With the trailer dropping several days ago and releasing March of next year, figured it deserved its own thread.



This is by far the ONLY Disney remake I've actually been legitimately excited about. Not because Mulan is my favorite Disney cause it's not. Not because of people they've casted in these roles cause that doesn't matter to me either.

But if the tone of the trailers released so far are truly what the final film is going to be, then this is the first actual REMAKE they've done. Practically every other Disney re-tread has been somewhat of a shot for shot re-do of a classic that's already better.

But this? What appears to be a serious war epic with martial arts and a little Crouching Tiger art style mixed in with the story from Mulan? Holy hell take my damn money Mickey cause I'm pumped for this.

No goofy Eddie Murphy comic relief or self aware good luck flying beetle. Just the heart of the story of Mulan with a serious tone.

This looks awesome!

The trailer confused me a bit. So it's not a musical, but the music they chose for the trailer is one of the songs from the original musical?

jokershady said:

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But this? What appears to be a serious war epic with martial arts and a little Crouching Tiger art style mixed in with the story from Mulan? Holy hell take my damn money Mickey cause I'm pumped for this.

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Same feeling when I first saw the teaser.

This look REALLY good.

Cinderella, Beauty, Little Mermaid, Lion King, Aladdin, were going to bring more scrutiny with the remakes because they were so iconic. But I feel like this one won't have such lofty expectations and has the chance to shine on its own.

Seems like it, and I think it's the way to go

Agree with OP - this one looks promising.

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The trailer confused me a bit. So it's not a musical, but the music they chose for the trailer is one of the songs from the original musical?

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Sure! Why not?

The movie will still have music and if they can make it fit in this one, having that music would still be great.

Take "Make A Man Out Of You" for example. Say for however they show the training in this film they include snippets of this music in the background but with no words.

But at the beginning it's a much slower rendition as the recruits are performing terribly. Then as the story progresses and they begin performing better the music improves with it until we see what we're expecting: well trained warriors and with that an epic orchestral rendition of the song playing at the same time.

Could be good. Could suck. It's just an idea. But the point being is in the right context they can make music work from the original in this film without it having to be a musical.

If they're going with a shape shifting bird villainess, we better get a kick ass Mushu.

Anyone going to watch this tonight / this weekend or just wait for the Disney + release later this year?

My reaction to that news exactly.

Agree and since pretty much every single "Theater At Home" release has been $19.99 it's BS they are going $10 higher.

I don't plan to pay. I understand the argument it's cheaper than taking my family of 5 to the movies, but $29.99 is nuts. At that price I better own the movie, not just "rent" it.

Watching it tomorrow night

Nope

Not paying that amount when I already have Disney.

I can wait

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I did a quick fast forward through it, and have a question.

I recall from some news story recently that there are some certain types of supernatural elements that the Chinese government frowns upon, so that is why several American scifi/fantasy/adventure movies are either never released or edited for the chinese market.

but one of the main characters in this is obvious of a magical nature.

Anyone familiar with the details on what china allows/disallows re supernatural in movies there?

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That seems odd considering how many of their movies have a magical nature to it.

So after we pay $30 how many days do we get to watch it?

That's well worth the extra $10.... Especially if you have kids that watch everything over and over and over.

Watched it. Was very good movie! If it was at the theater I'd have seen it and it would've still been cheaper to watch it at home. I prefer this way to theater! Might have to watch it again later just cause I can!!

Wasn't aware it didn't expire. That at least is nice.

It's such a shame that Disney didn't get to release this first to theaters. It is one of the most beautiful and colorful movies I've seen, Disney or not. I'm admittedly a big Mulan fan anyway, but I honestly think it's the best live action remake Disney has released. It was worth the premium price as far as I'm concerned.

Full statement on Disney+ about Mulan:

"Starting September 4, with Premier Access, you can watch Mulan before it's available to all Disney+ subscribers or anywhere else. Disney+ will offer Premier Access to Mulan for $29.99 on disneyplus.com and in the Disney+ app on select platforms, including Apple, Google, Amazon, and Roku. The Premier Access offer will be available until November 2, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Once you have Premier Access to Mulan, you can watch as many times as you want on any platform where Disney+ is available. Your access to Mulan will continue as long as you are an active Disney+ subscriber. Mulan will be available to all Disney+ subscribers on December 4, 2020 for no additional cost."
https://help.disneyplus.com/csp?id=csp_article_content_international&sys_kb_id=b0e20693db921c50b1e6c28d1396191a


So $30 for unlimited viewing for 3 months until its on regular Disney+

And it will never go "back in the vault"

Watched the new one tonight with my family. Really good movie. Excellent message, very cool fighting sequences, a villain living in the grey instead of being pure evil, and how can you fault a movie that celebrates
martial arts legends Donnie Yen and Jet LI by putting them in bad-ass roles that go way beyond martial arts. Both of those guys are 57 this year and both have some incredible moments in the film.

Of the Disney reboots/ remakes, I'd put it ahead of Lion King, Aladdin, and Cinderella and behind only Beauty and the Beast.

But no Jackie Chan?

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MuckRaker96 said:

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Watched the new one tonight with my family. Really good movie. Excellent message, very cool fighting sequences, a villain living in the grey instead of being pure evil, and how can you fault a movie that celebrates
martial arts legends Donnie Yen and Jet LI by putting them in bad-ass roles that go way beyond martial arts. Both of those guys are 57 this year and both have some incredible moments in the film.

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How can you not like it? Maybe by Disney doing everything for a $ and ignoring everything that is terrible about China.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/sep/07/mulan-disney-live-action-remake-hong-kong-china

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Reading that article twice tells me 2 things.
1. The person who wrote it is a moron.
2. They get paid to write controversial things.

But I will let my 8 year old daughters know how how disappointed I am in them for their implicit support of the Hong Kong police.