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Disney’s Mulan Deleted Scene: Reflection

In my opinion, deleting this scene from “Reflection” was a terrible mistake.  The song is beautiful, don’t get me wrong, but this added part takes a somewhat disparing song and makes being different empowering and strong.

WHY WASN’T THIS HERE

wow. just wow

I don’t understand. It’s beautiful. Wow disney. 

Yeah, Lea Salonga was heartbroken that they cut the song. I can understand why. This part is inspirational.

wtf disney :c

Holy hell the chills… <3 ;n; I cant even believe they cut this this was amazing

WHY DID THEY DELETE THIS…..

GOD I’M SO MAD

Okay

I watched this twice

and the second time

I fucking cried

why did they cut this I’m so angry now

And man those are some wickedly amazing storyboards, it would’ve looked spectacular fully realized.

Man, let me tell you, the decision to cut parts from a scene like this must have been so extremely hard for them to do. Don’t blame them too badly, kay. Someone probably felt like trash after it was redone, way worse than what we feel. 

I have a feeling it’s because they felt adding on an extra two minutes would make the song too long, and lose some of the audience’s interest. They cut the only love duet from Pocahontas because the text audiences attention started to dwindle, didn’t they? I figure it was something like that, so at least we got the song in its edited version!

I feel like it also could have something to do with the tone it’s setting in the story. If they intend to make this part feel like “Mulan is miserable and trapped, this is going to lead up to the do or die moment where she has to take a stand or end up stuck in a life she never wanted”, this is not the most effective imagery. All of the high-speed racing past statues and down rocky hills is very strong and free. It’s a good representation of who Mulan is as a character, but not who she is at this moment in the story. The scenario they chose with the hall of mirrors set-up in the shrine was much more contained, personal, introverted, and… well, reflective. Mulan’s arc through the movie culminates in her realizing that she should be proud of who she is and that her independence is strength, but at this point in the story she still feels as though her inability to conform makes her a bad woman and a disappointment to everyone she cares about. Using such strong imagery early on almost plays that arc out for her, it doesn’t leave you with the same feeling of hopelessness that sets up the events to follow.

Essentially my thoughts; This song gives away too much of the movie and in the process it changes the tone of this part, moving her situation into something which she’s actually striving to change rather than something that is just life. It makes the debate later weaker. Also I think a few of the lines are rather awkward.

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The tone just changes a bit too abruptly and even though it’s a great scene, it really feels unnecessary and a tad bit overindulgent.  I mean, for example, yes.. it’s cool to see her get up onto her horse and leap over the wall, being symbolic of her choosing a new destiny for herself.  There are lots of neat visual metaphors in this scene, but we get the entire message from it throughout the course of the final cut anyway.  here it feels a teensy bit forced and crammed in.  I also agree that some of the lines are a bit awkward and unneeded.  You don’t need to narrate everything the character is thinking and feeling to get a point across.. sometimes it’s best to leave some of it up to the viewer’s imagination and let the film run its course. 

Man I don’t even know how to explain what exactly it is that I’m thinking.  I like this scene and the animatic makes me sad that I never got to see a final animated version, but as far as the film as a whole is concerned, I think leaving it in would have made the pacing just a tad bit awkward.