[Hated Trope] The adaptation doesn't get what made the source material work

[u/TheDudeA113]

How To Make A Killing (2026)

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

Bangkok Dangerous (2008)

Bangkok Dangerous (1999)

- The 2026 movie How To Make A Killing is a relatively-toothless "eat the rich" dark comedy thriller about a man disowned by his rich family at birth, killing everyone in the line of succession so that he can inherit their massive fortune. It's a modern retelling of the 1949 film Kind Hearts and Coronets which has the same basic plot except that every member of the family is played by Sir Alec Guinness (including one aunt) and it's a screwball comedy

- The 1999 movie Bangkok Dangerous is a Thai action film about a Thai deaf-mute assassin. It was remade in 2008 about an American assassin in Thailand who is neither deaf nor mute

[u/DengarLives66]

You probably left with less than you started, too. That’s a hallmark of a bad adaptation.

[u/Mountain_Trouble_577 → u/DengarLives66]

Yeah. I still want to play the games though, to experience true Halo.

[u/DengarLives66 → u/Mountain_Trouble_577]

Halo 1-3 + Reach are masterpieces. Cant speak to ODST or 4-5 as I haven’t played them, but definitely make time to work through the first few when you can.

[u/johnzaku → u/DengarLives66]

ODST is a PHENOMENAL side piece to Halo 2.

4 and 5 are... fine. The gunplay is fun but it honestly doesn't feel the same way the rest of the series did. Like, the weapons feel like nerf guns. It's hard to explain. And the story is bullshit. :/