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25th February 2012

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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.