Mulan

On the data. Three things. The poem is short and plain. The Ballad of Mulan is a few hundred lines from around the sixth century. A daughter takes her father's place in the army because he is old and she has no older brother, serves for twelve years, is offered an official post when the war ends, and asks for a horse home instead. Her comrades are astonished to find out she is a woman. That is the whole thing. No dragon, no emperor to save, no romance, and crucially no question of her being found out and thrown out partway through, which is the central crisis of the 1998 film. The 2020 live action film is not a remake in the usual sense. It removes the songs, removes Mushu, replaces the villain, adds a witch and adds a concept of chi that makes the lead exceptional from birth rather than ordinary and determined. That last change is the one most people object to, because it undercuts the point of the story. The 2020 film also had two separate controversies. Parts of it were filmed in Xinjiang and the credits thank local government bodies there, which drew widespread criticism given what has been reported about the region. Separately, its lead actress made public comments supporting the Hong Kong police during the 2019 protests, which prompted a boycott campaign. Both are easy to find and worth being aware of. The film was released to Disney+ for an additional fee during the pandemic rather than to cinemas in most countries.

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