www.cnn.com/2019/07/22/media/top-gun-flags-intl-hnk/index.html
They removed Japan and Taiwan's flags from his jacket.
Posted on 09/20/2020 11:45:34 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The remake of “Mulan” struck all the right chords to be a hit in the key Chinese market. Disney cast beloved actor Liu Yifei as Mulan and removed a dragon sidekick popular in the animated original to cater to Chinese tastes.
Still, the movie drew decidedly mixed reviews after its coronavirus-delayed release in China last week, with thousands panning it online.
The movie was rated 4.9 out of 10 by more than 165,000 people on Douban, a leading website for film, book and music ratings. Negative comments and jokes about the film outnumbered positive reactions on social media.
“Mulan” has earned an estimated 198 million yuan ($28.8 million) since its opening last week, and was the second most watched movie in China as of Thursday, according to ticketing platform Maoyan. It scored a higher 7.5 out of 10 on Maoyan, but also with mixed reviews.
“Poor artistic level, misunderstanding of Chinese culture lead to the film’s failure in China,” the state-run Global Times newspaper tweeted.
Chinese critics, both at home and abroad, said they were disappointed with the film’s inaccurate and stereotypical portrayals of Chinese history and the main character, infused with nationalist tropes.
Others were not as bothered.
“It’s fine that different screenwriters make up different stories," Zhang Qin, a military veteran, said after watching the film in Beijing last week. “They can play with imagination and it’s a good thing.”
IT engineer Zhang Fan also had positive things to say about the film. “What touched me is the humanity,” he said.
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Disney inauthentic? You don’t say!
“Mulan” is inauthentic? As opposed to those authentic movies, Bambi, Snow White, and Cinderella.
When I see “based on a true story” I view with a somewhat jaundiced eye.
I am not watching a movie to get my history-I am watching for entertainment.
For example, I am currently reading “Gates of Fire” and in the middle of the book, watched the movie “300”.
Now, I didn’t watch it for historical purposes...I watched it to get my mind visually into the period. Now, I understand there is nearly nothing historically accurate, but...the fact there was a battle.k. I just did it for...flavor.
I didn't know that. The earliest change I remember, and nothing to do with China, was the movie ET. He was flying off on a bicycle and they removed the gun from the cop's hand and replaced it with a walkie-talkie. This was 1991 or so
www.cnn.com/2019/07/22/media/top-gun-flags-intl-hnk/index.html
They removed Japan and Taiwan's flags from his jacket.
Chinese historical epics tend to be very “inauthentic” to the historical material.
On the other hand they can make very good movies.
Look for “God of War”.
Disney’s credits thanked the NAZIS, er, the Xingiang Security forces who run concentration camps for 1,000,000 muslims, destroy mosques, murder thousands and harvest organs.
Way to go, Walt.
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