darkfox173

My first impression of this film came from walking in to my living room to see my roommate watching it. I stood there for a good 15 minutes trying to figure out what he was watching before I gave up and just asked him. When he told me the title it did not bode well as I had been planning on watching the new Mulan myself later. Though I was hesitant I did watch the whole film from start to finish. It was everything I had worried about after that fifteen minutes. Calling this film a "remake" is simply inaccurate. It's unrecognizable as Disney's Mulan. The story has been drastically changed and key characters from the original animated film are nowhere to be seen. Moreover, this film lacks the charm of the animated film, taking a more serious approach that falls flat due to poor acting and bad special effects. I'm not sure who this is a film for, but one thing is certain: if you enjoyed Disney's original animated Mulan then this isn't the film for you.

I watched H2O when it came out and I was actually looking forward to Mako Mermaids since it was meant to have everything I loved about H2O and my favorite actress from Lightning Point. The first season of Mako Mermaids was on par with the first season of H2O in my book and I would give it a 7 out 10 if that was the only season. However, the show started to go downhill after they decided to continue it as a sequel to H2O rather than as a prequel like the first season was intended to be. This creates a ton of conflicts, continuity problems and plot holes both between H2O and within the different seasons of Mako Mermaids itself.