I don't watch war movies so they only one I can really think of is the Disney Movie Mulan.
The movie is about when a war in China breaks out and the emperor requires one male from each family to fight. When Mulan realizes that her elderly father has to fight because he is the only male in her family she takes matters into her own hands. She dresses up as a guy changes her name to Ping and joins the army. Her father learns what she has done and prays to her ancestors to protect her. A small dragon named Mushu is sent to help and guide her. The movie goes on to show her troubles and victories in the war.
Although it did have scenes of villages burnt down and an important character gets killed, the last like battle scene in the movie glorifies it a little bit. It has humor in it which nothing during war is funny. I think the writers of this movie had to do this since the movie is for kids. They can't like show stuff that would disturb the kids and they have to keep them interested.
I think this movie and slaughterhouse-five are different. First and foremost no one gets abducted by animals. Second, Slaughterhouse shows scences of war that little kids shouldn't see and there was a lot of dying in it. This book is definitely not intended for children to read opposed to the movie Mulan which is meant for kids.
Mary O'Hare would not like this movie. It makes war seem fun and like no one really gets hurt. Also it doesn't show any horrific war scences that usually come with war. She would yell about this movie like she yelled in the book.
Haha well that's Disney for ya-- trying to make light out of something that's pretty seirous. I think it's funny that you say she should yell about this movie like she yelled in the book. Haha I definitely agree with you on that.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was interesting for you to pick Mulan as a war movie. I've probably seen that movie probably 50 times, and never registered it as "war." I would agree with you that Mary O'Hare wouldn't like this portrayal of war. Although Mulan does get injured during the main epic battle, she still unrealistically continues as if nothing else happened. and the showering of awards towards the end glamorizes the whole thing. But I guess Disney kind of has to do that because of the child audience.
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