Yifei Liu, Jet Li; duration - 1 H 55 minutes; Directed by - Niki Caro; Abstract - Mulan is a movie starring Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, and Li Gong. A young Chinese maiden disguises herself as a male warrior in order to save her father. A live-action feature film based on Disney's 'Mulan.'; Countries - USA, China

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SYNOPSIS:
Mulan (Yifei Liu) disguises herself as a man so she can fight in a war that her father is too old to.
REVIEW:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MULAN WHYYYYYYYYYYYY. br> *clears throat*
Okay. Let me explain. I absolutely love the Mulan animated film. One of my all time favorites. I knew going into this film that they were making some ridiculous changes like taking out the songs and taking out Mushu and adding a new villain in the shape-shifting Xianniang (Li Gong) and I was still completely on board when I saw the trailer. This was my most anticipated film of the year so let me now go ahead and explain why this film left such an incredibly bad taste in my mouth. I'll break this one down into sections.
DIRECTING/EDITING/SPECIAL FX:
First of all, the directing and editing/special effects were all so poorly done. For example, there's a scene near the beginning of the film when the invaders (this films version of the Huns and can't remember their name even. Something with an "R" are attacking one of the battalions and Xianniang uses a rug to reel this one guard in and there's about 7-8 jump cuts of her just reeling him in. I almost got nauseous from all of the unnecessary cuts just to make a shot look quicker when I'm reality one or two cuts at most would've served that shot much better. Then we had some shots where the camera turned sideways and then back upright and although I think a shot like that could've been amazing, the way it was used was almost just like an experiment. It could've been used far more efficiently. In any of the moments where the characters were going airborne, it felt very messy. I could notice imbalance as if they were stuck to rope, which they are, but is something that shouldn't be noticeable. Not giving any spoilers, but there's literally a scene where a large group of the invaders are on a hill catapulting fireballs at the imperial army and Mulan looks at them from below and in the very next scene is all of a sudden behind them. the only way she could logically done that without being scene is taking a week long trip around this giant hill which by that time would be too late for the other soldiers. Mind-boggling. I can then go on with how ridiculous some of the moves looked to a point where I held in laughter for the sake of the others watching the film with me and didn't want to be rude, but I'd be spoiling the film. Oh and the slow motion shots. My dear lord and savior the amount of slow motion shots in this film. It's truly something to see.
STORY:
This part isn't something that I think people would necessarily agree or disagree with me on, but it's just my own opinion. I'm not a fan of how Mulan was already an established warrior. I understand that what they were going for is saying that this "Chi" that's within Mulan, is within every woman and it's up to them to know it's okay to bring it out regardless of how anyone else feels about it. I agree with that sentiment, however, the original film shows that even though you may not know it, as a woman, there is a warrior within and that you should do everything in your power to bring it out and to show others that you are just as capable as any man to be the fiercest warrior. Both sentiments are good, but there's something about someone who has barriers in front of them and us as viewers watching them break through the barriers to triumph. When Mulan already has this powerful "Chi" it by default makes her have an edge on other soldiers and doesn't create much of a challenge. Yea Xianniang is her opposite, but that storyline was so obvious to predict and there were almost no fighting scenes between the two. And the one or two that were in the film didn't feel intense. Didn't feel like Milan's life was in danger at any point. We had multiple scenes that felt so rushed. Not a moment that I felt any emotion whatsoever. Like the scene where Mulan I think is sneaking up on her dad to see him attempt to hold a straight sword and seeing in his eyes the fear, but the honor he must uphold. It's very emotional in the animation and in this it's completely butchered and void of any emotion. Scenes like the matchmaker that are actually trying to taking something from the original are so disappointing to watch and to know this will be the Mulan for most new generation kids. Then I would love to go on a rant on how taking out the commander love interest isn't necessary (cause you could form feelings for a higher up who's actually a genuinely good person) and how taking out the songs is preposterous, because obviously the original film wasn't sexist at all, in fact it was showing that you don't have to be a man to be a warrior, but that's for a different day.
ACTING:
The only performance I felt was slightly above average was Yoson An as Honghui. The only thing is he played a character that almost any person can play. Just be charming on screen. BOOM! Love interest. check. Everyone else, including Yifei Liu, were somewhere between average and just bad. Some was due to writing and a lot was due to just bad acting. I'm pretty sure no one there was comic relief. A couple moments were supposed to be comical and missed. I don't understand why they couldn't have actors to represent those 3 goofball soldiers from the original. I know they have Yao (Chen Tang) but none of them at all resemble the original. If there's no Mushu and no soldiers for comical relief do we really have Mulan? Could we have made a film outside of the Mulan property? I still would've seen it, but yes I know millions wouldn't have and that's unfortunate, but it's better than tarnishing a beloved property.
This was already so long and I could write a 10-page essay on how disappointing this film was for me, between the poor directing, bad acting, corny SFX and so much more it's hard for me to even give it as high of a score I'm giving it. The only reason I'm giving it this score is due to the sole fact that I feel part of me is slightly comparing it to the original which I think is fair in ways like when they're literally taking specific scenes from the animation, but the other part of me knows it wasn't meant to be a shot for shot live-action remake. The only redeeming factors was the scenery, the horses and the score that was played at poor moments and was too soft to really feel much from. 2.0/10.

Beautifully made story with a great twist compared to the original animation. The cast and actors along with the filming and sceneries are just stunning. I'd watch this over and over again. Don't get fooled by the less review, this movie is a modern version of the original animated movie - nonetheless still following the famous story. Highly recommended. Hoa m e1 bb 99c lan tactical. This film is just like everything else Disney produces these days. Super-hyped character with no development at all. I don't even want to comment on the way they treated the story. Hoa m e1 bb 99c lan series.

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