Hua Mulan (2020)

Fa Mulan is the is the titular main protagonist of the 2020 remake of Disney's.

Why This Incarnation of Her Is Loathsome

 * 1) She's been Flanderized into a dull and overpowered protagonist from the get-go. As a result, all that is left to her is to hide her true powers, which isn't as emotionally investing as the original.
 * 2) * In the 1998 film, Mulan was just an average woman who was just brave, intelligent and strong-willed, which made her endearing and relatable, because she is not necessarily the best. However, 2020 Mulan was apparently born with high amounts of Chi, which allowed her to be powerful from the get-go and perform superhuman feats during battle.
 * 3) In the beginning, Mulan is forbidden from using her Chi powers during battle, but ultimately decides to use said powers later on. This plot element about her being forbidden from using her powers is never brought up again afterwards.
 * 4) At one point, she baits the enemies into shooting the mountain, creating an avalanche, effectively making her a deus ex machina.
 * 5) Liu Yifei's performance as Mulan feels stale for the most part.
 * 6) Mulan here is now a fighter and warrior, which doesn't match her character for the most part, compared to her 1998 incarnation, where she was a glassy but intelligent strategist.
 * 7) Plot armor: examples include,
 * 8) *When Mulan receives a fatal stab from a shuriken created from Xian Lang, she somehow survives the attack, despite her armor or even her silk breastplate used to disguise as a man not serving enough protection to block such an attack.
 * 9) *Also, there was the looming threat that Mulan will be executed if the commander found out the she's a woman. However, it wasn't represented to the point where the men spare her for no apparent reason.
 * 10) The moment where Mulan's disguise saves her from being fatally wounded by a shuriken also serves as functionally contradictive with the main theme of "don't be a man, just be yourself", as the disguise she used to pose as a man apparently saved her.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Liu Yifei is a decent pick for Mulan, despite her wooden performance.
 * 2) This incarnation of Mulan still has her positive qualities from her original incarnation; brave, compassionate, clever and resourceful.