[Movies] Mulan 2020
Sep. 6th, 2020 09:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yuuagoGathered together online with some friends to watch the live-action adaptation of Disney's Mulan this evening.
Overall, I found it kind of bland and disappointing. Somewhat "extruded wuxia product", if you know what I mean.
However, I can definitely see where the femslashers are coming from re: shipping Mulan/Xian Lang (the witch). Hoo boy. The canon-divergent AUs practically write themselves. ...I wonder if there's any fanart or fic out there.
Overall, I find it hard to judge this movie. I liked the original a lot, and the equivalent scenes in this version didn't have as much emotional impact as the animated version - but would I feel that way if I weren't so attached to the original? Who knows!
It does make me want to track down some of the Chinese film adaptations of the Mulan story. I've heard some of them are pretty good, but haven't seen any myself yet.
Overall, I found it kind of bland and disappointing. Somewhat "extruded wuxia product", if you know what I mean.
However, I can definitely see where the femslashers are coming from re: shipping Mulan/Xian Lang (the witch). Hoo boy. The canon-divergent AUs practically write themselves. ...I wonder if there's any fanart or fic out there.
Overall, I find it hard to judge this movie. I liked the original a lot, and the equivalent scenes in this version didn't have as much emotional impact as the animated version - but would I feel that way if I weren't so attached to the original? Who knows!
It does make me want to track down some of the Chinese film adaptations of the Mulan story. I've heard some of them are pretty good, but haven't seen any myself yet.
Yuu. Fic writer & book lover. M/Canada.