ProverbBaelish:

you are talking of the best film on my radar right now

Gmajor:
Mulan (2020)

Mulan 2020 is the live action remake of the classic Disney animated movie about a girl who disguises herself as a man and goes to war in her father's place.

POSTIIVES
1. Unlike most of the Disney live action remakes, this movie is not an exact remake of the original. The villain is different, his motivation is different, there is inclusion of fantasy elements that were not in the original etc.
And I think this is a good decision (in theory anyway).
Almost all of the Disney classics still hold up well today. The animation, voice acting and story all look great till this day, so a lot of people have criticised the live action remakes as soulless cash grabs that have nothing to offer.
This movie on the other hand, tried to tell a story that isn't exact to the original and I think that is quite laudable.


2. The movie looks extremely nice. The location and cinematography are all top notch and as such, the movie is a visual delight.

NEGATIVES

1. As much as I would like praise the fact that the movie tried to do something different, unfortunately, the changes that were made was for the worst.

The core message of the movie feels vastly inferior to the original and a lot of the supporting characters are devoid of personality.


2. The acting isn't too good.

I've noticed that when (some) Chinese people act in a language that isn't Mandarin, their performance leaves so much to be desired and I think that this was the case in this movie.
Some characters in this movie were good like Mulan's father. However, the movie is littered with may instances of sub-par acting.

The actress who plays Mulan is also guilty of this. In some scenes, she in good, however, there are many scenes where she has this beautifully frozen face that is utterly incapable of emoting.


3. Bloodless warfare. Yey!
I understand that this is a PG movie, but the scenes of bloodless warfare really took me out of the movie.
It just felt like, we are looking at a high school play. Someone gets stabbed- you don't see any blood and the blade is also bloodless. Hmm.


4. Weird editing choices.
This movie has a lot of bizarre editing but the one that sticks out for me was in the battlefield where birds start to attack the soldiers and then they form a sort of dome with their shields in order to protect themselves.

Then the bad guys bring out their cannon and begin to shoot the good guys.

OK oh. No problem.

From the wider shot, we could see about 5-7 shield domes. Maybe there are more but we didn't get to see them.

In response, Mulan who is quite far from the position of the bad guys, jumps on a horse, picks up like 5-7 helmets, and then in the next shot, she is very far behind the bad guys - like WTF?
Does she now teleport?


5. For some reason, they decided to not include any of the songs from the original in the movie. There is a bit of the instrumental version of one of the classic songs but that was all.
I. Can understand why they didn't want to make it a musical, however, they should have still included some of the classic songs in the background or in a montage


In conclusion, Mulan, like all Disney live-action remakes suck when compared to the original, however on its own, the movie is just avergish and highly forgettable.

nani667:
Just saw this new release with Tom Holland... Rating looks good

Seunpaul01:
the social dilemma 1O to 1O

It's a must watch for everybody.

The world is going crazy if not worse. And we are all being manipulated to make it happen.

Achilles200:


That movie wasn't passing any message.

akure1stson:



very very dangerous..What those girls were exposed to, i pray is not to affect dem in future, especially that Army..

losprince:

Arguably. Tho I believe the piece of shit is getting some slack because of its female director, had it been a man that directed this, the outrage would be phenomenal! PC people are such hypocrites.

Achilles200:


Your taste really suck. No cap!

alexistaiwo:
The Gentlemen


Presently rewatching this and been laughing my ass off.


Mad dialogues

alexistaiwo:
The Gentlemen


Presently rewatching this and been laughing my ass off.


Mad dialogues

Achilles200:


Give your review when you done

abduleez1:


I tried watching this two days ago but can't fathom why I always fall asleep. Not that it was boring but I just don't know. The dialogue was rich.

I tried watching this some months back but same thing— fell asleep till I forgo it.

CosmicPhoenix:

Tom Hardy is the new James Bond

Faboosuarez:


dh done fck tinz up, i really love tom hardy but nahh

Nova15:


He's perfect for it jor

Nova15:


He's perfect for it jor

Faboosuarez:



ain't saying he isn't perfect, dude is brilliant but na James Norton dem suppose give, as per age consideration and Tom ain't tall sef

CosmicPhoenix:

Tom Hardy is the new James Bond

Raalsalghul:

Eggzactly.

joseph1832:
some peeps believe Henry Cavill would have been better...

Faboosuarez:



ain't saying he isn't perfect, dude is brilliant but na James Norton dem suppose give, as per age consideration and Tom ain't tall sef

joseph1832:
some peeps believe Henry Cavill would have been better...

Faboosuarez:


like minds bruv, hok wife sef tall pass am lol