See, and I agree with you on nearly the whole of this-- except I could not get over how outright offensive I found the direction they gave the character of Laurie/Silk Spectre II. I don't know whether it just caught me on a bad day, because it's not much worse than what usually happens to female characters in action films, but my god-- while it's to be expected that characters suffering a translation from a book medium to film won't be able to carry with them all their depth and personality, they gave the character of Laurie and out-and-out lobotomy. She had a whole two notes: sweet and petulant. I can't hold the actress so much to blame as the director-- they didn't give her a leg to stand on but her own two long ones.
Yes, backstory was pared down with each character-- and yes, I fully agree that in the comic she has more of a psychological story in her relationship to others, like Dreiberg and Manhattan, than she does to her heroism-- but the comic still depicted a lively, deeply flawed, spoiled and somewhat neurotic adult woman
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A.V. Club reviewer wrote, "I never realized how much Laurie Jupiter was at the heart of the story until I saw this movie. And not because Akerman plays her so well. Let's leave it at that." He also compared her to Andie McDowell in Four Weddings and a Funeral (and not kindly). It didn't bother me but I see your point. The character got shafted. Also the actress -- despite not standing out to me as the worst of the lot (though far from the best) -- doesn't even look particularly right for the role, so its an odd casting choice as well
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Yes, backstory was pared down with each character-- and yes, I fully agree that in the comic she has more of a psychological story in her relationship to others, like Dreiberg and Manhattan, than she does to her heroism-- but the comic still depicted a lively, deeply flawed, spoiled and somewhat neurotic adult woman ( ... )
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