So I recently finished The Old Guard comic. I wanted to read the comic prior to writing an opinion on the film. I wanted to be able to make comparisons between the two.
First, I have to say that the comic was a great read and the movie was a great watch. I enjoyed them both. If you are wondering how faithful the film was to the comic, it was fairly close in accuracy.
There are a few differences in the characters, but that is to be expected. It is common for adaptations to adjust characters in terms of race, gender, or other aspects to reflect a diverse range of representation. That does not take away from the film at all. Changes are fine as long as they are well executed.
In any case, aside from that, there were some other significant changes, especially to one character’s storyline. I will not say exactly what happened to avoid spoilers, but it was a bit of a surprise and differed from the story in the first five issue comic series. That said, I have not read the next five comics yet, so it is possible they drew from there.
Overall, both the movie and the comic were very entertaining. I really enjoyed them and would recommend checking both out if you like superhero stories. They are pretty great. I will be reading the next five comics before the next movie comes out and hopefully there will be one since it was a solid film.
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