This week I tried to watch several different movies and You tube shows and came up with nothing. So I ventured into a movie on You tube named Mulan not the animated Disney movie that people would think but the live movie that flopped in theaters.

The setting is in southeast China and Imperial China. The landforms that you see are the dunes of the Taklamakan Desert. This movie is very similar to our country in many ways.

It takes place in a sandy dry vacant area. It was pretty windy out also. Like us, China is constantly training for war. Arranged marriages are in the U.S., but that is not as frequent as it is in China. Our servicemen have had to fight on dry empty lands in the middle of the night and at random times. We had civilian men fight before, as did they. Family members served together in China as they do here. They traveled on foot and by horses. The days were hot and the nights were cold in various parts of China.

There were minimal differences. Mulan restrained herself from harming the man who hit her brother; Men are called to protect the country. Women in that time were not allowed to serve in the armed forces. The parents of a daughter went and asked for their daughter to have an arranged marriage. From 1917 to 1918, women were allowed to join the armed forces.
The only difference is the language, eating habits, and nutrition. In this movie, the soldiers do not eat for days on days while our army is fully stocked. When the soldiers in China did eat, they ate with their hands, no silverware. Women in China today typically do not serve as we have here. China has dust storms where America does not. While in battle their main supply of food is bread, fruit, and vegetables. Our service men have rations that are packaged and remain fresh till after they were opened.

The characters valued their lives and the lives of their families so much they fought for freedom. For fun they would throw things at each other. At one point in the movie the fun was a way of celebrating. They had a fire, wine, and dancers. We do not have that here. My one complain the end of the movie was a cliffhanger. I would of liked to see them return home once again victorious in what they have accomplished but that did not happen. The environment seemed low income. It would of been nice to see them build their empire back up.

Mulan 2020 full Movie with English Subtitle – YouTube , This is a link to the movie