Adaptation
Snow White (2025) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb Bangumi
Snow White
3.5 (6 ratings) director: Marc Webb actor: Rachel Zegler / Gal Gadot
other title: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs / Branca de Neve
A princess joins forces with seven dwarfs to liberate her kingdom from her cruel stepmother, the Evil Queen.
The Last of Us (2024) TMDB KevGa-NeoDB NeoDB Bangumi NeoDB Douban
The Last of Us Season 2 part of TV Series: The Last of Us
6.4 (27 ratings) director: Craig Mazin / Kate Herron actor: Pedro Pascal / Bella Ramsey
After five years of peace following the events of the first season, Joel and Ellie's collective past catches up to them, drawing them into conflict with each other and a world even more dangerous and unpredictable than the one they left behind.
The Last of Us (2023) NeoDB Douban TMDB
The Last of Us Season 1 part of TV Series: The Last of Us
8.0 (16 ratings) director: Ali Abbasi / Craig Mazin actor: Pedro Pascal / Bella Ramsey
After a global pandemic destroys civilization, a hardened survivor takes charge of a 14-year-old girl who may be humanity's last hope.
The Last of Us (2023) NeoDB IMDb TMDB
The Last of Us
7.0 (44 ratings) director: Craig Mazin / Neil Druckmann actor: Pedro Pascal / Bella Ramsey
other title: 最后生还者 / 더 라스트 오브 어스
Twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed, Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse the United States and depend on each other for survival.
Omniscient Reader TMDB
全知的な読者の視点から
Dokja was an average office worker whose sole interest was reading his favorite web novel 'Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse.' But when the novel suddenly becomes reality, he is the only person who knows how the world will end. Armed with this realization, Dokja uses his understanding to change the course of the story, and the world, as he knows it.
Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy (2025) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
전지적 독자 시점
6.7 (7 ratings) director: Kim Byung-woo actor: Ahn Hyo-seop / Lee Min-ho
other title: 전지적 독자 시점
Kim Dok-ja, an ordinary man in his 20s, is the only reader of an obscure web novel titled "Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse". After having read the last chapter, the novel suddenly becomes reality, and its omnipotent hero Yu Jung-hyeok appears before Kim. As the only person who knows how to survive in this world, Kim and his companions strive to save the world by writing his own, new ending.
Oct. 2, 2025 watched
Oct. 3, 2025 Review A well-made live-action adaptation - The Korean film «Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy» («전지적 독자 시점») is an adaptation based on the still-ongoing Korean webtoon «Omniscient Reader» which itself is based on a Korean novel of the same name. (That was a long sentence!) While many gave it a low rating and were not satisfied, I was very satisfied and gave it a perfect 10 ⭐. Here's why: It's an adaptation of a very long and still on-going serial novel and webtoon. Adaptation writers have literary freedom on how to adapt a work of art in a differeet medium and target audience. Like it or not: budget constraints. Most, if not all, who gave it a low score expected it will cover beyond the plot in the movie. It just is not possible. And if they dod that, they will have to skip a lot of critical moments of the story which will also earn far more negative reviews than what it received for this release. The acting were good. The choice of actors were generally who one would have imagined while reading the novel or the webtoon. I'm not saying I agreed with all the casting but they did well for their respective roles. The special effects and CG passed. It wasn't perfect, there were fight scenes were the different layers (real layer, green/digital layer) were not smooth nor clean, and were obvious. They need to improve their technique and technology if they plan on making a sequel. The chosen parts of the story, I approve of it as well. Last but one of the most complained about, I also approve of the obvious changes. It fits the film format, and the essence of this "chapter" of the story were maintained as it was in the original source material. That is the most important on adaptations. It is not about incorporating every scene, or having the exact likeness for the characters, or making sure the sequence of events remain exactly the same. No, that is just wrong in adaptations. What matters is keeping the essence of it. The feels. The aura. The message. What made the original material popular. That's what a real adaptation is. A perfect 10 ⭐. Now, where's the sequel? The next "chapter" is one of my favourites.
Adaptation 영화_Kmovie
X+Y (2014) TMDB
X+Y
director: Morgan Matthews actor: Asa Butterfield / Rafe Spall
other title: Le Monde de Nathan
A socially awkward teenage math prodigy finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathematics Olympiad.
Oct. 10, 2015 watched
Oct. 10, 2015 Review A story about self-discovery and the wider world - This review was first posted on my blog Snoworld with the title A Brilliant Young Mind review on 2015-10-09 22:09 ACT (UTC+8). This review is under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International License. Autism spectrum films that truly connect and show our thought process and world are rare. The movie «X+Y» or «A Brilliant Young Mind» was one of it, a British film which first premiered in the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. It was inspired by the story of Daniel, a boy in the autism spectrum and a math genius. Story Nathan Ellis (played by Asa Butterfield), a boy diagnosed with autism, is a mathematics genius. He grew up and lived with his mother after his father died in a car accident when he was still a very young kid. In many Western societies, being in the autism spectrum is something looked down on, usually viewed as “sick” people, and are bullied. It is common to be treated as less than human. He was later accepted to join a math camp in Taiwan as a member of the U.K. team. There he was paired with Zhang Mei (played by Jo Yang), from team China. They spent time together and explored Taiwan during the 14-day camp other than studying mathematics. Unknown to himself, Nathan developed feelings for her, the ever patient Mei. Later, they went back to the United Kingdom for the competition. It was then he started to realize that he feels differently when Mei is around. He found it hard to process. Emotions were virtually foreign to him. In the end, as they say, they lived happily ever after. That is basically the summary. Let’s get on the review. Review The film was superb and executed perfectly. As an aspie or autistic, it simply connects. I found myself in many instances of Nathan’s encounters and struggles. Moments when everything has to make sense or we will not do something you expect us to. Or, those times when we have to ask what people actually meant. I like how the Chinese culture, and Asia-Pacific in general, was presented. In some Asia-Pacific nations, there are some families who do not hide their autistic children because they believe it brings bad luck otherwise. There simply is no shame in being autistic or have a family relative who is. In my country, sad it may be, we acquired the Western culture when it comes to mental and social differences (or “disability” if you prefer that term), although that has been changing for the past years. There were also the struggles Nathan faces with his emotions, which is also true for most in the autism spectrum. We do have emotions, some of us learned how to process our feelings, some find it hard. It is just that we think logically, we prioritize it when understanding things. Like Nathan, we learn what it is. Another thing often not depicted in other similar movies is how an autistic usually react with “what’s the point”. I do not know how many times those words came out of my mouth which also made me weird in the eyes of neurotypicals. I am glad they included this in the film. Performance Overall, the acting of the actors were perfect, not exaggerated, not lacking, this is especially true for the newcomer Jo Yang which I think will become a famous actress soon. I am not sure if I have seen her in another film or TV series but for Asa Butterfield he was Ender Wiggin in «Ender’s Game» and Hugo Cabret in «Hugo». Verdict A must watch if you want to understand how we in the autism spectrum react to the environment around us. The lights, the crowd, the noise, why we keep to ourselves, why we appear to be shy when we probably are not; these are all important factors that shape our reaction at any given moment. Sensory overload, yes that is a thing for us autistics. I give «X+Y» or «A Brilliant Mind» a ten out of ten stars. A little trivia: did you know the street scenes were not scripted? This review was first posted on my blog Snoworld with the title A Brilliant Young Mind review on 2015-10-09 22:09 ACT (UTC+8). This review is under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International License.
Adaptation Autism Movie_Western Neurodivergence
Cardcaptor Sakura (1998) TMDB WikiData
カードキャプターさくら
9.4 (8 ratings) actor: Sakura Tange / Junko Iwao
other title: Sakura Card Captor / Sakura, chasseuse de cartes
Sakura Kinomoto, an elementary school student who discovers that she possesses magical powers after accidentally freeing a set of magical cards from the book they had been sealed in for years. She is then tasked with retrieving those cards in order to avoid an unknown catastrophe from befalling the world.
The Beginning After the End (2025) NeoDB TMDB
最強の王様、二度目の人生は何をする?
actor: Natsumi Fujiwara / Makoto Furukawa
After a mysterious death, King Grey is reborn as Arthur Leywin on the magical continent of Dicathen. Although he enters his second life as a baby, his previous wisdom remains. He begins to master magic and forge his own path as the years go by, seeking to correct the mistakes of his past life.