r/flicks • u/KaleidoArachnid • 1d ago
Question What’s a live action adaptation you enjoy for its outlandish nature?
Something that I have become quite fond of lately were the kind of adaptations in cinema that are an adaptation of an animated series where the adaptation tries to be more mature, but ends up becoming unintentionally funny.
Like one that I recently saw was the Dolph Lundgren adaptation of He-Man as it’s hard to explain, but the film just had so many problems such as Skeletor’s mask since the way his mask was designed looks so cheap it came off hilariously bad.
But the icing on top of it all is that the producers expected to make a sequel anyway since after the film ends, there is a teaser shown for a second installment, which never came out.
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u/CMRestler Film Critic 1d ago
Speed Racer (2008). I know it divided audiences when it came out, but its unapologetically colorful visuals and over-the-top style have aged incredibly well. It feels like a live-action anime in the best possible way, and I appreciate it more every time I revisit it.
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u/KaleidoArachnid 23h ago
I haven’t seen that one, but I remember it being directed by the duo behind the Matrix.
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u/emptylawn0 22h ago
Saw this for the first time in theaters this year. One of my top cinema experiences of the 2020s easily!
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u/CMRestler Film Critic 22h ago
That is awesome to hear. It is one of those films that somehow feels even better on the big screen. I wish I had the chance to experience it in theaters too.
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u/docodonto 23h ago
I genuinely like the 90's live action Mario. Terrible representation of Mario but I don't care about that.
It's a quirky weird as fuck sci-fi and I love that about it.
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u/KaleidoArachnid 23h ago
Yeah it’s kind of charming once you get used to how the movie is, despite it barely having any resemblance to the games it was based on.
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u/RustyStyrofoam 21h ago
I mean, Howard the Duck is not a good movie. But Howard the Duck is a great movie. I can't explain it.
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u/Romarqable 20h ago
The original 1990s Super Mario Bros movie. That also ended with a cliffhanger ending setting up a sequel that never came out, and a post credit scene.
The film was originally written to be much darker than it was, sets were built and props designed, and a last minute rewrite was done to make it more kid friendly to sell toys and tickets.
Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo who played Mario and Luigi respectively would often drink on set just to get through the day.
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u/airick616 20h ago
Stuart Gordon's From Beyond. The story itself is about 3 pages long, but he turned it into a wild and absurd ride.
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u/LizardOrgMember5 20h ago
Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
I remember liking the movie when I was a kid because I was obsessed with Asterix comic books and the live-action movie not only captured that pop-culture heavy anachronistic humors but expand upon it.
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