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Teaser trailer for Disney's live-action Mulan
I've got to say, I'm impressed. Just from this brief look, the movie has the potential to be visually stunning and action packed.
That looks absolutely awesome!!
Now THIS is a Disney live-action remake I'd gladly watch in theatre!
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Carry on,
--C.
Finally. A live action Disney movie I'll go see.
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Hopefully not around.
Trailer looks really good. I will definitely see this.
OTOH, at the same time I'm a little puzzled that Disney has spent so much time cranking out live action versions of (it seems) their entire catalog of animated films. Yeah, they're doing original stuff, too. Still...
2010 Alice in Wonderland
2010 Sorcerer's Apprentice
2014 Maleficent (I do give them some credit for this)
2015 Cinderella
2016 The Jungle Book
2017 Beauty and the Beast
2019 Dumbo
2019 Aladdin
2019 Lady and the Tramp
2020 Mulan
2020 Cruella (presumably 101 Dalmations' "Maleficent")
I didn't want to take the list back further than 2010, but if nothing else two 100+ Dalmatian live action movies were made in the 90's and 00's.
Disney's live-action Mulan takes everything that made the original animated film great--every dramatic and powerful moment--and completely guts it. The result is a movie without bone, flesh, or spirit. It is an empty shell, a discarded husk, devoid of anything but mediocrity. If it were not called MULAN, if I had no knowledge of the original, this movie would blend in with every other wuxia unknown in its utter blandness. Don't waste your money.
Actors do alright, but the writing is terrible. Special effects are equivalent to other modern wuxia films with nothing really standing out.
Among a great many other issues, at no point does anyone in the film even mention China, or refer to themselves as Chinese. Guess the film makers are cowards who fear the current attitudes. Oh, and the Huns aren't Huns either, because portraying them as invaders would be...racist...I guess?
Dumpster fire of a film.
RPG Superstar 2008 Top 32, 2011 Top 16
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Disney's live-action Mulan takes everything that made the original animated film great--every dramatic and powerful moment--and completely guts it. The result is a movie without bone, flesh, or spirit. It is an empty shell, a discarded husk, devoid of anything but mediocrity. If it were not called MULAN, if I had no knowledge of the original, this movie would blend in with every other wuxia unknown in its utter blandness. Don't waste your money.
Actors do alright, but the writing is terrible. Special effects are equivalent to other modern wuxia films with nothing really standing out.
Among a great many other issues, at no point does anyone in the film even mention China, or refer to themselves as Chinese. Guess the film makers are cowards who fear the current attitudes. Oh, and the Huns aren't Huns either, because portraying them as invaders would be...racist...I guess?
Dumpster fire of a film.
I don't have plans to see it, but why would it refer to China or have people refer to themselves as Chinese? the vast majority of movies don't have references to the country they're set in or nationality of the characters, especially when it's all set in one place and isn't a globe hopping adventure. I'm fairly certain for example that Ant Man never says "look at that guy, he can shrink, and here in America!". The visuals can effectively communicate where the setting of most stories are without dialogue doing so.
I don't have plans to see it, but why would it refer to China or have people refer to themselves as Chinese? the vast majority of movies don't have references to the country they're set in or nationality of the characters, especially when it's all set in one place and isn't a globe hopping adventure. I'm fairly certain for example that Ant Man never says "look at that guy, he can shrink, and here in America!". The visuals can effectively communicate where the setting of most stories are without dialogue doing so.Disney's live-action Mulan takes everything that made the original animated film great--every dramatic and powerful moment--and completely guts it. The result is a movie without bone, flesh, or spirit. It is an empty shell, a discarded husk, devoid of anything but mediocrity. If it were not called MULAN, if I had no knowledge of the original, this movie would blend in with every other wuxia unknown in its utter blandness. Don't waste your money.
Actors do alright, but the writing is terrible. Special effects are equivalent to other modern wuxia films with nothing really standing out.
Among a great many other issues, at no point does anyone in the film even mention China, or refer to themselves as Chinese. Guess the film makers are cowards who fear the current attitudes. Oh, and the Huns aren't Huns either, because portraying them as invaders would be...racist...I guess?
Dumpster fire of a film.
They sure did it enough in the original.
It's a relatively minor issue compared to some of the others though, which I won't mention as they will spoil the movie.
Trailer looks really good. I will definitely see this.
OTOH, at the same time I'm a little puzzled that Disney has spent so much time cranking out live action versions of (it seems) their entire catalog of animated films. Yeah, they're doing original stuff, too. Still...
2010 Alice in Wonderland
2010 Sorcerer's Apprentice
2014 Maleficent (I do give them some credit for this)
2015 Cinderella
2016 The Jungle Book
2017 Beauty and the Beast
2019 Dumbo
2019 Aladdin
2019 Lady and the Tramp
2020 Mulan
2020 Cruella (presumably 101 Dalmations' "Maleficent")I didn't want to take the list back further than 2010, but if nothing else two 100+ Dalmatian live action movies were made in the 90's and 00's.
These versions allow Disney to renew their copyrights.
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I don't have plans to see it, but why would it refer to China or have people refer to themselves as Chinese? the vast majority of movies don't have references to the country they're set in or nationality of the characters, especially when it's all set in one place and isn't a globe hopping adventure. I'm fairly certain for example that Ant Man never says "look at that guy, he can shrink, and here in America!". The visuals can effectively communicate where the setting of most stories are without dialogue doing so.Disney's live-action Mulan takes everything that made the original animated film great--every dramatic and powerful moment--and completely guts it. The result is a movie without bone, flesh, or spirit. It is an empty shell, a discarded husk, devoid of anything but mediocrity. If it were not called MULAN, if I had no knowledge of the original, this movie would blend in with every other wuxia unknown in its utter blandness. Don't waste your money.
Actors do alright, but the writing is terrible. Special effects are equivalent to other modern wuxia films with nothing really standing out.
Among a great many other issues, at no point does anyone in the film even mention China, or refer to themselves as Chinese. Guess the film makers are cowards who fear the current attitudes. Oh, and the Huns aren't Huns either, because portraying them as invaders would be...racist...I guess?
Dumpster fire of a film.
I died laughing.
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They sure did it enough in the original.
It seems silly to refer to the Disney animated version as "the original", particularly since it wasn't a faithful adaptation to begin with.