The plot hole I am going to be working with today? Mulan.
Recently, I stumbled across a post on a blog that was dedicated to the 7 biggest movie plot holes. Mulan was listed, because Mulan was sent home for not being able to keep up with the other men. It was pointed out that her father would not have done any better, he could barely walk without his cane and therefore definitely wouldn't have been able to run with them.
Definitely seems like a big plot hole, so let's see if we can't fill it in.
The best explanation I can come up with other than 'its just a movie, don't over think it' is seniority. Her father had a suit of armor just sitting in a closet. So, he had obviously been to war before. Mulan, or "Ping", was a new recruit who had never seen battle or been trained for battle.
So, my guess is that her father would not have gone through the same kind of training. He would have more likely been recruited as an officer or general. Perhaps, he would even be responsible for some of the training.
If he was of a higher rank, he would most likely not have needed to face the same tests - therefore, it wouldn't have mattered that he couldn't run, because they wouldn't make him run.
I think this point is further supported in that none of the other people Mulan is training with are older. They are almost all relatively young men. So, my guess is that older men, were sent somewhere else to train.
Or did not need the same training as their younger counterparts.
Or did not need the same training as their younger counterparts.
Either way, he would have been in danger because he would be leaving the safety of his own home to go out to where the battle was being fought. And since he handed his cane away, it might have implied he was the type to push himself too far and end up getting himself hurt just by not properly taking care of himself. So, Mulan's actions still made sense as a way of protecting her father.
In conclusion, I say it was not a plot hole. Just something that went unexplained.
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