Hollywood Keeps Dumbing Down Disturbing Books

Andy Serkis has "blessed" us with his interpretation of Animal Farm, the classic George Orwell novel that is famously about Stalin's rise to power in Communist Soviet Union. This new film takes the dark novel and ruins it. And adds Seth Rogan. But this isn't the first time something like this has happened. Earlier this year, Emerald Fenell ruined Wuthering Heights, taking the dark novel and making it superficial. What do these two adaptations tell us about how Hollywood keeps trying and failing to adapt dark novels? Thumbanil by ‪@thecrimsonender‬ Special thanks to ‪@theoneandonlyphineas‬ and ‪@MoviesWithMark‬ Chapters: 0:00 Animal Farm, A Masterpiece 2:45 George Orwell and Communism 5:00 Andy Serkis’s Animal Farm 10:40 Emerald Fenell’s Wuthering Heights 16:14 Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein 19:44 When Are Changes to the Book Bad? 22:18 How Animal Farm Fails Its Villains 25:20 How The New Animal Farm Fails to Critique Capitalism 29:55 “Too Political” 31:44 Movies At War With Themselves 37:10 It Could Be Worse…. (War of the Worlds)