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Good Books that were turned into Bad Movies
Posted on 6/15/15 at 10:12 pm
Posted on 6/15/15 at 10:12 pm
Or any book you didn't care for that was made into a great movie??
Breakfast at Tiffany's - loved the movie, didn't care for the book
I didn't like any of the movie adaptations of John Irving's novels - esp "the Hotel New Hampshire
Don't get me started on that 80's movie version of "Lord of the Flies" it was beyond terrible...
Breakfast at Tiffany's - loved the movie, didn't care for the book
I didn't like any of the movie adaptations of John Irving's novels - esp "the Hotel New Hampshire
Don't get me started on that 80's movie version of "Lord of the Flies" it was beyond terrible...
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Posted on 6/15/15 at 10:17 pm to HaveMercy
Wizard's First Rule
Turned into an awful series The Seeker
Turned into an awful series The Seeker
Posted on 6/15/15 at 10:22 pm to HaveMercy
Quite a Few, but I'll go with:
Dune
Ghost Story
Hitchhikers Guide
Dune
Ghost Story
Hitchhikers Guide
Posted on 6/15/15 at 10:23 pm to HaveMercy
Less than Zero
Not even that great of a book, just the movie was so bad
Not even that great of a book, just the movie was so bad
Posted on 6/15/15 at 10:23 pm to blueboy
quote:This.
Hitchhikers Guide
But I didn't hate the movie.
Posted on 6/15/15 at 10:25 pm to HaveMercy
quote:
GREAT Books that were turned into Bad Movies
Ender's Game. I really wish they would have tried harder with this one. I'm not a huge fan of remakes, but I'm all in favor of one in this case.
Posted on 6/15/15 at 10:26 pm to REG861
quote:
Less than Zero
Ummm, I had a whole thread earlier about this book/movie. It's what prompted my starting this thread.
Posted on 6/15/15 at 10:27 pm to HaveMercy
Ender's Game - Good book, fricking awful movie.
Timeline - Amazing book, fricking awful movie.
Point of Impact - Turned into the Wahlberg movie Shooter. Great book, mediocre movie.
The DaVinci Code - Pretty decent book, terrible movie.
Children of Men - Alright book, really good movie.
Starship Troopers - Amazing book, a movie that is only good if you've never read the book. I really liked it initially, but it is such a mockery of great source material.
Timeline - Amazing book, fricking awful movie.
Point of Impact - Turned into the Wahlberg movie Shooter. Great book, mediocre movie.
The DaVinci Code - Pretty decent book, terrible movie.
Children of Men - Alright book, really good movie.
Starship Troopers - Amazing book, a movie that is only good if you've never read the book. I really liked it initially, but it is such a mockery of great source material.
This post was edited on 6/15/15 at 10:29 pm
Posted on 6/15/15 at 10:28 pm to HaveMercy
Sphere...all day errrday
Posted on 6/15/15 at 10:29 pm to HaveMercy
quote:
quote:
Less than Zero
Ummm, I had a whole thread earlier about this book/movie. It's what prompted my starting this thread.
shite my bad. I must have missed it in between the 16,000 GoT threads populating this board
Posted on 6/15/15 at 10:30 pm to DFWAggie09
Enders Game
Eragon - not a great book but what it lacked in greatness the movie more than made up with awfulness.
Eragon - not a great book but what it lacked in greatness the movie more than made up with awfulness.
Posted on 6/15/15 at 10:31 pm to HaveMercy
Good call on the posters that said Ender's Game. I know movies naturally condense some of the details in the books.. but good grief, watching the movie was like trying to read the book in fast forward or something.
Posted on 6/15/15 at 10:34 pm to meeple
quote:Was going to say this
Ender's Game
quote:Honestly, I don't think this can be done. There's so much subtleness and thought in the book; you're going to lose a lot by acting it out. The revelation at the end, it just can't be done convincingly in a live setting.
I'm not a huge fan of remakes, but I'm all in favor of one in this case
Also, A Princess of Mars/John Carter. The novel was pulp fantasy, and to do it justice, it should have been a hard R along the lines of Conan.
Posted on 6/15/15 at 10:36 pm to theGarnetWay
quote:That movie was painfully bad to watch. The only movie that was tougher to watch was The Last Airbender.
Good call on the posters that said Ender's Game. I know movies naturally condense some of the details in the books.. but good grief, watching the movie was like trying to read the book in fast forward or something.
Posted on 6/15/15 at 10:51 pm to tom
Half Blood Prince
1984
Congo
Hobbit series
1984
Congo
Hobbit series
Posted on 6/15/15 at 10:59 pm to Jimbeaux
quote:Good one. They also ruined The Deathly Hallows.
Half Blood Prince
quote:Really, pretty much every movie they have made from Michael Crichton's books have been disappointing, outside of Jurassic Park. Jurassic Park is a great movie, but it isn't close to the book.
Congo
quote:I didn't watch the 2nd and 3rd movies. The first one was bad.
Hobbit series
This post was edited on 6/15/15 at 11:03 pm
Posted on 6/15/15 at 11:12 pm to HaveMercy
Sahara
Posted on 6/15/15 at 11:12 pm to Scruffy
For years I had a "if I read the book, not gonna see the movie" policy. "the Beach" w Leo DeCaprio was the last straw. I caved and watched "shutter Island" recently. I was surprised at what a good job they did - granted, they had to cut a few things out, it was a long book; but the film makers managed to not screw up the plot or central themes.
So I let my guard down and watched "Less than Zero" this weekend (probably wouldn't have were RDJ not starring) and was dumbfounded as to how irrelevant the book was to the movie. I don't know why they even bothered claiming it was based on the novel. Oh well, that's my rant. Going to re-read the book - it's been 20 years since I read it, maybe I'm missing something...
So I let my guard down and watched "Less than Zero" this weekend (probably wouldn't have were RDJ not starring) and was dumbfounded as to how irrelevant the book was to the movie. I don't know why they even bothered claiming it was based on the novel. Oh well, that's my rant. Going to re-read the book - it's been 20 years since I read it, maybe I'm missing something...
This post was edited on 6/15/15 at 11:57 pm
Posted on 6/15/15 at 11:15 pm to HaveMercy
I understand that certain aspects of books need to be removed for movies, but what really gets me is when they completely disregard the central themes of the book.
Starship Troopers is a good one. Heinlein would've killed the writer and director if he would've been alive for that movie.
Starship Troopers is a good one. Heinlein would've killed the writer and director if he would've been alive for that movie.
This post was edited on 6/15/15 at 11:17 pm
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