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One of the things I love about the cartoon version of Mulan is that she gets to defeat the villain with using both her feminity- she and her 3 friends wooing the villain's guards dressed like beautiful women and, using her fan to swipe away his sword. And she gets to kick butt using her martial arts she's learned in the army. I believe that was a fantastic way to show that you can use both things that were deemed only female and male at the time and show that they both complement each other. P. S. Mulan having her long hair down, despite it being woman powered, I'm surprised it didn't get caught on something. I did learn that at Mulan's time period, men would tie their long hair up. Maybe she could have wrapped it up.
LOL, yeah, and don't forget that she threw her armour away as well. Her armour, as in the thing that saved her life when the witch almost killed her. Idk, but if I went to battle, I sure as hell would love that piece of metal to protect my vitals....
@@destinationaddictionsamsar7894 Oh yeah, I had forgotten he was the one who fired the rocket at Shang Yu. But she said "Ready, Mushu?" I took as she and Mushu planned it earlier and that's why Mulan led Shang Yu up on the roof.
It always felt to me as if Mulan - in the animated version - took her fathers place to safe him, assuming he wouldn't survive a war with his leg injury and age. She loves her father so much she rather risks her own life than risk loosing her dad. Also: even Mulan's horse Khan has more character than any character in the remake. In the remake it feels more like Mulan goes to the army as an act of defiance. Because she doesn't want to be put in her place, she is a rebell and a strong independend women. This completely ruins her character! Turning an act of love, heroism and selflessness into something out of spite, wounded pride and selfishness.
let's be real here. Mulan 2009 is better. Spoiler: Everyone in mulan's brotherhood is dead except mulan and a single tear can be expected, Especially her childhood friend and his battalion who hold off an entire army just to allow her army to escape.
I don't want 202 Mulan to be forgotten. I want it to stand as an ultimate example of why over-feminist-ifying and nostalgia-bating a movie is a terrible idea. Keep politics out of entertainment where it does not belong. There's a place for overt politics. If all you do in interviews is ramble about the politics of your film's creation/story, all you will do is alienate people and set yourself up to disappoint.
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Animated mulan: You can do whatever you have in mind with enough determination and if you are willing to work as hard as you can Live action mulan: Hard work and determination are useless. You must be born with special abilities or some kind of powers
Yeah that’s what I loathe about all of the new Disney films with their forced women empowerment Messages (I love women being treated as equals, being one myself) all they do is talk down to women and treat them as less. Like oh you cannot be an amazing warrior as a woman. EEEEWWWW GIRLLLSSS but if you have super powers then I suppose it’s okay, but also you have to be single faceted and bland as hell. Literally all of the live action Disney movies
Briza Schuler exactly they act as if it's more like "despite being a woman, you can succeed" even though the original animated movie had no intention of that
Glad to say I haven’t paid for a single remake since they started this live action remake thing, but holy shit it just seems like the track record gets worse every year
@@gjk-arts5855 Of course it was! It's a great film, unlike its live-action remake. To this day I'm still wondering why they didn't make a Mulan TV show as a follow-up, as they did with Aladdin, Little Mermaid, Hercules and Tarzan.
Why try to fix something that wasn't even broken to begin with? In the original, Mulan was completely ordinary, but got by with her strengths and determination. In the remake, she's an invincible Superhero for no discernible meaning! 🙄😤
@@abdulazizmerdad4093 Or at least DIFFERENT, in an original way. There are a lot of versions of Mulan in Chinese media, and some are really good (for example Hua Mulan 2009.), all taking their own understanding on the original ballad. What Disney gets wrong is that they try to redo their original work, but WOKE!, thus draining any and all personality out of their characters, and killing the heart of their stories. It's just sad. :/
i thinks its either moana , frozen , tangled , princess and the frog , snow white , pocahantas , ect. there is a lot so set your seatbelts because where going to hell
I hope not. The girl playing Princess Ariel deserves a great film after all the racist attention she received. We can only pray they do amazing with TLM.
What about hurricane and Tarzan and lilo and stitch and bambi and Robin hood and fox and the hound I will get piss off if disney make a live action it will be horrible
I’m honestly sick of seeing these worthless Mary-sue’s that keep popping up. I haven’t seen the original Milan, but the way you described it Eric, the main character definitely sounds like one you can root for, while the live action version is just nearly OP. Note: One example of another great female character in media (that isn’t a Mary-sue) is Undyne from Undertale. She’s a very tough character, and has a likeable personality (that is later on, when she’s not trying to kill you).
Diamond-Lock Productions I cannot recommend Mulan 1998 enough. Mulan is my favourite Disney Princess. Her dedication to family brings me to tears every time. She took her father’s conscription papers, a promise of death and destruction, and leaves behind her flower comb, a symbol of gentleness, rebirth and peace. Mulan’s actions resonated with me so much as a child that now, at age 20, she remains as my favourite princess.
Agreed with idkwhattocallmeself - Mulan 1998 is one of the very best, funniest, most moving Disney films of all time. Must watch! It has a great character arc - and not just for Mulan, who has that inspired training sequence, and proves herself again and again, after initial struggles - but many of the other soldiers alongside her also face struggles. The stakes always feel high and motivations are clear. Plus: Mushu is hysterical I'm going to say something taboo and say I miiiiiiiiight like him slighlty more than Aladdin's Genie (!!), even though Brooklyn voiced Eddie Murphy is ever so slightly anachronistic. Still: he's HILARIOUS and I love how they animate him! Highlyg recommend.
You can watch all disney classics and see real strong women. Not in the men with vagina way but often with endurance, kindness, free will, brains....I actually go so far that I say the princes are far more potrayed as objects than the princesses.
I've written powerful characters of both sexes. But the unstoppable ones are always done for a reason, it's not their challenge. The challenge is not using it for dark purposes. It's meant to show we all at times have power over others, and we can get addicted, or worse, if abused or traumatized, it can become uncontrolled, we become or risk becoming what we fear. I'm still unpublished so can't give details, but I think it is all about presentation. One Punch Man is OP, but that's the problem. That's the running joke and bane of his existence. Framing is everything and it's easy to tell power tripping, childish stories from the real thing. Rey was an insult to any real woman as she was so inhuman but lacked any real trial or solid, earned ideals. It was all superficial imo. Wonder Woman, Captain America, Superman, Buffy, all having gifts but also being grounded and not always winning right away, it's still earned, they still suffer in human, awful ways, there's still real bravery. And frankly the problems feel earned and natural as well.
Even more, what I hate the most about the 2020 version of Mulan is that they decided to remove the most important philosophical value contained in the animated movie, that is the philosophy of late blooming flowers that will bloom more beautifully than others. That philosophy summarizes the essence of Mulan's story in disguising herself as a soldier, not to give up in despair when you do the right thing. And I hate their decision to add a sister for her instead of her grandma. When we see closely, Grandma Fa has more important role for Mulan's character growth than a sister. In the animated movie, when the palace's guards arrive to announce the announcement, her mom tell her to stay inside but her grandma asks her to watch from their fence wall, it clears to me that her grandma wants her to be strong, educated, and empowered at the level she could and as far as she knows. In the live-action, her sister does nothing but being amazed by her, and gives no contribution whatsoever in Mulan's character growth.
That and when Mulan runs away it's her Grandma that prayed to their ancestors (after saying that she doesn't think it works) for her one and only granddaughter to be watched over and it ended up working
“Dishonor” was the first word that came to mind when I saw that Disney was not only doing a feminist live-action remake, but making people pay $30 to watch it. Great work, as always!
She's female. She's a protagonist. It's current year. Hence, she has to be a Mary Sue. Remember Captain Marvel? Remember Rey (from Star Wars)? This is just one more of these female protagonists that is totally unrelatable to anyone because she's a total Mary Sue... The irony here is that the same kind of people who think characters like these make great role models for young girls are the people who think Barbie is problematic because she's too unrealistic. Morons!
personally id say rey is far better than mulan because at least there’s *some* growth, and even captain marvel struggles a little bit more than mulan. i agree though they have to stop making these characters so perfect and powerful because it send a bad message to young girls, since it’s basically “you’re only as good as men if you have superpowers and are perfect” instead of the mulan animated movie’s message that “you can be just as good as a man using your own strengths, skills and hard work”
They hate on Barbie who represented women in all kinds of jobs (police, astronaut, doctor...), badass comic and videogame characters who worked their way into becoming badass and still on wholesome anime characters. They just hate that they are ugly and useless and don't want to work their way up. This is why all female protagonists excpet a few nowadays get everything handed to them. becuase that is what the mayority of women want (unfortunatly).
BlackCroft666LP i mean i’d have to respectfully disagree, i’ve seen so many women complain about mulan 2020 having an unrealistic main character. personally i blame the companies behind these movies more than anything because they’re the ones who think that women want these kinds of protagonists when that’s not true, and they manage to influence a lot of people into thinking that this is what women want as well. nobody who watched the original mulan cartoon or read the ballad of mulan would ever appreciate what they did to mulan in this remake, regardless of gender.
@@BlackCroft666 So far, every "feminist" commentary I've seen are all extremely critical about the remake because of its mary sue-ness, being "better than men" b/c I have superpowers attitude, & lack of realistic character flaws (b/c oh no, we can't make our female character weak! Which ends up counterproductive b/c then the writers end up implying that women are only valued if they don't show any weakness or outperform men lol whoops) My friends and I abhorred Mulan 2020 - all of us would consider ourselves to be feminists. The bigger problem, like @Hello There says too, is that a lot of screenwriters/big companies like Disney are pandering/lazy so they can't write compelling female characters - so they just put a paint of "girl boss" and think that'll be enough to please female audiences. Which is honestly insulting lol. Linsdey Ellis has a brilliant video essay on the absurdity of "Woke Disney" that highlights companies & their desire to promote "progressive" twists & failing horribly because they lack the understanding of what they're trying to relate/cater to - so the result is shit movies that please no one &also don't even promote anything of true value.
In animated films such as Mulan 1998, the filmmakers have a limited amount of time and money to tell their story. That's a strong motivation to pack in as much story telling in as little time as possible. Disney and others have learned this and did it well many times. The makers of THIS film are spoiled, knowing that their budget is huge and they got all the time in the world.
gotta say something about my boi shan yu: "now all of china knows you're here." "good." this man had confidence like crazy, he did not care that china knew of his invasion, he was welcoming the fight, he relished in the slaughter to come because he knew he would win "how many men does it take to deliver a message?" "one." that exchange still gives me chills, it really showcased just how cold these guys were, without hesitation the bowman draws and you don't see what happens next but you don't need to. he might not be a malificent or a scar but shan yu was right up there with villains that scared baby me and are now some of my favourites in disney's line-up. not to mention he cuts a very intimidating silhouette
To be honest as I kid I didn't got that scene. Just later and I was kinda spooked. But know I miss edgy Disney and their dark vibes in their animations. No one thinks of life action when they hear the word "Disney"
@@BlackCroft666 no and i think that's what hurting disney more than anything. they have a brand as an animation studio and it was thanks to the classics that disney is the juggernaut it is today. it's just a shame they don't honor the movies that got them where they are. i would love to see disney go back to the 2d animation and crank out some truly scary villains. i haven't been spooked, startled or even mildly concerned with a baddie of theirs in a long long time. the shadow man from the princess and the frog was a good attempt, keith david was a wonderful choice, they just didn't go as sinister as i felt they could have
Sooooo trueee the second point was something I didn't get till I rewatched the movie only recently and though he didn't have a deep story behind him, he has this satisfyingly evil and dark character, without trying so hard to be one. In the live action, I couldn't help but face palm and cringe at how hard they're trying and still fail to do becoming a convincing antagonist.
Why do people think a strong woman doesn’t show emotion and shuns all things feminine? Strong people deal with hardships and overcome very difficult emotions and shortcomings. A strong person cries, gets hurt, wants to give up, feels like they can’t push any farther. When they overcome those obstacles, that’s when you see their true character. You want to know who someone really is? How do they react when everything goes wrong.
It's because they still believe that only traits considered masculine can make someone strong. Men are expected to be strong by having no emotions and being physically strong. Ergo, a strong female must shun femininity and encompass the traits that are considered strong by masculine terms. It's so stupid and completely defeats the point.
I always go to Eric when it comes to these shitty Disney live action remakes. No matter how many times they fail, they refuse to improve. I'm not gonna lie, when Eric when in depth on what made the original Mulan so good & memorable, I almost felt like I was about to burst into tears. No, I'm serious. I was reminded on how good the original film was when I saw it as a child. And how powerful it is. These "animated characters" felt real to us. And we understood their emotions. But in this "live action" film with "real" actors, there's NOTHING to feel. Yes, the previous live action remakes are trash, especially The Lion King. But at least we know they're shitty remakes of their more successful counterparts. But here, as Eric said, if this movie wasn't called "Mulan," you would have no freaking idea what this movie was trying to be. Like they always say, "Remember The Original."
17:50 They gave Mulan a sister, because they wanted to make this movie based on the original Ballad of Mulan. In the original Ballad, Mulan has a sister. So, Disney decided to just throw in a sister, with zero personalities, of course, other than having arachnophobia (fear of spiders). Also, this film 'threw in' a line from the original Ballad of Mulan where the character of Mulan says, "I can't tell the two rabbits apart when I was riding in the field," in the opening scenes. Whereas it goes like, "But when the two rabbits run side by side, How can you tell the female from the male?" This line is so empowering at the ending of Ballad, but Disney butchered it completely, like they did the animated film with this Live-action 'REMAKE'. I am not against Live-action remakes. I liked Aladdin and Beauty & the Beast, (no offense to anyone who hates them :O), because after I finished watching them, I got a sense of fulfillment, a satisfaction, a lot of nostalgic happiness bubbling around in hearing the end title. But, I was like, "WOAH. Is the movie already done? Where was the content dude!?" after I finished watching this 'REMAKE!!!!' Nevertheless, I just subscribed to your channel. Great editing. And astounding voice-over. Good luck for 100k subs :)
In the ballad, Mulan had a younger brother (who is as much as a side character as the sister) too. But I guess Disney can only see what they want to see, I guess. The rabbit scene in the 2020 movie pissed me off. In the original, it implied that "Man and woman had difference, but when a man and a woman run together, they're just the same (they're equal)" In 2020 movie Mulan basically said that amn and woman will not be on par.
@@sannicfann3338 yah Will Smith made that movie! I always liked him anyway. It's funny because as a huge WS fan, I was skeptical about him getting that role but he a totally did pretty well.
I liked how the original made her still feminine. In the live action they made her start out athletic, but one of the things I liked about the original was how it taught you to persevere even when it’s hard. That’s why I liked how Mulan didn’t start out athletic in the original they made it so she had to work for what she wanted. And she still embraced being girly at the same time as being headstrong and clever. They just didn’t really send that message in the live action.
I haven’t seen the movie, but I need to watch this! In fact it brings awareness to the traditional Disney Classic live action disappointment. I’ll still see it when it’s free. Lol So much for being refreshingly epic. Essentially the same story but worse. Ugh.
The live action Mulan deserves a 1/10 because of how insulting it is to the original Mulan's story, morals, characters, etc. and because of the evil things this movies did off camera and on camera.
When she defeated Shan Yu with the fan, it was iconic. It held so much weight because it really symbolised her strength as a woman. It didn't show that she could DO what a man could do, but that she could ACHIEVE what a man could achieve. How dare they take that scene out!
If I made this movie, I wouldn't have removed Shang ever nor Mulan's 3 friends. I wouldn't have made cricket but I wouldn't have put a new sister of Mulan nor a shape-shifting witch here. A clumsy but hardworking and brave Mulan is what I love. She makes me feel like she is human.
I’m surprised that there wasn’t an increase in earthquakes after all of these remakes were released. There has to be at least 100 people rolling in their grave.
I'm crying!! I tought you will never make a vs video of this! THANK YOU SO MUCH Mulan is my favorite movie from Disney and this is by far the worst remake Disney has ever made. Every word you said was exactly what I was thinking while watching the movie. Your channel is SO underrated!! ❤❤❤
I like this review, except calling out some of it's problems due to being 'feminist' isn't really true. I get what you're going for - it's taking PC-obsessed fake Wokeness to the max. I HATE the new Star Wars Trilogy and didn't even bother with Captain Marvel because of how one-note and overpowered (and thus, unrelatable) those characters are. And I say all this as a feminist woman - who values good storytelling. You can have feminist stories that have actual screenwriting talent behind them - like the original Mulan. THAT is a feminist story, because she's a living, breathing human being who shows her worth through her heart, her natural problem solving ability and resourcefulness, and proves herself in a world that underestimated a woman's potential. But films like these are stupid because they're pandering to the "idea" of feminism - it's not the real thing, and thus, they don't write relatable people we care about.
While you’re free to think and believe what you will I think you really need to re-examine the word “feminist.” Its a term synonymous with mandating and “woman power must be strongest with no flaws!” That means writing off: Sara Connor Ellen Ripley A plethora of anime and slasher film protagonists Lara Croft Zelda Samus (Metroid) And even the 98 Mulan. Feminism is not about equaling the sexes but misandry and the like. And no. That is not the minority of modern feminists thats the majority. It’s akin to BLM and antifa. Disguised Marxism with a happier sounding name.
@@Jim87_36 uhhhh, that’s not what feminism is at all, or BLM for that matter, it’s more you know, telling minorities that they deserve rights the same as any male straight white dude. The people who really think that women deserve more rights then anyone else is a loud minority, I suggest you look into what the feminist movement is before making a borderline sexist comment, just saying
One of the big differences with Mulan between the 2 movies is that in the animated version she actually used her wits to overcome her obstacles. In the live action film they just made her stronger than everyone else, so it really was no surprise that she overcame every obstacle that came her way.
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Honestly, Mulan is one of my favorite Disney movies to watch (aside from Aladdin), and I was excited when I heard that it was getting a live action remake since I grew up with Disney. (I'm turning 16 in June, and I still love Disney, since it's my main obsession) When I heard bad things about this movie (example: no songs, no Mushu, Mulan doesn't cut her hair, etc), I wasn't excited anymore, but was intrigued since it was gonna be more like the original story of Mulan. I watched it at home, and I didn't like the fact that she had the ability to use chi, because she had to struggle to become a great warrior in the animated movie without a superpower. Also, I was kinda sad that Mushu wasn't gonna be in the movie, because he's my 2nd favorite character in the movie. There are only 2 things I loved about this movie: 1: Ming-Na Wen's cameo near of the movie (She's the original voice of Mulan in the animation), and 2: During the action scenes, and the cameo scene, an instrumental version of the song Reflection was playing, which is one of my favorite songs in the movie aside from I'll make a man outta you. When I first watched the live action film, I thought it was good, but after watching it a few more times, I changed my opinion. Of course the animated Mulan is better, and will always be remembered as a classic and one of my favorite Disney movies of all time.
Mulan's Father: You are my greatest treasure. *embraces his daughter* Me: *watching with dad, we look over at each other and smile* My dad: You are my greatest treasure.
Mulan and Lion King contributed to my childhood a LOT. I was EXTREMELY hyped for their live action reboots, and I was let down when I discovered that Disney didn’t do well in making the movies. Like, why did they have to rewrite “Be Prepared” from Lion King? The original is awesome as it is!
To be fair, most of these failures of modern "feminist icon" movies are people trying desperately to pander to what they *think* feminists and other SJW types want to see in a character/story, not what any of us actually wanted...
Dont forget, Mulan (2020) was filmed near concentration camps in holding Uyghur Muslims. *edit: Disney even praised those managing the camps in the movie
They sure did. I made a quick mention of it in the video. That's why the production of this movie is DISGUSTING. And yet Disney are trying to make a Muslim character with Ms Marvel in an attempt to represent the Muslim demographic (which I don't trust them to do by the way) whilst they simultaneously praise the very people who are torturing them and throwing them into concentration camps. Disney are sick. And I hope people see them for the scum bag and hypocritical company they really are. They don't get to preach diversity and politics after praising and supporting China and their horrible deeds.
Brilliant commentary. I roll my eyes at all the crap they did with this new version and I'm glad that it's bombing. I think even without covid as an excuse (and you know they're going to do that) it would still bomb and rightfully so. And what the director said at the end. Oh GOD, I think I pulled a muscle rolling my eyes.
Thanks buddy. Yeah, she says a lot of things in interviews that don't make sense. She even talks about Mulan "NOT" being a superhero even though she clearly IS in this version due to the abilities that her Chi gives her.
Shan-Yu is the perfect villain for Mulan. The antagonist is really war, and the consequences thereof, as well as how Mulan's society responds to it. So having a warlord as the face of that conflict -- terrifying, bloodthirsty, and almost inhuman because you know nothing about him as a person -- made perfect sense.
Honestly Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin were pretty good The Lion King on the other hand really needed some upgrade but Mulan really was disappointing nothing anyone says will change my mind
@@politicscommentatorAladdin movie was great because they even mesmerized me more. All over it was equal to Animated film even far better why? Jasmine has her own song, she has friend Dahlia, Génie got himself a Family, The useless parrot turns into monster and more. And they don't lessen any films.
And in the live action poster, her "male" disguise half only has the helmet showing but the hair on that side is out when it should be up. The cartoon poster clearly show her female side and more of her male side. There's no balance in the live action which makes you wonder why even bother putting the helmet on if you're going to barely show the other duality.
Mulan is my favorite classic Disney movie, but even though I should've been looking forward to seeing what they do with the remake, the criticisms that their other live-action remakes get just made me concerned, so I had low expectations. And it STILL disappointed me. It's so different from the original animated movie that it honestly felt to me like it was a movie from a different studio that was trying to imitate the original, but didn't catch what made it so special. Most of the side characters were excluded, the villains were different, the title character was the feminist version of empowered (as I feared would happen), and the emotional moments of the film were poorly recreated. I remember the 1998 film from my childhood and I always will, but the remake was so frickin' boring. Also, the original film was based off of the Hua Mulan legend, but, apparently, the remake was supposed to be EVEN MORE based off of that legend. Maybe that's why it feels so different from the animated film, but I could be wrong. Anyways, this was a great video, and I loved it. Keep up the good work. :)
My mum actually wanted us to watch he mulan remake, but I told her it was definitely gonna be disappointing and my dad looked it up and said it was actually bad, so we didn’t end up watching it (thankfully)
Never saw any of the remakes after Jungle book and Beauty and the beast, sorta watched the Lion King but never finished it because I had enough of the remakes
It's so baffling that these people think THIS is what me mean we talk about strong female characters. We don't want Mary Sues! We want female characters with personality and strengths and weaknesses and struggles, who feel like real PEOPLE. Mulan (1998) was more empowering than this drivel will ever be, because Mulan there was a person who struggled and learned and worked hard and THAT'S how she succeeded in the end. THAT'S a more inspiring story than this bullshit. Also I really wish Disney would stop with these soulless cash grab movies.
I wouldn't call this a feminist movie, I say this as a feminist myself. It's more like what a rich hollywood male ceo *thinks* what a feminist film is like without actually talking with any feminist writers or... just women in general. The OG movie is much more of a feminist film cause MULAN HAS ACTUAL CHARACTER!!!
Hey Eric, if you want to give yourself a break, you should compare some of the better live-action remakes, like The Jungle Book, Cinderella, and Pete’s Dragon, to the originals.
Disney: we are making the little mermaid Remake!! Eric: Oh No!!! I’m done comparing these Disney remakes!!! Me: Here we go again..... Lol #BoycoutMulan
After seeing this video, I agree with one thing, Disney + SJW wokeness are ruining almost all forms of entertainment. Disney should by now stop doing live action remakes of their classic animated films.
Even social justice warriors don't like this. Many of these film studios, productions, and writers put the causes SJWs care about into the film for "easy" money and do a terrible job addressing the topics they bring up. Especially feminism - the 1998 cartoon did a better job addressing that (WITHOUT Mary Sue territory) than any of Disney's films post ~2010. Whoever is running Disney now has no idea how to make organic films with decent scripts, editing, and plots and now they can't even remake their own movies. That's nuts! If it wasn't for Disney's already long history, I feel like people wouldn't give them the time of day. Their Golden Age has been over for years. This film is just reminding me of that. (Crazy enough 'Mulan' 2020 could have been a new Renaissance if they had done well.)
Watch Lindsay Ellis' vid on Woke Disney - She outlines how companies try to superficially pander to what they think wokeness is and ultimately fail/misunderstand basic concepts. The end results are objectively bad movies which messages ironically are counterproductive to fundamental feminist ideology, which is simply just equality/equity among sex/gender. It alienates audiences from all sides - impressive. Yay Disney's never-ending greed. This is why we can't have nice things lol ruclips.net/video/xU1ffHa47YY/видео.html
Disney's idea of making a perfect female protagonist in every way is so genius and disrespectful. It teaches that women shouldn't be concern about any mistakes, cause everything is gonna work out for them. It doesn't teach them to learn from your mistakes, work hard, and get stronger from that. This is why Mulan 1998 is gonna be a timeless classic and this movie will not.
Thank you for bringing up Patty Jenkins at the end there. She is an inspiration (not even comparing her to this other clown director). I've noticed people at Disney really love patting themselves in the back for their feminist films and completely ignoring actually great female led action movies have existed for a long time. Like all the hype around Captain Marvel that totally ignored that Wonder Woman beat them to the punch and did it without being a pile of garbage.
Agreed. Patty Jenkins is what female directors should aspire to be with regards to the way they present themselves and conduct themselves with female characters. As apposed to what they are ACTUALLY doing which is acting like they are morally superior for having made a film that is either bad or mediocre at best. Thanks for watching buddy!
25:00 thank you for saying this! I can’t understand how the same company that made the originals can make such terrible and soulless remakes. I can still watch the original Mulan and feel inspired and entertained, this remake barely kept me awake
I knew this was coming for the Original vs the Remakes. We all know that the Original Disney movies were a thousand times better than the Disney remakes because Disney doesn’t really care about their property. Great video Eric and I agree everything you said in this video and I absolutely Hated Disney. Disney really went down hill with their property. First the Disney Channel crappy Movies, the Disney Remakes, Frozen II and now this... If anything, I would definitely avoid Disney for the rest of my life.
I think I know something that could’ve improved this remake. When Mulan went to war, her sister should have followed her. If they’re going to make her perfect with fighting, make her develop more of an emotional side by having her sister have to struggle, trying to defend and encourage her. If they give her a sister in this version, they should at least do something with her
For an example of a female-led action film almost completely unlike the live-action MULAN, I recommend Sam Raimi's 1990s Western THE QUICK AND THE DEAD. The heroine enters a gun-slinging competition, and while she slays the main villain and saves everyone in the end, throughout the course of the movie she is scared and at one point even cries because she's afraid of dying - which doesn't look too bad, both because she soon gets over her fear and because one of the lesser villains is an even more despicable coward (he begs for his life when she's about to shoot him, only to try to kill her when her back is turned after she lets him live and walks away). In fact, at one point the heroine almost does die and it appears she won't be the protagonist in her own movie anymore, only to recover from her wound and come back just in time to save the man who has taken her place in the competition. It's a movie that made me cringe the first time I saw it, because I didn't think you should ever allow your hero to look scared and/or weak, whether male or female. But in the end, THE QUICK AND THE DEAD is so much a better movie for that more honest portrayal.
Did you expect anything good from a movie that's like "oh yeah, and btw thanks to the Chinese goverment for letting us film near one of their concentration camps, now please consoom more disney product"?
I'm not even going to bother watching this travesty. The original Mulan is one of my favourite animated films and it's sickening to think how much they've destroyed it. I'll be honest, I hate the term Mary Sue but in this case it's obvious that, that is all this girl is. Disney seems to believe that female empowerment cannot be earned for one's self so has to be handed to you from birth or you have to belittle men to show how powerful or intelligent you are. Such bull. Thank you for watching this garbage so I don't have to.
Eric what do think about Scorsese and Tarintinio films and if you like them what’s your favorite from them. Mines goodfellas for Scorsese and inglorious bastards for tarintiono
Thank you for making this comparison. It's genuinely sad how out of touch Disney is with their beloved movies. It's as if they intentionally took everything that made the original so amazing and threw it all away in order to appeal to... Feminists..? I guess? Sheesh.
I dislike chi too, but: if you have such huge problem with her power, then why you love Marvel heroes, or Elsa? They are magical too... Why you love Yasmine or Aurora - they were born royal, Im 100% sure their fans aren't. Btw Witch is the best D live action character and your explanation 'she killed everyone, but she sacrificed for Mulan we should forgive her' Hell NO. She died, she didn't reach her happy ending, neither she could, cuz she would still face punishment for her crimes by the Emperor Also Mulan killed over 2000 men in 1 strike in animated - Im pretty sure not all of these soldiers were truly evil like Shan Yu, but you find it okey??? You find it normal that in 1998 war film theres not even a single large scale battle??? She didn't pull her sword till the very end! In live action at least she killed her own villian, not like in animated which was done by Mushu lol The remake was made for todays generation with new rules, censorship etc. Disney doesn't allow blood or much violence in its films anymore and thats why the remake had to be very polished.
@@EricCarter12 it's probably because of RUclipsrs who don't work as much get millions of subscribers quicker, and great RUclipsrs like yourself take a while, but I do hope that you can get a million subscribers someday, buddy.
The only good thing the live action did was make me appreciate the good parts in the animated movie even more. And that doesn’t even come close to forgiving it.
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So have you seen Mulan 2
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I have. It was ok. But the love story in the movie was very silly and even reckless.
@@EricCarter12 I heard some people didn't like Mulan 2 and and I heard some people are saying it's worse than the remake
Well Eric I already liked this video.Check,mate
Everyone speaking to Disney when they saw the live action remake:
“DISHONOR ON YOUR WHOLE FAMILY, DISHONOR ON YOU, DISHONOR ON YOUR COW!”
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Don't you mean "dishonor on your cash-cow"??
I'll see myself out.
Dishonor to your Cashcow!
Disney: DISHONOUR ON *YOUR* WHOLE FAMILIES, HONOUR ON US AND DISHONOUR ON EVERY SINGLE THING ABOUT YOU MISOGYNISTS!!!!!!!!!!! 😈🖕🏻💩
dishonor on your mouse
One of the things I love about the cartoon version of Mulan is that she gets to defeat the villain with using both her feminity- she and her 3 friends wooing the villain's guards dressed like beautiful women and, using her fan to swipe away his sword. And she gets to kick butt using her martial arts she's learned in the army. I believe that was a fantastic way to show that you can use both things that were deemed only female and male at the time and show that they both complement each other.
P. S. Mulan having her long hair down, despite it being woman powered, I'm surprised it didn't get caught on something. I did learn that at Mulan's time period, men would tie their long hair up. Maybe she could have wrapped it up.
LOL, yeah, and don't forget that she threw her armour away as well. Her armour, as in the thing that saved her life when the witch almost killed her. Idk, but if I went to battle, I sure as hell would love that piece of metal to protect my vitals....
Mushu (the salamander) was actually the one who defeated the villain in the animated film. But go off I guess
@@destinationaddictionsamsar7894 Oh yeah, I had forgotten he was the one who fired the rocket at Shang Yu. But she said "Ready, Mushu?" I took as she and Mushu planned it earlier and that's why Mulan led Shang Yu up on the roof.
Mushu is a dragon.
It always felt to me as if Mulan - in the animated version - took her fathers place to safe him, assuming he wouldn't survive a war with his leg injury and age. She loves her father so much she rather risks her own life than risk loosing her dad.
Also: even Mulan's horse Khan has more character than any character in the remake.
In the remake it feels more like Mulan goes to the army as an act of defiance. Because she doesn't want to be put in her place, she is a rebell and a strong independend women.
This completely ruins her character!
Turning an act of love, heroism and selflessness into something out of spite, wounded pride and selfishness.
Lol
Absolutely
Animation: Like
Live-Action: Comment
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@@mikimatzuki3411 so YOU like the live action. Wait....
let's be real here. Mulan 2009 is better.
Spoiler:
Everyone in mulan's brotherhood is dead except mulan and a single tear can be expected, Especially her childhood friend and his battalion who hold off an entire army just to allow her army to escape.
Fun fact: Disney filmed next to a concentration camp. An active concentration camp
I know. I made mention of it in the video. It's DISGUSTING.
I don't want 202 Mulan to be forgotten. I want it to stand as an ultimate example of why over-feminist-ifying and nostalgia-bating a movie is a terrible idea.
Keep politics out of entertainment where it does not belong. There's a place for overt politics. If all you do in interviews is ramble about the politics of your film's creation/story, all you will do is alienate people and set yourself up to disappoint.
A movie worth fighting for.
Quick question, why didn't you do a Versus video on the live action and animated Lady and the Tramp.
I did it on my Patreon as an exclusive versus podcast. Thats where the versus review is.
All you have to do is donate just $1 and you'll gain access to my entire list of podcasts.
But yeah, that's where I posted the comparison. 😊
Hey Eric, how do you not have 1 million subscribers yet?
Mulan vs Mulan. Who wins? I guess Mulan will win
Lol. 😂
Animated mulan: You can do whatever you have in mind with enough determination and if you are willing to work as hard as you can
Live action mulan: Hard work and determination are useless. You must be born with special abilities or some kind of powers
2020 mulan: We focus on the more POWERFUL one so we can take advantage..
Live Action Mulan ps.: But don't worry, if you're not special, you can still get married.
Yeah that’s what I loathe about all of the new Disney films with their forced women empowerment Messages (I love women being treated as equals, being one myself) all they do is talk down to women and treat them as less. Like oh you cannot be an amazing warrior as a woman. EEEEWWWW GIRLLLSSS but if you have super powers then I suppose it’s okay, but also you have to be single faceted and bland as hell. Literally all of the live action Disney movies
Briza Schuler exactly they act as if it's more like "despite being a woman, you can succeed" even though the original animated movie had no intention of that
Live action Mulan is a Palpatine
_Dishonor on Disney!_
_Dishonor on their franchise!_
_Dishonor on their cash cow!_
Bro this comment is funny as fuck
And underrated as fuck
😂😂😂😂😂
Indeed.
Mushu to Disney: "How could you MISS it was 3 feet in front of you!"
@@akhonankosi4704 you said a bad word
@@samariyasgafoor8809 are you a kid or are you joking?
Bro imagine paying money to see Disney destroy one of their best films.
This made me lol. But they've kinda done that...repeatedly? In the last few years?
I can imagine cause I didn’t but my friend did and she regrets it
Glad to say I haven’t paid for a single remake since they started this live action remake thing, but holy shit it just seems like the track record gets worse every year
We don't even have to imagine, it's already becoming a reality
This movie made me cancel my Disney+ membership. I am DONE with them.
Eric stop with Disney live action we care about your mental health
Lol it's alright. It will take more than a Disney remake to break me. Although the concentration camp story REALLY got me MAD.
Eric Carter I’m sorry WHAT?!
Wat concentration camp wat you mean please explain
The Elder Scout 20:59
Marius Kristensen 21:00
So basically, Mulan from the 90s has more Personality
Mulan's horse has more personality than all of these movies characters.
The panda from the lake scene had more personality
Even the animated sequel Mulan 2 has a better personality than this piece of garbage...of course, that's not saying very much come to think of it...
How do I spam the like button
Basically, It sums up the live action remakes: they don't have personality, they're just cheap copies for the sake of financial greed.
The Mulan 2020 doesn’t even bring any “Honor to us all”
Dishonor on Disney, dishonor on its cash cow!!!!
Ale Igarabide dishonor on current Disney (1998 mulan was rlly good)
@@gjk-arts5855 Of course it was! It's a great film, unlike its live-action remake.
To this day I'm still wondering why they didn't make a Mulan TV show as a follow-up, as they did with Aladdin, Little Mermaid, Hercules and Tarzan.
lmao
The 2009 version of Mulan is by far the best one. You can watch it here:
ruclips.net/video/8j1aWcQpAOA/видео.html
Why try to fix something that wasn't even broken to begin with? In the original, Mulan was completely ordinary, but got by with her strengths and determination. In the remake, she's an invincible Superhero for no discernible meaning! 🙄😤
Remakes should be better not worse
@@abdulazizmerdad4093 Exactly right!
as Browntable said Black Widow in MCU feels more real than Mulan Sue
Exactamundo
@@abdulazizmerdad4093 Or at least DIFFERENT, in an original way. There are a lot of versions of Mulan in Chinese media, and some are really good (for example Hua Mulan 2009.), all taking their own understanding on the original ballad. What Disney gets wrong is that they try to redo their original work, but WOKE!, thus draining any and all personality out of their characters, and killing the heart of their stories. It's just sad. :/
Honestly Disney should remaster the old animated movies with the animation not remake them
Yeah. They should release the animated Mulan in 4K but they still haven't. I would rather pay money for that than a live action remake of it.
@@EricCarter12 They did release a 4K Blu-ray in stores.
@@lightbulb7431 Oh really? I wasn't aware of that.
@@EricCarter12 They launched it along with the remake. I saw a few copies at Walmart.
@@EricCarter12 i wonder how much theyll screw up the hunchback of notre dame remake
If Disney doesn’t watch this video the next live action movie will be horrible
i thinks its either moana , frozen , tangled , princess and the frog , snow white , pocahantas , ect.
there is a lot so set your seatbelts because where going to hell
I hope not. The girl playing Princess Ariel deserves a great film after all the racist attention she received. We can only pray they do amazing with TLM.
@@randombrokeperson I have hope for that movie actually I think Halle will do a nice job
@@randombrokeperson I have nothing against Halle but after Mulan I didn't want Diseny touching anything else! Ughh
What about hurricane and Tarzan and lilo and stitch and bambi and Robin hood and fox and the hound I will get piss off if disney make a live action it will be horrible
Disney Remakes:
>plot: 0/10
>originality: 0/10
>Action: 2/10
>population: ∞/10
I’m honestly sick of seeing these worthless Mary-sue’s that keep popping up. I haven’t seen the original Milan, but the way you described it Eric, the main character definitely sounds like one you can root for, while the live action version is just nearly OP.
Note: One example of another great female character in media (that isn’t a Mary-sue) is Undyne from Undertale. She’s a very tough character, and has a likeable personality (that is later on, when she’s not trying to kill you).
Diamond-Lock Productions I cannot recommend Mulan 1998 enough. Mulan is my favourite Disney Princess. Her dedication to family brings me to tears every time. She took her father’s conscription papers, a promise of death and destruction, and leaves behind her flower comb, a symbol of gentleness, rebirth and peace. Mulan’s actions resonated with me so much as a child that now, at age 20, she remains as my favourite princess.
Agreed with idkwhattocallmeself - Mulan 1998 is one of the very best, funniest, most moving Disney films of all time. Must watch! It has a great character arc - and not just for Mulan, who has that inspired training sequence, and proves herself again and again, after initial struggles - but many of the other soldiers alongside her also face struggles. The stakes always feel high and motivations are clear. Plus: Mushu is hysterical I'm going to say something taboo and say I miiiiiiiiight like him slighlty more than Aladdin's Genie (!!), even though Brooklyn voiced Eddie Murphy is ever so slightly anachronistic. Still: he's HILARIOUS and I love how they animate him! Highlyg recommend.
You should definitely watch the original Mulan
You can watch all disney classics and see real strong women. Not in the men with vagina way but often with endurance, kindness, free will, brains....I actually go so far that I say the princes are far more potrayed as objects than the princesses.
I've written powerful characters of both sexes. But the unstoppable ones are always done for a reason, it's not their challenge. The challenge is not using it for dark purposes. It's meant to show we all at times have power over others, and we can get addicted, or worse, if abused or traumatized, it can become uncontrolled, we become or risk becoming what we fear. I'm still unpublished so can't give details, but I think it is all about presentation. One Punch Man is OP, but that's the problem. That's the running joke and bane of his existence. Framing is everything and it's easy to tell power tripping, childish stories from the real thing. Rey was an insult to any real woman as she was so inhuman but lacked any real trial or solid, earned ideals. It was all superficial imo. Wonder Woman, Captain America, Superman, Buffy, all having gifts but also being grounded and not always winning right away, it's still earned, they still suffer in human, awful ways, there's still real bravery. And frankly the problems feel earned and natural as well.
All in favor of Disney to stop making live action Disney remakes please say aye 👋. Or leave a like😁. Also great analysis Eric 👍.
Lol. Thanks buddy. :)
Aye
Aye.
Aye
Even more, what I hate the most about the 2020 version of Mulan is that they decided to remove the most important philosophical value contained in the animated movie, that is the philosophy of late blooming flowers that will bloom more beautifully than others. That philosophy summarizes the essence of Mulan's story in disguising herself as a soldier, not to give up in despair when you do the right thing. And I hate their decision to add a sister for her instead of her grandma. When we see closely, Grandma Fa has more important role for Mulan's character growth than a sister. In the animated movie, when the palace's guards arrive to announce the announcement, her mom tell her to stay inside but her grandma asks her to watch from their fence wall, it clears to me that her grandma wants her to be strong, educated, and empowered at the level she could and as far as she knows. In the live-action, her sister does nothing but being amazed by her, and gives no contribution whatsoever in Mulan's character growth.
True I love that scene when Mulan father explains why he loves the flower tree
That and when Mulan runs away it's her Grandma that prayed to their ancestors (after saying that she doesn't think it works) for her one and only granddaughter to be watched over and it ended up working
“Dishonor” was the first word that came to mind when I saw that Disney was not only doing a feminist live-action remake, but making people pay $30 to watch it. Great work, as always!
Please Disney, stop doing live action and go back to animation!
2d animation should get a return
I know for real
I agree, why does this company insist on repeatedly making mediocre live action remakes of classic animated films?! 🤦🏻♀️
@@trinaq they want money
CreepergeniX agreed
She's female. She's a protagonist. It's current year. Hence, she has to be a Mary Sue.
Remember Captain Marvel?
Remember Rey (from Star Wars)?
This is just one more of these female protagonists that is totally unrelatable to anyone because she's a total Mary Sue...
The irony here is that the same kind of people who think characters like these make great role models for young girls are the people who think Barbie is problematic because she's too unrealistic.
Morons!
personally id say rey is far better than mulan because at least there’s *some* growth, and even captain marvel struggles a little bit more than mulan. i agree though they have to stop making these characters so perfect and powerful because it send a bad message to young girls, since it’s basically “you’re only as good as men if you have superpowers and are perfect” instead of the mulan animated movie’s message that “you can be just as good as a man using your own strengths, skills and hard work”
The 2009 version of Mulan is by far the best one. You can watch it here:
ruclips.net/video/8j1aWcQpAOA/видео.html
They hate on Barbie who represented women in all kinds of jobs (police, astronaut, doctor...), badass comic and videogame characters who worked their way into becoming badass and still on wholesome anime characters. They just hate that they are ugly and useless and don't want to work their way up. This is why all female protagonists excpet a few nowadays get everything handed to them. becuase that is what the mayority of women want (unfortunatly).
BlackCroft666LP i mean i’d have to respectfully disagree, i’ve seen so many women complain about mulan 2020 having an unrealistic main character. personally i blame the companies behind these movies more than anything because they’re the ones who think that women want these kinds of protagonists when that’s not true, and they manage to influence a lot of people into thinking that this is what women want as well. nobody who watched the original mulan cartoon or read the ballad of mulan would ever appreciate what they did to mulan in this remake, regardless of gender.
@@BlackCroft666 So far, every "feminist" commentary I've seen are all extremely critical about the remake because of its mary sue-ness, being "better than men" b/c I have superpowers attitude, & lack of realistic character flaws (b/c oh no, we can't make our female character weak! Which ends up counterproductive b/c then the writers end up implying that women are only valued if they don't show any weakness or outperform men lol whoops)
My friends and I abhorred Mulan 2020 - all of us would consider ourselves to be feminists. The bigger problem, like @Hello There says too, is that a lot of screenwriters/big companies like Disney are pandering/lazy so they can't write compelling female characters - so they just put a paint of "girl boss" and think that'll be enough to please female audiences. Which is honestly insulting lol. Linsdey Ellis has a brilliant video essay on the absurdity of "Woke Disney" that highlights companies & their desire to promote "progressive" twists & failing horribly because they lack the understanding of what they're trying to relate/cater to - so the result is shit movies that please no one &also don't even promote anything of true value.
Not only does showing weakness show growth, it also shows Humanity.
It sure does.
If only Disney understood that, then we wouldn't get the horrendous female characters that we do.
In animated films such as Mulan 1998, the filmmakers have a limited amount of time and money to tell their story. That's a strong motivation to pack in as much story telling in as little time as possible. Disney and others have learned this and did it well many times. The makers of THIS film are spoiled, knowing that their budget is huge and they got all the time in the world.
Well said! Limitations often bring out the creative sides of people.
@@jakersify yup so true!
What's worse its that it was film close to concentration camps.
Mulan 2020: Rey from the Last Jedi only it's in Ancient China now.
Chinesing beam
At least Rey had facial expressions.
Rey was a Mary Sue just like 2020 Mulan.
I am chin rey
gotta say something about my boi shan yu:
"now all of china knows you're here."
"good."
this man had confidence like crazy, he did not care that china knew of his invasion, he was welcoming the fight, he relished in the slaughter to come because he knew he would win
"how many men does it take to deliver a message?"
"one."
that exchange still gives me chills, it really showcased just how cold these guys were, without hesitation the bowman draws and you don't see what happens next but you don't need to.
he might not be a malificent or a scar but shan yu was right up there with villains that scared baby me and are now some of my favourites in disney's line-up. not to mention he cuts a very intimidating silhouette
To be honest as I kid I didn't got that scene. Just later and I was kinda spooked. But know I miss edgy Disney and their dark vibes in their animations. No one thinks of life action when they hear the word "Disney"
@@BlackCroft666 no and i think that's what hurting disney more than anything. they have a brand as an animation studio and it was thanks to the classics that disney is the juggernaut it is today. it's just a shame they don't honor the movies that got them where they are. i would love to see disney go back to the 2d animation and crank out some truly scary villains. i haven't been spooked, startled or even mildly concerned with a baddie of theirs in a long long time. the shadow man from the princess and the frog was a good attempt, keith david was a wonderful choice, they just didn't go as sinister as i felt they could have
Sooooo trueee the second point was something I didn't get till I rewatched the movie only recently and though he didn't have a deep story behind him, he has this satisfyingly evil and dark character, without trying so hard to be one.
In the live action, I couldn't help but face palm and cringe at how hard they're trying and still fail to do becoming a convincing antagonist.
Why do people think a strong woman doesn’t show emotion and shuns all things feminine? Strong people deal with hardships and overcome very difficult emotions and shortcomings. A strong person cries, gets hurt, wants to give up, feels like they can’t push any farther. When they overcome those obstacles, that’s when you see their true character. You want to know who someone really is? How do they react when everything goes wrong.
It's because they still believe that only traits considered masculine can make someone strong. Men are expected to be strong by having no emotions and being physically strong. Ergo, a strong female must shun femininity and encompass the traits that are considered strong by masculine terms. It's so stupid and completely defeats the point.
@@simritagop which is why Cinderella is a wonderful character. Showing femininity as strength
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@@oracle5044 like Jasmine Esmeralda and Pocahontas
I always go to Eric when it comes to these shitty Disney live action remakes. No matter how many times they fail, they refuse to improve. I'm not gonna lie, when Eric when in depth on what made the original Mulan so good & memorable, I almost felt like I was about to burst into tears. No, I'm serious. I was reminded on how good the original film was when I saw it as a child. And how powerful it is. These "animated characters" felt real to us. And we understood their emotions. But in this "live action" film with "real" actors, there's NOTHING to feel. Yes, the previous live action remakes are trash, especially The Lion King. But at least we know they're shitty remakes of their more successful counterparts. But here, as Eric said, if this movie wasn't called "Mulan," you would have no freaking idea what this movie was trying to be. Like they always say, "Remember The Original."
Wow, that was a whole essay...
Bro this video is so worth the wait it’s so good
Thanks buddy. I'm so glad you enjoyed it. :)
17:50 They gave Mulan a sister, because they wanted to make this movie based on the original Ballad of Mulan. In the original Ballad, Mulan has a sister. So, Disney decided to just throw in a sister, with zero personalities, of course, other than having arachnophobia (fear of spiders).
Also, this film 'threw in' a line from the original Ballad of Mulan where the character of Mulan says, "I can't tell the two rabbits apart when I was riding in the field," in the opening scenes.
Whereas it goes like, "But when the two rabbits run side by side,
How can you tell the female from the male?"
This line is so empowering at the ending of Ballad, but Disney butchered it completely, like they did the animated film with this Live-action 'REMAKE'.
I am not against Live-action remakes. I liked Aladdin and Beauty & the Beast, (no offense to anyone who hates them :O), because after I finished watching them, I got a sense of fulfillment, a satisfaction, a lot of nostalgic happiness bubbling around in hearing the end title.
But, I was like, "WOAH. Is the movie already done? Where was the content dude!?" after I finished watching this 'REMAKE!!!!'
Nevertheless, I just subscribed to your channel. Great editing. And astounding voice-over.
Good luck for 100k subs :)
Thanks for the kind words buddy. :)
Aladdin was great and Beauty and the Beast could've been just as great if Disney didn't poop on the music.
In the ballad, Mulan had a younger brother (who is as much as a side character as the sister) too. But I guess Disney can only see what they want to see, I guess.
The rabbit scene in the 2020 movie pissed me off. In the original, it implied that "Man and woman had difference, but when a man and a woman run together, they're just the same (they're equal)"
In 2020 movie Mulan basically said that amn and woman will not be on par.
@@JordanWindhamBenford I thought Aladdin was eh but When Genie was there he was amazing
@@sannicfann3338 yah Will Smith made that movie! I always liked him anyway. It's funny because as a huge WS fan, I was skeptical about him getting that role but he a totally did pretty well.
This isn’t a versus. It’s a slaughter.
Lol.
I didnt know my fingers could move so fast.
I hope you enjoy the video. :)
Hahahaha same here
@@EricCarter12 just finished it. It was great and I agreed with everything. Cant wait for your next video!
Agreed
You were swift as a coursing river...
I liked how the original made her still feminine. In the live action they made her start out athletic, but one of the things I liked about the original was how it taught you to persevere even when it’s hard. That’s why I liked how Mulan didn’t start out athletic in the original they made it so she had to work for what she wanted. And she still embraced being girly at the same time as being headstrong and clever. They just didn’t really send that message in the live action.
I haven’t seen the movie, but I need to watch this! In fact it brings awareness to the traditional Disney Classic live action disappointment. I’ll still see it when it’s free. Lol So much for being refreshingly epic. Essentially the same story but worse. Ugh.
The live action Mulan deserves a 1/10 because of how insulting it is to the original Mulan's story, morals, characters, etc. and because of the evil things this movies did off camera and on camera.
Beautiful analysis. One of the best videos that explain why Mulan 2020 sucks. I'm a big fan of Mulan 1998. Thank you for making it. :)
No problem Lee. I'm glad you liked the video. Thanks for watching. :)
Btw the original Mulan was directed by men, while the live action was directed by a woman
Let that sink in....
Also the years are really diffrent
When she defeated Shan Yu with the fan, it was iconic. It held so much weight because it really symbolised her strength as a woman. It didn't show that she could DO what a man could do, but that she could ACHIEVE what a man could achieve. How dare they take that scene out!
I think that greedy little mouse should watch his videos
Hannah Ettinger I’m talking about Disney because they have so much that they own and yet they want more
@@nginamandouma4246 yah I heard Diseny tried to buy that Japanese series Sailor Moon but the creator turned it down
@@lessismore8533 they will never get anime and if it is the last thing that is not owned by disney
If I made this movie, I wouldn't have removed Shang ever nor Mulan's 3 friends. I wouldn't have made cricket but I wouldn't have put a new sister of Mulan nor a shape-shifting witch here. A clumsy but hardworking and brave Mulan is what I love. She makes me feel like she is human.
I’m surprised that there wasn’t an increase in earthquakes after all of these remakes were released. There has to be at least 100 people rolling in their grave.
If these remakes are meant to have us appreciate the originals, gotta say Disney is doing a great job.
I'm crying!! I tought you will never make a vs video of this! THANK YOU SO MUCH
Mulan is my favorite movie from Disney and this is by far the worst remake Disney has ever made. Every word you said was exactly what I was thinking while watching the movie.
Your channel is SO underrated!! ❤❤❤
Thank you Andy. :)
I like this review, except calling out some of it's problems due to being 'feminist' isn't really true. I get what you're going for - it's taking PC-obsessed fake Wokeness to the max. I HATE the new Star Wars Trilogy and didn't even bother with Captain Marvel because of how one-note and overpowered (and thus, unrelatable) those characters are. And I say all this as a feminist woman - who values good storytelling. You can have feminist stories that have actual screenwriting talent behind them - like the original Mulan. THAT is a feminist story, because she's a living, breathing human being who shows her worth through her heart, her natural problem solving ability and resourcefulness, and proves herself in a world that underestimated a woman's potential. But films like these are stupid because they're pandering to the "idea" of feminism - it's not the real thing, and thus, they don't write relatable people we care about.
While you’re free to think and believe what you will I think you really need to re-examine the word “feminist.” Its a term synonymous with mandating and “woman power must be strongest with no flaws!”
That means writing off:
Sara Connor
Ellen Ripley
A plethora of anime and slasher film protagonists
Lara Croft
Zelda
Samus (Metroid)
And even the 98 Mulan.
Feminism is not about equaling the sexes but misandry and the like. And no. That is not the minority of modern feminists thats the majority. It’s akin to BLM and antifa. Disguised Marxism with a happier sounding name.
Manhating not “mandating”
@@Jim87_36 uhhhh, that’s not what feminism is at all, or BLM for that matter, it’s more you know, telling minorities that they deserve rights the same as any male straight white dude. The people who really think that women deserve more rights then anyone else is a loud minority, I suggest you look into what the feminist movement is before making a borderline sexist comment, just saying
Eric wtf?!??!You nearly made me scream in public!
One of the big differences with Mulan between the 2 movies is that in the animated version she actually used her wits to overcome her obstacles. In the live action film they just made her stronger than everyone else, so it really was no surprise that she overcame every obstacle that came her way.
U could’ve just made this video 2 sec and say it’s exactly the same as captain marvel
Well it is mulan but I would rather watch cm2 and cm1
Video idea
The babysitter vs the babysitter 2
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Jaws vs Jurassic Park
Captain America winter soldier vs The Dark Knight
Maybe for your birthday Top 10 favorite movies of all time or Christmas and maybe Top 5 least favorite movies of all time
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Jaws bs Jurassic Park sounds lit
dont me started on the babysitter 2 which the ending is a complete downfall
@@synth3662 I apologize
@@brandonc3361 its ok
Honestly, Mulan is one of my favorite Disney movies to watch (aside from Aladdin), and I was excited when I heard that it was getting a live action remake since I grew up with Disney. (I'm turning 16 in June, and I still love Disney, since it's my main obsession) When I heard bad things about this movie (example: no songs, no Mushu, Mulan doesn't cut her hair, etc), I wasn't excited anymore, but was intrigued since it was gonna be more like the original story of Mulan. I watched it at home, and I didn't like the fact that she had the ability to use chi, because she had to struggle to become a great warrior in the animated movie without a superpower. Also, I was kinda sad that Mushu wasn't gonna be in the movie, because he's my 2nd favorite character in the movie. There are only 2 things I loved about this movie: 1: Ming-Na Wen's cameo near of the movie (She's the original voice of Mulan in the animation), and 2: During the action scenes, and the cameo scene, an instrumental version of the song Reflection was playing, which is one of my favorite songs in the movie aside from I'll make a man outta you. When I first watched the live action film, I thought it was good, but after watching it a few more times, I changed my opinion. Of course the animated Mulan is better, and will always be remembered as a classic and one of my favorite Disney movies of all time.
The animated movie wins automatically.
I think this is the most emotionless disney live action, I usually cried during disney movie :') and they didn't rlly develop the witch and "phoenix"
Mulan's Father: You are my greatest treasure. *embraces his daughter*
Me: *watching with dad, we look over at each other and smile*
My dad: You are my greatest treasure.
Bruh. I watched Mulan (The animated one) and I still give a sigh of relief when Shang gives mercy to Mulan
Mulan and Lion King contributed to my childhood a LOT. I was EXTREMELY hyped for their live action reboots, and I was let down when I discovered that Disney didn’t do well in making the movies. Like, why did they have to rewrite “Be Prepared” from Lion King? The original is awesome as it is!
It was first cut out but then after backlash got added back in but poorly
The remake is obviously gonna WIN this
🤣😂🤣😂
Are you trolling?
Alex youtube channel yes
No way.
To be fair, most of these failures of modern "feminist icon" movies are people trying desperately to pander to what they *think* feminists and other SJW types want to see in a character/story, not what any of us actually wanted...
Justice for Mulan live action!!! This is so sad!😭😭😭 It could’ve been way better
Dont forget, Mulan (2020) was filmed near concentration camps in holding Uyghur Muslims.
*edit: Disney even praised those managing the camps in the movie
They sure did. I made a quick mention of it in the video.
That's why the production of this movie is DISGUSTING. And yet Disney are trying to make a Muslim character with Ms Marvel in an attempt to represent the Muslim demographic (which I don't trust them to do by the way) whilst they simultaneously praise the very people who are torturing them and throwing them into concentration camps.
Disney are sick. And I hope people see them for the scum bag and hypocritical company they really are.
They don't get to preach diversity and politics after praising and supporting China and their horrible deeds.
@@EricCarter12 Disney was better in the 90s. Oh I miss it. They must've fired all the good ppl
@@EricCarter12 that is disgusting
Brilliant commentary.
I roll my eyes at all the crap they did with this new version and I'm glad that it's bombing. I think even without covid as an excuse (and you know they're going to do that) it would still bomb and rightfully so.
And what the director said at the end. Oh GOD, I think I pulled a muscle rolling my eyes.
Thanks buddy. Yeah, she says a lot of things in interviews that don't make sense. She even talks about Mulan "NOT" being a superhero even though she clearly IS in this version due to the abilities that her Chi gives her.
Wow a live action disney movie is awful especially compared to the original. WHAT A SUPRISE
Shan-Yu is the perfect villain for Mulan. The antagonist is really war, and the consequences thereof, as well as how Mulan's society responds to it. So having a warlord as the face of that conflict -- terrifying, bloodthirsty, and almost inhuman because you know nothing about him as a person -- made perfect sense.
Definitely 😁
he was inspired by genghis khan bro of course he would be vicous
Honestly Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin were pretty good The Lion King on the other hand really needed some upgrade but Mulan really was disappointing nothing anyone says will change my mind
I agree for Beauty and the Beast. Aladdin for me was just okay.
Tim Tran yeah I respect your opinion but I liked Aladdin more
If you ask me, this live action remakes shouldn’t even exist in the first place. Is all the creativity in the world lost?
I love the remakes of Alice, Beauty and the beast, and aladdin
@@politicscommentatorAladdin movie was great because they even mesmerized me more. All over it was equal to Animated film even far better why? Jasmine has her own song, she has friend Dahlia, Génie got himself a Family, The useless parrot turns into monster and more. And they don't lessen any films.
In the posters, the original one, Mulan is smiling, and in the live action one she isnt
thats how everyone felt while watching both as well
And in the live action poster, her "male" disguise half only has the helmet showing but the hair on that side is out when it should be up. The cartoon poster clearly show her female side and more of her male side. There's no balance in the live action which makes you wonder why even bother putting the helmet on if you're going to barely show the other duality.
Mulan is my favorite classic Disney movie, but even though I should've been looking forward to seeing what they do with the remake, the criticisms that their other live-action remakes get just made me concerned, so I had low expectations. And it STILL disappointed me.
It's so different from the original animated movie that it honestly felt to me like it was a movie from a different studio that was trying to imitate the original, but didn't catch what made it so special. Most of the side characters were excluded, the villains were different, the title character was the feminist version of empowered (as I feared would happen), and the emotional moments of the film were poorly recreated. I remember the 1998 film from my childhood and I always will, but the remake was so frickin' boring. Also, the original film was based off of the Hua Mulan legend, but, apparently, the remake was supposed to be EVEN MORE based off of that legend. Maybe that's why it feels so different from the animated film, but I could be wrong.
Anyways, this was a great video, and I loved it. Keep up the good work. :)
This is by far the best detailed comparison! This deserves more views!!!🙏🏻
Thanks for the kind words Sofhia. I really appreciate it. And I'm glad you enjoyed the video. :)
Take Care!
My mum actually wanted us to watch he mulan remake, but I told her it was definitely gonna be disappointing and my dad looked it up and said it was actually bad, so we didn’t end up watching it (thankfully)
That was close. 👍
Yeah
Never saw any of the remakes after Jungle book and Beauty and the beast, sorta watched the Lion King but never finished it because I had enough of the remakes
Lucky you
It's so baffling that these people think THIS is what me mean we talk about strong female characters.
We don't want Mary Sues! We want female characters with personality and strengths and weaknesses and struggles, who feel like real PEOPLE. Mulan (1998) was more empowering than this drivel will ever be, because Mulan there was a person who struggled and learned and worked hard and THAT'S how she succeeded in the end. THAT'S a more inspiring story than this bullshit.
Also I really wish Disney would stop with these soulless cash grab movies.
I completely agree!
The Chi is way different to the force!
The Chi is not a super power!😂
Exactly right!
I wouldn't call this a feminist movie, I say this as a feminist myself. It's more like what a rich hollywood male ceo *thinks* what a feminist film is like without actually talking with any feminist writers or... just women in general. The OG movie is much more of a feminist film cause MULAN HAS ACTUAL CHARACTER!!!
Hey Eric, if you want to give yourself a break, you should compare some of the better live-action remakes, like The Jungle Book, Cinderella, and Pete’s Dragon, to the originals.
Yah Cinderella was nearly perfect!
Or maleficent
Let's be honest Mulan 2 is better than Mulan 2020
Yay a new video comparing the original vs new by Eric Carter (also you’re an awesome youtuber)
Thanks Nestor. I really appreciate the compliment. :)
He really is
Marius Kristensen I know right
Disney: we are making the little mermaid Remake!!
Eric: Oh No!!! I’m done comparing these Disney remakes!!!
Me: Here we go again.....
Lol
#BoycoutMulan
After seeing this video, I agree with one thing, Disney + SJW wokeness are ruining almost all forms of entertainment.
Disney should by now stop doing live action remakes of their classic animated films.
Even social justice warriors don't like this. Many of these film studios, productions, and writers put the causes SJWs care about into the film for "easy" money and do a terrible job addressing the topics they bring up. Especially feminism - the 1998 cartoon did a better job addressing that (WITHOUT Mary Sue territory) than any of Disney's films post ~2010.
Whoever is running Disney now has no idea how to make organic films with decent scripts, editing, and plots and now they can't even remake their own movies. That's nuts! If it wasn't for Disney's already long history, I feel like people wouldn't give them the time of day. Their Golden Age has been over for years. This film is just reminding me of that.
(Crazy enough 'Mulan' 2020 could have been a new Renaissance if they had done well.)
Watch Lindsay Ellis' vid on Woke Disney - She outlines how companies try to superficially pander to what they think wokeness is and ultimately fail/misunderstand basic concepts. The end results are objectively bad movies which messages ironically are counterproductive to fundamental feminist ideology, which is simply just equality/equity among sex/gender. It alienates audiences from all sides - impressive. Yay Disney's never-ending greed. This is why we can't have nice things lol ruclips.net/video/xU1ffHa47YY/видео.html
@@randombrokeperson amen I miss 90s,Diseny
Disney's idea of making a perfect female protagonist in every way is so genius and disrespectful. It teaches that women shouldn't be concern about any mistakes, cause everything is gonna work out for them. It doesn't teach them to learn from your mistakes, work hard, and get stronger from that. This is why Mulan 1998 is gonna be a timeless classic and this movie will not.
Best RUclipsr ever!!!!!!!!!
Thanks buddy! ☺️
Agreed
Incredibly underrated aswell
Thank you for bringing up Patty Jenkins at the end there. She is an inspiration (not even comparing her to this other clown director). I've noticed people at Disney really love patting themselves in the back for their feminist films and completely ignoring actually great female led action movies have existed for a long time. Like all the hype around Captain Marvel that totally ignored that Wonder Woman beat them to the punch and did it without being a pile of garbage.
Agreed. Patty Jenkins is what female directors should aspire to be with regards to the way they present themselves and conduct themselves with female characters. As apposed to what they are ACTUALLY doing which is acting like they are morally superior for having made a film that is either bad or mediocre at best.
Thanks for watching buddy!
@@EricCarter12 and cathy yan chloe zhao plus Cate shortland
25:00 thank you for saying this!
I can’t understand how the same company that made the originals can make such terrible and soulless remakes. I can still watch the original Mulan and feel inspired and entertained, this remake barely kept me awake
I knew this was coming for the Original vs the Remakes.
We all know that the Original Disney movies were a thousand times better than the Disney remakes because Disney doesn’t really care about their property.
Great video Eric and I agree everything you said in this video and I absolutely Hated Disney.
Disney really went down hill with their property.
First the Disney Channel crappy Movies, the Disney Remakes, Frozen II and now this...
If anything, I would definitely avoid Disney for the rest of my life.
Uncle Walt Disney: What are you doing now?
Prince "Mulan 2020": i'm gonna capture the '1998' to restore my honor
Bruh this is honestly the best-made review/analysis I've seen on this movie. Amazing job!
I think I know something that could’ve improved this remake. When Mulan went to war, her sister should have followed her. If they’re going to make her perfect with fighting, make her develop more of an emotional side by having her sister have to struggle, trying to defend and encourage her. If they give her a sister in this version, they should at least do something with her
For an example of a female-led action film almost completely unlike the live-action MULAN, I recommend Sam Raimi's 1990s Western THE QUICK AND THE DEAD. The heroine enters a gun-slinging competition, and while she slays the main villain and saves everyone in the end, throughout the course of the movie she is scared and at one point even cries because she's afraid of dying - which doesn't look too bad, both because she soon gets over her fear and because one of the lesser villains is an even more despicable coward (he begs for his life when she's about to shoot him, only to try to kill her when her back is turned after she lets him live and walks away). In fact, at one point the heroine almost does die and it appears she won't be the protagonist in her own movie anymore, only to recover from her wound and come back just in time to save the man who has taken her place in the competition. It's a movie that made me cringe the first time I saw it, because I didn't think you should ever allow your hero to look scared and/or weak, whether male or female. But in the end, THE QUICK AND THE DEAD is so much a better movie for that more honest portrayal.
Did you expect anything good from a movie that's like "oh yeah, and btw thanks to the Chinese goverment for letting us film near one of their concentration camps, now please consoom more disney product"?
Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior was honestly a better live-action Mulan remake than the 2020 one 🥴
I'm not even going to bother watching this travesty. The original Mulan is one of my favourite animated films and it's sickening to think how much they've destroyed it. I'll be honest, I hate the term Mary Sue but in this case it's obvious that, that is all this girl is. Disney seems to believe that female empowerment cannot be earned for one's self so has to be handed to you from birth or you have to belittle men to show how powerful or intelligent you are. Such bull. Thank you for watching this garbage so I don't have to.
Eric what do think about Scorsese and Tarintinio films and if you like them what’s your favorite from them. Mines goodfellas for Scorsese and inglorious bastards for tarintiono
Thank you for making this comparison. It's genuinely sad how out of touch Disney is with their beloved movies. It's as if they intentionally took everything that made the original so amazing and threw it all away in order to appeal to... Feminists..? I guess? Sheesh.
I dislike chi too, but: if you have such huge problem with her power, then why you love Marvel heroes, or Elsa? They are magical too... Why you love Yasmine or Aurora - they were born royal, Im 100% sure their fans aren't.
Btw Witch is the best D live action character and your explanation 'she killed everyone, but she sacrificed for Mulan we should forgive her' Hell NO. She died, she didn't reach her happy ending, neither she could, cuz she would still face punishment for her crimes by the Emperor
Also Mulan killed over 2000 men in 1 strike in animated - Im pretty sure not all of these soldiers were truly evil like Shan Yu, but you find it okey??? You find it normal that in 1998 war film theres not even a single large scale battle??? She didn't pull her sword till the very end!
In live action at least she killed her own villian, not like in animated which was done by Mushu lol
The remake was made for todays generation with new rules, censorship etc. Disney doesn't allow blood or much violence in its films anymore and thats why the remake had to be very polished.
Hey Eric, sorry for interrupting but I strongly think your channel is awesome, and I'd like to say keep up with the good work and great job!
Thanks buddy! I really appreciate it!
@@EricCarter12 you're welcome and I seriously mean it! Like how do you not have a million subscribers yet?
I'm not sure. I get that comment a lot.
@@EricCarter12 it's probably because of RUclipsrs who don't work as much get millions of subscribers quicker, and great RUclipsrs like yourself take a while, but I do hope that you can get a million subscribers someday, buddy.
This video is beautiful. I completely agree.
Thanks Michael. No one has used that word to describe this video. :)
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Eric Carter Absolutely! This was an extremely thoughtful review. Keep up the amazing work man.😁
Another Eric Carter versus video LETS GOOOOOO
I always look foreword to your versus videos, they feel so thought out and there’s always this feeling that you know exactly what you’re talking about
The only good thing the live action did was make me appreciate the good parts in the animated movie even more.
And that doesn’t even come close to forgiving it.
You know what, I actually agree with you with you with everything thing you say with this 2020 review
No make a man out of you song, instead F