Mulan (2020): Disney Remakes claim another soul....

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    "Mature, Empowering and cUltuRally sEnSitiVe...." Mulan fails at it all.
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  • @LittleIcarus
    @LittleIcarus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5862

    Animated Mulan: Let's get down to business, to defeat the Huns!
    Live-Action Mulan: Let's get down to business, to defeat the Fun!

    • @lyannarhodes5205
      @lyannarhodes5205 3 ปีที่แล้ว +171

      THIS IS SUCH AN UNDERRATED COMMENT LMAO

    • @floskywalker6220
      @floskywalker6220 3 ปีที่แล้ว +230

      Did they write a good script, when I asked for mud?

    • @cintronproductions9430
      @cintronproductions9430 3 ปีที่แล้ว +213

      To be hip and woke, you gotta be as OP as a joke, even if it makes you bland and uncool! Yes ma'am, I will make you, a Mary Sue!

    • @lovewingdovewing
      @lovewingdovewing 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      😂

    • @GrandCorsair
      @GrandCorsair 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      This comments cleared acne.

  • @ackee39
    @ackee39 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9367

    This movie is a dishonor on everybody's cows

    • @disneyvillainsfan1666
      @disneyvillainsfan1666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +148

      You got that right.

    • @gamebawesome
      @gamebawesome 3 ปีที่แล้ว +279

      Certainly a dishonors on Disney’s Cash Cow

    • @ThePorcelainMoth
      @ThePorcelainMoth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yep

    • @jackiegonzalez6814
      @jackiegonzalez6814 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      🐮🐄🍼🥛

    • @ackee39
      @ackee39 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      @Quilo Sky If so, im genuinely happy you enjoyed it, because if you liked it, I guess this movie isn't completely worthless, eh?

  • @_yukidori_8398
    @_yukidori_8398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4036

    Kung Fu Panda 3 does a better job at explaining chi then Mulan does

    • @DemonicRemption
      @DemonicRemption 3 ปีที่แล้ว +489

      @Ya Like Jazz?
      So a kids' animated film did a better than this "mature live action remake?"
      Actually that's not surprising as hints of Kung Fu Panda having a good grasp of chi and Chinese martial arts was in the first film. Showing that Kung Fu Panda's tea did there research unlike these nimrods!!!!

    • @Leftijirox
      @Leftijirox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      And thats saying a LOT

    • @tomasyevenes7558
      @tomasyevenes7558 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      let that sink in

    • @bloodcottoncandy1514
      @bloodcottoncandy1514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +151

      @@DemonicRemption It kind of makes sense. Jack Black has been quite vocal about his interests in how rad Chinese martial arts is.

    • @conic2721
      @conic2721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      @prickly pear 3 is the worst one, but it is a really good movie.
      Kung Fu Panda 2 is one of my favorite movies, together with Back to the Future, Infinity War and some more.

  • @metademetra
    @metademetra 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2127

    "This is the grown up version"
    No it is not. The original expected a lot out of kids emotionally. This meanwhile doesn't even trust adults to understand any emotional depth.

    • @jeremyusreevu237
      @jeremyusreevu237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +168

      We don't even need a "grown up" version of things. Because even when you're an adult, you can still watch stuff like Spongebob and Good Burger. Just because you're an adult, doesn't mean you have to like adult things and nothing else. If anything, I tend to move away from darker, more adult material, and go towards light, campy schlock. Because that's who I am.

    • @metademetra
      @metademetra 3 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      @@jeremyusreevu237 And aside from that, being brooding and dark isn't always more adult. Like nobody is gonna defend Batman v Superman because it's a "more adult superhero movie."

    • @jack90054
      @jack90054 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@metademetra Exactly, the original Mulan is a animated kids movie, but it has extremely adult messages that can be appreciated when you looked back on it many years later (Like how it actually does feminism properly). Also, it's DARK at times, like an entire village being wiped out and everyone is hinted to be brutally massacred (including children), or Mulan being abandoned right after she saved everyone just because she's female.

    • @RedRoseSeptember22
      @RedRoseSeptember22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jeremyusreevu237 Same :)

    • @thecrabs2131
      @thecrabs2131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I like how here people are talking and agreeing, other then arguing and telling each that they are wrong because they have a different opinion.

  • @sakuracardcaptor4709
    @sakuracardcaptor4709 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2248

    Mulan 2020: Doesn't save China for her family, but for the Emperor only.
    Mulan 1998: Values her family and will protect them at all costs.

    • @enthiegavoir5955
      @enthiegavoir5955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      Kind of weird that their appeal to China involves dedication to one leader...

    • @despinasgarden.4100
      @despinasgarden.4100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      @@enthiegavoir5955 China also values family a lot ... That makes the scene were she trows away her armor even worse because the armor was from her dad.

    • @furimindustries3410
      @furimindustries3410 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      By throwing away her father's armor she has brought dishonor on herself and her cow.

    • @liviwaslost
      @liviwaslost 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Did none of them go to a world history class? I'm still learning world history and even I know this. This shit is embarrassing.

    • @fluxuous6907
      @fluxuous6907 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Yeah, in the original, saving China was simply a result of Mulan protecting her family, here it seems like she's just doing it to save china.

  • @kingsleycy3450
    @kingsleycy3450 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2317

    "Empowering women means slamming down on feminine things!" If only Disney were so self aware...

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      Remember kids:
      If you use armor or any defensive strategy or even strategy at all, you're a
      bad person.
      It's neither feminine nor manly to use Armor or Strategy or anything.
      The only thing manly and feminine is Buckets of Water.
      That and Monster Trucks.
      YEAH!
      Seriously: All this reminds of 'The Last Airbender', that disaster.
      Why the heck do some people still cling to Netflix?
      Dont they know just how many people need to Greenlight something so it gets made and then airs and then stays?!?
      A LOT, is the Answer.

    • @jeremyusreevu237
      @jeremyusreevu237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@slevinchannel7589 Netflix does have some good programs, like The Midnight Gospel and I Think You Should Leave, but they are not that great of a streaming service. Prime is way better.

    • @carr0tkake
      @carr0tkake 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      ​@@jeremyusreevu237 A huge part of why I like Netflix more than Prime is the interface design. Netflix's is way more intuitive and easier to navigate.

    • @asalways1504
      @asalways1504 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And Twitter too

    • @RedRoseSeptember22
      @RedRoseSeptember22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Skeleton Masher Feminists rarely like anything lol.

  • @noellevine8551
    @noellevine8551 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2611

    To Disney, Mushu would say:
    DISHONOR ON YOU, DISHONOR ON YOUR CASH COW

    • @lucasisofdarkness5423
      @lucasisofdarkness5423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Exactly

    • @willowweedsYT
      @willowweedsYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Well the cash cow turned out to be cursed since the budget was $200 million and box office $70 million, sure they will eventually make their money back, but still

    • @nicoexists
      @nicoexists 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes

    • @achilles_heelys4065
      @achilles_heelys4065 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I got that reference

    • @ackee39
      @ackee39 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Legit copy of my comment

  • @unwise_TW
    @unwise_TW 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3807

    You know what was pretty mature, for a “baby movie” that Mulan did? They abruptly stopped a musical number and showed the eradication of a village, and for the rest of the scene there was a deafening silence that allowed the viewers to SEE how utterly shocked the characters were and allow the viewer to come to their own conclusions on how the scene made them feel.
    But hey that was just a “dumb baby movie”.

    • @happydemon3038
      @happydemon3038 3 ปีที่แล้ว +272

      @Spectrum Well, technically it was the dragon who landed the finishing blow, but yeah, Mulan's kickass.
      Actually, the animated movie had Mulan setup a finishing blow for someone else, while the live-action movie had someone else setup the finishing blow for Mulan.
      But for the animated movie it was more urgent, while in the live-action one, it seemed like just a formality.

    • @katlyndobransky2419
      @katlyndobransky2419 3 ปีที่แล้ว +225

      Yeah Disney obviously doesn’t understand. Taking Mushu, the Cricket, and the grandma out of a movie isn’t going to make it “mature.” It just takes out the joy and the fun. Same thing with taking out Shang and the songs. Takes out what made the og so great

    • @CMGThePerson
      @CMGThePerson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      @Spectrum plus, said "dumb baby movie" had no songs after that moment sunk as shit got real

    • @Emelefpi
      @Emelefpi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      Sure, it was Mushu who pulled the trigger, but Mulan 'loaded the gun' so to speak, as it was her planning which resulted in Shan's death

    • @lizlazmccringe2043
      @lizlazmccringe2043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      What kills me is that Mulan found a girl worth fighting for... the little girl in the village. And of course they don’t include that ...

  • @disneyvillainsfan1666
    @disneyvillainsfan1666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3110

    In the original Animated Film, Mulan wasn't a fighter at first, but as she trained, she progressed to a hero. It's part of what made her relatable with her struggle to find out who she is. She didn't need to be a "Chosen-One" character who was born with chi powers, and automatically a fighter, it just messes up her character.

    • @bisine
      @bisine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +224

      honestly a lot of the "shes good at fighting when shes young" criticisms could have been quelled if they had a scene that showed her father training her when she was young

    • @cintronproductions9430
      @cintronproductions9430 3 ปีที่แล้ว +168

      I feel like Disney nowadays is terrible at writing live-action female main characters. Their animated female main characters are always great, like Judy Hopps, Moana and several others, but Rey, Captain Marvel and 2020 Mulan are just Mary Sues.

    • @hrpang
      @hrpang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      The original tale also has her literally be a normal woman who took her father's place. The Mulan chosen one thing is bad to the historical history too.

    • @donnamitsuki281
      @donnamitsuki281 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Even the original ballad is about her being a NORMAL WOMAN who joins the army to save her father.
      This is what I mean when I say a character is a Mary Sue,them being perfect or having some magic power that makes them better than anyone else.
      Doesn't anyone realize that other women can't relate? Like no I wasn't born perfect,if I joined the army I would have to train for years to be at the same level as everybody else

    • @jiado6893
      @jiado6893 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@cintronproductions9430 I don't get the Captain Marvel complaint at all. Carol Danvers randomly got her powers from the Tesseract, just like how Peter Parker got randomly be by a mutant spider. Or how Bruce Banner was accidently shot up with radiation. Or how Kamela Khan and other new Inhuman characters got exposed to Terrigan Mist.

  • @kayleighviegas9115
    @kayleighviegas9115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1260

    The director: we are removing songs and mushu to make it closer to the original
    Also the director: adds a westernized phoenix, makes mulan a literal super hero, removes the message behind the original myth, takes clothes from the wrong time period because they're "prettier", and so much more.

    • @Vristatos789
      @Vristatos789 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      I find it weird that this was the same director who made Whale Rider which was praised for being close to Maori customs while this Mulan has issues that can be, arguably, easier to research with a simple google search

    • @Angie-ji7be
      @Angie-ji7be 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      I really don't mind that some films that take place in historical settings choose to deviate from historical accuracy for visual aesthetics, at least when it's something as minor as clothing, but I agree with your whole point. They clearly weren't as interested in being closer to the original legend as they claimed to be.

    • @kayleighviegas9115
      @kayleighviegas9115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@Angie-ji7be yeah, the clothing was the most minor of the issues I had. On its own I wouldn't have had a problem with it, but with all the other issues it was kind of the nail in the coffin for me.

    • @laobok
      @laobok 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      And added a witch character even though they're not a thing in Chinese folklore.

    • @tygerlyn1123
      @tygerlyn1123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Vristatos789 I've heard that the discrepancies may have been due to studio interference instead of director intent.

  • @yokuchan1172
    @yokuchan1172 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1645

    S-should I say it..?
    Just because a character has a love interest doesn't make them weak or any less empowered DISNEY

    • @good__person
      @good__person 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Ironically, many villain said that love weaken them.

    • @fionamasters1822
      @fionamasters1822 3 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      Seriously if you do it right the romantic sub plot can be really engaging like in avatar the last air bender. Didn't make ang weaker at all.

    • @lessismore8533
      @lessismore8533 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      Ysh and the whole Sheng/Mulan thing didn't even START til the very end of the movie

    • @victorthecollector9198
      @victorthecollector9198 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      And they didn't even not give her a love interest they just gave her a lamer one and erased bi icon Shang I'm gonna scream

    • @purpleberry3564
      @purpleberry3564 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      True

  • @legotothelegonian
    @legotothelegonian 3 ปีที่แล้ว +984

    Disney: We took out Mushu because we want this movie to be realistic
    Also Disney: We also added a witch with shapeshifting powers, an origami Phoenix, and having the characters have the powers of chi that allow them to do amazing things without training whatsoever.

    • @MouldMadeMind
      @MouldMadeMind 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      And not to forget reality breaking martial arts.

    • @Shadowkey392
      @Shadowkey392 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@MouldMadeMind that was just them trying to mimic Chinese cinema.

    • @Shadowkey392
      @Shadowkey392 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      They weren’t trying to make it more realistic, they were trying to make it more Chinese.

    • @captainmega6310
      @captainmega6310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Naukumaija Mau-mau don't know about that. Doesn't the Chinese always produce bootlegs?

    • @captainmega6310
      @captainmega6310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@skraskraa._.5371 Ah so they are cool

  • @jiggityjack8113
    @jiggityjack8113 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2657

    At least Aladdin had Will Smith’s charm. This movie literally has nothing

    • @ZinogreBeam
      @ZinogreBeam 3 ปีที่แล้ว +239

      Yeah imo out of all of these the Aladdin one was by far the best but not in the terms of that its actually good

    • @julianpradarodriguez7336
      @julianpradarodriguez7336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +316

      Aladdin had very impressive dance numbers and will smith, when allowed to be laid back and charming, was a blast.

    • @acewhitlacker2552
      @acewhitlacker2552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Agreed

    • @cometmoon4485
      @cometmoon4485 3 ปีที่แล้ว +193

      I think Jungle Book (2016) was really solid. The characters were charismatic and memorable, It looked spectacular, it employed authentic Indian actors, and it changed enough from the 60s version to feel fresh. I think the fact that the original was so many decades ago helps a lot too. There is less nostalgic attachment to the cartoon, and people remember it less vividly than something that came about barely 20 years ago like Mulan.

    • @Noquarious
      @Noquarious 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Ngl, I think Cinderella was the first solid live-action movie. Done well despite not being a musical

  • @GriffinCardinal
    @GriffinCardinal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5181

    And when everyone needed her most she disappeared but I believe that she has returned to bash a live action movie

    • @spacedinosaur8733
      @spacedinosaur8733 3 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      (bum...bum...bum...bum) intro theme song from Avatar: The Last Airbender.

    • @blindlobster
      @blindlobster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Every high and mighty leader leaves...
      Jesus (from Religion)
      King Arthur (from the King Arthur fantasy, perhaps history)
      Harold Holt (from Australian History/Government)
      (Arguably) Emperor Sigmar Heldenhammer (until recently, blame new crappy writers) (the character left one fantasy fiction to enter another) (from "Warhammer Fantasy Battle" to "Warhammer: Age of Sigmar"}
      (Arguably) King Gilles le Breton "the Uniter" (until recently, blame new crappy writers) (from "Warhammer Fantasy Battle")
      Phoenix King Aenarion "the Defender" (from "Warhammer Fantasy Battle")
      (Arguably) Lord Voldemort (he came back) (From "Harry Potter")
      Arguably Elric (this happened in one series of three) (from Fullmetal Alchemist)
      I'm sure that there are more but I cannot recall more...

    • @darkest.diamond
      @darkest.diamond 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hi. I'm your 666th like. Bye.

    • @zironthegamer
      @zironthegamer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      😂😂😂😂

    • @louruitatsu7633
      @louruitatsu7633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ok good im not the only one😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Cobalt360Degrees
    @Cobalt360Degrees 3 ปีที่แล้ว +718

    19:00 And not only throwing away her armor, throwing away her *father's* armor.
    The thing that, along with the sword, is her literally and symbolically taking up her father's duty, and her carrying some physical reminder of who she's fighting for.
    BUT NO.
    Lets just have her throw it in the dirt because here it symbolizes nothing but *lies.* D'x

    • @santiagobarreraruiz7280
      @santiagobarreraruiz7280 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      @@LunaTheCommenter she has the most powerfull armor plot armor

    • @rattian1976
      @rattian1976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      That’s awful, I never thought of it that way. It’s extremely selfish to her father as well.
      She’s so worried about honor yet she throws out her fathers armour from his time in the war.
      So disrespectful. Can you imagine if someone did the equivalent here in modern day America and like, threw out a veterans war medals of belongings? (I make the comparison because I am American, and not as knowledgeable in Chinese culture, but I feel like it would be just as disrespectful)
      Especially if the person who threw it out was the persons kid.
      Like, “Hey dad, remember that time you fought in the war and risked your life, and how it was a large part of your life? Well I threw off your armour and smeared it in the dirt. The armour that you *specifically* took care of all this time”

    • @wolveraspeaks
      @wolveraspeaks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Eh... It was man armor... It was like... Wearing patriarchy

    • @santiagobarreraruiz7280
      @santiagobarreraruiz7280 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@wolveraspeaks eh no Is like calling a bulletproof chest pratriarchy because It was Made by men and also there has never been woman armor Its just the same as a man's one

    • @etherealsoul9386
      @etherealsoul9386 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@LunaTheCommenter With how armor works on others in this movie, I doubt it was ever protecting her. But yeah, it angers me when armor doesnt work properly in movies. Somehow, swords can just cut plate in movies??

  • @samuraijaco1
    @samuraijaco1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1191

    My biggest problem with the “super overpowered female characters” thing going on right now, is that they drain the personality away from them, and their strength is largely unearned. Toph is an extremely likable character, is extremely strong, but she’s also vulnerable. She’s not perfect. Characters like Rey, she’s got no personality, pilots the Millennium Falcon better than Han Solo, and is “the most powerful Force-user”, all without a minute of training. I have no problem with powerful female characters. I outright encourage it. I would just like them to be interesting and likable, as well as powerful. Showing weaknesses is not a bad thing. It makes for better characters. Hollywood needs to learn this again.

    • @Wishmaker25
      @Wishmaker25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      I couldn't have summed it up better my self man

    • @godmodeextreme
      @godmodeextreme 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Agreed.
      Mary sues are always so bland for some reason.

    • @Meepo007
      @Meepo007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Yes, Cara Dune and Ahsoka Tano are great examples of good strong female characters. Whereas all the characters in the new trilogy basically have no character.

    • @victorthecollector9198
      @victorthecollector9198 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      I know I'm a clown for defending Rey but goddamnit I was so disappointed about her character arc because there was potential in there from The Force Awakens! They could've actually done something with it, she had a personality and the they???? Didn't??? They just trashed her man it's honestly just sad to see

    • @leilah5434
      @leilah5434 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      For the 106th time, atla sets the example.

  • @artemiswolf4508
    @artemiswolf4508 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2250

    The Mulan remake teaches us the very important lesson of “hey little girl, you can be as strong as a man” as long as you:
    -Have special super powers
    -Do everything men tell you to do
    -If you disobey the men, profusely apologize and allow them to kill you as punishment.
    -Already have the respect of another man.
    -Protect the same institution that opresses you to begin with.
    -And never trust other powerful women

    • @bettyunicorn6132
      @bettyunicorn6132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      🤢🤮

    • @Coconut_Prrson
      @Coconut_Prrson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +256

      Original Mulan:
      "Hey little girl, you can be as strong if not stronger as a man if you....
      Work hard for it and not let everything be handed into your hands"

    • @misterlanious7214
      @misterlanious7214 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Coconut Weeb are you implying female characters need to earn all their abilities? You blasphemer! (Hard work trumps magic)

    • @Coconut_Prrson
      @Coconut_Prrson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@misterlanious7214 wait tell me this is satire I can't tell

    • @Sean-D78
      @Sean-D78 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      It's satire

  • @dejaharper8534
    @dejaharper8534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2445

    Can we talk about how Cell’s synopsis of this movie is way more entertaining than the movie itself

    • @michaelzaiser8088
      @michaelzaiser8088 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Not a hard accomplishment when a kick to the crotch is more pleasant then this movie.
      However, her synopsis is indeed very entertaining.

    • @a-s-greig
      @a-s-greig 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Always has been.
      The plot to "Strange Magic" was never better than when 'twas told through Celly's sock puppet theater.

    • @basedbattledroid3507
      @basedbattledroid3507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Cell's anything is better than Disney's new things

    • @mariokarter13
      @mariokarter13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You might think that supporting a terrible status quo is a bad thing, but that's just China.
      Can't have you speaking out against the CCP, or it's off to the camps with you.

    • @loreweed8882
      @loreweed8882 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      o u c h .

  • @P.Whitestrake
    @P.Whitestrake 3 ปีที่แล้ว +278

    That "film critic" who said this Mulan version is respectful... I wonder how much money Disney had to pay him.
    Nothing is respectful in this version of Mulan. Wrong period of outfits, wrong concept of chi, wrong mythology (using Greek phoenix myth for traditional Chinese story), & straying far from the original ballad.

    • @creaturetransylvania8943
      @creaturetransylvania8943 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Phoenix is the empress symbol in China from what I heard.

    • @TheVoidofemptiness
      @TheVoidofemptiness 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@creaturetransylvania8943
      There is a Phoenix in Chinese mythology, known as the fenghuang
      But the fenghuang is different, as this is the phoenix that doesn't revolve around rebirth, which is why the Phoenix seemed really out of place in the movie, seeing as Disney could've used the fenghuang instead.

    • @creaturetransylvania8943
      @creaturetransylvania8943 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@TheVoidofemptiness Knowing Disney probably not since,they don't even got the armor right.

    • @TheVoidofemptiness
      @TheVoidofemptiness 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@creaturetransylvania8943 yup

    • @samandsophia5632
      @samandsophia5632 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I am also pretty sure there is no witch

  • @Nighthowlerschannel
    @Nighthowlerschannel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    The fact that the Live-Action Mulan has earned less than the Animated Mulan's budget should already give Disney warning signs of what they're doing wrong.

    • @positivea9111
      @positivea9111 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah they should using themoney for goo

    • @positivea9111
      @positivea9111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Typo I meant to say it “They should use there money wisely not with cheap movie with a quick buck.”

    • @Nighthowlerschannel
      @Nighthowlerschannel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@positivea9111 as they say, in for a penny, in for a pound.

    • @joshuajoe1419
      @joshuajoe1419 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But that’s not the movies fault, it’s Covid. If Covid didn’t happen, this movie would have been a success despite being awful.

  • @AscendantStoic
    @AscendantStoic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3469

    China already did a very gritty and realistic version of Mulan in 2009, it's far better than that crappy Disney live-action remake ... watch it instead.

    • @ovalayacademy364
      @ovalayacademy364 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Name? What's the name?!

    • @ninka_43
      @ninka_43 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Tell us the name!!

    • @AscendantStoic
      @AscendantStoic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +192

      @@ninka_43 Well it's just Mulan, here is the wikipedia page.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulan_(2009_film)

    • @daniboy4153
      @daniboy4153 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      The movie is on TH-cam

    • @amandasamson4513
      @amandasamson4513 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      oooh please link me a site? how can I watch this?

  • @alastairdeng8972
    @alastairdeng8972 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2054

    All the action looks like the TERRIBLE Chinese dramas action scenes. My parents watch Chinese dramas all the time and they laughed at how bad Mulan was.

    • @dcscruz2970
      @dcscruz2970 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      In dramas is because you like the characters that every bad fighting scene feels intense

    • @plutossky7534
      @plutossky7534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      @@dcscruz2970 Instead in this Mulan has the personality of a stick

    • @baron-von-masky
      @baron-von-masky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      @@plutossky7534 wow, give the sticks some credit!!!

    • @jackmack4181
      @jackmack4181 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Alastair Deng did your parents like the original

    • @jeanettecabrera9368
      @jeanettecabrera9368 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      th-cam.com/video/xdnZQJAP1VQ/w-d-xo.html

  • @TheHero136
    @TheHero136 3 ปีที่แล้ว +508

    You know what drives me crazy about making things "Dark and Edgy?" The fact that it somehow means that there can't be any heart or comedy whatsoever. Worse still its not the same as being mature!
    Look at Adventure Time. Look at Fullmetal Alchemist. Avatar: The Last Airbender. Legend of Korra. Dragon Ball Z. Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Samurai Jack. Courage the Cowardly Dog! Nightmare Before Christmas! Hell, look at the animated Mulan! All of these are dark AND mature, because it balances light heartedness and comedy with moments of drama and seriousness. They don't just scream OOH LOOK HOW ANGSTY AND COLORLESS I AM!!! Sucking out all the color and fun doesn't automatically make something mature and more adult! And something can be mature without excessive darkness. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is a bright and colorful children's movie but it doesn't ever talk down to its audience and remains very genuine and emotional. Everybody can enjoy it.
    These live action Disney remakes just don't respect this idea and they just continue to be immature cash grabs.

    • @jeremyusreevu237
      @jeremyusreevu237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Agreed. I hate how people are equating fun and sillyness with garbage. It's like they think movies are good when you can't have fun when watching them. After all, "No pain, no gain" right? That expression can go to so much hell.

    • @leiderhosen7110
      @leiderhosen7110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@jeremyusreevu237 Pain strengthens your character, but only if it has a point. Making a mistake is painful, but you learn from it and become better to avoid repeating it. Adversity fosters growth. Pain and misery for the sake of pain and misery itself has no point. If there's no compelling reason for anything to happen, there's nothing to learn and no room to grow. This is why Grimdark is a tossup where LOTS of stories in that genre end up being trash--it's shock value and misery porn for the sake of itself because it will be seen as "so mature" and "so dark", but it's all surface level, there is no greater point to be made.

    • @lance2580
      @lance2580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      There's a difference between a mature animation and a cartoonish live action movie.

    • @pormpfspimperton6804
      @pormpfspimperton6804 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I would t call courage the cowardly dog mature. It sure is dark though

    • @godmodeextreme
      @godmodeextreme 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I know!
      Balance between darkness and comedy is important, if there is too much of one, it makes things so much worse!

  • @gandalftheantlion
    @gandalftheantlion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +784

    If she just had personality then overpowered mulan wouldn’t be too bad.

    • @billuraral1870
      @billuraral1870 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Her personality is being overpowered (and HONOR!)

    • @Appl3forPFP
      @Appl3forPFP 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@billuraral1870 She reminds me of Jiren from Dragon Ball Super, just because both of their personalities are that they’re strong:
      Q: “What do you like?”
      A: “Strong.”
      Q: “What do you want in life?”
      A: “Strong.”
      Q: “How did you form bonds with your comrades?”
      A: “Strong.”
      Of course, this isn’t an exact 1-1, but I find it’s close enough.
      Edit: Clarification

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Remember kids:
      If you use armor or any defensive strategy or even strategy at all, you're a
      bad person.
      It's neither feminine nor manly to use Armor or Strategy or anything.
      The only thing manly and feminine is Buckets of Water.
      That and Monster Trucks.
      YEAH!
      Seriously: All this reminds of 'The Last Airbender', that disaster.
      Why the heck do some people still cling to Netflix?
      Dont they know just how many people need to Greenlight something so it gets made and then airs and then stays?!?
      A LOT, is the Answer.

    • @remixchild
      @remixchild 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It’s like they’d tried to copy korra and did not stick the landing

    • @Appl3forPFP
      @Appl3forPFP 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@remixchild Yeah. Korra has a personality. And identifiable likes and dislikes. In the ~8 reviews I’ve watched of this movie, I can’t get any information on who Mulan is in this movie.

  • @ariyuril
    @ariyuril 3 ปีที่แล้ว +565

    The sad thing is that Disney execs will probably think Mulan flopped for having a female lead with an all-asian cast.

    • @kimifw58
      @kimifw58 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      The audience they care most about now is China, and since China hated it, they might at least learn about cultural sensitivity.

    • @novaterra973
      @novaterra973 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      That or COVID. Or they will think it is because they haven't kowtowed to the Chinese government hard enough.

    • @viakurari596
      @viakurari596 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Most likely they will blame covid 19

    • @harleenhufflepuff340
      @harleenhufflepuff340 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      I think the take-away here will likely be "At home streaming service releases aren't the future, all those stupid millennials were wrong, let's go back to the old ways" Which is sad because I'd like to think this movie would have flopped just as badly if it had a theater release.

    • @danielarputharaj9918
      @danielarputharaj9918 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ocelotlesbian where i live its £5 pounds per cinema ticket, so its not as expensive for me, but still, i eould probably just not watch it

  • @ThePorcelainMoth
    @ThePorcelainMoth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +639

    I told my family that the Live Action Mulan was going to be garbage, but my family didn’t listen and they wasted 30 dollars on Disney+ to watch this movie a few months before it would’ve came out ._.

    • @julianmartinez4719
      @julianmartinez4719 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Your loss will be remember fondly

    • @dailygeek1334
      @dailygeek1334 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Bro, same! I told them that the movie looked bad, but they didn’t listen!

    • @Benjack-so7gd
      @Benjack-so7gd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same

    • @TtimeXP
      @TtimeXP 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Same dude.... All they said was "it's just because you like the animated version."
      ... Well yes and the live action track record has not been good. And it looked bad anyways.... Not my money that I spent 💅🙆‍♂️💁‍♂️

    • @spritemon98
      @spritemon98 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      My stepdad somehow enjoys this crappy movie

  • @OReily08080
    @OReily08080 3 ปีที่แล้ว +370

    Tops is a perfect example, even Azula, like it seems they’re naturally gifted, but you could tell how skilled and how hard they’ve worked or at least continue to grow stronger

    • @TheMimo2001
      @TheMimo2001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      Tophs whole story was about using earthbending as an extension of herself, and as a way to interact with the world. Azula was a prodigy who practiced relentlessly. Their overpowered statuses are totally earned, AND enhance their character arcs and personality

    • @maybeeton
      @maybeeton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Oh, and let us not forget the most important thing... They had PERSONALITY! Mulan is just bland.

    • @kou7191
      @kou7191 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@maybeeton Even MAI had more personality lol

    • @Meepo007
      @Meepo007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      ATLA is an astute example of brilliant writing and certainly outshines the majority of recent Disney films. Which brings up a problem that often results in these remakes: people don't appreciate animation. They think of it as something for children when in reality many if not all animated movies and TV shows are far superior to their live-action counterparts in writing and character and plot development. Every one of these remakes is an empty shell of the original removing or altering what made the animated version amazing. Anything they add just makes it worse. These remakes are pointless, disgraceful money-grabs that have no reason to exist. And truthfully this movie had quite a lot of potential because they could do more than mirror their original movie and create something different. They could start fresh and ignore the original animate movie and base it primarily on the original ballad while adding something new. Creating new characters! They could have hired actual chinese people to write this movie! But, no.

    • @TheRoomforImprovement
      @TheRoomforImprovement ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Azula was also an interesting example on how her prodigy status gave her immense pressure to live up to, only for her to drive away those close to her.

  • @samuelromerosoto3497
    @samuelromerosoto3497 3 ปีที่แล้ว +345

    You missed the part where Nick Fury invited her to become one of the Avengers.

    • @daelen.cclark
      @daelen.cclark 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      What?

    • @meghanrodriguez2393
      @meghanrodriguez2393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      She probably declined to stay with her family

    • @ChRW123
      @ChRW123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      This whole movie is just a prequel to the real badass Marvel Mulan crossover that will appear soon out of nowhere!

    • @aztn19
      @aztn19 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Was that before or after the scene where Luke Skywalker dismissively tossed her sword into the sea because he didn’t care about joining her fight against the First Order of Shan Yu?

    • @Imeggscelent
      @Imeggscelent 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      no, no it was after they filmed the acclaimed nature documentary: the lion king

  • @Kusanagikaiser999
    @Kusanagikaiser999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1654

    When the Original Animated classic is more mature, more realistic (yes even with TALKING DRAGONS AND MUSICALS), better filmed, better acted, and have a better message, than the supposed "Mature Live action Remake for GROWN UPS", yeah you know you fuck up hard. I keep saying this, I never ever going to support ANY of these live action remakes until Disney prove me they are ACTUALLY TRYING to make a good story, and this movie just prove they never will. So to quote the great Mushu......DISHONOR TO DISNEY, DISHONOR TO THIS CRAPPY REMAKE, DISHONOR TO THIS FILM COW, DISHONOOORR!!

    • @thecrazyape7051
      @thecrazyape7051 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Great Mushu? Ha!
      It's the POWERFUL, the PLEASURABLE, the INDESTRUCTIBLE Mushu!

    • @Moonstar79
      @Moonstar79 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Dishonor to your cash cow, Disney!

    • @Nunshle_Uvmee
      @Nunshle_Uvmee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      The only Disney remake I genuinely like was the Jungle Book one.

    • @ackee39
      @ackee39 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yeah.
      And the funniest part is the live action mulan is PG13, while being less mature then a G rated movie

    • @RiderNexus
      @RiderNexus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Pete's Dragon was really the only good one

  • @toganium4175
    @toganium4175 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1863

    The movie is bad/bland enough, but knowing that Disney was filming this near a concentration camp just makes it worse.

    • @undeadladybug7723
      @undeadladybug7723 3 ปีที่แล้ว +293

      A concentration camp the actress playing Mulan apparently supports.

    • @krunchykat9249
      @krunchykat9249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +234

      With the main actress that can't act emotions and supports police brutality... Yayyyy

    • @finland4ever55
      @finland4ever55 3 ปีที่แล้ว +178

      And the actress is communist and anti Hong Kong, as she glorifies civil unrest. Ironic she plays a woman who is the opposite of that.

    • @Laiser
      @Laiser 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@krunchykat9249
      As bad as that is, you shouldn't use actors' opinions to judge a movie.

    • @fermintenava5911
      @fermintenava5911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      And to top it all off - they were apparently fine with shooting near a concentration camp and making Mulan a reverse feminist, but couldn't bring themselves to make Artemis Fowl the villain in his own movie.
      I know - weird priorities, but so has Disney.

  • @st_z0na
    @st_z0na 3 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    To be honest, the animation was far more empowering, as a woman, it made me feel like I could be who I wanted to be and no one could stop me but the new one makes me feel that I need super powers to be anything in this world

    • @JaelinBezel
      @JaelinBezel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Having superpowers would be neat though.

    • @firewall5189
      @firewall5189 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@JaelinBezel if it robbed me of my personality though i might reconsider lol

  • @sophieamandaleitontoomey9343
    @sophieamandaleitontoomey9343 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    My biggest problem here is that it completely erased the bond Mulan had with her Dad. It was the secret core of the movie and the original makes it a priority to show us how much they love one another. The teasing moment they have together before the matchmaker where she brings him tea, to the cherry blossom scene where he reassures her that she may not be ready for the matchmaker now but that she will be later and the fact she takes her dad’s place because of how much she loves him. And the moment when they come full circle at the cherry blossom tree after Mulan comes back and he tosses aside the emperor’s gifts to hug her makes me cry every time. That bond is completely gone from this movie and it’s straight up unacceptable.

  • @nathanc.8795
    @nathanc.8795 3 ปีที่แล้ว +328

    I'm also displeased by the idea that live-action is considered to be the "grown-up" medium. There's so many examples of sophisticated animation in pop culture. It's a shame not enough people realize that.

    • @canvas_125
      @canvas_125 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      I HATE how “grown-up” is synonymous with “live-action.” People’s perception of animation in the Western world is a travesty.

    • @justsomegamer6719
      @justsomegamer6719 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@canvas_125 A lot of western critics heads would explode if they knew about Grave of the Fireflies.

    • @joyc.e.7511
      @joyc.e.7511 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Seriously. The west need to take notes from the east (especially Japan). Anime is a thriving industry and is continually showing that animation is an amazing medium for storytelling and is appealing to everyone regardless of age.

    • @josealcazar2922
      @josealcazar2922 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Meanwhile Anime

    • @basedbattledroid3507
      @basedbattledroid3507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And similarly a lot of live-action films that are solely meant for kids and not adults

  • @blinkachu05
    @blinkachu05 3 ปีที่แล้ว +551

    Here's one:
    Dishonor to Disney, Dishonor on their families, Dishonor on their cash-cows.

    • @disneyvillainsfan1666
      @disneyvillainsfan1666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Dishonor on their Cash Cows indeed.

    • @alvinbrown5809
      @alvinbrown5809 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Which one is it dishonoring more the cash or the the cow

    • @blinkachu05
      @blinkachu05 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@alvinbrown5809 yes.

    • @jiado6893
      @jiado6893 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I won't see the movie, but its existence doesn't offend me.

  • @crisisasp5396
    @crisisasp5396 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    "KNOW YOUR PLACE UTERUS HAVER!" not gonna lie, that one got a good chuckle out of me

    • @Ramsey276one
      @Ramsey276one 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3


      i
      literally
      didn’t
      say
      anything

      OMG XD

    • @Ramsey276one
      @Ramsey276one 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      1:27

  • @crazydaveo30
    @crazydaveo30 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Disney: this is a mature version.
    Also Disney: so hear me out, super powers!

  • @randomkword
    @randomkword 3 ปีที่แล้ว +567

    I never thought seeing a grown man humping out fire while screaming “ HONOR, HONOR, HONOR” was something I needed to see

    • @amberdawn868
      @amberdawn868 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      What makes it better is that it's Zuko's VA cosplaying Zuko IRL in that snippet XD

    • @finch8703
      @finch8703 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Does anyone know the link to the og video?

    • @jeswicas
      @jeswicas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@finch8703 it's the nostalgia critic video on the top 11 best episodes of avatar the last airbender

    • @sarasamaletdin4574
      @sarasamaletdin4574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It’s really cringe the way he does it. In wish he would have just done some movement from the show.

    • @ChasehaWing
      @ChasehaWing 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@sarasamaletdin4574
      I disagree. I found it very fun XD

  • @cinderstar4377
    @cinderstar4377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +472

    With the amount of times “honor” is said they might as well have replaced Mulan with Zuko

    • @a-s-greig
      @a-s-greig 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      ^Would've made a better movie tbh.

    • @greenstarlover1
      @greenstarlover1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      That would be an dishonour for zuko.

    • @TF2Fan101
      @TF2Fan101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      I think even Zuko would tell them to dial back on the honor talk.

    • @Falxifer95
      @Falxifer95 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Not even Zuko, the Ember Island Zuko.

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Insanely bad.
      An insult to the Source Material is not even 10% of the Problem? Oh, wow.
      Thats a feat.
      But Plot Holes, Fake-Feminism, Plot Holes and much more also??? Wow!

  • @KazuhaEien
    @KazuhaEien 3 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    So here's what I thought of this weird-looking movie over time:
    *Me when I watched the first trailer:* NGL this honestly looks like one of the better Disney remakes...
    *When I discovered they were removing the dragon and cricket:* Ah, that's quite disappointing but also really understandable. Hope they make up for that-
    *When I discovered they were removing the songs:* OH NO!!!! Oh well. At least I don't have to see them ruined.
    *When I discovered they were removing the love interest:* Okay, Disney's going a bit too far.
    *When I discovered that Mulan is now a Mary Sue in the movie:* OH MY GOD!!!!!!!
    *When I discovered that she now has a bland overpowered Falchion sword thingy:* WHA-
    *When I discovered that there is now a fake boring Pheniox:* WTH-
    *When I discovered that this new Mary Sue Mulan took off all her armor just so she could "be herself":* OH NO THEY'RE TRYING-
    *When I found out that the symbolic hair cutting was cut:* HOW CAN THIS-
    *When I saw the awful editing:* I'M LITERALLY CRYING RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!
    *When I found out that they filmed near concentration camps, and Disney thanked them:* Pfffft I'm so done with this.

    • @kimifw58
      @kimifw58 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Removing the hair-cutting scene is the only change that makes sense. In traditional Chinese cultures, cutting your hair is considered disrespectful to your parents. That said, they could have replaced that scene with something equally dramatic, but they clearly didn't.

  • @andre_601
    @andre_601 3 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    Mulan: I would sacrifice my life to protect my country
    Mulan 2020: HONOR! HONOR! HONOR!

    • @somerandolad
      @somerandolad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      "Dishonour on you! Dishonour on your cash cow!"

  • @nutsandbolts1264
    @nutsandbolts1264 3 ปีที่แล้ว +561

    I'm gonna be honest, I didn't see the movie and I still won't

    • @audreym3908
      @audreym3908 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Same here. Gonna spend my 30 bucks on something that I actually like instead

    • @zaredluna2456
      @zaredluna2456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Good stay away from it

    • @lizardman7718
      @lizardman7718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You aren’t missing out on anything.

    • @audreym3908
      @audreym3908 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Sealnug I met someone that likes the beauty & the beast better than the original. Dk if I want to be friends with them lol

    • @Peku_G
      @Peku_G 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

  • @juzoinui4627
    @juzoinui4627 3 ปีที่แล้ว +574

    To Disney;
    DISHONOR!!!
    DISHONOR ON YOU
    DISHONOR ON YOUR LIVE ACTION
    DISHONOR ON ALL YOUR REMAKES

  • @r.sanyasinaidu3576
    @r.sanyasinaidu3576 3 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    Mature means understanding life, values, responsibilities, being more real means having good charm, comedy, feeling, knowing when to be serious and being good and kind person. Rather than being edgy and not caring about anyone and with no motivations and good action storytelling like actual good Hong Kong movies like jackie Chan, Bruce Lee and other. So being dark means not mature and adult

  • @ejoshcoron
    @ejoshcoron 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    "For a $200 million dollar film, it looks oddly cheap"
    AND it had EXTENDED post-production time. VERY extended. You often hear the time crunch in post is the main cause of sub par CGI. Mulan really has no excuse

  • @kylesquid
    @kylesquid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +704

    Every review I see of this manages to point out ANOTHER way this movie is stupidly written

    • @mythoughtsexactly2145
      @mythoughtsexactly2145 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      And with every positive review, I learned that it's a "good" film regardless because it is led by a strong independent woman, directed by a woman, and that being traditionally feminine is bad. Because FeMIniSm!

    • @RinsDesk
      @RinsDesk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@mythoughtsexactly2145 ...there are positive reviews? I haven't seen one. ...though, I have only watched reviews from Chinese people.

    • @mythoughtsexactly2145
      @mythoughtsexactly2145 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@RinsDesk you have no idea how many idiots out there claiming this a masterpiece

    • @RinsDesk
      @RinsDesk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My Thoughts Exactly jikes! I don’t think I wanna know. XD;; ...I feel sorry for those who think that it’s good.

    • @francescaoyanedel4895
      @francescaoyanedel4895 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I think I've spent more time watching reviews than the run time of the movie, and each one manages to point out a fresh horror

  • @Arcademan09
    @Arcademan09 3 ปีที่แล้ว +579

    "it looks oddly cheap"
    *THANK YOU!* I swear I thought i was the only one who was pointing that out because every positive review keeps praising the look of the film but it looks so cheap! There's older chinese films with smaller budgets that look *WAY* better than this movie, KUNG FU HUSTLE LOOKS BETTER THAN THIS, ESPECIALLY THE FIGHTING

    • @Laiser
      @Laiser 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      I think it's the camera they're using plus the props and lighting. It feels like Disney Channel movie at some times.

    • @shinysoda6
      @shinysoda6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I know right! I swear some sets look like they're mad out plastic I've seen playgrounds at McDonald's that look more expensive

    • @user-rc3cm1zv4j
      @user-rc3cm1zv4j 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Not to mention how empty it looks

    • @corberus3119
      @corberus3119 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Iirc one of the costume designers got paid to travel Europe and go to museums with Chinese artifacts, instead of going to China (or hiring someone who had knowledge of Chinese culture)

    • @claus8148
      @claus8148 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      God, I fucking love Kung Fu Hustle

  • @mariokarter13
    @mariokarter13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    "Just support the status quo like a good girl and maybe you'll be empowered one day."
    It really is a Chinese film.

    • @trashwithanxiety2922
      @trashwithanxiety2922 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      have you seen martial art girl movies? this mulan has nothing on them, the HK movie martial arts movies has been doing badass female fighters for a long time, I recommend checking out the crouching tiger, hidden dragon fights!

    • @vidhio3849
      @vidhio3849 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      noooooooooooo... I haven't watched any Chinese movies but I can assure you that the main complaint of the movie for Chinese audiences is that it wasn't a Chinese film. They messed up their culture and all of the writers and directors are American, they never bothered getting a single Chinese writer to even look it over.

    • @mr.x2567
      @mr.x2567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@vidhio3849 I think they meant it sounded like Chinese propaganda

  • @feliz695
    @feliz695 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    "This is the GROWN UP version of Mulan."
    Animated Mulan is literally one of the Disney characters with the highest kill-count.

  • @scouteques8778
    @scouteques8778 3 ปีที่แล้ว +324

    "this video is brought to you by skillshare, the company that is more interesting and original than the movie itself"

    • @kimifw58
      @kimifw58 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Comparing a movie to a company makes as much sense as comparing a carrot to a blender.

  • @Ringsfan1
    @Ringsfan1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +708

    That awkward moment when you thought this movie was going to be bad because it's a carbon copy of the original and has bad writing, but instead it's bad because it filmed by Chinese internment camps, pushed nationalism, cast a lead who supports the Hong Kong police beating the peaceful protesters (then Disney tried to cover that up), and ALSO just happens to have bad writing

    • @Alan-xg4yr
      @Alan-xg4yr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      lol like they BEG US begging on their knees to hate it
      like bruh who does that without knowing they will get backlash

    • @TheZenytram
      @TheZenytram 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @goran stojanovic yeah dude, it was peace bofere police fucked them up. you think they would just seat there getting shot in the face. not even in brazil 2013 that happened.

    • @MatheusHenrique-od8di
      @MatheusHenrique-od8di 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@TheZenytram You know the answer to that question is yes. People like him think that the only way to protest is to politely request change and let the authorities shoot you for daring to go against the system. Bootlicking at it's finest.

    • @dudehappy3278
      @dudehappy3278 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @goran stojanovic aren’t you the one who live in fairytale mate? Do you live in Hong Kong huh?

    • @dudehappy3278
      @dudehappy3278 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wow,after you watched that much of live and collected that much of research ,you still don’t know the police is using forces on us instead ? sorry,although you did kinda a lot of research,that’s nothing compare to the people who live inside,I watch my friend around me got arrested everyday,and do you know what they did ? They just comment in Facebook about their thought about the government. People here are brave enough to stand against the government,although they will got punch.have you ever saw a police kick a pregnant woman just because she wanna see her husband who got arrested? I agreed few of the protester is using forces too(mostly used on dead things lol),but they are using forces to protect themself from police in a extreme situation,I believe anyone will do that when getting hit right :/

  • @dorothygale9648
    @dorothygale9648 3 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    There's also the removal of Li Shang, bisexual icon, and replacing him with a plastic spoon.

    • @awsomedude23456
      @awsomedude23456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I honestly never understood why people thought he was bi anyway

    • @semidecent4395
      @semidecent4395 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@awsomedude23456 at least he had personality

    • @seanbernard4212
      @seanbernard4212 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@awsomedude23456 Cause he was starting to crush on Mulan before he found out she was a woman

    • @awsomedude23456
      @awsomedude23456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@seanbernard4212 no he wasn’t, that was respect, or admiration, not romantic

    • @user-gf5og3uf5d
      @user-gf5og3uf5d 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Even if he was supposed to be bi or not, Shang was one of the best characters in the movie and replacing him with a bland soldier just made me scream

  • @kiranaarthavitaherdiana5359
    @kiranaarthavitaherdiana5359 3 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    The first 6 minutes of this video is better than the actual movie

  • @barleysixseventwo6665
    @barleysixseventwo6665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +443

    I’d like to think somewhere in the Disney film crews there’s someone who genuinely wants to make a Live Action movie as good as the animated movies.
    That poor hypothetical person.

    • @JaelinBezel
      @JaelinBezel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      It’s probably one of the cameramen or boom mike holders tho

    • @ADAJ342
      @ADAJ342 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      F

    • @thefishyminer3572
      @thefishyminer3572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      F

    • @phenomcosmic450
      @phenomcosmic450 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yeah but they won't ever be allowed. Because Disney doesn't care about being good, they want to milk that nostalgia cow til its udders lactate dried blood.

  • @jnetwrk3083
    @jnetwrk3083 3 ปีที่แล้ว +367

    Having Mulan with magic chi powers completely ruins her entire character
    In the original she just a normal girl who threw hard work and dedication became a hero to China and grew into a different person than she was in the beginning of the movie
    In this movie she's the same character from the beginning to the end she makes no mistakes and has no grown as a character
    Dishonor on this movie

    • @thecrimsondragon2379
      @thecrimsondragon2379 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      gotta agree

    • @cintronproductions9430
      @cintronproductions9430 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Seriously, what were they even thinking?

    • @Cinnabun9
      @Cinnabun9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@cintronproductions9430 Money, Lots. Of. Money.

    • @thecrimsondragon2379
      @thecrimsondragon2379 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Cinnabun9 weve got to have money...

    • @Cinnabun9
      @Cinnabun9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@thecrimsondragon2379 Disney already has billions of dollars

  • @thenewguyinred
    @thenewguyinred 3 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    I feel like Disney’s gonna pretend that this film never existed in the following years to come.

    • @carsfan1995
      @carsfan1995 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Well it’s still going to be on Disney+.
      They should do their research next time in where they decide to shoot on location so they don’t film by a concentration camp

    • @Stormfire1777
      @Stormfire1777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@carsfan1995 they did their research and knew damn well where they were filming. They literally tried to hide the fact that they filmed it there

    • @positivea9111
      @positivea9111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wide Darth Vader Wow that very cruel and mess up all because of money, that out of the line.

    • @troodon1096
      @troodon1096 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I can still see the live action version of Mulan on Disney+. I can also see The Black Cauldron. Can't see Song of the South though...

  • @ahmadkazan7994
    @ahmadkazan7994 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    "Were getting invaded by an edge lord and a witch"
    I never new shadow the hedgehog was an intrest to diseny.

  • @reasyrandom
    @reasyrandom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +461

    "Guaranteed to make money anyway"
    Meanwhile, me watching the Mulan remake crash and burn at the moment: :)

    • @grantmoore8228
      @grantmoore8228 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Do we know if it's actually crashing and burning? Yeah it's doing terrible in the box office but that's because no one wants to go the theaters right now. From what I gather, almost every streaming platform is pretty secretive of it's viewership numbers so we don't know if it's a success or not. Regardless, that 30$+ cost certainly isn't helping.

    • @saiyanscaris6530
      @saiyanscaris6530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@grantmoore8228 considering its basicly the most hated of the live action remakes by far. and any and all reviews of it by this point are negative reviews that says something

    • @liaminator4950
      @liaminator4950 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I mean rn its only made like a fifth of its budget so its flopping HAAARD

    • @grantmoore8228
      @grantmoore8228 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@liaminator4950 thankfully in this case, Disney and Hollywood at large seem incapable of accepting the idea that bad movies can simply happen and instead blame external issues. Hopefully this movie or even the next one doesn't make as much money as they hoped for and will just raise their hands in the air and go "oh well, guess no one's interested in live action remakes anymore..."

    • @Goleon
      @Goleon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Grant Moore - If there’s any big lots of money it’ll be from the merch and that’s only if it looks nice.

  • @geardog24
    @geardog24 3 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    Let's be honest, when we first heard there was no Mushu we knew this movie was a failure.

    • @user-th1qo4cq9g
      @user-th1qo4cq9g 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      They lost me when they said they want to be more realistic but added a witch and a phoenix.

    • @cartoonmaster2401
      @cartoonmaster2401 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      One does not simply make people like a movie more by taking Eddie Murphy out of it...

    • @aboredgarchomp482
      @aboredgarchomp482 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That alone was enough to make me not excited for this movie.

    • @changsiah2
      @changsiah2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      hater

    • @xoLoveTruelySucksxo
      @xoLoveTruelySucksxo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      when they said there will be no Mushu or songs I knew it was gonna be one of *those* movies.

  • @everwildart3563
    @everwildart3563 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Your impression of Mulan in the beginning has more personality than actual Mulan in the live action movie

    • @lessismore8533
      @lessismore8533 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree its accurate and hilarious!!

    • @Cheetahgirl_Studios
      @Cheetahgirl_Studios 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Less Is More “Halt there witch! I will defeat you with the power of the male genitalia that I totally have!”
      “No you don’t.”
      “CURSES! I have been thwarted!”
      “But now that I’ve carried two buckets of water up a mountain, I HAVE EVOLVED!”

  • @RaptorTheWild1312
    @RaptorTheWild1312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    As Mushu would say: "DISHONOR ON YOU! DISHONOR ON YOUR COW!"

  • @EternalYorkieMom
    @EternalYorkieMom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +790

    I’m so sick of the women need to be perfect to exist thing. NOT EVERYONE CAN DO IT ALL!!!

    • @aaaah540
      @aaaah540 3 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      Hey, women! If you do everything exactly perfectly and are super-duper powerful, you’ll be good enough to be an equal to a perfectly average man!

    • @blazer3756
      @blazer3756 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      It’s fine if it isn’t obviously just for “empowering!”. Want a powerful lead? Ok good! Doesn’t matter what gender they are just make sure they’re not too OP and lame. If it’s based in a world where men rule everything? Make the freaking protagonist interesting and have an arc to defeat this. Are they already trained really well or are just average or their role doesn’t need a huge training backstory (ex. a scientist, a student, etc.) because they’re not in a world where men rule everything? Great. Is it in a modern world BUT needs a lot of training? Make them train! It’s hard to explain but I hope you get what I mean.

    • @JaxHolo
      @JaxHolo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What's he means it's that women in general needs to be perfect to exist and arrange marriage.

    • @blazer3756
      @blazer3756 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JaxHolo Who said that?

    • @JaxHolo
      @JaxHolo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@blazer3756 I mean she Hannah thompson mention she's sick that women are treated to be perfect to exist and force into arrange marriage

  • @DDRWakaLaka
    @DDRWakaLaka 3 ปีที่แล้ว +376

    thank you for the comment about "haha let's shame women for being feminine and not wanting to be girl bosses"
    my best friend isn't less of a strong woman because she loves pink and frilly things
    she isn't telling anyone else how to live their lives, so I'm tired of people telling her How To Be A Woman (TM)

  • @powwowken2760
    @powwowken2760 3 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    "Let's make Mulan like a wuxia film!"
    "That actually sounds kind of cool, so we'll get some really talented martial artists to play the leads?"
    "Oh hell no, we can just jump cut around the bad action"
    "So you want high quality actors instead?"
    "F#@K no, good actors are expensive, and be cheap with the effects as well"
    "You want a wuxia style movie, with bad fight scenes, bad actors, bad effects and made cheaply, how could this possibly fail!"

    • @positivea9111
      @positivea9111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Wait then why the movie cost 200 million dollars was it most spent of the bad actors.

  • @justaduck3615
    @justaduck3615 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Shan Yu was actually pretty respectful in the animated movie, I guess they had to change that because it made him seem a little bit human.

    • @itsjustvin7630
      @itsjustvin7630 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      funny how Shan Yu was more progressive than Bori Khan. He didnt care that Mulan was a woman, just that she was that soldier that took out his army and should be killed for it

  • @vincent1935
    @vincent1935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    Another thing was that they claimed this movie was aiming for accuracy to Chinese culture, history and geography, yet it’s extremely inaccurate in those departments. For example, they got chi completely wrong, for starters, it is life energy, everyone regardless of gender and age has it, and it is not a superpower.

    • @Ninetails2000
      @Ninetails2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      It feels like they did all their research on anime message boards with neckbeard otaku who couldnt tell the difference between Japan and China.

    • @naprizodenvtuber2529
      @naprizodenvtuber2529 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ninetails2000 yeah, basically, some spokesperson was like, “hey, they have this chi thing, could we put this in the movie to be more culturally accurate?”
      And some guy who only watched early 2000s Shonen was like “yes, I know all about how chi works, it’s basically chakra from naruto and ki from dragonball! You use it like the force!”
      And then they got rich off this steaming pile of crap.

    • @changsiah2
      @changsiah2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      hater

    • @Ninetails2000
      @Ninetails2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@changsiah2 How so?

    • @TF2Fan101
      @TF2Fan101 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Forward or Jump About that... The movie flopped in China and here in the US.

  • @st.joanieofarc6115
    @st.joanieofarc6115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2914

    Haven’t seen this movie and never will because it was terrible and filmed near concentration camps. CONCENTRATION CAMPS

    • @jclkaytwo
      @jclkaytwo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      I hate concentration camps too, but how does that affect the movie at all?

    • @turquoisecrow4513
      @turquoisecrow4513 3 ปีที่แล้ว +616

      JCL Kaytwo DISNEY THANKED THE PEOPLE RUNNING THE CAMPS IN THE CREDITS

    • @jclkaytwo
      @jclkaytwo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +250

      @@turquoisecrow4513 oh. I haven't seen the movie so I didn't know. well that sucks.

    • @rangopistacho6928
      @rangopistacho6928 3 ปีที่แล้ว +154

      @@jclkaytwo geuss Disney are Chinese nazis now

    • @cayden6057
      @cayden6057 3 ปีที่แล้ว +378

      I really feel like more people should be standing up against this. It's not "like" concentration camps or "comparable" to them, they literally *are* just camps. The ones you hear about in history class set up by the Nazis, yeah, the Chinese Communist Party is literally doing that _right now._

  • @otaking3582
    @otaking3582 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    A movie that went out of its way to appeal to Chinese audiences, even at the expense of the rest of the world, and yet the Chinese don't like this movie and didn't even want it in the first place.
    To quote the Code M.E.N.T. version of Lelouch, *"WHAT IS THE POINT OF THIS THING?!"*

    • @janyip398
      @janyip398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hollywood made this movie to please their CCP overlords, the PRC population thinks this is a load of crap.

  • @purpleisdebeste
    @purpleisdebeste 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The moral of this movie is "only protest peacefully, when we find it convenient"

  • @tandnmom100
    @tandnmom100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +520

    Adding to the list of things that piss me off about this movie is that even though the cast is mostly Chinese, the four - count 'em - FOUR screenwriters were all white. Which I suppose explains why such baffling things as "chi is not for women" and "witches are evil" and "the Chinese phoenix rises from the ashes too" are included in this movie.
    Also, the costume designer was white too, and they sent her on a culture tour of China so she could get a real sense of the traditional dress that the movie tries to frame as ugly as possible for the sake of comedy, when they could have just hired a Chinese costume designer and have the costumes be actually authentic rather than secondhand imitations of authenticity.
    Remember, this was the movie that Disney tried to hype up as "more accurate and faithful to the original ballad and to ancient Chinese culture and tradition". That description tagged onto a movie this dense offends me, and I'm not even Chinese!

    • @Lillowh
      @Lillowh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Even worse is the main actress supports the human rights violations by China in both hong kong and THE LITERAL CONCENTRATION CAMP they were filming nearby. Disney even thanked the propaganda agencies in the credits

    • @buggart
      @buggart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@Lillowh I mean, there is also the possibility that she was forced to say it or she would *wink wink* disappear.

    • @Dylamn
      @Dylamn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      I don't see why so many people haven't realised, if you wanna see some authentic chinese cimema, watch some goddang chinese movies. It baffles me that people expected this to be made with any care.

    • @silvereyes242
      @silvereyes242 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      I wouldn’t say the writers being white is inherently an issue, there are plenty of perfectly knowledgable white people who can easily represent a culture very well. Just look at Avatar the last airbender for instance. The problem is that none of the writers has a clue what they were doing or what made the original Mulan so beloved.

    • @tandnmom100
      @tandnmom100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Silvereyes 24 ATLA was not trying to represent a specific Asian culture, it was making an entirely new culture using real-world ones as a springboard. But if you're TRYING to authentically and respectfully represent a very specific real-world culture in your movie that costs literal millions to make, then WHY IN THE NAME OF EVERY POSSIBLE GOD WOULD YOU NOT HIRE SOMEONE FROM THAT CULTURE TO WRITE THE FUCKING SCRIPT

  • @Kumori90
    @Kumori90 3 ปีที่แล้ว +359

    “My extra chest padding to enforce my lie saved my life.”
    So the turning point in the remake is Mulan’s boobs? 0.o

    • @blazer3756
      @blazer3756 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      *E X T R A C H E S T P A D D I N G*
      IF this is what they were actually going for, Why, just why was THIS a way of trying to reach equality.
      Imagine:
      “Hey young girls! You guys will make excellent warriors when you are older because you will grow breasts!”
      But even if this is a sarcastic joke, what if you are actually right?

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Insanely bad.
      An insult to the Source Material is not even 10% of the Problem? Oh, wow.
      Thats a feat.
      But Plot Holes, Fake-Feminism, Plot Holes and much more also??? Wow!

    • @Rex67657
      @Rex67657 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Your profile picture is shantae and well you know. you know.

    • @leiderhosen7110
      @leiderhosen7110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@blazer3756 That's not really what they were going for. The extra padding was to bulk up the rest of her chest so her boobs wouldn't stand out--and her profile would look more masculine since on average men have more upper body mass than woman and you wouldn't want to join the army looking scrawny and weak.
      If anything it DIScourages having breasts because it makes it harder to hide your femininity, though I suppose this particular movie gets a pass since she needs to hide the fact she's impersonating her father...until she's not.
      No, the REAL reason this is really fucking stupid is because cloth armor is an actual real thing and was very effective on the battlefield since it's good at absorbing shock and very cut resistant when made properly, but also very lightweight and cheap, so anyone could afford it. It also compliments plate armor as an extra layer of protection, as you can just fix the plates onto the cloth and have a very tough, very form-fitting protection.
      So she takes this armor--which any soldier should be wearing--which just saved her life, and tosses it out cuz she's a hipster who doesn't need no man-armor. The real moral is "Don't let no man influence what you do, even if they are employing common sense in an extremely dangerous profession. You don't need so safety gear because you're a queen."

  • @brycevo
    @brycevo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    The fact that a Chinese woman needed to make a youtube channel just to destroy this movie is so bad

    • @amandalynn4979
      @amandalynn4979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Actually, just a heads up: the person who made the TH-cam channel is non-binary!

    • @catsinwonderland7473
      @catsinwonderland7473 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I forgot their/her name. But that’s the only good thing this film could ever create

  • @RiskoPlexus
    @RiskoPlexus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "We're being invaded by some edgelord and a witch" That one got me. 😂

  • @abthedragon4921
    @abthedragon4921 3 ปีที่แล้ว +622

    CellSpex is back!? CELLSPEX IS BACK!
    Sorry, just a little excited, my favorite movie review TH-camr is posting again.

  • @curesaul5749
    @curesaul5749 3 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    Disney just needs to stop every remake gets worst than the last.

    • @thejaycrewsshow9827
      @thejaycrewsshow9827 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I hope they don't reboot Hercules

    • @portable_rat
      @portable_rat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@thejaycrewsshow9827 honestly I'd be interested to see that as long as it's animated

    • @blindlobster
      @blindlobster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@thejaycrewsshow9827 Good news! Emma Watson will be playing the character of "Hercules" in the movie "Hercules." I heard that Michael Cera also applied for the character but he wasn't popular enough to get the part.

    • @Alucard2091
      @Alucard2091 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thejaycrewsshow9827 Disney wiki confirmed it

    • @boydixonentertainment
      @boydixonentertainment 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Porridge You know it’s not.

  • @vixeon_0454
    @vixeon_0454 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    When my mom told me they were making a Live-action Mulan this is how our conversation went.
    Mom:Oh did you hear their coming out with a Live action Mulan?
    Me:Cool
    Mom:I thought you'd be more excited. After all Mulan is your favorite.
    Me:Its perfect the way it is it doesnt need a remake.
    Mom:Welp now you know how i feel

  • @sfo45
    @sfo45 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    When they run out of remakes, they’ll just make a remake of a remake.

    • @carsfan1995
      @carsfan1995 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Isn’t that what James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad is?

    • @me30000
      @me30000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Imagine that 20 years from now they make an animated remake of the live Aladdin with no experience with the original

    • @austinreed7343
      @austinreed7343 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@me30000
      And it still turns out better.

    • @brandonsaquariumsandterrar8985
      @brandonsaquariumsandterrar8985 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They probably will

    • @justanormalinvestigator2640
      @justanormalinvestigator2640 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Snyder cut lion king when?

  • @jstarwars360
    @jstarwars360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +297

    12:20 - The filmmakers behind Scott Pilgrim vs. the World treated the action scenes like musical numbers. If characters don't question the logic of breaking into song, it's only fair that characters also don't question the logic behind someone exploding into bit coins.

    • @monicaenns9967
      @monicaenns9967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Ooo, bus fare!

    • @zachblair3794
      @zachblair3794 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Monica Enns pretty sure the line was something like “aww man it’s not even enough for the bus fare”

    • @NobodyC13
      @NobodyC13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      "Sounds like someone wants to get . . . funky."
      Scott Pilgrim is also probably the only good live-action anime.

    • @portable_rat
      @portable_rat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@NobodyC13 cough cough you're forgetting the live action scooby doo movies

    • @NobodyC13
      @NobodyC13 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@portable_rat Scooby-Doo is not anime.

  • @duchi882
    @duchi882 3 ปีที่แล้ว +470

    The first 6 minutes and 8 seconds of the video
    is Top Tier Disney's Mulan Live-Action Adaptation Summary

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Insanely bad.
      An insult to the Source Material is not even 10% of the Problem? Oh, wow.
      Thats a feat.
      But Plot Holes, Fake-Feminism, Plot Holes and much more also??? Wow!

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Remember kids:
      If you use armor or any defensive strategy or even strategy at all, you're a
      bad person.
      It's neither feminine nor manly to use Armor or Strategy or anything.
      The only thing manly and feminine is Buckets of Water.
      That and Monster Trucks.
      YEAH!
      Seriously: All this reminds of 'The Last Airbender', that disaster.
      Why the heck do some people still cling to Netflix?
      Dont they know just how many people need to Greenlight something so it gets made and then airs and then stays?!?
      A LOT, is the Answer.

    • @chrono-glitchwaterlily8776
      @chrono-glitchwaterlily8776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@slevinchannel7589 why do you keep spamming this comment?

    • @anapeglar4602
      @anapeglar4602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "I shall fight the avatar MYSELF!"
      "..what?"

    • @Tehnameless1
      @Tehnameless1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Pitch Meeting vibes from it, just *chef's kiss*

  • @nicholast.4933
    @nicholast.4933 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    The big problem I had with the "superpowers" thing is that it ruins the female empowerment message, it goes from "women can be just as good men" to "women can be just as good as men, as long as you're born with superpowers"

    • @Ramsey276one
      @Ramsey276one 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Painfully accurate

  • @TheEpona92
    @TheEpona92 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    14:51-15:24 YES. THIS. THIS is why the new movie bugged me so much! It took out what I think was one of the greatest strengths of the original. Thanks you for putting it into words!

  • @InRealTime769
    @InRealTime769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +449

    What bothers me most is that Disney won't see all this mess as "Hey,
    maybe we should hire more diverse writers". They'll see this as,
    "You're being ungrateful, this is why we don't have diversity in film"

    • @cestalia
      @cestalia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      I think research is better. I don't mind non diverse writer if they did a research for it (maybe like the animated Mulan).
      But nooo, let's just stick on the stupid writing!

    • @phousefilms
      @phousefilms 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Three writers and not even one of them was Chinese. That tells you all you need to know right there...

    • @Shadowkey392
      @Shadowkey392 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@phousefilms not really...

    • @kaylawoodbury2308
      @kaylawoodbury2308 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @PH5121 You do realize that the Chinese Government funded and played a major role in the writing of this movie right? It was literally made by their specifications, to appease them. They were even the ones who picked the main actress, a well know nationalist that is very vocal in her support of Hong Kong being an oppression police state...

    • @claireglover1391
      @claireglover1391 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kaylawoodbury2308 wow they were the ones who helped f the movie up?! Yikes…

  • @sweetpixiesmile
    @sweetpixiesmile 3 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    I laughed waaaaaay to hard at "Jedi Elsa."

  • @asmitanauduri5290
    @asmitanauduri5290 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    "12-year-old melodramatic fanfiction"
    honestly yeah

  • @rellimeelrahc
    @rellimeelrahc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    “Know your place, uterus-haver”
    Guys I found my new catchphrase

  • @WiloPolis03
    @WiloPolis03 3 ปีที่แล้ว +285

    The fact that Disney abused a portion of the population of China to make a movie that didn't even turn out to be good is hilarious

    • @greenstarlover1
      @greenstarlover1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yikes!

    • @sarasamaletdin4574
      @sarasamaletdin4574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Disney didn’t abuse anyone because they filmed a movie in the same province (Chinese provinces are sizes of European counties). I don’t like China and would not go there for even a vacation currently (in case there was no corona) since I would feel I was normalizing the sitsuation. But it’s not support to go to country and do business there nevertheless. I am sure we have all bought things made in China that are as problematic as filming a movie there.

    • @Sh1ranu1
      @Sh1ranu1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Sara Samaletdin sure we may have bought stuff that has supported China, but that doesn’t mean we should keep doing it.
      Now that concentration camps are more and more blatantly exposed, we should be fazing out such support

    • @changsiah2
      @changsiah2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      hater and lieeee

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Insanely bad.
      An insult to the Source Material is not even 10% of the Problem? Oh, wow.
      Thats a feat.
      But Plot Holes, Fake-Feminism, Plot Holes and much more also??? Wow!

  • @gracepan8534
    @gracepan8534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    The whole point of a rabbit metaphor from the ballade was that you COULDN’T tell their genders apart when the rabbits were running. But Mulan can cause... chi?

    • @TheZenytram
      @TheZenytram 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      the most IN YOUR FACE metaphor that men and women are the same, and they get that wrong.

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Remember kids:
      If you use armor or any defensive strategy or even strategy at all, you're a
      bad person.
      It's neither feminine nor manly to use Armor or Strategy or anything.
      The only thing manly and feminine is Buckets of Water.
      That and Monster Trucks.
      YEAH!
      Seriously: All this reminds of 'The Last Airbender', that disaster.
      Why the heck do some people still cling to Netflix?
      Dont they know just how many people need to Greenlight something so it gets made and then airs and then stays?!?
      A LOT, is the Answer.

    • @lizlazmccringe2043
      @lizlazmccringe2043 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Weird dig but the animation for the rabbits looked really floppy ??? Like they _looked_ hella fake ...

  • @angelc286
    @angelc286 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "You've activated my trap card!"
    I'm literally crying 🤣

  • @lele_noobzilla
    @lele_noobzilla 3 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    "empowereing woman means kill feminine things" never frase was so accurate...isn't better to embrase the feminine things that society usually see as fragile or weak instead of also hating on it?

  • @bitty29
    @bitty29 3 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    “WITH BLACKJACK AND EQUALITY” *angry bender noises*

    • @rdphoenix07
      @rdphoenix07 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      And Hookers! You know what? Forget starting a new country!

    • @ChasehaWing
      @ChasehaWing 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Socialist Sylveon
      Only if we get some bear hookers beside them.

  • @courtney1329
    @courtney1329 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I think it's absolutely insane that Disney made such an issue about hiring an all Chinese cast but couldn't be bothered to hire ONE Chinese writer.

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Insanely bad.
      An insult to the Source Material is not even 10% of the Problem? Oh, wow.
      Thats a feat.
      But Plot Holes, Fake-Feminism, Plot Holes and much more also??? Wow!

  • @iamnoone21
    @iamnoone21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Oof you summarized so well how insulting the ""empowering"" message in this movie is, especially compared to the original...

  • @stephaniethomas7019
    @stephaniethomas7019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    For a film that tries so hard to be "mature" it sure looks like a dcom. Like descendents had better cinematography.

    • @maxhasproblems4885
      @maxhasproblems4885 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      hey don’t you dare put that kind of disrespect on descendants’ name

  • @sebastian2456
    @sebastian2456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    There's a difference between adult and mature something that has blood, bad language, or in this case is super serious without much comedy is adult something meant for adults. Maturity comes from understanding how the world works for instance Mulan in the animated film using her intelligence to become a great warrior despite being in a woman in a man dominated field is mature and shows empowerment. Mulan being born with powers that give her unnatural fighting abilities which she uses to kill several power might be adult but its not mature because it doesn't portray any theme of empowerment because it has the message "You can only compete with men If you are born with certain attributes" which should never be your message.

    • @SS-xr7jf
      @SS-xr7jf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      At this point, I just take "mature" and "adult" to be coded words meaning. "Boring as hell". Checks out pretty well.
      Doing your taxes ✔
      Scheduling appointments ✔
      Mulan 2020 ✔

  • @blackday1013
    @blackday1013 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    "We'll start our own country. With blackjack and equality."
    That's a 10/10 reference right there.

    • @kotorandcorvid4968
      @kotorandcorvid4968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't get it

    • @blackday1013
      @blackday1013 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@kotorandcorvid4968 It's a Futurama reference. The original line was, "I'm going to go build my own theme park. With blackjack. And hookers!"

    • @kotorandcorvid4968
      @kotorandcorvid4968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@blackday1013 Ah

    • @CinnamonGrrlErin1
      @CinnamonGrrlErin1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Grand Duchy of Robonia

    • @Stormfire1777
      @Stormfire1777 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@blackday1013 “you know what, forget the theme park and blackjack!”

  • @aspohn7256
    @aspohn7256 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Is no one going to talk about the world’s smallest cameo for Ming-Na Wen? She is the og mulan after all.

  • @Whatiseven
    @Whatiseven 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm a mixed chick who is half Chinese, Mulan was the first representation I ever felt growing up.
    to see it slaughtered like this hurt my soul.

  • @GolocheSupercaboche
    @GolocheSupercaboche 3 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    Critics: Live action version is better than the animation version because animation is only for kids and live action are for grown up!
    .....
    Are we still there in 2020? When they are going to GROW UP!? Both of those affirmations are false and even more together!

    • @sedij2358
      @sedij2358 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I mean seriously, TRY to tell me that an animated movie like Spirited Away is targeted towards kids.

    • @GolocheSupercaboche
      @GolocheSupercaboche 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sedij2358 and try to tell me that what the serie Primal is for kids! 🤣

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Remember kids:
      If you use armor or any defensive strategy or even strategy at all, you're a
      bad person.
      It's neither feminine nor manly to use Armor or Strategy or anything.
      The only thing manly and feminine is Buckets of Water.
      That and Monster Trucks.
      YEAH!
      Seriously: All this reminds of 'The Last Airbender', that disaster.
      Why the heck do some people still cling to Netflix?
      Dont they know just how many people need to Greenlight something so it gets made and then airs and then stays?!?
      A LOT, is the Answer.

    • @GolocheSupercaboche
      @GolocheSupercaboche 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@slevinchannel7589 ahah, "airs" 😁

    • @GolocheSupercaboche
      @GolocheSupercaboche 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@slevinchannel7589
      Mulan 1998 : i am an ordinary girl, but i will do anything to protec my father and take his place as a soldier, even i have any basic training and low to none chance to survive!
      Mulan 2020 : i am magic lol! I can do what ever i want! So deal with it!
      Some how, the "kids" version i more mature than the "grown up" one

  • @ajshim
    @ajshim 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    Having seen the 2020 Mulan Disney film proved to me how little the 2020 version of the company understood Chinese culture. To quote a Chinese person I spoke with "The 2020 Mulan Disney film is like eating American Chinese food. A bastardization of the actual thing. The animated film although much less realistic felt closer to the actual thing." Hell the same person told me he was going to show the film to other people to teach how not to make a film about Chinese culture, history or myths.
    Side Note: For a "More Historical" film about Mulan with the Mongols using magic makes no sense. Since historically Mongols feared the supernatural. It was rare if ever they would use someone like a witch.
    Second Note: Chi is not magic. It isn't something that you can just conjure up or are born with. Chi is earned over the course of time via mastery of oneself. Or if you want a less philosophical explanation. Chi mastery is knowing how to control your body via breathing control. Not exhausting yourself and pacing yourself.
    Also, China hates the whole "Chosen one" trope because it doesn't blend with their culture. Also I will never understand how remaking an animated film into a live action one as an "improvement" or some how superior to a "Children's Only Medium."

    • @pantyeater-kun5788
      @pantyeater-kun5788 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So chi is hamon then?

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Remember kids:
      If you use armor or any defensive strategy or even strategy at all, you're a
      bad person.
      It's neither feminine nor manly to use Armor or Strategy or anything.
      The only thing manly and feminine is Buckets of Water.
      That and Monster Trucks.
      YEAH!
      Seriously: All this reminds of 'The Last Airbender', that disaster.
      Why the heck do some people still cling to Netflix?
      Dont they know just how many people need to Greenlight something so it gets made and then airs and then stays?!?
      A LOT, is the Answer.

    • @ajshim
      @ajshim 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@pantyeater-kun5788 Sure, let's go with that. Breathe properly & be able to pull off amazing stunts.

    • @pyroshrimp4073
      @pyroshrimp4073 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is not Mongols. If it were mongols they would have lost and angry horse man did more conquest than just china

  • @CinnamonGrrlErin1
    @CinnamonGrrlErin1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I'm glad you mentioned the jerky cutaways and editing, because that's so prevalent in movies these days, it makes me seasick (the cgi and green screens don't help either). I can't even watch these clips without having to look away every few minutes.

  • @booorue4876
    @booorue4876 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    18:18 OML I THOUGHT SHE WAS A BLOODY PIMPLE-