Line #11 AuthorsSavingThrow/LiveActionFilms


1	* ''Film/Adam2019'':The film removes many of the more controversial aspects of the novel, such as many racist, homophobic, and transphobic comments, and the fact that Gillian, who identifies as a lesbian, is "cured" of her lesbianism after having sex with a cis man
2	* ''Film/AlienCovenant'':
3	** After ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'' got flak for being [[StealthSequel Stealth Prequel]] for the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' series and concerns it'd happen again, the title made its connection to the series clear and even the posters featured the Xenomorph's head and an egg. Other, however, do lament the decision to skip Shaw and David's travels.
4	** [[spoiler:As mentioned on the main page under "Tabletop Games", the film itself was subjected to one in ''TabletopGame/AlienTheRoleplayingGame'' after Creator/RidleyScott omitted stuff from the script stating that David was only copying the Engineers and going with a FanDislikedExplanation that David created the Xenomorphs. Fox and the game chose to ignore Scott's changes and went with the original script and the novelization's explanation that the Engineers ''did'' create the Xenomorphs, and David's creations, which are copies of the Xenomorphs, are called "Praetomorphs".]]
5	* In ''Film/{{Aladdin\|2019}}'', the climax [[spoiler:has Jasmine take part in the action to get the lamp back, instead of having to go through GoGoEnslavement and ShowSomeLeg like in the [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} animated movie]]. As years went by, this part was seen as tasteless and sexist, and even more so because Jasmine was [[HarmfulToMinors only 15]].]]
6	* ''Film/CarryOnSeries'': ''Film/CarryOnAtYourConvenience'' had Creator/SidJames playing a family man much like his role in ''Series/BlessThisHouse'' to make up for criticisms of his character in ''Film/CarryOnHenry'' being too much of a DirtyOldMan.
7	* ''Film/{{Cats}}'' was ChristmasRushed for the 2019 awards season and thus had some dodgy, unfinished effects. These were corrected later in the film's theatrical run and for all home media releases.
8	* ''Film/ChristopherRobin'' could arguably be seen as this in order to provide an optimistic contrast to the depressing experience of ''Film/GoodbyeChristopherRobin''.
9	* ''Film/{{Cinderella 2015}}'' makes a few alterations in response to criticisms of [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} Disney's original film]] (Each human is a FlatCharacter, the search was poorly executed, the [[KarmaHoudini stepmother got away]], etc.). For example, Ella and the Prince have more of a personality now, he has an actual ''name'', he and Ella meet each other well before the ball, [[spoiler:the Prince's hidden presence in the search party ensures that Cinderella is found]], and [[spoiler:Lady Tremaine and her daughters are actually punished in the end]].[[note]]er, [[spoiler:Ella still forgives them, the stepsisters in particular as their antagonism was actually ''lesser'' than in the original film, but ''only'' because the movie's Aesop is "be kind to others". All three, and [[AdaptationalVillainy the Duke]], are mentioned to have left the kingdom and never returned after this.]][[/note]]
10	* ''Film/DadsArmy1971'': During the scene of Captain Mainwaring inspecting his platoon for the first time (adapted from the {{Pilot}}, "The Man and the Hour"), Private Godfrey is given Private Bracewell's role of "man in tuxedo with golfclub", while Private Godfrey's original role ("man with gun who refuses to give it up") is given to [[CanonForeigner General Wilkinson]]. This works in the film's favour as later in the series, Private Godfrey [[CharacterizationMarchesOn became a pacifist who couldn't kill a mouse]], let alone a Nazi, and wouldn't have wanted to keep a gun.
11	* The film version of ''Theatre/DearEvanHansen'' was derided due to Creator/BenPlatt's (27 at the time) unconvincing looks made to play a teenager. Afterwards, the studio announced that a ReCut would see limited release in theaters before being used for the streaming release, [[DigitalDeaging using CGI effects to make Platt look younger]].
12	** The film also makes various changes to make the title character come across as more sympathetic and less manipulative than in the stage show, most notably his relationship with Zoe. [[spoiler: Evan forcing a kiss on Zoe while sitting on her dead brother's bed and arranging for her band be involved in the remembrance ceremony he's involved in are both cut, as her "You gave my brother back!" line when she first kisses him.]]
13	** The ending was also changed to provide some more consequences for Evan. [[spoiler: Rather than his lie never being revealed Evan admits the deception publicly and tries to make amends by trying learn more about and preserve the memory of the real Connor.]]
14	* In ''Film/TheDivergentSeriesInsurgent'', Tris had her hair cut into a pixie cut, changed from the chin-length haircut of [[Literature/{{Divergent}} the books]][[note]]The reasoning for this is Creator/ShaileneWoodley having cut her hair completely short for ''Film/TheFaultInOurStars'' and couldn't grow it out in time for ''The Divergent Series: Insurgent''[[/note]], prompting complaints. So ''The Divergent Series: Allegiant'' has her hair back at chin-length.
15	* ''Film/TheHobbit'': The extended cuts of the films redeemed the trilogy in the eyes of many disappointed fans. Like with ''The Lord of the Rings'', they include more scenes from the book (the Goblin Town song, the first proper meeting of Beorn) and explain certain things (the fate of Thrain which according to the second film's extended commentary was filmed when it was meant to be two movies and Kili's crush on Tauriel is foreshadowed in the extended cut for the first film). The third film's extended cut especially has received acclaim from both fans and critics for fixing a lot of problems for what was considered the weakest of the three movies, including the effects and giving the dwarves a chance to shine.
16	* ''Film/JurassicWorld'':
17	** A major complaint of the third movie was how the ''T. rex'' was rather easily beaten by the ''Spinosaurus'' in a rather blatant example of TheWorfEffect. This movie firmly re-establishes the ''T. rex'' as the dominant dinosaur. This film has the ''T. rex'' smash through a ''Spinosaurus'' skeleton on display [[spoiler: on her way to confront the ''I. rex''. Despite the ''I. rex'' being built up as more dangerous, intelligent, powerful, and sadistic, it's Rexie who ultimately comes out on top. Sure [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown the]] ''[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown I. rex]]'' [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown kicks her ass at first]], but unlike the ''Spinosaurus'', the ''Indominus'' has been properly established as essentially a Super ''Velociraptor rex''. So the beatdown made sense. Plus, it allowed for the Velociraptors and T. rex to team up to take down the I. rex]].[[note]][[spoiler:actually just one Velociraptor, the sole survivor of the pack]][[/note]]
18	** Hasbro took some heat when the toys were first minted and sold in stores because the box descriptions used male pronouns despite the film making clear that the dinosaurs are still being bred to all be female. They corrected the mistake on later printings.
19	** A major complaint of the franchise in general in the numerous examples of ArtisticLicensePaleontology that result in the dinosaurs on-screen being completely different than what scientists have proven to be true. The conversation between Dr. Wu and Masrani reveals that InUniverse this was done ''on purpose''. Wu and his team had the knowledge and resources to make the dinosaurs scientifically accurate, but the company requested they engineer the dinosaurs to look like what the public generally perceives them to be, rather than what they really looked like.
20	--->"You didn't ask for reality. You asked for [[ArcWords more teeth]]."
21	* ''Film/{{Lady and the Tramp\|2019}}'': Aunt Sarah’s cats are given an entirely new jazz number, as their original song "We are Siamese" had fallen hard into ValuesDissonance with its Asian caricatures. Some of the lines remain similar in spirit to the original song, but without the racist subtext. However, they were popular with fans who weren't happy that Si and Am were changed and the song was removed, thus proving how this trope can backfire.
22	* Franchise/MonsterVerse:
23	** ''Film/Godzilla2014'':
24	*** The biggest reason why [[Film/Godzilla1998 the last American adaptation of the franchise]] was despised by fans and Toho alike was that it took too many liberties with Godzilla’s known abilities and appearance by having the creature itself be an irradiated iguana as opposed to a dinosaur, lacks his famous atomic breath and [[AdaptationalWimp has it die by mere missiles]]. Legendary Pictures, Warner Bros. and Director Gareth Edwards make it clear that this version is true to the classic movies, as his appearance is much closer to that of the Japanese movies, and retains his invincibility and atomic breath.
25	*** [[Film/GodzillaFinalWars The last Godzilla film made before this one]] [[BrokenBase caught heat from a sizable portion of the fanbase who felt it focused too much on high octane action that the human drama felt noticeably weak]]. This film gives the human story more weight to it and shows the destruction the monsters are causing and how it’s affecting the world at large. [[CriticalDissonance Unfortunately, while it did earn praise by many critics, movie goers and fans alike are more divisive on the matter]].
26	*** For a while, the home video releases had a [[DigitalDestruction poor transfer]] that made the film much darker than it's supposed to be. The 4K Blu-ray release rectifies this issue, making the visuals almost identical to the theatrical release.
27	*** Doctor Serizawa's character received a ''massive'' change from his original characterization in his first appearance: [[Film/Godzilla1954 The original]] was a patriot and pacifist who gave his life to both save his country from Godzilla as well as to prevent his superweapon from being used for destruction in the future. His western version, on the other hand, came across as an EvilutionaryBiologist who displayed a callous disregard for human life with the very line that set up this cinematic universe: "Let them fight" (I.E, let the titans fight ForScience so we can see what happens.) In ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'', while he still displays a rather BlueAndOrangeMorality-like admiration for the titans, he is shown to also care about the future on mankind in this changing world of giant monsters, and ultimately ends his character arc in the same place as his original basis did: [[spoiler: With a HeroicSacrifice, [[NotHisSled ironically meant to]] ''[[NotHisSled save]]'' [[NotHisSled Godzilla this time]].]] While Legendary's Serizawa is very much an InNameOnly adaptation, he's far from unsympathetic.
28	** ''Film/KongSkullIsland'':
29	*** Some worried that this film's CGI Kong would look too similar to the Peter Jackson version and just end up being a retread. The reveal this Kong was primarily a biped, more brown than realistic gorilla-black, and has a different looking face helped calm these worries.
30	*** An [[http://www.ew.com/article/2016/11/10/kong-skull-island-first-look-movie-monster interview with Jordan Vogt-Roberts]] stating that the movie won't be waiting forty minutes to an hour to reveal the monster was seen as a welcome change, given the complaints that ''Film/KingKong2005'' and ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'' got about taking too long to show the titular monster. And he wasn't lying, as Kong is seen within ''the first five minutes''. It's only second behind ''Film/PacificRim'' for fastest monster reveal.
31	*** The characters in ''Godzilla'' were widely criticized for giving a cast of talented actors little more to do than gape in awe at Godzilla smashing stuff. This film takes steps to ensure the characters have more memorable personalities, and sketches them out through both [[ActionFilmQuietDramaScene quiet moments]] and badass action scenes like [[CoolVsAwesome Samuel L. Jackson trying to blow up King Kong with dynamite]] or [[RuleOfCool John C. Reilly and Tom Hiddleston slashing through pterodactyls with a katana.]]
32	*** For some, the fact that the film isn't yet another remake of the original, but a new story featuring Kong himself, even if it is a ContinuityReboot.
33	** ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'':
34	*** In the original ''Godzilla'' film, Dr. Serizawa's claims of Godzilla's ecological importance were kind of hard to take seriously for some, despite the fact that this influence [[RealityIsUnrealistic exists in real-life with keystone species.]] In this film, [[spoiler:it's shown that TheCloudCuckoolanderWasRight, with the ending revealing the presence of the awakened Titans is having a massive healing effect on damaged ecosystems.]]
35	*** [[Film/Godzilla2014 The 2014 film]] was criticized by fans for focusing too much on the human drama and not giving the monsters enough attention. The filmmakers have addressed this by balancing out both the human story and the monster fights, giving the monsters and the threats at large a much greater presence. [[CriticalDissonance Sadly, this became even more polarizing among critics]].
36	*** Godzilla’s design in [[Film/Godzilla2014 2014]], while praised for being truer to the Toho Godzilla than [[Film/Godzilla1998 the previous American Godzilla]], was criticized by fans in a few areas, such as the dorsal spins being too small and too reminiscent of the jagged spikes that took over since ''Film/Godzilla2000'', and the infamous elephant feet. This film updated the spines to resemble the more traditional maple leaf spines from [[Film/Godzilla1954 1954]], and the claws on his toes were enlarged to make the feet look more even.
37	*** After suffering through VillainDecay in some of [[Film/DestroyAllMonsters the]] [[Film/GodzillaVsGigan past]] [[Anime/GodzillaThePlanetEater movies]], King Ghidorah [[spoiler:is back to his original, villainous, and terrifying portrayal seen in ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster'', as a stand-alone planet destroying menace who proves his dominance over other Kaiju]].
38	*** The first film suffered a case of DigitalDestruction upon home release, which affected every copy by darkening the scenes to the point of having to brightening the screen. WB gave this movie has a proper home video release with better video presentation.
39	*** Although Alexandre Desplat's score for the 2014 film was well-received, many fans were disappointed that it failed to incorporate any of Akira Ifukube's classic themes from the original films. Evidently, Bear [=McCreary=] agreed, as his score for ''King of the Monsters'' features liberal uses of Ifukube's compositions, including the iconic Godzilla and Mothra themes, and as a bonus, he even included a cover of the beloved Music/BlueOysterCult song "Godzilla" sung by Serj Tankian.
40	*** Although it wasn't a major point of contention, many fans were disappointed that King Kong doesn't even get mentioned during the film, seeing it as a missed opportunity to begin setting up their eventual fight. The novelization then reveals that Kong is too busy [[spoiler:keeping the Skullcrawlers from responding to Gidorah's call for help]] to make an appearance, making him the HeroOfAnotherStory while still putting him in the narrative.
41	** ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'':
42	*** A frequent complaint leveled at ''Film/Godzilla2014'' and ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' is that the monster fights are shrouded in darkness and weather effects, while also repeatedly cutting away from the action to focus on the humans.[[note]]''Film/Godzilla2014'' is a bit of a MisBlamed case due to the fact that every known home video release suffered from a VERY poor transfer that outright darkened the picture horribly, even the day scenes were dark because of it. Many claimed the initial theater release looked much better and visually appealing than the Blu-ray release.[[/note]] ''Godzilla vs. Kong'' shows fights in broad daylight and one brightly neon-lit night which brings shades of ''Film/PacificRim'' to mind. Additionally, the fights are shown in their entirety, only cutting to the humans when the battle is at a stalemate.
43	*** One of the most [[BrokenBase touchy subjects]] in the Godzilla fanbase in regards to [[Film/KingKongVSGodzilla the first movie]] that had the two face off was the ending. [[spoiler:In the original, King Kong won, but [[PowerCreepPowerSeep had to be given lightning powers to fight him]], which was Godzilla's weakness [[AssPull all of a sudden]]. This movie brings Kong to a more reasonable scale as he's normally portrayed, albeit it with a size buff and shows in no uncertain terms that once Godzilla starts taking the fight seriously, Kong would be completely decimated.]]
44	* ''Film/ThePurge'' is a horror/thriller which details a suburban American family's struggle to survive the titular event, which is basically an annual government-sanctioned crime spree, purportedly [[HumansAreBastards to give the people a chance to act out their violent urges]] [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans and keep crime down]]. The result is a home invasion flick with a flimsy HandWave explaining away why the family can't just call the cops. After a year of various people snarking at the idea, the sequel, ''Film/ThePurgeAnarchy'', attempts to remedy things by revealing that the Purge is simply a [[GovernmentConspiracy scheme by the corrupt ruling oligarchy]] to terrorise and murder working-class people for fun and profit. The vast majority of citizens hide from the Purge rather than participate in it, so state-sanctioned death squads roam around massacring people to keep up the statistics, and of course, the rich and powerful are completely safe from the Purge and its consequences. The sequel follows a [[WorkingClassHero Working Class]] AntiHero protagonist protecting a bunch of people caught up in the Purge and way in over their heads from government death squads. This simultaneously addresses the first film's copious FridgeLogic while tying it all up with a nice political satire and anti-establishment message.
45	* ''Film/ScoobyDooMonstersUnleashed'' is what Creator/JamesGunn made to people disappointed with ''Film/ScoobyDoo2002''. It shows the characters being likable with numerous references to the original cartoon with a LighterAndSofter tone that certainly helped its demographic.[[note]]The movie was still hit with {{Sequelitis}}, but at least it still tried to do this.[[/note]]
46	* In ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'', the initial design of Sonic in the teaser trailer and posters received a universally negative reaction, saying that Sonic's design fell hard into the UnintentionalUncannyValley. Paramount, Sega, and the filmmakers put the brakes on as hard as they could, and delayed the film's release by three months to redesign and reanimate Sonic. Fortunately, they called in Creator/TysonHesse to provide the new design, which ended up being much closer to his video game counterpart's design. This second design was rapturously received when finally unveiled to the public, and the movie would go on to be a modest hit.
47	* Sikh groups and a number of fans in general criticized ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' for [[RaceLift Whitewashing]] [[spoiler: Khan]] by casting a [[Creator/BenedictCumberbatch white Brit]] to play him. The prequel comic (published months ''after'' the movie was released) attempted to try and fix this a bit by explaining that [[spoiler: Admiral Marcus subjected Khan to MagicPlasticSurgery to [[BlackLikeMe hide his identity]], but he was still an Indian Sikh by birth]].
48	* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Creator/GeorgeLucas had never intended for there to be any ambiguity when Darth Vader told Luke that he was his father. However, he was surprised when a psychologist told him that audiences were unlikely to take Vader on his word alone. Even Vader's voice actor, Creator/JamesEarlJones, said to himself "Oh, he's lying!" when reading the line and wondered how they would play it out. For ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', Lucas added a scene in which the much more trustworthy Yoda would confirm Luke's parentage.
49	* Several examples in ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' including ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' and ''Film/XMenApocalypse'':
50	** Magneto's helmet, while still recolored red from its natural silver color, is a lot darker and a lot less goofy-looking than the one he wore at the end of ''First Class''. It applies to the rest of his costume too. Given that ''everyone'' laughed their asses off at his costume back then, it's pretty obvious why the change was made.
51	** After how poorly ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' and ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' were received by fans and critics alike, the end of ''Days of Future Past'' thankfully [[RetGone retconned them out of existence]]. Previously, ''Origins'' itself was subject to a retcon courtesy of ''Film/TheWolverine'', altering all but a few details.
52	** ''Film/XMen1'' and ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' were much better received, but for ages people have complained about how Wolverine tended to steal the spotlight from the other X-Men, most notably the actual team leader Cyclops. Though he's a major player in this film, he certainly doesn't hog the spotlight nearly as much, as much of the ensemble (Professor X and Mystique especially) get a greater degree of screentime. The events of those films may have still happened but only in BroadStrokes, as the CosmicRetcon more or less leaves the revised future a blank slate. This has given the other X-Men their chance to shine in future films, including Cyclops as his death in ''The Last Stand'' was undone.
53	** Since the very first movie, fans have complained about the X-Men only wearing [[MovieSuperheroesWearBlack black leather]] uniforms instead of colorful costumes like in the comics. At the end of ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', [[spoiler: the X-Men finally don their colorful uniforms from the comics]].
54	** Psylocke wears ''her'' most familiar and long-lived comics outfit from the outset, looking as if she's stepped right off the page -- the most comic-accurate character in any X-movie.[[note]]She originally was going to be in a less skin-revealing outfit but her actress Olivia Munn fought hard to keep it as the leotard[[/note]]
55	*** Her whole character is a saving throw compared to the X3 version, where it was a surprise to learn in the credits or online that that one minor Brotherhood member with camouflage powers was even ''intended'' to be Psylocke. ''This'' one is definitely her, in all her psychic-blade-wielding ninja glory, hammered in by the right-off-the-page costume.
56	** ''Film/Deadpool2016'' and ''Film/Deadpool2'' were written to win crowds who were turned off by ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' with a more faithful depiction of Deadpool that respects the source material.
57	*** After hearing criticism that in the first film where Deadpool wasn't hinted as pansexual, the sequel gave away plenty of hints.
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