only the sound of enemy horses)
--《木兰辞》(From the ancient Chinese epic, The Mulan Song)
The Mulan Song is a required study article in Chinese middle school. Every chinese read it, know it and some can recite it. Listen to the song while reading this quote literately made me cry.
By the way, the end of the Mulan`s story (according to the epic), is like what showed in the cartoon , Mulan was not punished, but rewarded by the emperor, while she gently refused all offers and returned home to her parents, married and continued her life as a peasant.
One of the greatest female character in Chinese history and all human civilization.
WATERSTARS19 Her character showed discipline, honor, bravery, love, respect, courage, love, determination and protection. She truly is a positive role model even if she is fiction.
Eduardo Alvarado Guzman She also had perseverance and she overcame doubt. She is one brave man, I mean woman.
Word crunchycookie. Word.
Fucking middle school all over again....唧唧复唧唧，木兰当户织，不闻机杼声，惟闻女叹息
Interestingly, her identity as a female was never revealed while she was in the army; when she finally did so back home, her comrades were shocked.
Mulan is the best disney film I have ever seen
I must agree...
Mulan is pretty good.
Although I think Lion King is better. ;)
@@Igbear 90s Disney is unmatched.
@@personaldove 90’s Disney is like the golden age of disney animated films
@@personaldove 40’s Disney
Honestly, this track is so powerful. You can feel energy and determination surge inside you. Everything coming into harmony. Words cannot explain. It just speaks for itself.
this song is way more better than the whole live action movie. :(
THIS. THIS SONG. THIS ONE SONG. I spent endless endless hours as a child searching for this song when I first found a computer, its always been one of the greatest Disney songs for me, it just gives me a wicked passionate feeling, and to be able to find it so easily now, its like a dream come true. THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH.
There is so much power and emotion in this track as well as the coordinating scene from the film, you literally feel something when she chops off her hair with that sword. I will forever adore this track as well as the Mulan film.
Determination, courage and sacrifice in one song.
Soundtracks like this are why these movies were so memorable.
This movie's lesson about how you don't have to be a man to do great things is ahead of its time. I love this movie, and I hope it helps little girls and boys see that we all can be a hero. After all, Mulan is using both feminine and masculine attributes to save the day!
Mulan is a shining example of a strong female character, and she didn't need help from ice powers or idina menzels voice to be one.
+Ricky Manson or adele danzeem
+Prielle Ker HAHAHAHA
+Ricky Manson in truth though she would have been hung and her family exiled for posing as a man, at least frozen is pure fantasy >.
+Philip Baughen I beg to differ. ;) m.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/new-jersey-woman-sues-disney-stealing-frozen-plot-article-1.1956319
+Philip Baughen you should read the ACTUAL history of this story before you say things like that lol
"I have heard a great deal about you Faa Mulan. You took your father's armor, ran away from home, impersonated a soldier, endangered the lives of thousands of men. But soon the world will know the great things you have done."
The Remake is an absolute insult to the original movie, complete and utter waste. This song along shows she knew if her father went he would die...yet also knew if she was ever to be found out she would die. It was a risk she was willing to make
@Logan Formagus you're so lucky you didn't watch the new steaming pile of garbage. it's stuck in my head forever now
It was not supposed to be a remake. People always get offended by that geez, the movie was supposed to be an another adaptation of the Chinese poem, not the Disney!! Yeah I didn't like the movie as much as I thought I would when I watched the trailer, but it still was pretty good.
The only references to the Disney were the song and the eagle (and I might missing others stuff)
@@wellsinner they’d be better of recreating the 1998 version. Especially the firework scene at the end.
1:08 onwards gives me goosebumps! Theres so much power and feeling in the music!
I really hope disney will use this for the live action movie of mulan
01/10/2020 Wow! Over 4K likes! I guess... this masterpiece will not be on the movie. Not even Mushu :( oh well... life goes on.
Sub 10-Zin Especially making it look more cool with the song!!
I'm thinking they will use a 100% totally new underscore but we will see what happens.
omg. it'll be so epic if they use it. The short hair scene was my favorite.
NO!!! Anything but a live action remake! That shit has to stop!
I hope there won't be a live action version of Mulan.
Best Disney character: she doesn't stand in a corner waiting for a guy to help her or clean the shit for seven men, but rather risks her life&honor to save her father. Also, good thing the movie doesn't focuses on a love story.
chinese story... that put up the level, even when revisited by westerners.
***** too bad i heard in the original story mulan was executed after they found her out to be a female.
That makes it even more dramatic and courageous of her. Imagine the similar story of france. A lil lady from the countryside heard voice and fighted for the army in the name of god. That's kinda creepier than fighting to save her old father. Humans only remember what they want to. French remember the image of a girl taking the role of a man just because god told her. It's a story about girl taking power. Chinese remember the image of loving daughter, that's an image of respect for family. We see clearly the difference between two culture that has totally different values. And it's not going to be possible to make a disney about the french version, cause the value it shows are just creepy.
***** it isnt just fictional characters we like to remember certain aspects of, and it isnt always the good part of them we remember and forget the bad, the reverse happens too.
the huns, for instance, often improved the lives of those they took over, often toppling corrupt governing systems and lowering crime rates, and actually they often didnt actually rule the nations, once they showed they beet them they left them to do as they wished.
the real life dracula, or rather vlad tepes, had a similar mentality. most like to remember him as a war monger, when really he was a man sold as a slave as a youth who broke free and went to insane lengths to topple the people who took his land by force in the hopes he could once again bring freedom to his people. hell, sure his enemies feared him, but records actually say his people beloved him for his actions lowered crime and brought some of the greatest freedoms to his nations. (but media prefers to remember him and many others for negative propaganda, cuz the way their enemies monstracize them makes for a more fun story)
Nakumare I totally agree with everything you said, but it doesn't go against my point. Whatever we remember, bad or good, it shows somthing about our society. If Mulan is a legend today it's because she is a symbol of a girl loving her family. And if Jeane d'Arc is a legend its because she is a symbol of a girl taking power. That's two different visions of the the woman in the society.
Mulan is and forever will be my absolute favorite character and movie. Everything about this movie is amazing. From the music to the way they played everything out.
I absolutely love this song. When I was young, I would rewind our vhs tape and watch this part of the movie over and over again. lol
I'm the next generation- I watch this on YT over and over again
Mulan: The Disney Princess with a large kill count.
She's not a princess.
@@Rubywing4 Who cares? -_-
MASSEFFECTfan101 a hero
She’s in the Disney princess line up, even if she’s not a princess
Even though she’s not a princess, though apparently Disney doesn’t care, she does indeed have the highest body count of any Disney character ever
One of the most epic, and inspiring scenes in disney history.
"Sometimes a true warrior puts aside his duty and follows his heart"
-Sensei Hamato Splinter
At 1:07
Getting ready for school like: PREPARE FOR BATTLE!!!
XD
+Sapphire Wolf lol
Hahaha ye!
Sapphire Wolf Actually, this theme makes me imagine a ninja jumping on every rooftops until he finds his mortal enemy and fights him in the cold rain. XD
TBH😂😂
1. Play this while doing my hair.
2. 1:05 begins to play.
3. Instantly feel like a badass.
4. Realise that I've just cut all of my hair short.
...FUCK!
😂😂
hahahaha
...DAMNIT, STOP GIVING ME UPVOTES! D:
...S'not that funny. >:I
You're missing a few steps after 4. Try these as well:
5. Steal your father's armour
6. Run away from home
7. Impersonate a soldier
8. Deceive your commanding officer
9. Dishonour the Chinese Army
10. Destroy the Forbidden Palace
11. Save everyone!
DISHONOR. DISHONOR ON YOU, DISHONOR ON YOUR FAMILY, DISHONOR ON YOUR COW.
Every now and then, a piece of heaven breaks off and falls to Earth where it manifests itself as a piece of music. Due to it's divine nature, the piece will radiate epicness... This song is one of them!
Can't help but have tears falling out of my eyes when 1:08 shows up, very powerful and touching moment in the movie. Mulan will always be the best Disney princess in my eyes!
Jerry Goldsmith is a genius.
Delwin Mennati Thanks...?
=O nooo he was so great
Damn straight he was great!
Everything in Mulan are great , including the coolest poster among all Disney movie.
I think Mulan is really the only badass female character made by Disney.
Bell is pretty epic too :)
Esmeralda is also cool I think. She does not take shit from anyone :)
Pocahontas was pretty badass but I would have to agree Mulan has to be the MOST badass
I like Pocahontas as well, but I don't think she was a badass. She never needed to defend herself. And when she tried to stop Kocoum from killing John, she got pushed away. But she is most certainly brave :)
she was more emotionally then physically brave standing up against hate.
Over 20 years later and this still gets to me, it's emotional, uplifting, melancholic, and just all around beautiful. I literally sometimes wanno cry to this scene and the music
(plays this while getting haircut at barbor shop) guy looks at me like wtf are you playing?
LMAAOOOO your comment made my day
lol LMAO HAHHA
that's a 'must do' for me now.... have it blasting while I get my hair cut 😂😂😂
jeremiahff329 this comment made me laugh so hard!!!
I've been growing my hair out to donate, I must do this when I have it cut! XD
The live action movie was like a punch to the gut to me. 1998 Mulan was not strong, but used her cleverness to her advantage, she outsmarted her opponents, worked "smart and not hard" if you will. She was a role model for me, she was relatable. 2020 Mulan is just some ninja abracadabra
Does anyone else have this intense urge to cut their hair right now?
yes
My hair's only like an inch long. Not much to cut. ;D
***** there's always shaving, lol
rainofjoysauce
Oh, I shave it twice a year. Once in December, once in June. Then I just let my hair grow out for six months, at the end of which it's long enough I have to start brushing it. Then I know it's time to lop it off again. :)
and go fight in you're dads place.
yes. : ( ..
Hearing the build-up and then boom! 1:05 the music is just awe-inspiring and 20 years later still giving chills down your spine. 🎼
In honor of the real Fa Mulan-- whose glory and justice were robbed from her despite her immense contribution to her country. Rest in Peace. ❤
This is makes me cry. I can see my childhood in front of me, I just wish I can go back to my old days
Thanks disney for build my knowledge and teaching me many things more than school 🙏🏻♥️🇸🇦
I know right... 😭 I watched Mulan on VHS every day because I went through like a Mulan phase. One of the best movies ever!!!
When Disney actually gave a damn. And how hard a titan has fallen
got so energized just listening to this gem of a soundtrack. Its amazing how a single soundtrack encompasses so many emotions in one go! Disney, you ROCK!
Other Disney princesses: I found a man and I'm marrying him immediately!
Mulan: Bitch, please, I kicked some Huns' ass and saved China.
yep!! but still ended up with Shang!! :D
TRIMC95 But not in a corny way.
TheIGITnBLUE agreed.
At least they get the chance to slow down by just inviting him to dinner at the end of the film instead of getting married right off the bat. ;)
Emily Jones Yeah...like Snow White, how she accepted an apple from a creepy, old hag. Or how Aurora thought it was a good idea to trust a woman with horns on the side of her head and prick her finger on a glowing spindle wheel. Or how Cinderella didn't have the backbone to stand up against her step mother and sisters. Or how Ariel thought it was a splendid idea to trust a sinister, octopus lady living inside a creepy ass lair with some creepy tentacle monsters (who used to be people)and some creepy eels.
When I think of my favorites Disney movies, this one stands out to me versus Little Mermaid or Lion King. The art style for one is so unique out of all of Disney's classics, not to mention the message and just everything about it. There are so many great scenes. Forget Frozen, I love Mulan.
Mulan is a war epic movie rather than a love story like the Little Mermaid, can't really compare it. I agree about comparing it to the Lion King, however the songs pose different heavy kind of meaning compared to Mulan. The message and the scenes, so agree with you !! nahh, Frozen don't even compare.
Workout song (weights and such), cleaning and de-cluttering song, decorating song, Facebook friend search or unfriending song, a song to play while printing a kick-ass paper or story... it just works. If your dentist allows headphones, put this song on repeat!
This song motivates me to study when I have to be awake all night, with all that pressure. Nothing motivates me more than this song
So yesterday my mom was about to cut my hair and I'm one of those guys that doesn't like hair cuts, So while she started cutting I played this song she inmediatly reconized it and just said "You're such a drama queen at times you know..." hahaha thanks for posting the song yo!
ElectroWings lmao 😂
LOL
OMG, those chords after the epic french horns. Can anyone feel them? Can anyone feel goosebumps?
YES! Its amazing
That keyboard sounds awesome
Mulan -Disney's most badass princess. Along with Merida.
Jasmine Dubois Is Hercules really a Disney Princess movie?
technically it should be because zeus was king of the gods, making hercules a prince and meg a princess, however she's often not included in the canon princess because it didnt make as much money as the other disney princess films.
Ximena Parsons I liked Meg.
Jasmine Dubois same
I thought Mulan wasn't a princess since she married a general's son. I'm not hating I still love her!
can remember going to see Mulan at the cinema when it was first released. Definitely the most underrated Disney film of all.
1:05 : I'm crying :'(
I can comprehend as well
we're two...i always dreamed of being Mulan :')
One of my favorite things about this track is 0:42 where the flute comes in, and it sounds like something crying. It reflects Mulan's fear of what will happen to her father so well.
This scene in the movie alone is enough to make me both cry and smile at the same time. It was _POWERFUL_
1:08 gives me chills every time...this song is so amazing! Best instrumental in the entire soundtrack.
This is how I feel when I force myself out of bed everyday for work, then when I arrive at work it restarts as I'm walking to the front door waiting for my shift to start and what feels like an endless wait for it to end.
My top 3 princesses would be Mulan, Pocahontas, and Rapunzel (that almighty frying pan tho)
xGOKAI SILVERx Yesssssss
All but Rapunzel, I would replace her with Esmeralda.
169 dislikes? They must be the Huns.
hahahaha
Hahahaha
438 now still counting
and Shan Yu
How can it be, she killed *ALL* of them...
If I'm ever going to be a Father to a little girl, im gonna first show her the story of Mulan not frozen or any other Disney Princess who's happiness depends on someone else, I will show her how Mulan stood up even though the odds were against her and although she could easily die either in the battlefield or by her own people she fought nonetheless for the safety of her family and her country. She was no soldier or a Warrior but she did what was necessary because she believed it was the right thing to do. I salute every person with a character similar to Mulan's.
Same here. Kudos for you.
you should show it to your son too, it's a film that all genders learn from.
Please show her this film. Thanks to Mulan, I ended up emulating the best of her. E.g. remaining determined during extremely tough situations.
Shows her bambi and lion king
No tiene nada de malo que parte de tu felicidad dependa de alguien más, el amor es la fuerza universal más poderosa. Si uno lo piensa bien, al igual que con el resto de "princesas" las acciones de Mulan fueron impulsadas por el amor, no el amor romántico pero si el amor a su familia. Si al comienzo ella intentaba encajar y llevar honor a su hogar era por amor a su familia. Lo que la motivo a sacrificarse y tomar el lugar de su padre en el ejercicio apesar de enfrentarse a una muerte casi asegurada fue el amor a su familia. Cuando salvó china fue por amor a su familia, sus amigos del ejercito y su nación. Mulan era sin dudas una mujer fuerte, una guerrera digna de admiración. Pero al igual que con todos nosotros su felicidad si dependía en parte de alguien más, de su familia, sus seres amados. Y por eso se decidió e hizo todo lo necesario para protegerlos
The only time i cried watching a Disney princess movie. Utterly touching.
Mulan: I should never have left home.
Mushu: Come on, you went to save your father’s life. Who knew you’d end up shaming him and disgracing your ancestors and losing all your friends?
You know, you just gotta learn to let these things go.
Mulan: Maybe I didn’t go for my father. Maybe what I really wanted was to prove I could do things right, so when I looked in the mirror, I’d see someone worthwhile.
But I was wrong. I see nothing.
*goes on to save China and brings honor to her family directly from the emperor himself*
I think it’s safe to say she really wasn’t wrong. We do see someone worthwhile
Now thar I'm much older this movie makes me cry. When she comes back and her father tells her how proud he is of her it makes my heart pound and cry
My mom used to cry to that scene cause she was a marine and my grandfather was proud of her too.
Sounds like the kinda music to get ready for a test
I'm using it for that right now !
Test of covid? Xd
My favorite moment of this scene (and maybe of the whole movie) is when she looks at her father sleeping, and softly smiles at him.
She knows she probably won't be back.
She knows her father loves her, despite their different opinions.
She knows she loves him, and she want to show him that her place in the world is where those beliefs will bring her.
People with bad taste on music be like:
"You like Disney's movies/songs/music? That is so childish..."
Ikr
I LOVE Disney
I tell those people to go listen to this song. LOL. This song still gives me the chills after so long. And I love it. This is going to be weird but I meditate to this song too >>,
Totally... like some Disney Movies were actually for kids!! hahaha
Me too :) I guess most people who had a great childhood does!!
There's nothing I like more than a woman who has a reason to fight.
I miss my childhood so much.... grew up on these movies
Stuff like Frozen or Tangled is cool and all, and classics like Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty are incontestably masterpieces, but the era of Disney from The Little Mermaid through to Tarzan is unbeatable
Yeah. Nostalgia definitely blinds me a little bit. But these movies were so special
+zingodoom Agreed, but the Princess and the Frog was also exceptional
Nostalgia definitely makes me favor these movies more as well. People will ask me about my opinions on old vs new Disney, and I think the only real reason I go with old is because these are the movies, the songs, the stories, the characters I grew up with. Every time I watch them or hear their music I have a weird urge to cry from the nostalgic feeling.
Tarzan, Mulan, Aladdin, and Treasure Planet will always be my all-time favorites.
Honestly, I'd say Renaissance Disney was definitely superior as far as story and character development went compared to Golden or Silver Age.
You mean little mermaid to lilo and stitch.
@@havenspringer No. I meant what I typed. The Disney Renaissance is generally defined as lasting from 1989-1999. Lilo and Stitch was released in 2002, making it part of the Disney Post-Renaissance which is generally defined as 2000-2008
5 seconds in and I'm already having a goosebumps. Masterpiece
1:07 when you step in the class room for finals like.
AngelLove890 😂
I FINALLY FOUND IT. My whole life I have thought about this song - it gives me chills every time i hear it in the movie, AND I FINALLY FOUND IT
You can recognize a great scene when characters express their feelings and decision through images, musics and no dialogue. 2D animated Mulan gave me more expression and feelings when she gazes in the pond then pray her ancestors while the music plays than many real actors in movies
The animated Mulan is way more empowering than the live-action Mulan could ever wish to be...
And Anna and Elsa, don't forget that!
Why the hell isn't this song on the original soundtrack?!
+FlyingPrincess it's a score
The score was later sampled Ubisoft’s 2014 best-selling video game Watch_Dogs. The beats are sampled in the video game score of the penultimate mission “No Turning Back”.
Exactly!
The best tracks are always unreleased. That's just how it is, I don't know why
It is, but only in the French version of the movie
When this song kicks I have goose bumps all over. It was like that when I was a kid and now as an adult. I always felt the courage of Mulan and how her desicion is something life changing and I always admired that.
This movie might be my favourite Disney movie of all time. Treasure Planet is a close second.
Best motivational music ever made.
I always come back for this track... The symbol of cutting her hair to show everyone she got this, and she can do it. It's my favorite song for the entire movie. Live long beautiful movies from the past
does anyone else workout to the mulan soundtrack but me? no?... ok. well, carry on.
Yeah but I keep it on a low volume so the bold meat heads don't look at me funny lol.
I just did
will do now, especially when running an extra mile on that dreadful treadmill at Good Life!
I work out to every Disney animated film soundtrack.
Haha I usually work out to the Hunchback Soundtrack