r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Morr4Seiya • 8d ago
Hated Tropes An adaptation completely botches the original theme and message
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?
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u/d-101 8d ago
I love the book and cannot stand the film. The first half of the movie is pretty good; everything up til the rampaging drive at the pier is fine. It does a great job of showing how Neville is deteriorating and how he latches onto Sam for any sense of emotional support.
However, the survivors being guided by visions from God COMPLETELY misses the point of the book. The book held religion as an object of curiosity, as Neville tried to theorize why the vampires feared the cross. What he learned was that people, in their final desperate days of illness, turned to religion in droves, and it offered them nothing. It made them fearful of the major symbols (the cross, the star of David, the crescent, etc.) because they felt unworthy of being saved, given that they all died despite their devotion. The film ignores that nuance entirely and just has the girl survivor be like "god told me there is a survivor compound" and never interrogates where that vision came from, or how utterly amazing it would be if a person did serve as an oracle.
And the ending is garbage.