Mulan 2020 Is a Failure in Almost Every Way

Honestly, I’d rather have a female side character with an actual personality rather than a main character with no personality

To sum up this movie: "Dishonor! Dishonor on your whole family! Dishonor on you, Dishonor on your (cash) cow."

"we don't need strong, overpowered female characters; we need strong, well-written characters who just happen to be female."

The Emperor bowing to Mulan basically makes her the second most important person in the country, the first of course still being the Emperor himself. The Emperor DOESN'T bow to people, he gets bowed to. Him bowing to someone like that is MAJOR. Yeah, Mulan can do what she damn well pleases, GOOD LUCK trying to "I am your Captain" her into picking up your latte, let alone marrying you.

OG Mulan's personality: Smart, selfless, courageous... Live action Mulan's "personality": Magic. Woman. Chinese.

The Kung Fu Panda trilogy respected Chinese culture more than this, not to mention how it was more well received by Chinese audiences as well.

As knuckles once said "you know Amy every time someone brings attention to the breaking of gender roles it ultimately undermines the concept of gender equality by saying this is an exception and not the status quo."

I despise the actress not only for her statement about her supporting Hong Kong's police brutality but then immediately assumed the position of a victim by saying, "You can all attack me now." Which is quite possibly the most spineless thing I've ever seen in my entire life.

I just think it's ironic that in their attempt at appeasing Chinese audiences, Disney misrepresented the beloved Ballad of Mulan, misinterpret a lot of Chinese culture, not have a single Chinese person on the writing team AND fail to have Chinese subtitles on Disney+.

Disney: There wont be no cartoon dragon or musicals in this realistic war movie. Movie: literally has sorcery and a phoenix as major plot points (neither of whom are traditional parts of chinese culture by the way)

It’s a sad state of affairs when a movie about an anthropomorphized panda learning Kung Fu is unironically a better representation of Chinese culture than this.

1998 Mulan succeeds thanks to smarts and hard work. 2020 Mulan succeeds thanks to being born with superpowers.

Disney: we dont want a dragon thats so unrealistic Also Disney: gives protag super powers and has a sorceress make it make sense Disney-

My favorite part of Mulan is how "A Girl Worth Fighting For" cuts into them seeing the ruined village. For the rest of the film they never sing again. Kinda cool tonal shift that I really liked.

I'm so mad they cut Shang (among other things) because Shang has genuine stakes in the war and has to grow in similar ways to mulan. He's also trying to prove himself and find his place but is forced to take on more responsibility when his father dies, leaving him in charge. People don't give him enough credit as a character who's on a quest to find identity and self worth just like Mulan.

I think the sister concept could've worked if it was her OLDER sister. Just imagine, Mulan had a sister who had already proven herself to be every bit the proper, demure, and delicate woman society expected her to be with a husband and a child on the way to show the contrast between what Mulan wants and what society expects of her.

As one very smart youtuber said "They want Chinese people's money but they don't want to give Chinese people respect"

Original Mulan: (Teaches kids that men and women can do the same) Mulan 2020: C H I

Oh yeah, I forgot something. In this version, there was no reason for Mulan to replace her father in this draft. The captain fellow says straight away anyone that doesn't live up to their rather high standards will be sent home. In the original, Mulan was only told to shove off because she was basically useless at everything. In this movie her father, who is even older and more frail than the original, would certainly have been sent home quickly. In the original he was subpar, but he wasn't nearly as bad an option as Mulan. He WAS a soldier, and Mulan is just some random little girl with no experience doing, ANYTHING relating to war. Hell she doesn't even have experience in manual labor. Why would THIS Mulan need to replace her father if their standards are oh so high? If their standards are so high, why would they recruit an old man in the first place?

The one scene that sticks with me from the original Mulan is when A Girl Worth Fighting For just stops and we turn to see the ruins of the village. It’s such a perfect tonal shift. It painfully forces you and the characters to snap back into the reality of their situation, it doesn’t lead you into it by stopping the song before or fading it out...it. Just. Stops. They didn’t come close to this in the slightest in the remake.