An adaptation completely botches the original theme and message

[u/Morr4Seiya]

Mulan(2020)-They give Mulan superpowers which is not only lame it goes against the message of the original about equality and struggle,plus they removes Shang because apparently having Mulan date her superior was "problematic" even though Shang genuienely respected Mulan and their rank was never brought up

I am Legend(2007)-You know why the story is called "I am legend"? SPOILER ALERT the protagonist is the actual monster,humanity is gone and the vampires have a actual society and the protagonist kills and terrorize them

Animal Farm(2026)-On the very slim chance that Andy Serkis ever sees this,here's the thing Andy,Animal Farm was not a children work it was not supposed to have a happy ending,you never heard of cautionary tales before?

[u/farceur318]

I think the V For Vendetta movie is well made and a fun time but it is wild that the movie doesn’t mention anarchy* at all when it is the driving philosophy of the comic. The movie is anti-authoritarianism, whereas the comic is anti-government as a whole.

(*Not anarchy as in chaos, but anarchy as in the political theory of a society without rulers)

[u/JLHSMG → u/farceur318]

Indeed. The movie ends with a crowd all dressed as V, all of them removing their masks at once.

A lot of people in the same place, wearing the same clothes, and doing the same at the same time? There's a name for that, and it's anarchy.

[u/MGD109 → u/JLHSMG]

Yeah, I have to admit, even ignoring the anarchy stuff, for a film preaching for individual freedoms against authoritarianism, I kind of felt having them all adopt V as their icon to the point of them all dressing exactly the same and marching in lockstep, kind of undermined the point.