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As a general rule, it's usually an immediate fail when a film deviates too much from the original material. When it is done right, you get a coherent, compelling story; when it is done wrong, you get a mishmash of—of stuff—that doesn't seem to have anything to do with what we started with. Of course, when this change is actually made implicit from the beginning, sometimes this can work. (Like when a manga is adapted to a film before the original source material is complete, which results in a branching off from pure necessity, without altering the fundamental essence of the material.)
When the only common thread turns out to be the title, it's not good.
As a general rule, it's usually an immediate fail when a film deviates too much from the original material. When it is done right, you get a coherent, compelling story; when it is done wrong, you get a mishmash of—of stuff—that doesn't seem to have anything to do with what we started with. Of course, when this change is actually made implicit from the beginning, sometimes this can work. (Like when a manga is adapted to a film before the original source material is complete, which results in a branching off from pure necessity, without altering the fundamental essence of the material.)
When the only common thread turns out to be the title, it's not good.
