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/cunt_dykeula]

Why did they decide to make animal farm a kids movie? When I think of Orwell, "kid friendly" isn't exactly the 1st thing that comes to mind.

You're allowed to make media featuring anthropomorphic animals that isn’t explicitly for children, I promise. We aren't doing to draw and quarter you out in the street for being a furry

[u/StillShmoney → u/cunt_dykeula]

It comes down to the tragic fact that animation is simply not respected as an art form. A lot of studio execs simply see animation as a medium for children. This leads to nonsense like the terrible marketing for Transformers One.

[u/Individual-Bass-7051 → u/StillShmoney]

The irony then that it was made by Andy Serkis, who built his entire career on demanding respect for animation and motion capture performances.

[u/StillShmoney → u/Individual-Bass-7051]

I think there’s a cognitive dissonance when it comes to cgi vs animation. The lion king remake is a perfect example of this. It’s more or less presented as a live action remake, however it’s so heavy on the cgi that it’s effectively still an animated film just made in a different style of animation. Something about the photo realism (or at least the attempt of it) comes off as being above animation even if it’s effectively the same thing.

[u/Starman035 → u/StillShmoney]

It is the Western problem. Take for example Japanese animation, which can be everything from kids movies through war tragedy to pornography.

[u/MalleNinja → u/StillShmoney]

Audiences are also to blame, Sausage party for example. It was even made by Seth Rogan aswell