In the plot at the beginning of the film, as a girl waiting to be called a boudoir, Mulan is lively, cheerful, beautiful and intelligent, and even a little deviant and constantly clever. When measured by the standard of an ancient lady, it is obvious that she is not counted. Before getting married, ancient women probably had to learn the knowledge of women's virtues, women's words and women's appearance, so as to better assume responsibilities in the future family. When she was studying, Mulan was very much like us who liked to be clever when she was a child. She recited it carelessly, and in order to cope with the "selection" exam, she wrote a small copy on her arm. What can be gained? However, it is this girl who is not even a lady who brings us many surprises in the back.
The scene at the beginning of the film is also very life-like. The morning sun shines into Mulan's bedroom, Mulan gets up, and then let the pet dog "Xiaobai" feed the hen (probably when we were young, we all had pets or toys that listened to our own words, right? It bosses around or treats it as a friend). You must know that on this day, she is going to participate in the "lady selection exam" similar to a matchmaking agency to win honors for the Hua family! She was not in a hurry, still kept her usual carefree style, and galloped to the designated meeting point on horseback, "I am here!" The kind of straightforward and forthright character is evident. After careful grooming and dressing, she finally has the style of a lady. When the matchmaker called her name, she replied without hesitation, "I'm here, so I left the matchmaker with a bad preconceived impression of "speak without permission". Those feudal etiquette and red tape are completely a burden in front of such a straightforward, lively and straightforward girl. As a result, the rigid and old-fashioned matchmaker was accidentally teased by Mulan and turned into a big face. The matchmaker hysterically cursed Mulan that she would never find a good husband's house, and the ending was just the opposite of what the matchmaker said - such a girl with beautiful potential will be reborn in the future. How many in-laws can match?
After Mulan was hit, she returned home with the frustration of not being able to bring honor to her family but humiliating her. The song "Reflection" was used as a narration to sing Mulan's heart - Must I pretend that I'm someone else for all time? When will my reflection show who I am inside? There's a heart that must be free to fly. That burns with a need to know the reason why. Why must we all conceal what we think and how we feel ? How could a girl not be upset when she was treated so unfairly? And the father gave the most timely encouragement to his daughter when she was depressed, "This unblooming flower, when it blooms, must be the most beautiful one among the thousands of flowers."
Immediately afterwards, a military post for conscription came. Her father insisted on going to the battlefield regardless of her age and frailty. Mulan was sad that she could not share her father's worries. She was drenched in heavy rain in the rain. Finally, she figured it out, cut off her long hair without hesitation, and dressed as a man. Sometimes, in the face of choices, we need a kind of resolute and decisive courage, and this kind of courage itself is a kind of beauty.
Living in the military camp, she had to hide her identity, keep up with other people's training progress, and get along with a bunch of rough "stinky men", obviously she had trained a weak woman long ago. This reminds me of a TV show about the female Red Army I watched when I was a child. They graduated from girls' high school and joined the Red Army. They still wore a lot of makeup and were afraid when they heard firecrackers, so they were often laughed at by male soldiers. However, it is this group of timid, beauty-loving girls who are unaware of the cruelty of war, who have grown into strong female fighters who "don't love red makeup and love armed" in the hail of bullets. In the process of a person's growth, some things that seem impossible to surpass, stick to it, the potential will be stimulated, so as to achieve self-breakthrough. Looking back, these breakthroughs seemed so incredible at the time—human potential is really incalculable! So some people say that growth is a painful jointing process. This kind of girl who has undergone tempering, transformation and leaps, isn't it a kind of beauty that shows us?
Of course, thanks to Mushu and Cricket, the two gags, they brought joy to the boring military life. When the Huns attacked, Mulan was quick-witted, created an avalanche, repelled the enemy, and saved General Li Xiang's life, but her identity was also exposed and she was tragically abandoned. In the world of ice and snow, she was desperate, perhaps there was a force that told her not to give up, and she was determined to let it have a beautiful ending once it started. So she bravely rushed to the palace and told everyone that the Huns had sneaked into the palace. At this moment, the people in the palace were still intoxicated by the illusion of victory. She couldn't find anyone who trusted her, but she finally calmed down and used her wit to save the emperor and the people. The emperor granted her an official position, and she resigned without taking any credit and returned home. So far, Mulan has "grown up".
In "Mulan II", the film begins with Mulan teaching the children in her hometown to practice martial arts and get along well. I have always believed that those women who like children are caring and patient. Maybe when I was a child, there was an aunt who was very loving and peaceful every time I came home. Playing with our little ones left a deep impression on me. The later plot of the film is that Mulan and General Li Xiang escorted the three princesses to the Huns to have a kiss. On the way, they had a dispute with Li Xiang, who she admired. Mulan considered the problem from her inner feelings and was more willing to let the princesses find true love; Only consider the problem from the perspective of responsibility, and regard the completion of the escort task as an unshirkable responsibility. Obviously, men's stubbornness, easy to be disturbed by the outside world and contrary to their inner shortcomings are exposed. These deficiencies can only be made up for by a woman's flexibility and understanding and profound humanistic care. In the end, she even sacrificed her own happiness and married Shanyu offspring. Of course, she was rescued by Mushu in the end. She also used kindness and sacrifice to change the other party's misunderstanding and eliminate the other party's misunderstanding of herself.
One of the details is worth mentioning. When the princess was hesitating whether to marry Shanyu's descendants against her will or to follow her heart's choice to be with someone she likes, she asked Mulan how she usually chooses between responsibility and her heart, and Mulan answered naturally— —I just follow my feeling. My duty is to my heart. Loved the answer, "follow your inner feelings". This should be Mulan's comprehension and summary of the growth process - from an ignorant girl who made the decision to join the army for her father, to the decision to persevere when she was abandoned by her comrades, and then to insist on disagreement with Li Xiang. Self-determination, and finally until the moment when Mulan answers the princess's question, Mulan has enough choices to face alone, and there is only one mystery behind these decisive decisions, that is to follow her heart. However, not everyone can choose a relatively correct path at will, because first of all the heart must be positive. Therefore, Mulan's values and outlook on life must be full of beautiful and upward things. It was under the guidance of this beautiful belief that she made one correct choice after another. A kind-hearted and beautiful person, although he may take detours, will eventually find his own, smooth life path.
From this film, I get a more complete, more authentic beauty. Unlike the deified model heroes in traditional education, they are serious and rigid, as if there is no fear or cowardice. The Mulan here is very real. She also has times when she is lazy and when she is afraid of being depressed. She is also very human, with gag and humor. After all, joy is what everyone needs. The Mulan here is lively, cheerful, outspoken and lovely. She is not a so-called classical beauty. She has low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, a charming smile, and is virtuous and quiet, but she insists on justice and her inner beliefs. This is a kind of atmospheric beauty that the so-called classical beauty simply cannot match.
In fact, this kind of beauty cannot be concealed by any etiquette or family rules. Even the so-called Cheng-Zhu-Neo-Confucianism, the Three Cards and the Five Constants, etc., cannot suppress its dazzling brilliance. In the era when feudal ethics and shackles became more and more restrictive to women, when a group of perverted feudal men tried to "regulate" this kind of beauty in a system and tried to reduce women to playthings, this kind of beauty became more and more gorgeous. This group of feudal men who are virtuous and full of moral articles admire the morbid beauty of the weak willow Fufeng and the three-inch golden lotus, and use the so-called morality to satisfy their absolute possessiveness and maintain their strong dominance. At the same time, there are other A healthy, upward beauty flourishes. Those healthy, upward things, anything sick can't suppress its growth.
You see, the beauty that has been passed down through the ages is not only the beauty of Mulan, but also the beauty of Liu Lanzhi in "Poems of Mufu", the beauty of Zhu Yingtai, the beauty of Liang Hongyu, the beauty of Shi Xiangyun in "A Dream of Red Mansions", and the beauty of Yingning written by Pu Songling. The beauty of Qiu Jin, the beauty of Qiu Jin... They are frank, straightforward, lively, lovely, dare to love and hate, follow their hearts, live truthfully, do not deceive themselves and others, dedicate joy to the world, and transmit positive energy to everyone. Those who recite their deeds must firmly believe that this is a beauty, and deeply understand and appreciate this beauty. In fact, everyone is human, and no one likes fake, evil, ugly things unless he has ulterior motives and regards ugliness as beauty. Therefore, the praises of the ancients to these beautiful women are too understandable.
With clothes as a mirror, you can correct your clothes; with people as a mirror, you can know your gains and losses. When faced with this kind of beauty, I unconsciously want to reflect on myself. After watching "Mulan", I think of a group of engineering girls I met in college. They are smart, lively, cheerful, attentive, generous, and have the demeanor of chivalrous women. , or studying abroad, can not help but respect them. On the other hand, there are too many deficiencies.
In "Mulan I", at the end of the film, Mulan asked General Li Xiang, "Would you like to stay for dinner?" The grandma who complained about why Mulan didn't bring a man back with a man all humorously adapted, "Would you like to stay forever? "General Li Xiang replied that it was very good.
And I actually want to say to Mulan, I don't deserve your beauty.
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