listening to the mulan soundtrack lately. I like this movie. the songs are fun and silly and then when they actually get to the battlefield they all stop. the country getting invaded is mostly a plot device for this funky musical about finding yourself, until the quirky band of protagonists actually get there and find out everyone who knew what they were doing is already dead. there's no quibbling about feelings or self actualization in the final fight because the villians are just here to kill people and do not actually care. there's minimal romance because they are busy being in combat. the horses look really cool
really important: when mulan first cuts her hair and puts on the armor she scares khan the horse and he does the angry backwards horsey ears. but when he recognizes her he turns his ears back around. horsey