I don’t really want to sound like a hater since I have a really strong connection to the original, but every time these remakes comes out I instantly would either give it to much of my patience or just zero and this movie is apart of it. However for Mulan it really was me trying to give it all of my patience, but I can’t this movie is not as bad as the the sequel of Mulan but it is definitely light years behind the original.
Pros ( this is me trying to be nice): I can never deny the cinematography of this movie I mean the angle and movement that they use really elevated the fight by scenes in the movie and I am a sucker for good costumes and this is no exception for this.
Cons (ranting time): I hate everything that this movie stands for, I wanted to like it I really did, however, this movie is just bad for what it represents. Our main character Mulan has zero expressions and the fact that they tried to make her more confident and I guess more independent made her feel shallow and unrealistic I mean she is literally perfect in this one, in the original Mulan was just a smart and resourceful girl that's why she was able to defeat Shang Yu by using her quick thinking skills this one is just perfect so we don’t feel connected to her as much, though there are no songs nor any comedy the bits of comedy that is in the movie is just weird and at times awkward to me, the witch I admit was a little skeptical at first but I thought she was an ok character but I wish we could’ve seen more of her and the supposed main “bad guy” is not very interesting at least in the original Shang Yu was threatening but was still devious this guy just wear black and has a scar cause bad guys have that, and the worst part is that this movie felt so empty even though the director herself made films like this about female empowerment it still feels like she had to listen to Disney and had no say in the making of the project except for somethings.
So overall, I really didn’t enjoy this movie it was just like the other ranked empty, soulless, mainly just to make money and it feels like we will never have any original content from Disney not own by Disney but made by Disney anytime soon. Pls bring back the old Disney we miss it.