Mulan 1998

Let's talk about Mulan, a movie that I personally believe that both children and adults can enjoy.

Hablemos de Mulan, una película que personalmente creo que la pueden disfrutar tanto los mas pequeños como los mas grandes.

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Set in Imperial China, Mulan is a film that touches on themes of courage, patriotism and bravery. Fa Mulan is the only daughter of the family, she has little skill but a lot of determination. She is at a point in her life where she has to bring "honor" to her family, which, given the historical context, meant getting a husband, so she had to go to the matchmaker, and as expected everything went wrong. She didn't really want that (marriage) for her life, she wanted to prove that she could bring honor to her family.

"When will my reflection show Who I am inside?"

- Reflection

Ambientada en la China Imperial, Mulan es un filme que toca temas como el coraje, el patriotismo y la valentía. Fa Mulan es la única hija de la familia, tiene poca destreza pero mucha determinación. Está en un punto de su vida en el que le tiene que brindar "honor" a su familia, que, dado al contexto histórico, eso significaba conseguir un esposo, así que tuvo que asistir con la casamentera, y como era de esperarse todo salió mal. Realmente ella no quería eso (casarse) para su vida, ella quería quería demostrar que podía brindarle honor a su familia.

The Huns are invading China so the emperor decrees that one man from each family must enlist in the army to fight in the war against the Huns, the only man from the Fa family is Mulan's father, who has a leg injury, Mulan cannot conceive the idea that her father is going to die, so she takes the decision to take her father's place and pretend to be a man, she was not really aware of the magnitude of what she had done, they should not discover that she was really a woman, because the dishonor was going to come to her house.

Los Hunos están invadiendo China así que el Emperador decreta que un hombre de cada familia debe alistarse en el ejército para combatir en la guerra contra los Hunos, el único hombre de la familia Fa es el padre de Mulan, que tiene una lesión en la pierna, Mulan no puede concebir la idea de que su padre vaya a morir, así que toma la desición de tomar el lugar de su padre y hacerse pasar por un hombre, realmente no estaba consciente de la magnitud de lo que había hecho, no debían descubrir que realmente era una mujer, porque la deshonra iba a llegar a su casa.

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This is where Mushu, a cute dragon (more like a lizard, but hey! He's a dragon with all the letters) comes in. The ancestors ordered him to wake up a real Dragon (that must have hurt) to go after Mulan and, as expected, it all went wrong, so he came up with the idea of pretending nothing happened and going after Mulan and helping her on her journey. Mulan was quite clumsy in training, which was to be expected because it was the first time in her whole life that she had military training, she failed in everything, but she did not give up, she trained hard until she was at an adequate level. After a confrontation against the Huns (where Mulan had a great idea to defeat them), she was wounded and that's when they realized that she was really a woman, the law ordered that she should be executed for treason, but Captain Shang spared her life for having saved his own and ordered her to go home.

Es aquí donde entra Mushu, un simpático dragón (más parecido a una lagartija, pero eh! Es un dragón con todas las letras). Los ancestros le ordenaron a que despertara a un Dragón de verdad (eso debió doler) para que fuera por Mulan y, cómo era de esperarse, todo salió mal, así que se le ocurrió la idea de fingir que nada pasó e ir el por Mulan y ayudarla en su travesía. Mulan era bastante torpe en el entrenamiento, cosa que era de esperarse porque era la primera vez en toda su vida que tuvo formación militar, fracasaba en todo, pero no sé rendía, entrenó fuertemente hasta que estuvo a un nivel adecuado. Luego de un enfrentamiento contra los Hunos (dónde Mulan tuvo una gran idea para derrotarlos), quedó herida y ahí fue cuando se dan cuenta de que en realidad es una mujer, la ley ordenaba que debía ejecutarla por traición, pero el capitán Shang le perdonó la vida por haberle salvado la suya y le ordena ir a casa.

"You're unsuited for the rage of war So pack up, go home, you're through How could I make a man out of you?"

- How could I make a man out of you

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The Huns were not completely defeated and China was still in danger, Mulan realized that, so she went to warn Captain Shang about what she had seen, but he did not want to listen to her, she was warning the other people but she did not succeed either, until the Huns arrived and took the emperor, there they heard the plan she had, which not to make it long, turned out to be a success managing to save China.

Los Hunos no estaban del todo derrotados y China seguía en peligro, Mulan se dio cuenta de eso, así que fue a advertirle al capitán Shang sobre lo que había visto, pero no quiso escucharla, le estaba advirtiendo a las demás personas pero tampoco tuvo éxito alguno, hasta que los Hunos llegaron y se llevaron al emperador, ahí escucharon el plan que tenía, que para no hacerlo largo, resultó ser un éxito logrando salvar China.

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He came home and showed his father that he had saved China and gave honor to his family, but he didn't really care about that, he had his daughter home safe and sound again, he didn't lose his little and only daughter, that was what really mattered.

Volvió a casa y le demostró a su padre que había salvado China y le dió honor a su familia, pero a él realmente no le importó eso, tenía a su hija en casa de nuevo sana y salva, no perdió a su pequeña y única hija, eso era lo que realmente importaba.

"The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all"

I made a brief summary of this movie which I think is really good, my final thoughts on it is that I totally recommend it, Mulan not only proved to her family that she could bring them honor, but she proved it to herself, she was at a point in her life where she was being very awkward and felt she was an embarrassment to her family, that she could never have brought them honor, she fought and persevered, she improved as a person, she became more confident and self-assured. The phrase "the flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all" makes more sense to me now, no matter where you are in life, we must persevere and work to get out of it, we must improve as people and that is what I take from this film, that teaching.

Hice un resumen breve de ésta película que la verdad, me parece muy buena, mis pensamientos finales sobre ella es que la recomiendo totalmente, Mulan no solo le probó a su familia que les podía brindar honor, sino que se lo demostró a ella misma, estaba en un punto de su vida en el que estaba siendo muy torpe y sentía que era una vergüenza para su familia, que nunca podría haberles brindado honor, luchó y perseveró, mejoró como persona, tuvo más confianza y seguridad en si misma. La frase "la flor que florece en la adversidad es la más rara y bella de todas" me hace más sentido ahora, no importa en qué momento de la vida te encuentres, debemos perseverar y trabajar para salir de ahí, debemos mejorar como personas y eso es lo que tomo de éste filme, esa enseñanza.

Thank you so much for read my post, I hope you like it, many people tend to think that animated films are only a genre for children, but they couldn't be more wrong, animation is a medium, animation is cinema. Thank you very much again and I hope to meet you again in a future post.

Muchas gracias por leer mi post, espero que les guste, mucha gente tiende a pensar que la animación es sólo un género para niños, pero no pueden estar más equivocados, la animación es un medio, la animación es cine. Muchas gracias de nuevo y espero encontrarnos de nuevo en un futuro post.

The text was written by me
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