My thoughts on Mulan (2020) with spoilers.

[@jillevers1432]

I did not like this version of Mulan. Mulan was my hero as a kid; I love the songs, how the story played out, and her character in the animated movie. I like how she did show some feminine whiles be clever and learning how to be a warrior, really earning it. In the live action, all she was is tomboy and warrior like, and showing her skills were already perfect than any man. Also, I preferred how she cut her hair, proof that she was willing to do anything to look like a boy and join the army. One more thing, Mushu is the perfect sidekick for Mulan. The Phoenix in this movie was nothing more than an accessory.

[@brianaguilar8283]

Original Mulan was a much better feminist icon than this new overpowered Mary Sue. There really wasn’t any need for the character to be “improved” when she was already fine the way she is. She was a strong female character in a different way, what she lacked in her strength she made up for in her resourcefulness. Not every strong female character has to be Arnold Schwarzenegger with boobs, women can find strength in other areas. Mulan isn’t as physically strong as her fellow men and she knows this, and it looks to be the thing that might get her found out, so she quickly improvises when it comes to her training. She can’t carry the medallions up a pole? Too weak to do it? She uses them as a counterweight instead. Can’t sneak past the guards into the palace? Have a funny scene where your fellow soldiers wear disguises as women to sneak inside instead. She even causes an avalanche to land on her enemies because she knows they’re outnumbered and might not win, she’s a good tactical thinker and strategist. Best part is that even if she’s a great soldier that can ultimately save herself, she still doesn’t act like she doesn’t have time for a boyfriend. That’s one thing I hate about modern “strong female characters” is that they can’t ever have male love interests anymore because of muh feminism. I didn’t know being a strong female meant rejecting your natural desire to want a male companion.

[@D0MiN0ChAn]

Agree with almost everything you said, bar the "natural female desire to want a *male* companion". Speaking in terms of the movie, I get what you're trying to say, but in the real world, there are plenty of strong lesbian women who don't feel romantically inclined towards men 😉 Do they still desire romance/companionship? I'd wager that most of them probably do.

[@brianaguilar8283]

@@D0MiN0ChAn MOST women don’t choose to be straight, it’s ingrained in biology

[@jaixinwu3029]

To me, ''Be a man‘’ is the most important part in Mulan. Because me and my friends（we're all girls）used to sing this song soooo loud during break time in high school. And we were singing seriously, low our voices when we singing''BE A MAN'', and high voice for Mulan's part. And i knew it'll never work in remake, so it's a good thing they decided to remove the songs. But i never watch the remake. I already disappointed enough when they removed Mushu.

[@mmclean9560]

As always, your videos are spot on. I agree with you on all points.

[@TeylaDex]

you're again SO spot on

[@scribe951]

The Disney execs mixed up the Beauty & the Beast movie and the Mulan movie: Mulan should've been the smart, technical character inventing things (which she can then use to either compensate during training or enhance her fighting in the battles) while Belle should've been the one with the "superpower" - kindness and empathy, which I didn't feel as much from remake, but is a central part of her character makeup in the 2D animation, since it sets her apart from the provincials.

[@ThePrincessCH]

In actual Chinese martial arts media, Chi has to be cultivated before you can develop powers.

[@emhullum4120]

i hated everything about it and didn't think it was entertaining at all.

[@boo435]

This might be years late from the movie and this video, but the writer in me has sparked again. Since its a-ok to film already live actions of animated films, like the French-made Beauty and the Beast, I could be open to put the roles into any cast. Mulan not specifically belonging to both the woman and manly roles in society and finding her way of life was great. The live actions that Disney creates makes it so they're "darker" than their animated counterpart, however the chances of their new story turning out well is already shown in your video. Mulan not specifically belonging to both the woman and manly roles in society and finding her way of life was great deal, so I want to explore more into that. Mulan would have a really androgynous actress, whom before she left for war, was commented on repeatedly for looking and acting to boyish. (Too tall, to rowdy, hard headed, mean faced) As for when she enlists, the exact opposite would happen. Mulan had thrown herself into becoming a warrior, having no prior great strength, fighting knowledge, etc, and her appearance despite being to masculine for a girl, as a "man", (Ping's) all of a sudden to feminine. (skinny, short, weak, delicately-faced). A character flaw added to Mulan would be that she would start to get so agitated whenever someone, anyone makes such a comment to her during the war before the gender reveal. Mulan would take off her hair tie to redo her hair during training when one of her now close warrior men would make a side comment like "Oh, you look like a woman with your hair down.", to which Mulan sends a death glare at them telling them a bit too maliciously to never say that again. The scene where Mulan is found out of her true identity would be far more heart-wrenching and destroying, whereas Shang who had seen (Ping) grow to be one of his most reliable soldiers, one of his closest companions, literally saving his life and the army just before, to be now found out as a woman who shouldn't be there in the first place, and Mulan breaking down completely as now the person whom she prized praise from the most as a soldier was now repeating the same insults she's already been told all her life.

[@boo435]

Another add in I would include in the movie would be that Mulan *and* Shang look obviously young to be in war. Old, young, and middle aged men were included in the fray, to which another scene I would add in that would all showcase the vastly different ages of the enlisted, Mulan's quick and smart thinking, and Shang's role as a leader would be during the first days of training. Mulan obviously nervous for the war and the fact she's only a little girl pretending to be a big mighty man would be getting breakfast at a stall making small talk with the cook getting her bowl of congee, when she notices a figure in the cooking pot's reflection coming towards her. She'd look behind her to see an old man running towards her with a training spear, and swerve out of the way, throwing her bowl at the old man to stop him from both attacking and messing with what's left of the food stall. The old man would get up and yell at Mulan telling her he was just testing (him), and asking why the hell a little boy should be here with the grown ups, outright saying how he despises the immature, only to be stopped by another young man who *surprise surprise*, was the literal general for the whole camp, berating him for starting a fight amongst his comrades so early, and that no matter the age, all of them needed to risk their lives in and win. The old man later on in the story would grow to appreciate Mulan, apologizing for his past actions and explaining how he'd stepped up to be apart of war ((ironically because his son whom was supposed to come instead was born frail and would surely perish, his actions towards Mulan at the beginning were due to the fact (he) was everything he didn't want to happen.)) During the snowy mountain fight with the huns, this old man would die in the battle, with his last words to Mulan being "at least, I brought honor to my family."

[@magicwandstudio3141]

Wstch Mulan 2009, its much better