Mulan - The Movie Nobody Wants

I'm tired of 90 pound women beating up proffessional soldiers. There I said it

The animated movie with a talking dragon and ghosts is more realistic than the live action remake.

They seriously took out the parts where she has to work hard to improve herself? That's like the entire point of the story...

My daughter was super excited to see this movie, she ‘liked it’ promptly forgot about it and watched the original. Pretty impressive when an 8 year old can’t even get behind your movie

Just to mess with Disney we should accuse this movie of being racist for having no black people in it.

Disney, go home. You’re so drunk you make the Critical Drinker look sober.

"Just because people start out better than you, doesn't mean it has to end that way." Well fucking said. A better lesson is taught by a damn animated disney movie than an entire college level sociology course.

"Why?" "Don't know" is the cornerstone of blockbusters these days.

Remember the time when Luke Skywalker tried to face Vader unprepared and untrained and lost an arm and was scarred emotionally? Those were good times

Animated Mulan: self-made woman Live action Mulan: empty-shell-made woman

Mulan 1990s: 😂😮😢😅😊🤪🥰🥺😡😨😱🤯🥹 Mulan 2020: 😐 👁👄👁

There's a reason Kung Fu Panda, a movie set in ancient China for no reason other than because it makes for a good setting that fits the martial arts theme, was more successful in China than the new Mulan, a movie made specifically for Chinese audiences. One is a story about cartoon animals starring a goofy overweight panda bear, but is about overcoming your own limits through hard work and effort, and was full of well written characters and an engaging story. The other is a supposedly serious low fantasy epic, but its lack of actual stakes and conflict for the protagonist makes it lwess realistic than the funny animal movie, and gives it much less emotional weight. Asian culture in general is all about hard work and changing your destiny by yourself. A Mary Sue will never make do it justice.

"If you have a little girl, have her watch Aliens." I like the way this guy thinks.

Original Themes: Honour, family, friendship, respect, struggle, perseverance. Remake Theme: I'm born special.

I actually thought 2D Mulan was pretty smart: using weights to help scale the pole, maximizing damage through inducing an avalanche, the ending fight where she disarmed Shan Yu with a fan and blew him up with fireworks, etc... Sure it might have just been plot convenience to get the story going, but the movie chose to depict her as someone who thought of another way to win rather than just "believing in yourself and you can do it". She worked hard in whatever she did and if her training wasn't enough she had the brains to push through it. Really admire that girl.

I was actually kinda excited when I found out they were doing a live action version of Mulan, as she's one of my all-time favourite Disney heroines. Then I found out there'd be no music and no silly sidekicks. After thinking about that, I figured maybe they were going to do a more realistic version of Mulan, more along the lines of a gritty historical drama. And I found myself pretty pumped for that. Then I found out that Mulan has special powers she was born with? And there's a witch in the story? Ug. Having Mulan not be just a regular girl with incredible determination ruins the whole theme of the movie. Even in a movie like Matrix, where Neo is "the one", he doesn't just magically know how to do everything right. He starts off not knowing anything and fails multiple times. If our central character doesn't have any type of growth arc, and can do everything perfectly right from the start, what's the point of the movie?

“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Agenda”

My 6 year daughter was disappointed the moment Mulan went to take the sword and suddenly she was in the armor ready to go. My 6 year old turned to me and was like “wait...we don’t get to see her get ready??” That was one of her (and my favorite parts). Mulan sitting in the rain, struggling with what to do, then gaining the motivation to go, steal the armor, cut her hair, etc. The whole scene was emotional, impactful. It brought depth to her character. This live action movie is missing the soul of what made Mulan great. It was a waste of $30. Even my 6yr old was bored.

Disney: "The live action Mulan is more realistic than the animated one." Also Disney: makes Mulan into a superhero, adds in a shapeshifting witch, has characters defy physics by running on walls, etc.

Part of the genius of the animated Mulan was her motivations. Her NUMBER ONE goal was to help her family. She replaced her father out of love of family. She wasn't UNHAPPY about getting married because a good marriage would be good for family. Her personal goals were entirely secondary. It was only later that she expanded 'family' to include her comrades and the entire country.