Mulan 2 deserves a second chance.

Mulan II. I have seen it before and have to say I did not like it the first time I saw it. Well I did but at the same time it was bleh. It was ok, but I was expecting a little more since the first movie talk more about how a girl became a woman by trying to be an army man.  

So, Mulan II starts by getting engage to General Shang, so far cute. Then the parents see that they have a lot of differences that they’re not even aware of, and like good parents instead of telling them what to do, they give them advice on how everything needs a balance, not too nosy for in-laws. However, there comes Mushu, a little red dragon whose character in the movie seems to be a personification for “shit happens”. So, little greedy self-absorbed Mushu goes on and gets involved in Mulan’s life trying to separate them so he can continue in his current elevated position as guardian for Mulan. All his attempts to ruin their relationship end up being failure because somehow both are trying to see past that and still love each other. However, there are other people involved in their lives as well and that is when all hell breaks loose, and they decide they are not meant to be together, go figure. 
Then Mushu confesses his mischiefs, Mulan decides that it was Mushu’s fault and tries to make up with Shang, however more shit happens, and it seems he dies.  

Long story short, she tries to finish the assessment given by the emperor, Shang is alive and rescues her from that with Mushu’s help as well, they marry and live happily... whatever.  

Also, there are 3 princesses who were going to accept an arranged marriage to consolidate a union of countries, etc., and they do end up with the typical princess falls for the knight in shiny armor kind of setting. It was kind of cute/funny, but that is beside the point. 

My point was that Mulan 2 deserves to be seen again because, again, they show some part of as real as can get (considering it is Disney). I mean yeah princesses and breaking the status quo in a day are not every day real life, but the other problems are. The Mushu interfering in others’ relationships. There is always someone who is going to be Mushu trying to separate 2 people for the sake of personal gain. There is always going to be problems in a relationship. By that I don’t mean you are going to fight every day, but any relationship has problems because let’s face it no one is perfect and we all make mistakes. However, the nice part of the movie, the part we should see and consider, is when Mulan realizes that the majority of her problems were outside problems, and also when they did talk about everything and compromised, even if that was breaking a little of societal norms.  

So, even if Mulan II ended up being a little more romance and princess-y happily ever after, there were a little of real-life moments included that we can all see and think about it a little before making life-altering choices. 

Now, I have not seen it in a while so this is it for now... 

To be continue (or modify when I see the movie again)