When films are adapted from books, more often than not, I tend to find the books a lot more enjoyable. So I have skipped watching a lot of films in the hope of reading the books later.
So what are some great films not adapted from books? Or what are some films that are significantly better than the book they were adapted from?
I like both a lot, they’re both very much a product of the times, places, and people that created them.
The movie being very much a reaction to Bush-era US politics through the perspective of the Wachowskis, and the comic a reaction to Thatcherism through Alan Moore’s eyes
There are definitely parallels to be drawn between the two contexts, and the same overall story with some tweaks works well for both.
Being a millennial in the US, the movie definitely resonates with me a little more deeply, but my inner anarchist wishes they kept a little more of Moore’s vision intact, though V just giving a lecture on anarchy in the middle of the movie probably wouldn’t translate well to the silver screen.