Movie #2156 "Mulan" with real people (Disneyplus) --- too much fighting ---- I know, it is a steady rant from me, but I just don't like all of it.....it doesn't matter if it is a capable female, just too much, and the film is too long --- I saw it a few weeks ago, and I remember just image upon image of regimented soldiers, all decked out in the same costumes, marching into battle. Of course, I like a story that sets up the female as stronger than some of her male counterparts, and she is in disguise, but that story I have seen done even better than the one played here. The pluses are a few: the female is very strong in a quiet way; the visual effects are stunning, the amount of people on film is amazing, and just that it is a film with Eurasian elements, entire cast, etc. makes it a winner to me. Besides the above complaints on the fighting, one big negative is the story --- there isn't much to it, and it becomes repetitive with two final big battles, one too quickly following another. Also, I felt it spent too much time on the witch character. I would give this a 3. It earned its nomination, for visual effects, but I wondered why a song wasn't nominated from here --- the two songs sung at the end by Aguilera were terrific and a huge reward for getting to the end to me!
"MULAN" 2020 1 hr, 55 mins PG-13
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