Movies like The Lion King or Mulan have incredible opening scenes that many fans still remember fondly. Whether it's because of an opening song or a unique title sequence, or because the opening ...

Mulan's father, Hua Zhou, narrates the movie, channeling an alternate opening for the animated movie ... world out of fear she'll be exiled. The scenes play a bit different when you know the ...

doubles as a fairly accurate description of the opening scene in the live-action “Mulan”: Night after night my mother would talk-story until we fell asleep. I couldn’t tell where the stories ...

The slo-mo, horse-riding scene in which Mulan realizes she can embrace both her power and her femininity — with her long, professionally curled tresses flying behind her — would be that much ...

Over time, the bright palette she deploys in the opening subsides though ... Early on, before Mulan leaves home, there’s a brief, lively scene of her galloping on her horse alongside two hares ...