Mulan (2020) is a Trainwreck 

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i havent watched mulan but u better bet i will watch every youtuber review it

It's cathartic to see a movie Disney made to pander to China get panned by the Chinese.

If you're like Mulan, born with extraordinary gift and talent, you'll rise through the ranks, become a hero and serve your government with utmost loyalty. But if you're like Mulan's sister, very ordinary with no outstanding traits, you best be adhering to the norm and be married off to some unknown man. that's some really good examples for the younger girls, huh Disney?

Disney: We want Mulan to be as historically accurate as possible. So here's this giant enemy crab...

Disney to Mulan: "Somehow I'll Make a mess Out of youuuuu"

*There is no Mulan 2020 Movie in Ba Sing Se* _Here we are safe, here we are free_

I honestly forgot these remakes were a thing until I started seeing RU-vid videos talking about this movie.

disney to women: its either magic or you are nothing... and since magic doesn't exist... nice message, disney 🤦‍♂️

Taking out Mushu is bad enough, but replacing him with a useless bird that did absolutely nothing is beyond terrible

I also don’t understand how they can lose the central “girl power” element of the movie. You can’t say a woman can be more than be a pretty face and stand on her own, but then undercut it by implying you basically need to be magical for it to work, you’re really reinforcing that it’s not possible. It’s like them misunderstanding feminism in the context of a super hero movie, vs being an empowered strong woman IRL 🤦🏾‍♀️.

I feel like disney treats it’s audience like idiots.

Why would they change Mulan INTO a Marry Sue? She's the most badass Disney princess and doesn't need 'Chi' to do that, as the story progresses she learns and grow and BECOMES powerful.

A darker version of hunchback of Notre Dame might be interesting, but Disney would probably mess that up too

What annoys me the most of this movie is the fact that they had to make her the ‘chosen one’ trait. I felt that it took away most of the significance put into why people loved Mulan in the first place (especially girls like me). She was a regular girl who has flaws, living with her family that she loves so much. And even though she lived in an era where honour was really important, It did not stop her from becoming a warrior that everyone respected. Mulan knew she’s a girl, she knew that her flaws are evidence of disappointing her family, she even beats herself about it through song! Knowing that, in the end, she still went out to save her father, she also went out to find and prove her worth in herself that hopefully would make her family proud, training day and night if she had to. Someone may beat you down, but your worst enemy is yourself and you have to overcome that, no one else. Now tell me how more realistic and relatable is someone who live-action, is the chosen one? What are you telling me, Disney? Reality-check were humans (unlike someone who has spidey-sense), we don't got Mulan's chi, even the trilogy of Kung fu Panda understood that! we're not dumb. So don't go patronizing us

I refuse to watch any of the remakes because I don’t want to support Disneys unoriginal, awful and lazy attempts to make money, but I will watch RU-vid videos on how bad they are.

This movie is like a fortune cookie. It looks Chinese, but is actually American.

plot twist: Mulan doesn't age and joins the post Avengers End Game cast.

Old lady: What is your name young lady? Mulan: Mulan.... Old lady: Mulan who? Mulan: Mulan Skywalker Old lady: WTF?....

The lack of facial expressions of Mulan is so annoying to me..

When an animated movie with a talking dragon (voiced by Eddie Murphy) is more historically accurate.

"Just feels totally empty", that pretty much describes every Disney remake.

To Disney Remakes: _"Dishonour! Dishonour on your whole family! Dishonour on you! Dishonour on your (cash) cow!"_

Their definition of “adult” is live action, no music, and PG-13 level violence.

I think that Maleficent was probably one of the best live action remake’s because it changed the storyline into something new without taking out all of the fun elements and added a lot of great elements too.

That first scene in animated Mulan is actually even crazier and deeper in it's tone shift. They are singing "A girl worth fighting for" And when they come to the Hun village, they find the doll of a little girl who was obviously killed in the raid on her village. "A girl worth fighting for" suddenly shifts in message from a light hearted song about winning a girl you love and romance, to one about stopping the Huns from slaughtering their children. Up there with Hellfire from Hunchback for one of the darker moments in a Disney animated feature. That scene alone is more powerful and meaningful than the entire new live action.

When "Wendy Wu:Homecoming Warrior" is a better live action Mulan than this one.

"Feels totally empty" Sums up all these remake films.

*This is why I strongly dislike the Disney remakes.*

Disney: we want to make this closer to the original Everyone: ehh, ok. That’s fine Disney: hey guess what Chi powers

Go watch "Accented Cinema"'s take on this movie, he does a great job of explaining why the original poem and the animated version was so important to him and other Chinese kids then, and how this version totally screws it up.

Disney: Oh this remake has to be more real! Also Disney: *adds a fricken witch and chi abilities*

This movie feels like that butterfly meme. _Is this feminism?_

I feel like watching these takedowns of Mulan has more enjoyment value than actually watching the movie itself.

From the start, I didnt mind that they took out Mushu and the songs. The way I was told it was suppose to be a retelling of the "Legend of Mulan" myths, fables, and poems. I was fine with that. I was also fine that they wanted to go a more "realistic" like portrayal and have a "all asian" cast. What I'm not fine with is that Disney tried and sell this movie for $30 ontop of your Disney+ account and then used "martial art techniques" like from Kung Fu Panda and Crouching Tiger. And on top of that put a witch in their "realistic" mulan movie. Like if the Mongols could run up walls with ease, then the whole point of building "The Great Wall of China" pretty much useless.

It’s so sad what Disney has become one of Walt Disney’s quotes is “we don’t make movies to make money, we make money to make movies” and that’s not true anymore if it was Disney wouldn’t be making remakes they would be coming up with new ideas and story’s they would put their heart and soul into every minute of the movies like they used to. Now that Disney owns basically everything it’s like they don’t really care anymore. Take frozen 2 for example. The story is messy, it doesn’t fit with the first one and lacks originality.

The thing is, in their attempt to make this movie more "woke" they ruined the positive female protagonist. In the original, Mulan was a normal girl who was being true to herself and by sheer determination and smarts, she prevails and saves China. In the remake, Mulan is not a normal girl, she was born with supernatural powers. So it wasn't what she chose to be, it was who she was born to me. This RUINS the positive message to children everywhere, but more especially the girls. The original: "Girls, you can be just as good as the boys if you try hard and use your head!" The Remake: "Girls, you can only be as good as the boys if you're magic!"

Mulan’s scene in Ralph Breaks the Internet was more interesting than the whole film itself

It’s a shame because this had the most potential. But when she started flipping around as a child I was ready to turn it off. Why did they make her “special” instead of making her persevere for her father.

They put the witch in because now she’s a princess yo. All princesses need a witch or evil queen.

The whole point of Mulan’s story is showing how she’s born to be a quiet, graceful girl and an obedient wife, but fights for a different future. The whole point is that she’s not special, but she has a spark of a goofy, clumsy, tomboy personality, which then leads her onto great things. But the remake hands power to her on a silver platter, destroying the morals of her having to fight and work hard to become a more than just a woman. And hell, she doesn’t even fight to become stronger on purpose. She joins the army to save her father, not to prove herself to anyone. She kind of stumbles into her full potential, rather than chases it, which I think is awesome, and makes the whole tale lighthearted. Mulan is supposed to be about becoming more powerful from making your own decisions and being brave enough to let your true heart shine through. And the story can apply to either girls OR boys! They made the story about a boring, serious character who uses superhuman magical powers to fight off magic witches and be a feminist :( As a teenage girl who’s been greatly inspired by Mulan since I was a little girl and loved the lightness and humour of her story, it’s disappointing and heartbreaking that they butchered something so great. Edit: also wtf no shirtless Li Shang, what is this sh-

Fun fact: The actress that plays Mulan is actually known for her bad and emotionless acting in China. Apparently, she does this so that she can look pretty.

I'm honestly confused by the decision about Mulan's abilities. Someone will say "herp derp SJW ruined everything" but i don't think that's right because the original was already a pretty "empowering" movie BUT it was also really clever about it. Mulan in the animated movie is not insanely strong or some kind of super-warrior, she is just smart, every victory comes from her mind (understanding how to climb the pole during the training, causing the avalanche, sneaking up in the palace etc...). I'm pretty sure that the only time she "fight" in the animated movie is when she disarm the main antagonist before he gets blow up by a firework. So if the intention was really to be more empowering...well the end result is actually the opposite.

So... it just sounds like a bog standard Disney live action film. Soulless.

No one is talking about the fact that they didn't have a Chinese director. I feel like that might have helped.

Disney: we remaking Mulan more realistic and grounded, no more Mushu or Captain Shang. Also Disney: Mulan is now Rey but in the Matrix but also Hidden Tiger Crouching Dragon.

the weirdest thing about this movie is how they kept her name as mulan instead of changing it to mary sue, which is more fitting

I liked how the old mulan was like "smart and creative" while this time she's mostly just strong... The old film was very intriguing in the strategies Mulan used, and she herself in the singing said that she liked smart people or something in like a girl worth fighting for

i love how early reviews which were coming out was like mulan is one of the best disney remakes cause its actually kinda different. Now all i see is "Mulan: Worst disney remake yet"

"Mulan failed because it was directed by a American white man!!" And I was today years old when I learned the Director is actually a lady from New Zeeland.

Love how this movie is being boycotted by so many people LOL - by fans of the original, hk supporters, Tibetan supporters, Xinjiang supporters, Hmong people against Doua Moua for being transphobic and anti-blm, and Chinese nationalists because Liu Yifei called herself Asian instead of Chinese lol

Mulan pitch meeting: “let’s make mulan, but take all the fun of it” Genius!

I don't like how this movie decided human rights were secondary to "security" and filmed in front of Xianjing yet earlier they boycotted Georgia because of a stance they took.

If the Tangled Live action movie is horrible I’m going to literally sue Disney

What if Hollywood remade Live-Action Movies as Animated ones? (This comment was inspired from a Tweet from Twitter.)

They said they would stop when they didnt make any more money, thankfully that day might have come

Mulan 1998: Mulan starts out like pre-serum Steve Rogers and had to prove herself. Mulan 2020: Mulan starts out like Carol Danvers and doesn’t have any character development.

Such an irony of this movie having actors who are anti Hong Kong using wire work which was made popular by HK

This movie is just a crouching tiger hidden dragon wannabe

I miss when Mulan was just a regular person trying her best rather then the magical chosen one running on walls.

Honestly, I think "Up until now you were boys playing soldiers" is a great line, it probably wasn't implemented well.

Fun fact: Liu Yifeis nickname is 面瘫 (face paralysis) due to her questionable acting ability

Disney 98: A woman can do anything they want with hardwork and determination. Disney 2020: A woman can anything only if they are born with special talent like the force or chi

All these McDonald's ads and you didn't use the Szechuan sauce as a cheap joke... You have done well.

This looks like a remastered 90s Kung Fu film, not a 2020 multimillion dollar budget Disney film

the movie is boring, its like there is no flow between the scenes. one scene after another but there is no continuity

The only thing that caught my eye was the wardrobe colors

How to kill your acting career in 2 mins, Disney Style: Say that the police brutality in Hong Kong is justified leading to a Boycott from Hongkongers

They turned Mulan into a bad Star Wars.

Maybe the real mulan was the friends we made in the concentration camps of uyghurs

I refuse to watch it. I refuse to give Disney money for these soulless factory movies. I refuse to watch a film filmed in Xinjiang with the help of Chinese authorities, and thanks them in it's credits. I refuse to support a shitty lead actress who supports the brutal oppression in Hong Kong. I think this might be a turning point for Hollywood. The only way they could have pandered more to the CCP would've been make the villains the Japanese. And even so it got banned from Chinese media. Combined with Western audiences boycotting the film due to it's Chinese connections and you have a hilariously bad flop. The China related backlash of course isn't the only reason for the box office bomb, the exclusive subscription to Disney+ and the ridiculous pay to view markup ontop of that is certainly another reason why audiences have shown little interest in the film. Audience fatigue towards the Disney remakes and their bad reputation is also playing a role. All in all it's very entertaining to watch Hollywood get bitch slapped like this.

This movie really brings (dis)honor to the original

Guaranteed the first sin in the CinemaSins video will be “This movie exists.” That essentially summarizes my feelings on all of these Disney remakes.

so mulan is going through dash's character arc from the incredibles? where he learns to use his superpowers without feeling ashamed?

I like how you’re so amazingly calm. The reason I’m shocked is because the first video I saw on this topic was by Schaffrillas Productions and let’s just say..... *he mildly disliked it*

Don’t forget that Mulan (2020) is brought to you by people running concentration camps.

It genuinely pisses me off that filmmakers still don't know that creating a strong character relies on them being relatable rather than invincible

I pirated this movie and *I still want my money back!*

I saw the trailer on tv today and they are using original songs to promote the film Like if you are going to cut all the songs from the film dont use the original songs to promote it

What bugs me most about Mulan 2020 is that it exists largely as a reaction to the poor performance of Mulan 1998 in the Chinese market, and yet somehow ends up being more tone-deaf to Chinese cultural norms (the main complaint of Chinese audiences toward the original) than the original. Disney actually invested a *ton* of money back in the day to even get it screened in China and were hit quite hard by the poor reception, and once again we see a huge investment in the Chinese market in the remake, using Chinese actors, filming on location in China, getting a hardline CCP supporter to star, etc... though we of course also see a script written by 4 white people and no Chinese consultants able to explain everything these writers were doing wrong. For example, China hated Mushu. Sure he's a beloved character in the West, but Chinese audiences were quite annoyed to have mythical creatures showing up in an adaptation of a poem notably lacking in fantastical elements. So, they got rid of Mushu... and then added in a phoenix and a witch and qi powers and make the problem even worse than what they started with. 400 IQ move Disney, 400 IQ move. You can also see a token attempt to pay more lip service to the poem by increasing the emphasis on Mulan being in a cavalry unit (historians broadly agree that this was one of the bigger reasons Mulan was able to go undetected as well as she did; cavalry had more privacy than infantry and was a bit less dependent on upper body strength)... that was rendered basically inconsequential by turning it into a superhero movie. Like, I'm not even Chinese (I just like reading Chinese fantasy novels (which means I'm more familiar with ancient norms (which are very much viewed as outdated today) than modern ones... but those ancient and outdated norms that make it into pop fantasy novels (usually alongside more modern norms) are the norms modern audiences still remember and are familiar with)) and I haven't seen the movie (I'm honestly probably not going to bother)... but just by looking at trailer and review footage I can easily pick out half a dozen decisions (*unbound hair?* That's not just barbaric by 6th century standards, it's barbaric to the point of suggesting a rejection of humanity entirely (and importantly carries no gendered implication)) that I just know are going to backfire on Disney in the Chinese market specifically, not to mention all the more general issues that will apply basically equally to all markets.

“Worse version of exactly what came before” Sounds like the Star Wars sequel trilogy

Meanwhile mainstream critics are praising the hell out of it, just like with all of the other uncreative remakes Disney has churned out over the past few years.

When will Disney ever learn to stop making bad sequels and Remakes .All Of them are a huge disrespect to the original.Dont make me get started about the Horrible acting . This movie was soooooo bad that it’s I’ll say it’s as bad as the LAST AIRBENDER MOVIE. This movie gets a -10000000/10 Make a vid on Ben afflecks career

I feel like Live action Mulan took the Stone Dragon theory too literal and gave her powers cuz of that, when in the original cartoon one the stone dragon theory reflects on her accomplishments and wits rather then any actual ancestral power. For example causing the avalanche would be a tremendously difficult task and yet she was able to pull it off.

I'm sorry, did they run directly up a vertical wall after launching off horse back?

So your telling me Mulan is a superhero, but we can’t get a talking dragon. If you going to be realistic go all in on it.

I was watching this movie and embarrassed to be Asian. It was so cringe throughout, so hard to watch.

It suffers from the same problem they had with Rey in Starwars, when you have a character that is just great at everything right out of the gate there is nowhere for the character to develop.

I’m definitely stating the obvious here, but company’s seriously need to stop remaking or rebooting good things and making them worse.

First time watching this movie I was like ‘ is this even Mulan?’

Haven’t watched Mulan. But from all the reviews, it sounds like another ‘The Last Airbender’.

Hollywood's empowered female characters guide: make them all Mary Sues.

It’s really wonderful to see a commentary video that isn’t afraid to take apart the problems in a bad movie while still being so respectful to the people who created it. I love seeing intelligent, even constructive criticism instead of the cheap shots and general hate that channels (like cinema sins) manage to get so popular for.

I have convinced myself that a story with great writing just simply aren’t in movies anymore. They’re glorified music videos meant as background noise. In this new age of media, Tv shows are where you can find at least a tangible storyline with captivating characters. Movies, on the other hand, are supposed to be mediocre or terrible just for the sake of profit. Remake after remake after remake, this has become perfectly clear to me.

Imagine if the story behind Mulan 2020 was about freeing the thousands of people interned in the labor camps where the movie was shot.

Man, for years I thought I didn't even really have a childhood hero. Only when I got older I noticed it was Mulan. The message the original Disney movie conveied was so poweful and emotional and managed to catch me every time and I have watched the movie literally hundrets of times. I still get goosebumps. I later even went to stuy Japanese - not exactly the same, but Mulan made me discover my interests in Asia which later shifted more towards Japan. I watched the original Chinese version of Mulan, too and liked it okay. The moment I saw the first scenes of the new live action movie, I knew that they were - once again - trying to put the American stamp on a perfectly fine story from an other culture. The animated version by Disney was the right way to adapt the story and it should have been left at that. Original Disney Mulan was so relatable to me as a child with her struggle of not being very girly and trying to fit in and actually pushing herself out of devotion for her family, while new Mulan is just another plain and boring Mary Sue.

2:00 - Captain Midnight's a poet and he doesn't even know it.

You ever met Ming Na in person? She has charisma coming out her eyeballs.

It's crazy to think that there were two things that the entire world came together in agreement on. One: loving Tiger King and Two: despising Mulan 2020.

Can we get an F in the chat for everyone who bought this, including me 😔