I liked this movie a lot. It gave more of a backstory than the older Mulan. We can see that the other villagers are already disgusted with her manly behaviour. She ran around chasing chickens and making a mess. I feel like this movie gave a better reason why the matchmaker did not like her because she wouldn't have messed up otherwise. It was her sister's fear of spiders that caused the matchmaker to flip and ruin everything so we can see a bigger sense of unfairness added to her 'daughterly expectations' that she has not reached. The thing I didn't like is the witch who could turn into a hawk's death. it was very pointless. Mulan had dodged loads of arrows on horseback from short distances so why couldnt she dodge that arros? it wasn't like they were leveled so it would hit her anyway, bori khan was up above her so chances are it wouldve hit behind her as she ran closer to the emperor. also since she is a witch she could've stopped the arrow other ways like throwing kunais or shuriken at the arrow. she didnt have to sacrifice her life. maybe she was tired of life and wanted to die anyway...