{"id":6153,"date":"2020-09-11T12:54:17","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T19:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/?p=6153"},"modified":"2020-09-11T12:58:46","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T19:58:46","slug":"mulan-2020-loyal-brave-true-honorable-and-devoted-describe-this-2020-remake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/2020\/mulan-2020-loyal-brave-true-honorable-and-devoted-describe-this-2020-remake\/","title":{"rendered":"Mulan (2020) * Loyal, Brave, True, Honorable and Devoted Describe This 2020 Remake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mulan.poster.jpg?resize=169%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\n\" width=\"169\" height=\"250\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To save her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man to battle northern invaders in China. Mulan 2020 is a live-action adaptation of Disney&#8217;s 1998 animated film of the same name, based on the Chinese folklore &#8220;The Ballad of Mulan.&#8221; Directed by Niki Caro. With Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, Li Gong, Jet Li. KIDS FIRST! Film Critic Dominic D. comments, \u201cThis action-packed, family film will keep viewers in suspense while tugging at their hearts along the way. <em>Mulan<\/em> offers us much to appreciate \u2026culture, a love for family, honesty, peace and so much more.\u201d See his full review below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mulan (2020)<br>By Dominic D., KIDS FIRST! Film Critic, Age 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Loyal, brave, true, honorable, and devoted, all describe aspects of Disney\u2019s new remake of the animated movie, <em>Mulan <\/em>(1998). Niki Caro, the director of this year\u2019s live-action version, took on the huge challenge of giving new life to the legendary tale of China\u2019s fearless girl warrior after 22 years. This action-packed, family film will keep viewers in suspense while tugging at their hearts along the way. <em>Mulan<\/em> offers us much to appreciate \u2026culture, a love for family, honesty, peace and so much more. We couldn\u2019t have asked for a better release date for <em>Mulan<\/em>, as itsmany messages are powerful and uplifting which are needed during these unsettling times in many communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bpUw4F-_qbk\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mulan.a.jpg?resize=225%2C107&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6154\" width=\"225\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mulan.a.jpg?resize=300%2C142&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mulan.a.jpg?resize=1024%2C484&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mulan.a.jpg?resize=768%2C363&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mulan.a.jpg?resize=1536%2C726&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mulan.a.jpg?w=1777&amp;ssl=1 1777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The film follows a fearless young woman named Hua Mulan who is the daughter of Zhou, a warrior veteran. Mulan is not like other traditional women of her age. She is a uniquely gifted woman driven by the power of the <em>chi<\/em>, destined not to conform and marry the match of her parent\u2019s choice; rather she prefers to use her skills to fight as a warrior and to defend her country, town and family. Her father, who is traditional in his beliefs, warns Mulan to hide her gifts. Upon learning of a possible empire takeover by Bori Khan and his power hungry rebel group, one male from every household is ordered to enlist in the Imperial Army to defend their land. Mulan\u2019s father, the dad of two daughters, is not in good physical condition to take on this feat yet steps up to the challenge. Knowing that her father is in no shape to battle the enemy, Mulan sacrifices everything and faces death to disguise herself as the man of the household and train with the Imperial Army.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mulan.f.jpg?resize=225%2C107&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6158\" width=\"225\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mulan.f.jpg?resize=300%2C142&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mulan.f.jpg?resize=1024%2C484&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mulan.f.jpg?resize=768%2C363&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mulan.f.jpg?resize=1536%2C726&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mulan.f.jpg?w=1776&amp;ssl=1 1776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Yifei Liu, who plays Mulan, possesses great star power. She is fierce yet sensitive and shows viewers a wide variety of her emotions throughout the film. A huge shout out to the cinematography, art, set, costume, and make up crews for bringing such light, excitement, and brilliance to the legendary Chinese Empire.&nbsp; Every scene is colorful, bright, and full of&nbsp; life. China and New Zealand are perfect landscapes for the film sets and are perfect for captivating the viewers. And despite the adventure and suspense, the film entertains us with several scenes containing humor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mulan.c.jpg?resize=225%2C107&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6156\" width=\"225\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mulan.c.jpg?resize=300%2C142&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mulan.c.jpg?resize=1024%2C484&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mulan.c.jpg?resize=768%2C363&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mulan.c.jpg?resize=1536%2C726&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mulan.c.jpg?w=1776&amp;ssl=1 1776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Mulan<\/em> is a film with many messages of loyalty, bravery, honor, devotion to family, and more. The strongest message&nbsp; is about empowerment. Mulan, born into a culture where there is a clear division between the roles for men and women, chooses not to conform to tradition and claims her rights to be who she wants to be. Mulan is faced with many heartfelt decisions that, above all, could cause her death, yet she stays true to herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mulan.b.jpg?resize=225%2C107&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6155\" width=\"225\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mulan.b.jpg?resize=300%2C142&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mulan.b.jpg?resize=1024%2C484&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mulan.b.jpg?resize=768%2C363&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Mulan.b.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I give <em>Mulan <\/em>4 out of 5 stars. I recommend it to ages 8 to 18. <em>Mulan<\/em> is the perfect family film and adults will love it as much as kids. <em>Mulan <\/em>will begin streaming on September 4<sup>th<\/sup> 2020 on Disney+. This is a film that you do not want to miss!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To save her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man to battle northern invaders in China. Mulan 2020 is a live-action adaptation of Disney&#8217;s 1998 animated film of the same name, based on the Chinese folklore &#8220;The Ballad of Mulan.&#8221; Directed by Niki Caro. With Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, Li Gong, Jet Li. KIDS FIRST! Film Critic Dominic D. comments, \u201cThis action-packed, family film will keep viewers in suspense while tugging at their hearts along the way. Mulan offers us much to appreciate \u2026culture, a love for family, honesty, peace and so much more.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[2308,2305,1783,2306,414,1215,2309,35,2307,2313,2296,2310,2304,2298,2299,2297,299,551,1166,1982,2294,2302,2293,2301,2311,2303,2312,2295,2300],"class_list":["post-6153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feature-film-reviews","tag-bori-khan","tag-brandons-cult-movie-reviews","tag-by-kids-for-kids","tag-cheng-honghui","tag-china","tag-chris-stuckmann","tag-commander-tung","tag-disney","tag-disney-live-action","tag-disney-mulan-2020","tag-donnie-yen","tag-emperor","tag-gong-li","tag-jason-scott-lee","tag-jet-li","tag-li-gong","tag-live-action","tag-movie-review","tag-movie-reviews","tag-mulan","tag-mulan-2020","tag-mulan-2020-review","tag-mulan-live-action","tag-mulan-movie","tag-mulan-review","tag-niki-caro","tag-xianniang","tag-yifei-liu","tag-yoson-an"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paS5I2-1Bf","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6153"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6163,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6153\/revisions\/6163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}