Hua Mulan

Point I Fell Asleep: ACTUALLY STAYED AWAKE
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Primetime
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1308138/

This is the Chinese version of the Disney classic "Mulan." I've never watched the Disney version , so I have no frame of reference. I also don't know the real history behind Mulan either, and so I was going into this movie blind. Anyhow, I really enjoyed the movie. I will say though that it was hard for me to believe that no one realized Mulan was a girl, which leads me to suspect that the "real" Mulan had to have been pretty ugly or had an extra Y chromosome in her DNA. The only problem I had with the movie was that it seemed "choppy" at times, especially at the beginning. When I say "choppy," I mean the editing of the movie left some minor plot holes in the movie. They easily could have made this a 3 hour epic like Braveheart or Gladiator and made the story a lot more clear, thus leading to a more enjoyable movie. This is my 2nd Asian movie lately and I've enjoyed them both. I'm torn whether I should put this on my recommended list because although the movie was very enjoyable, I don't know if that's just because I haven't seen an Asian movie in a long time or if American movies are really that bad.