Yesterday we paid for the first time on Disney+ to watch this indefinitely postponed " Hua Mulan ", let alone whether it meets personal expectations, currently Douban has opened points, 5.9 points, really miserable .
Is "Mulan" really that bad?
For example, even a car with brand new accessories will get stuck on the bumpy Disney road.
Mulan (2020)
Director: Nicki Caro
Starring: Liu Yifei/ Donnie Yen/ Gong Li/ Jet Li
Genre: Drama/ Action/ Adventure/ Costume
Production country/region: USA/ Mainland China
: 2020-09-11 (Mainland China) / 2020-09-04 (U.S. Network)
Length: 115 minutes
In short, there is nothing wrong with this version of "Mulan", and if there is something wrong, it is all Familiar old Disney flavor.
Hua Mulan learns etiquette, a bug makes a house turn around. The design of Mulan picking up the tea bowl empty-handed is really amazing. It’s a crosswalk. Maybe the Chinese Kungfu in Hollywood’s eyes is always acrobatic. In place.
then left home + learned art + killed the boss + self-transcendence, just like watching the live-action version of "Kung Fu Panda" , really not new.
It is said that "Mulan" alone has a budget of 200 million US dollars, and it is also the most expensive movie ever directed by a female director.
is the money, not so much it is spent, as it is spent "obviously", such as luxurious scenery and high-saturation pictures, it will blow up my eyes every minute.
Look at the emperor's pleated collar again, convinced, really moat.
Every shot of "Mulan" is very hard, and occasionally the composition is very particular, but the lack of innovation is undoubtedly, I even saw a loss of Bollywood composition, exaggerated slow motion and dazzling skills in the fight. All make "Mulan" extremely far away from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" 's interpretation of Chinese Kungfu.
Although the whole film keeps mentioning "Chi (gas)" , which is similar to the "Force" thing in "Star Wars" , it is really embarrassing, and it's completely a child's play.
The scene of "Mulan" is gorgeous, but it is not grand enough, especially the several battles, which ended hastily in a small space, and the play also lacked glamour.
In fact, it has always been normal for Hollywood to spray these bits and pieces as "Chinese impressions", so that "Mulan" always makes me dream about two collections of MVs- "Princess of China" by
Rihanna "Ambush on Ten Sides" ;
Philip Dong's "Gust Of Wind" "Heroes" .
If you have to find the roots, I don’t think you can get rid of Lao Mouzi...
Of course, I hate the sound of "Mulan" with millions, such as "Not China" , and for example, is shot in shallow .
first talk about the view of "not China".
This version of "Mulan" is a live-action version of adapted from the 1998 Disney animated version, and viewers who have watched the animation can actually find that the two versions have not changed in the big frame.
is really not a thunder. This is obviously an amazing degree of reduction.
Although Mulan is our Mulan, this film does not only exist to attract Chinese audiences. It must be compatible with the memory totem of American audiences on Chinese elements. Some films of are not just I took it for you alone, I thought it was common sense .
"The shooting is shallow", indeed, "Mulan" is simple enough to "discard your brain and watch the movie."
But one premise is that the "Mulan" that Disney wants to remake must be a "family-friendly" . Although it is a live-action version, it is also a half-animation. It is destined to be uncomplicated, like most you hate. Same as commercial films.
So, just take it as a Met gala with Chinese elements as the theme, so "Hua Mu"Lan" may seem much more normal.
In fact, the difference between the 1998 animated version and the 2020 live-action version is the most worth mentioning part , because from this we can see what details have been adjusted this time and what new content is trying to express.
First of all, Mulan’s animal partner Little Cricket disappeared (a soldier named Cricket/Little Cricket in this film, it should be a small egg specially left by Disney), maybe this little thing does not need to exist. .
Furthermore, the twittering Mushu dragon voiced by Eddie Murphy in the original animation was replaced by a phoenix.
In fact, Phoenix is more suitable for Mulan, especially with the phrase "Phoenix Nirvana".
However, "Phoenix" is not used very well in this film, although logically "Phoenix" is like Harry Potter's "Expecto patronum", a symbol of spiritual externalization and self-saving , But the phoenix in "Mulan" is still very badly used, always appears on time and symbolically, taking all the psychological transformations of the characters .
OK, the phoenix is here, Mulan is coming alive, the phoenix is here, and Mulan has found herself...
I think the Phoenix is the protagonist, and Liu Yifei doesn’t need to play Mulan, just always follow a phoenix to fly. .
Compared with this, Mushu dragon is really more brilliant, after all, it is funny. Compared with the animation, the live-action version of
has some changes. One is that the whispering "eagle" is processed into a witch character played by Gong Li, so the live-action version of "Mulan" has two mascots. Phoenix and eagle, in fact, eagles are more cool, they can turn into a swarm of crows at every turn.
There is also a sense of CP between Mulan and the witch, which is almost like the feeling of Angelina Jolie and Fanning in "Sleeping Curse" . Two choices instead of comparison. The
witch is the other side of Mulan, or it can be said that Mulan has failed to become Mulan.
And after looking closely, I found that Hua Mulan’s real teacher is a witch. She was really taught "how to find yourself". Although the witch failed, the apprentice succeeded. A young woman became a warrior and became a leader. The apprentice died as soon as he died.
Gong Huang smiled with a crooked mouth. The OST in his heart "won"
Although it is inevitable, but the existence of witches is not tasteless, she and Hua Mulan represent two kinds of female situations, and the power of witches makes her in a male-dominated world Rejected, marginalized, and eventually became a witch.
But after meeting Hua Mulan, she saw a hope that is an "accepted female leader" and there is a possibility of , and Mulan maintains an absolute "true self" without having to carry a man on her back The temperament and empty shell of the leader.
This kind of "self-recognition honesty" is well designed. It is not so much the phoenix nirvana, as it is the death of a witch that brought Mulan back to life. Another "clone" role of
is Mulan's comrade-in-arms HongHui, , a male who appreciates and protects Mulan in the most correct way.
In the original animation, this character does not exist. Mulan fought with the general in battle, and was a little ambiguous with the general after the fight.
The general in the original animation is really contradictory. He squeezed out Mulan after her frankly daughter, and when she saved the country and fell in love with her, it was because of the emperor’s words "Such a good girl is not there every day"...
Is Disney short of people, just this one man? Or is it only the woman Hua Mulan?
So the live-action version is also doing well here, the general is still a general, played by Yen Zidan , but the new character HongHui is a comrade in arms with Mulan, more equal, and more reasonable in plot. There are too few men like
HongHui in the real world. He admits Mulan’s ability, accepts Mulan’s help, and helps Mulan as an assistant at a critical moment. He likes Mulan but doesn’t force it. Although he is a martial artist, his eyes are tender. water.
And he didn't exist to fall in love with Mulan. The two people just gently indicated a possible beginning. The end of the war turned out to be like first love, really comfortable.
In addition, the film's interpretation of "loyalty, courage, truthfulness, filial piety" also makes people feel spring breeze. If
is a Chinese screenwriter who writes these four words, he would basically not be able to explain it. It would be good to do the role!
But Disney's "Mulan" must be explained, not only to explain, but also to step on my tear ducts.
Mulan took her father's sword when she left home. The "loyal, brave and true" (loyal, brave and true) on the sword accompanied her as a creed.
Initially these three words may be about family, country, and military, but in the end they all become Mulan's own. The process of fusion of a character with these three words is also counted in the live-action version of "Mulan" To be detailed enough.
In the end, Hua Mulan lost her father's sword and got a sword of her own. In fact, it was inherited, but it was not the kind of sticking to it.
includes when interpreting the word "filial piety", the English is "devotion to family". Compared with the usual "filial piety", emphasizes the sense of honor, not just from the bottom up. Obey, but undifferentiated love and dedication to the family.
At least the live-action version of "Mulan" can make "loyalty and filial piety" start from love, which is the power that bursts from the heart. Mulan didn't carry a few heavy shells to kill her life. She internalized these four words, with the most The light posture is also a posture that we often overlook.
Furthermore, it is the identity of Mulan. At least I saw all kinds of Mulan when I was a child. Mulan was brotherhood when he was a boy, and love when he was a daughter. It was essentially screenwriter laziness.
or the screenwriters at that time would only describe stereotyped “male” and stereotyped “female”, and focused on the curiosity of gender-playing. regarded “masculine traits” as a piece of clothing worn on Mulan . Under the military uniform, Mulan can only be a daughter.
Of course, we who are young and ignorant certainly think that women are women. You are a man when you wear a military uniform. Can you be anything else when you take off the military uniform?
But take a look at this version of "Mulan", the role of Mulan has always been a real existence of the unity of inside and outside. She is the one who wears the uniform, but she is still her , Mulan’s "neutral" temperament. It has been interpreted very well and the most true.
So if you want to find some contrast from this, for example, Liu Yifei puts on a fairy sister suit and appears at the end, and suddenly becomes so feminine, then this version of "Mulan" is meaningless.
also has two interesting roles. As a version of Mulan of such "feminism", "Father of Flowers" and "General" should represent the oppression of patriarchy, but the creative team did not do so. The general played by Donnie Yen is just like Mulan's father. They don't make patriarchal rules, but follow these rules, and as long as they wake up, they will not trust the patriarchal system.
Male leaders no longer trust the patriarchal system, which is too difficult, but "Mulan" is just for you. It is not that the witch and Mulan are going to join forces to destroy the earth, but is the two "elders + men" who hold the power and push the door open for women .
This is like our current situation, not only what women are going to strive for, but also what men are willing to change for this.
is also filmed by Disney, this kind of plot is called "fantasy" in China. There are also some similar small details in the film
, such as the opening Mulan’s chicken chasing battle, unscathed from falling from a high altitude, Hua's father originally looked at his daughter with pride, but the neighbors’ discussions turned into hesitations and concerns. .
Look at Mulan's native family again. Huamu is the "qualified woman" who implements the patriarchy, and Huafu has been deliberately pampering and giving Mulan the space to tap her nature.
Hua Mulan’s mother every day: "You have to be a woman!"
Hua Mulan’s father said, "You can be a fighter!" Flushed, the head even shivered slightly, just thatThe situation is slapped up no matter what. For a disabled retired father, that sword is the lifeblood, but this version of "Mulan" does not. Father Hua said, "Child, the sword is not as important as you."
Really, this is a fantasy film.
And the identity of this version of Mulan is precisely stuck on various feminine issues, these are the parts that do not exist in the original animation.
For example, when the father of Hua was in Mulan's daughter, he told her to "hide". When Mulan's general found out that "Mulan in the male body" was a martial artist, he told her "Don't hide."
But after the end of the first battle, Mulan, who had exposed her gender and had "no possession", became a shame in the general's mouth.
In short, there are differences between men and women. It is wrong for men to have the ability but not to display, and it is wrong for women to have the ability to display. This version of Mulan finally realizes the pain of modern women.
But the story of Hua Mulan has a "point" that transcends gender, that is, the soldiers do not distinguish between genders, and there is no gender in the escape and fierce battle.
So finally, let’s talk about Liu Yifei .
scolded Liu Yifei more than praised her, but did Liu Yifei pull his hips?
I don’t think so, because has no actors who are most suitable for "Mulan", only whether the interpretation of the movie fits your imagination of Mulan.
thinks of the terrible domestic version of "Mulan", in which Zhao Wei looks tired, bloated, and emotionally hurt throughout.
came to the old father and said: “It’s nice to have a daughter. She has been filial, sensible, and obedient since she was a child, and now she has become a beautiful general...” Compared with Liu Yifei’s version, Mulan actually has an extravagant temperament. Limited by the environment you are in.
For me, this is a more free interpretation. If you say Liu Yifei's poker face, please recall "Assassin Nie Yinniang" . I think the two characters have similarities in temperament, and their eyes are restricted. But looking beyond the sea of clouds.
In fact, this version of "Mulan" is in the final analysis to solve the problem of "self". The challenges brought by the environment are in line with the rhythm of self-seeking. Everything exists for Mulan.
And Disney's attack on the street this time shows that everyone is still a bit harsh. is not so much to "restore" the real Mulan, it is better to ask what kind of Mulan we need in this era, so I think this film has passed the pass line, if it is better than the 6.2 of 2009 "Mulan" The score is even lower, really incomprehensible. Times are going backwards? Maybe.
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