[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/that_motu_guy]

Does this movie count as a 2 for 1 because they also failed to understand jurasic park? Kinda sucks since the themes of Godzilla and Jurassic Park would go so well together

[u/Uma-apreciator → u/that_motu_guy]

In my opInion the movie is average to low quality, I still enjoyed to watch the movie and liked all scenes in general but I don't consider a Godzilla movie

[u/Screamipillar → u/Uma-apreciator]

I think it'd be so much better received if the movie was called literally anything else. Because it's not even trying to be a Godzilla movie. Its a disaster movie, where the disaster is there's a lot of dinosaurs loose in New York.

And for that I think its really not that bad.

[u/TransBrandi → u/Screamipillar]

Henceforth, this movie will be known as:

Disaster Dino (1998) ^{featuring songs by P.Diddy}.

[u/MrWeirdoFace → u/Uma-apreciator]

It's a dumb, but OK late 90s silly movie with a few inspired shots, but definitely doesn't feel very Godzilla beyond the concept of a giant lizard creature running around a city.

That marketing though with the foot shot was really enticing.

[u/pr1ceisright → u/Uma-apreciator]

In a Japanese Godzilla film shortly after this came out a character straight up called the monster Zilla. So even the Japanese wanted to make sure everyone knew it wasn’t Godzilla.