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re: Worst book to film adaptation
Posted on 7/7/11 at 1:59 pm to TygerTyger
Posted on 7/7/11 at 1:59 pm to TygerTyger
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Oh, and "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck wasn't anything like the book, but I liked the movie more than the book....
The East of Eden adaptation with James Dean is a pretty good movie, but it doesn't follow the book very much either
Dune is infamous for being such a horrible adaptation
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Posted on 7/7/11 at 2:00 pm to americanoutlaw
War of the Worlds Tom Cruise edition is god awful as well, not sure how you can make that movie so bad but they did.
Posted on 7/7/11 at 2:10 pm to ellunchboxo
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Timeline and Sphere by Micheal Crichton.
Two of my favorite books.
Extremely shitty movies.
I was actually thinking Timeline. There is no way Sphere was worse than Congo though.
Posted on 7/7/11 at 2:20 pm to TxHillsTiger
how the grinch stole christmas and the cat in the hat were both disgustingly horrible
Posted on 7/7/11 at 2:23 pm to Hubbhogg
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War of the Worlds Tom Cruise edition is god awful as well, not sure how you can make that movie so bad but they did.
Totally disagree. War of the Worlds is pretty good, even borderline great film. I rewatched it a few years ago and couldn't believe some of the sequences in a major big-budget film. Particularly both the basement scene with tim robbins and the boat sequence, which is pretty horrifying.
Posted on 7/7/11 at 2:29 pm to manwich
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. There is no way Sphere was worse than Congo though
They were equally shitty.
You can lump all of Chrichton's books together with the exception of Jurassic Park.
Eta- I forgot about Rising Sun. I do enjoy that movie.
This post was edited on 7/7/11 at 2:33 pm
Posted on 7/7/11 at 2:47 pm to manwich
ahahaha its Sean from Nip/Tuck
Awesome
Posted on 7/7/11 at 2:48 pm to Kafka
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Without question Bonfire Of The Vanities
Posted on 7/7/11 at 2:49 pm to Baloo
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Totally disagree. War of the Worlds is pretty good, even borderline great film. I rewatched it a few years ago and couldn't believe some of the sequences in a major big-budget film. Particularly both the basement scene with tim robbins and the boat sequence, which is pretty horrifying.
Maybe I need to watch it again, I just remember thinking it was really bad the only time I watched it. FWIW the book is old as shite and pretty boring as well.
Posted on 7/7/11 at 2:51 pm to ellunchboxo
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You can lump all of Chrichton's books together with the exception of Jurassic Park.
Eta- I forgot about Rising Sun. I do enjoy that movie.
for real. They really fricked most of his books. I had really high hopes for Timeline
This post was edited on 7/7/11 at 2:52 pm
Posted on 7/7/11 at 2:54 pm to ellunchboxo
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Timeline and Sphere by Micheal Crichton.
Add Congo to this.
Posted on 7/7/11 at 2:56 pm to Baloo
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War of the Worlds Tom Cruise edition is god awful as well, not sure how you can make that movie so bad but they did.
Totally disagree. War of the Worlds is pretty good, even borderline great film. I rewatched it a few years ago and couldn't believe some of the sequences in a major big-budget film. Particularly both the basement scene with tim robbins and the boat sequence, which is pretty horrifying.
The problem I have with War of the Worlds is the ending. Next to oxygen, food, water, and travel, virus protection should be extremely high on the checklist when invading a planet. Seriously the aliens must be ridiculously, ridiculously stupid in order to be defeated like this. Its really as if the people from Idiocracy invaded a planet and just forgot that minute little detail.
Posted on 7/7/11 at 2:59 pm to Green Chili Tiger
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Add Congo to this.
Can we all agree that Congo is quite possibly the worst book to movie adaptation of all time?
I think we've got a winner. I mean WTF were they thinking?
Posted on 7/7/11 at 2:59 pm to americanoutlaw
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Mine is definitely Angels & Demons. They changed up a ton of the plot and eliminated the 4th most important character entirely
The DaVinci Code is awful as well.
Posted on 7/7/11 at 3:00 pm to guedeaux
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ahahaha its Sean from Nip/Tuck
i'll put it in the mega-thread
quote:we did
Add Congo to this.
quote:I wouldn't go as far as to say it was great but I did enjoy it and never really understood the hate for it.
Totally disagree. War of the Worlds is pretty good, even borderline great film.
Posted on 7/7/11 at 3:07 pm to americanoutlaw
Eragon
Posted on 7/7/11 at 3:35 pm to americanoutlaw
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Worst book to film adaptation
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
The book was sooooooo much better.
Posted on 7/7/11 at 3:47 pm to TygerTyger
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Everything Stephen King ever wrote that was adapted to film except
I agree.
The Shining was a way better book than the movie.
Posted on 7/7/11 at 3:58 pm to Bdog9090
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Eragon by Chris Paolini
This one
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