She is a normal girl of the times, not a hyper-talented martial artist. This is the polar opposite of the original tale! In the Ballad of Mulan, the poem starts when she is sitting at her loom, weaving. She is talented in martial arts and has prodigious talent in wielding qi. From the beginning, she is different from other girls her age. The most obvious and most glaring error is how Disney handled Mulan’s story. Throughout its runtime, there are countless errors in regards to Chinese culture and the original story of the ballad. What we got instead was a film that completely misses the mark culturally, historically and thematically. As someone who is an enthusiast of wuxia style media, I was ecstatic. What the studio seemed to have in store was a wuxia -style martial arts film that was historically accurate and more serious in tone. Disney had promised a culturally accurate portrayal of the ballad, starting with axing Mushu, the comedic talking dragon, and removing the Western style musical numbers. Most Chinese people, myself included, had high hopes for this new film.
It was this that gave the film its charm and appeal to both Western and Eastern audiences, and Disney’s 2020 Mulan hoped to fill those shoes even better than before.
The 1998 version of Mulan captured the main themes of the original ballad: both men and women can have different but equal talents. The original 1998 Mulan was by no means a completely historically or culturally accurate portrayal of the ballad, but as an adaptation it was done well. This is the version that most people in the world, even in China, knew and loved as kids.
One of the more recent ones was Disney’s 2020 adaptation of The Ballad of Mulan, a tale that Disney first adapted in 1998 in the form of an animated movie. Whether it be hyper-realistic CGI lions or live action adaptations of virtually every fairytale under the sun, Disney has embarked on several massive cinematic ventures. Everyone knows Disney Studios is on a quest to re-realize their classic movies for a younger generation.
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