I Watched The **MULAN LIVE ACTION 2020** So You Don't Have To (warning: bad) 

Funny how Disney remade this movie with the intention of changing everything to not offend Chinese people but ended up offending everyone.

The best part about Mulan was that she didn’t want to be a warrior. She HAD to be. She didn’t start out good at fighting, but for her own sake and her family’s sake she literally HAD to learn. There’s development. There’s sacrifice. In the remake there’s basically no development and she doesn’t make any sacrifices because she’s not doing it completely to help her father, she’s also doing it just because she wants to. It’s such a difference and it’s what I think makes the original eons better than the remake.

Animation: "girls can do what any man can" Live action: "the only way women can be better than a man is with supernatural powers"

isn’t the entire point of mulan that she’s an ordinary girl and that other ordinary girls could see themselves in her?

“we want to make the movie more realistic” the movie: mulan having chi, can run on the side of the walls, has a phoenix, a witch

They removed Shang but still gave her awkward tension moments with that other dude. They removed the dragon but added a Phoenix. This whole movie is just a series of bad decisions

This movie really lacked the father/daughter relationship that the 1st one had. Like you're gonna throw away gold lines like "what beautiful blossoms we have this year but look one is late. But I bet when it blooms it will be the most beautiful of them all" and my favorite "the greatest gift and honor is having you for a daughter."

My biggest turn off about the movie is how Mulan didn't need to get stronger. She's already strong, and the reason Mulan has always been my favorite disney princess is because it shows her growth and how you can do anything you put your mind to regardless who tells you otherwise. And the movie somehow failed to acknowledge the main point of the movie. They turned her into this superhuman person and you don't see growth in this movie at all.

They tried to make it a feminist movie, but the original had more feminist themes than the ‘feminist’ version

Making mulan "born special" excludes every little girl who doesn't feel special. I hate the changes w the remake, that one in particular.

“We don’t wanna offend anyone” *makes a boring, stereotype riddled movie, reusing the same 10-15 lines over and over again and saying nothing original*

"I should stop calling children bitches." -Trin, 2020

The directors and writers literally just took everything that made Mulan such a great character and role model for young girls to look up to and decided to throw it in the trash

I'm still pissed they didn't add Mulans Grandma, She was one of the best parts of the Cartoon and I take 0 criticism

“We want to make it more realistic* Includes mulan being Spider-Man. I mean WHEN in the original was she able to walk on walls, HUH

In the original Mulan, she had to struggle to learn to be a warrior (along with all the other men, no one was born being good at their job regardless of gender). She had to face her own insecurities and overcome them, and she wasn't stronger than anyone else. She overcame challanges by persevering, and by using her wits. In this version she is essentially a devine being and was just as good at being a warrior when she was 8 as she was when she went to war as an adult. And she was physically stronger than everyone else, bar none. In the OG Mulan we were taught that anyone can achieve great things worthy of being honored for if they persevere and use their wits. In this movie we are taught that if you are a devine being you can break the societal norms and be rewarded, but if you are not, then you are shameful and should be punished.

Sorry but "It's my daughter that means a lot to me" is absolutely nothing compared to throwing the sword and the crest to the side to say "The greatest gift in honor is having you as a daughter". All this 'remake' did is show how amazing the first movie is.

And we enact the Percy Jackson rule, this movie doesn’t exist.

“If she doesn’t defeat him w/ a fan what’s the purpose of this movie?” Yeah, that’s pretty much all my thoughts

And let’s not forget that they filmed close to Uyghur re-education camps.

message of the movie: women can store arrows in the uterus

i love that they said we have to make sure EVERYONE KNOWS that she’s a girl and sent girlie into battle with curled hair and no armour

no one: literally no one: trin: the phoenix is ✨s e x y✨

In the animated movie when they were singing “a girl worth fighting for” when they stopped at the burned down village a thing I loved was that they were talking about women taht they are interested in but in the village they find a doll for a little girl and they see that another girl worth fighting for would be a little girl

they made mulan's father such an asshole in this .. like in the original, he was a nice dude and you felt bad for him but in this he's kind of scary wtf 😭

The writers were like: we are NOT going to have ANY singing, talking dragons, or Li Shang. But WITCHES 👀

If anyone’s wondering, they changed the plot and removed Mushu and the songs because apparently they offended actual Chinese people living in China. They didn’t like how Mushu made a mockery of dragons, which are a very sacred creature in Chinese culture, and the only song that Chinese people liked was Reflection. And they got rid of Li Shang because apparently there were some so-called unacceptable power dynamics between him and Mulan, being that Shang was her general. While I can understand them removing Mushu and the songs to stay truer to the original Ballad of Mulan, I don’t undertsand why they would then go and add in a totally new witch and chi into the story? And not hire a single Asian person in a main behind the cameras role? There was one single person of colour in the main creative roles (director, screenwriters, editors etc) and it was a black man. And the removal Li Shang makes no sense. Belle’s love interest is LITERALLY her captor who IMPRISONED HER for months, surely that’s got to have some wacky power dynamics? I’m pretty sure it was an excuse to get rid of character who maybe-could-have-been-head-cannoned-as bisexual

Trin getting progressively angrier at everything in this movie was me when i watched it lol, totally disrespected the original movie

Producers : how can we make this movie better Writers : sexy Phoenix??

The people who wrote the Mulan remake were given a DVD version of Wendy Wu, locked in a room and told to "figure it out". They decided to make a prequel for the Wendy Wu Cinematic Universe.

I would sum these movies up like this: Mulan (2020): “I wanna be like Mulan!” Mulan (1998): “I am Mulan!”

Also one of the messages of the original Mulan is that all girls can be brave, so by making her “special” in this version it defeats the message that ordinary people can do extraordinary things.

There is no Mulan live action film in Ba Sing se.

The producers: Mulan is not a superhero ehe The movie: Mulan walks on the wall and jumps like Edward Cullen in war.

AND THE FACT THAT THEY FILMED THIS NEXT TO THE MUSLIMS THEY’RE TORTURING IS FUCKED UP

I love how mulan basically ASKS to be executed. It’s not like “oh i showed my true self so i can be at peace” its “oh look i lied so i deserve to die” the message they were conveying is really weird.

When you make a female character only gain her strength through chi, your basically saying that unless girls have magic abilities they aren’t strong. And I know that’s not what the film makers probably intended, but it really just feels like it to me. In the original, Mulan gains her strength and power through hard work and love for her father, not some weird magic ability from birth that doesn’t exist irl. Edit: I didn’t mean Qi (I think I spelt it wrong before sorry) is magical or a super power and I honestly don’t know much about it, but the use of it in this live action does insinuate women need this Qi to be powerful and strong whereas the men are strong off their own accord

“This is not Mulan anymore, this is just... ‘cHiNeSe MoViE’” 😂😂 love you Trin

disney: we wanted this movie to be realistic, so no dragon, humor, or songs also disney: we added a feminist animal witch who paints her face and turns into a thousand birds sometimes

Trin really came for this movie's NECK and I'm livinggg for it. She basically explained everything I didn't like about this movie. Absolutely NOTHING about it is cohesive

the old mulan is abt how mulan, a girl, can be just as good, if not better at what men do, because she’s determined and used her brain and stuff. but in the new one, she’s a prodigy. she’s born with a talent for fighting, which makes her better than some men, because she’s born with “manly” qualities. the movie is saying that in order for girls to be successful, they must be “manly”. instead of mulan growing with her peers and learning to use wit and courage and being determined, she skips all that. her sister, who doesn’t possess “manly” qualities, has her destiny planned out, to marry a man and birth children. wtf. maybe im reading in between the lines to much but wtf.

okay but WHY did she let her hair down in a BATTLE???? it'll just get in the way of her being able to see!!

*Holds up a fake hand microphone* *has a microphone right in front of her* 😂😭

Someone else said it but wanna add it again for those disappointed by this poor unspeakable film. Mulan Rise of a Warrior is a Chinese film on the story of Mulan that looks at her 10 year war journey, is actually accurate enough to the poem of Mulan, and IS BADASS AS HELL. It is available on Amazon Prime and on RU-vid too

AND THE FACT THAT THEY FIMLED THIS NEXT TO THE MUSLIMS THEY’RE TORTURING IS FUCKED UP

The original Mulan did an amzing job portraying the seriousness of war, after they find the destroyed village, the movie stops being a musical. The shock literally cuts "a girl worth fighting for" and after that, there are no more musical numbers

When Disney doesn’t film in a US state cus of abortion laws but ends up filming in Xinjiang where they have muslim camps 😃

This movie was a disgrace to the original Mulan story

“What the f*ck is this??” -Trin’s official review of Mulan (2020)

Mulan idgaf if your old self died YOU STILL NEED ARMOUR ON THE BATTLEFIELD-

Trin fangirling over Ming Na-Wen is literally me when I was watching this movie. I would've preferred a live action sequel to the original animated movie just for Ming to be the main star and reprise the role.

I cannot fucking BELIEVE THEY DIDNT HAVE THE SCENE WITH THE DOLL. IT GIVES ME CHILLS EVERY TIME

Not them saying that they didn’t make it a musical bc the subject was too dark and serious like Les Mis isn’t one of the most famous & well loved musicals ever.

Movie: cuts out scene of her cutting her hair because it's not historically accurate Also Movie: uses a scene of her letting her hair down to reveal she's a woman.

"We're taking out the songs and the dragon to make it more historically accurate" *swaps the dragon for a Phoenix and adds a witch *

"I don't know his name" His name is Bland Boy.

The Mulan live action movie is like 2020. I had high expectations but ended with large amounts of disappointment

Here’s my take: Mulan is the Captain Marvel of Disney live action movies. Disney wants so badly to be supportive of feminism, but in the process it makes it seem like only girls with special abilities can be with the boys. The original Mulan was intelligent, and powerful because she was smart. Adding Chi to her character made this movie less feminist than the original, making it seem like only girls born with abilities can be on equal ground as men. Disney really needs to stop

“You are an impostor” “Fa Mulan has been ejected”

I remember being so excited that one of my favorite Disney Princess movies was going to get a live action remake and then every single change they did was a punch to the face: no Li Shang, no songs, no Mushu, no cricket, no grandma, there’s a sister now, she has Chi and is not like other girls, there’s no Yao, no Ling, no Chien-Po, the general doesn’t even die and the whole point of Mulan that I really like is that perseverance and hard work is necessary in order to achieve what you want; also, yeah it’s PG, yeah it’s a musical but the thing that I love about that is that when the song A Girl Worth Fighting For comes on as they’re traveling to meet with the other regimen is so lighthearted and fun and it symbolizes how none of the soldiers have seen war, they just finished training and are going to meet up with the other regiment, BUT the song just cuts off abruptly when they arrive and see the regimen literally massacred and THAT is such a powerful moment in the movie that shows the horrors of war and after that moment there are no more songs in the movie and I love that symbolism and it’s a downright disgrace to name this movie Mulan when they basically spit on the original Honestly the ONLY reason I watched it was because the actress who voiced the original Mulan would introduce the new Mulan and I loved that symbolism of passing off the torch to the new generation but now I’m like, she should have kept the torch Ps: I have read that there IS a Chinese version of the Ballad of Mulan and it’s very well made, it actually tells the original story (in which I think that Mulan went to the army with the blessing of her father after proving that she could defeat him in battle and that’s pretty neat) I haven’t seen it but I have heard that it’s a well made film that stays true to the story so if anyone wants to check that out that’ll be cool too

The editing on this movie was ATROCIOUS. my mom couldn't tell that it was bad but me and my dad were cracking up it was such weird editing lmaoo

The bad thing is they didn’t even put the most powerful scene where she cuts her hair

"If the movie had a scent, it would be ass." LMFAO! 🤣💀

Trin singing "Reflection" throughout the whole movie is literally everything 😂😂😂

The director: Mulan is not a superhero Mulan: **backflips off everything, has magical abilities, already skilled at everything she does, gets help from a literal witch**

Petition for Trin to watch the animated Mulan and restore balance to the universe ✌🏻

"boobies save lives, i'll tell you that. i've said that for my whole life"

Disney: “This Mulan will be more historically accurate” Live Action Mulan: has witches (a western thing) Also Live Action Mulan: in English Is it just me or is it extremely uncomfortable to watch this in English. I mean I’m CAUCASIAN but just watching this try to be authentic but all in English but like pretending it wasn’t was so weird.

the whole point of Mulan was that she WASN’T some special powerful person, but she found the power and strength within herself when she chose to take her father’s place in the army. it’s her realising she has the ability to be strong, she starts out being kind of a mess, like the best fucking song in the whole movie is of her training and becoming a warrior. kinda loses its impact if she’s already this all-around special warrior to begin with

Not even Zuko talked about honour this much oml

Mulan was quirky and relatable and funny. She didn't start out a good fighter, she was just considerate and sacrificed herself for her father. She wasn't "born special" with abilities. She was just a clumsy girl who didn't fit in and wanted to prove herself. She didn't always want to be a warrior! And the songs in the movie carried the plot and properly showed emotions! This movie has none of the original parts of Mulan, and the villain isn't even the same! I really dislike the new live action movies but this one really takes the cake

I had to watch the real Mulan after this to cleanse me of this monstrosity.

On your point at the end about adding music taking away from the serious tone, the scene in the original movie where they're singing A Girl Worth Fighting For and it's interrupted suddenly by the war scene felt darker and more startling than all of this movie

they literally shot the whole training sequence in a freakin concentration camp. like this movie just does not exist

The ending to the animated film always makes me emotional because the dad tosses away the gifts from the emperor to hug Mulan. There's more life to it than the live action

The writers: “We wanted to show a serious war” Also the writers: *shows one person take down the whole battlefield bc of magical powers, a few cool action scenes, no blood or mess, nobody is mentally affected at all*

this movie is genuinely so dull and unnecessary

“I am going in very judgmental, and not with a clear head or unbiased opinions” I’m gonna start using this now 😂😂😭

“they literally just keep shoving the word Honor in my face” *Avatar the last airbender flashbacks*

The movie turned out shit but also the fact that it was filmed next to the concentration camps and they thanked them for letting them film there pisses me off even more Disney really went downhill

Can we talk about how Mulan literally took off all of her protective armor before plunging into battle??

they literally were like "we're changing a lot in the live action because we wanted it to be more realistic and accurate :^)" and then didn't do either of that so what even is the POINT

Like bro, if you were gonna make it this bad, at least give us the grandmas comic relief and a hot Li Shang as compensation.

I absolutely adored Mulan (1998) as a child. The idea that a girl could be as great as a man, and the way Mulan evolved into a warrior through training and perseverance, inspired me. The best thing about her wasn't her physical strength, but her intelligence. Mulan (1998) was (still is) my favorite Disney princess. But this live action... Jesus, Mary and Joseph. There was no real struggle for Mulan here, she was strong from the start. The scene where she takes off her armor (?) and lets her hair down (???) and then suddenly reaches full power was supposed to be empowering, I guess, but it feels so meaningless. Even more if we compare it to the original: Mulan (1998) was never special, she earned respect through pure hard work. Another scene that pisses me off is the carrying buckets of water thing. It was supposed to replace the original task of climbing the pole with the two heavy medallions. But hear me out: it's stupid. In the original, we see Mulan struggling, rationalizing, persevering to get to the top of that pole. In the live action, she has superpowers. That's it. The message here is: kids, if you're not born special, then just give it up. There's no hope for you. Ah, it hurts me how much it sucks.

Live-Action Mulan: **exists** Trin: Stupid sexy phoenix...

The Witch and Mulan were enemies to lovers af

One of my favorite parts of Mulan was how supportive and understanding her family was. Like they knew she was different and a bit quirky for their time but they still loved her and embraced her strengths. They just worried that she wouldn't be able to find her place in the world and live a happy life. (Getting a match was pretty much #1 thing for women at that time which is why it was so important) I cried the first time I saw the Dad giving her the 'late blossom' flower speech, I still reference that to this day. Maybe they did show a bit of that and it just wasn't here but I really missed that.

I stan you singing "Be A Man" while Disney wouldn't bother smh

Trin giving us them vocals Mulan couldn’t

Trin’s literally wearing the most simple outfit yet she looks absolutely beautiful 🥺🥺🥺

Trin's brain be like: Harry Potter Order of the Sexy Bird

she was literally the Disney "princess" I related the most to as a kid (and inspired me the most), she was an only child with immense pressure to to make her family proud, she was not born special but she was clever and her bravery and quick thinking was what made her be able to save an entire country - it literally motivated me so much, and the fact that she was born with powers in the live action just makes her unrelatable from the get go :((

I hate that mulans dad was rude to her he was so sweet and kind to her in the other one

When will Disney realises that we don’t want remakes anymore

Something I noticed from rewatching the animated Mulan, was that the live action version of her was way too confident. Animated Mulan was clumsy and scared, because if she messed up, she would get *killed*. Live action Mulan stands her ground from point one, never getting that moment of "I can do this" because her mood that whole movie is only that. Animated Mulan isn't strong and that's okay. She uses her brain to figure out ways to outplay those stronger than her.... and live action Mulan has magic powers that allow her to become super powerful and she's strong from the start of the movie. There's no growth in live action Mulan. She starts the movie strong and ends the movie super strong because reasons. Disappointing,,,

I can’t believe that you didn’t say ‘are they gonna kiss’ when the witch died

I feel one of the little details they really missed out on in the remake is how Mulan is really shown to be clever and witty at the start, like her personality is that she comes up with a lot of smart solutions to her chores and stuff :(( And later she has to balance her physical strength with that. This film really did the original dirty :(

I whole scene with her father at the dinner table telling her to “know her place” was done ALL WRONG. In the REAL Milan movie her father always believed in her and loved her, but because he loved her, he feared society and their expectations. He was never mad at her when he said it in the REAL movie, he was just trying to protect her. It doesn’t make it right to say that but the point is he wasn’t insulting her or trying to demean her.

The part about Mulan having these qi powers that she has to hide honestly kind of reminds me of Frozen where Elsa is also taught to hide her ice powers. That scene where Mulan was like "No! You must conceal your qi!" made me laugh, like why are they trying to make her into Elsa? They're two completely different characters with different stories. Elsa grows to accept her powers and not fear them, which is a great message about forgiving yourself and accepting who you are and stuff. But this idea in Mulan doesn't work because she likes fighting and isn't afraid to use her qi, she only has to hide it because it's seen as a "manly" trait. It completely ruins the original message about how an ordinary girl works hard to get strong and protect who she loves. Her having powers undermines the entire concept of her working her ass off to achieve her goal - she is successful because she has special powers, she just had to let go of "society telling me I can't have qi" and boom she's the savior. I hate that they added that. Mulan is NOT supposed to be "special". That's the ENTIRE POINT.

Are you telling me they DIDNT include the cherry blossom scene???