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/RavenKweenX]

Little Mermaid actually made several improvements over the animated version insofar as addressing plot holes, and fleshing out characters, and the animation is gorgeous. Easily one of the best live action adaptations.

[u/TheGeckoWrangler → u/RavenKweenX]

Huh, ok, fair enough.

My point still stands for the others though XD

[u/RavenKweenX → u/TheGeckoWrangler]

Lion King was actually pretty good, the chief complaint was that the animals weren't stylized or emotive enough, and not everyone thought that was necessarily a problem.

Snow White, however, is one of the rare ones that I started and gave up on before finishing.

The live actions are a definite mixed bag.

[u/TheGeckoWrangler → u/RavenKweenX]

Yeh, though I gotta say it’s kinda weird how you can go from having a remake like the Jungle Book that respects the original movie and has a well put together plot, to a remake like Lilo and Stitch where they just straight up chuck everything from the original story out the window. I imagine it’s probably a matter of different directors and writers(some of which probably shouldn’t have been in those positions, evidently), but it still seems odd that Disney wouldn’t try to maintain some sort of consistency across their remakes.

And lol I heard the lead actress for Snow White apparently also threw a fit over how poorly the movie did.

Also, if I might ask, have you seen the prequel they made about Mufasa and Scar’s childhood? I’ve been considering watching that one, but given that it’s exclusively live action, Ive been hesitant to say the least.

[u/ZeroiaSD → u/TheGeckoWrangler]

"And lol I heard the lead actress for Snow White apparently also threw a fit over how poorly the movie did."

I mean, wouldn't you be upset if you thought you were going to have your big break in an iconic role but instead got met with tons of hate, a lot of which for stuff you had no control of? It'd be a rare person who didn't crash out.

[u/RavenKweenX → u/TheGeckoWrangler]

I thought it was OK, although truthfully I was more interested in the animation than the plot. The plot might have been a bit taka, but it was definitely pretty to look at.

Insofar as the level of emoting they were capable of, it seemed increased in the prequel, but if I'm being honest with myself, I could have had the entire movie narrated by David Attenborough and been happy as a clam, so I may not exactly be the best person to ask. I was more fixated on the cutting edge animation than anything.