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

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

I honestly hate when they take a “you can do it” story and turn it into a “born special” story that thinks it is empowering.

"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.

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

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

Old Mulan's message: You can be better than others, if you try hard and don't give up.
New Mulan message: Women are powerful and men are holding them back.

Mulan 1990s: 😂😮😢😅😊🤪🥰🥺😡😨😱🤯🥹

Mulan 2020: 😐 👁👄👁

The worst thing is that in Chinese stories, nobody is born knowing how to use chi. In every freaking Chinese stories, no exception, the characters have to train to attain a certain level of chi. The Disney version of chi is like the Disney version of the Force, which is women with chi/force can use it from the get go without any work or training. That's the 3rd wave feminist chi/force.

Animated Mulan: self-made woman

Live action Mulan: empty-shell-made woman

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

There I said it

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

“Conscription, but her father was old...and wouldn’t last 5 minutes”. Except the new movie made clear that sub-par soldiers were only at risk of being sent home, as her father would if he showed up, so she doesn’t save her dad in any way —- invalidating the whole plot.

Disney has managed to do the impossible: Make a movie with Jet Li and Donnie Yen that I don't care about watching. Well done, Disney, you cultural cesspool.

Disney: EQUALITY FOR WOMEN!!!
Also Disney: Women must be perfect and aren't allowed to make mistakes like men.

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.

"If you have a little girl, have her watch Aliens."

I like the way this guy thinks.

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.

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

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.