• teslasaur@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    The most egregious that i remember must be Artemis Fowl.

    I remember liking the book quite a lot for making fairies into the opposite of pushovers. It also had a mean edge to it that other teen fantasy lacked.

    The movie is just… Not that.

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      16 hours ago

      I watched the movie first. The only good thing about it is it inspired me to read the book to see what the movie missed. Upon reading all the books, I think the vest way to adapt them to screen would be an animated series that is beat for beat faithful to the books.

      My biggest issue with the film is, if they didn’t want a villain protagonist, why adapt a book with a villain protagonist?

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      21 hours ago

      I hated the fact that the movie steered away from the fact that Artemis Fowl was a frigging criminal mastermind and instead made him a mid rebel with a relatable motivation… Have the same grouse about Ender’s Game too