Nimona (film)

Nimona is a 2023 Annapurna and Blue Sky film, based on the graphic novel of the same name. It features Chloe Grace Moretz, Riz Ahmed, and Eugene Lee Yang.

In a steampunk city with knights, smartphones and streaming, a queen prepares to knight a commoner, Ballister Boldheart.


 * Adaptational Badass: Ambrosius Goldenloin in the graphic novel is an Idiot Hero and willing pawn of the Institute, because he believes in its cause. Here, he is a Reasonable Authority Figure who will hunt down and arrest his boyfriend but is willing to see reason when Ballister and Nimona post an Engineered Public Confession that shows the Director as the true criminal.
 * Adaptational Heroism:
 * Nimona doesn't have as high a body count in this movie. And in her backstory,
 * The Institute
 * Adaptational Weakling: While Ballister is still a formidable fighter and Guile Hero, he still makes rookie mistakes owing to his insistence that he is "not a bad guy" or a villain. He freaks out despite promising not to when Nimona breaks out her shapeshifting powers, while in the comics he accepted it matter-of-factly and strategized from the start to break people's faith in the Institute.