They Ruined The Book
They Ruined The Book
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#1They Ruined The Book
Posted: 11/14/06 at 7:02pm
Can you think of books that were made into films they screwed up?
Two come to mind
The Road To Wellville
The Oscar
#1re: They Runined The Book
Posted: 11/14/06 at 7:09pm
Any Dean Koontz book made into a film. All HORRIBLE!
#2re: They Runined The Book
Posted: 11/14/06 at 7:12pmPETER PAN (2003)
--Aristotle
#3re: They Runined The Book
Posted: 11/14/06 at 7:15pmBasically any book that has been transferred to film has been butchered. Mainly any Michal Chricton (sp?) books.
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
#4re: They Runined The Book
Posted: 11/14/06 at 7:16pm^^ GOD YES! I loved Timeline and the movie ruined it SOOOOO bad.
#5re: They Runined The Book
Posted: 11/14/06 at 7:16pmThat implies that Michael Crichton's books aren't ****e in the first place.
matthius202
Broadway Star Joined: 2/15/05
#6re: They Runined The Book
Posted: 11/14/06 at 7:16pm
The Firm
A Home at the End of the World
Great Expectations
Wuthering Heights
...and this one wasn't ruined because individually, it was a beautiful film...but it didn't capture the novel...Memoirs of a Geisha.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#7re: They Runined The Book
Posted: 11/14/06 at 7:39pm
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
#8re: They Runined The Book
Posted: 11/14/06 at 7:40pmdid you mean "ruined?"
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#10re: They Runined The Book
Posted: 11/14/06 at 7:42pmI think the first "of Mice and Men" book did a horrible job of transferring the book to film (I'm not sure, but I think they even gave Curley's Wife a name!), but the second one with Gary Sinise was a pretty good adaptation.
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
#11re: They Runined The Book
Posted: 11/14/06 at 7:55pm
The only book I liked better than the movie was the Ya Ya Sisterhood. I couldn't even finish the book, but the movie is fun.
In 99% of the cases, the book is superior.
#12re: They Runined The Book
Posted: 11/14/06 at 8:07pm
Oh, I FAR preferred the Ya Ya book and Prequel to the film. Yuck.
I like Hannibal the book. The movie was BALLS.
They BUTCHERED A Home at the End of the World.
#13re: They Runined The Book
Posted: 11/14/06 at 8:56pm
"PETER PAN (2003)"
WHAT!?! That's the best film version of the book ever made!! I thought a fellow Pan Fan would have known that!
#14re: They Runined The Book
Posted: 11/14/06 at 9:09pmDamn straight! Even if they did amp up the Wendy/Peter romance factor, it is still the best version available out there. And Jason Isaacs makes a perfect Hook, in my opinion.
matthius202
Broadway Star Joined: 2/15/05
#15re: They Runined The Book
Posted: 11/14/06 at 9:37pmRight on, JerseyGirl! ...I was PISSED.
#16re: They Runined The Book
Posted: 11/14/06 at 9:45pm
Another vote for that Peter Pan movie being great -- I loved it - and it was far and away the most accurate (to the book) of any other version!
#17re: They Runined The Book
Posted: 11/14/06 at 9:58pm
I completely agree with "Memoirs for a Geisha". I watched the movie and sat there going "wait...where's the rest of the story?????". Beautiful movie, but only part of the story.
I also felt this way about "Girl with the Pearl Earring". My take on the book was that while the young woman may have been in love with Vermeer, his interest in her was purely as a fellow artist and a muse. The movie made it extremely sexual, and I never got that from the book.
matthius202
Broadway Star Joined: 2/15/05
#18re: They Runined The Book
Posted: 11/14/06 at 10:00pmyes, singingwendy...that's exactly how i felt. i just felt cheated out of half her life...her story. her childhood, the COMPETITION, ....the ENDING...HELLO, seriously, one of the best endings of a novel. (the modern day TWIST)...and i was DESPERATE for it. at the end, i was like...NOOOOOOOOOOOOO..where's the old lady, walking across the street in new york!? where is she?!!!!!!!
roquat
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/25/05
#19re: They Runined The Book
Posted: 11/15/06 at 1:56am
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS, definitely.
Almost all of the Stephen King adaptations except for CARRIE, THE DARK HALF, SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, and STAND BY ME. You'd think his works would be naturals for screen adaptation, but the obsessions and psychoses of his characters just seem vulgar and stupid when visualized. PET SEMATARY, a brilliant book, is MANGLED onscreen.
On the other hand, I think COLD MOUNTAIN is at least equal to the book, possibly better, and THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING is actually an improvement. It's probably harder to come up with movies that are superior to books--the GODFATHER pictures, definitely!
matthius202
Broadway Star Joined: 2/15/05
#20re: They Runined The Book
Posted: 11/15/06 at 1:58amwhoa..wait! I love The Unbearable Lightness of Being...but i've never seen the film. You're saying it's better?? I have to see it..because I seriously LOVE that novel.
#21re: They Runined The Book
Posted: 11/15/06 at 2:02am
matthius, you're a dork! 
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matthius202
Broadway Star Joined: 2/15/05
#22re: They Runined The Book
Posted: 11/15/06 at 2:03amhaha..i know. i totally am. but it really is good... *hangs head in shame*
#23they ruined the book
Posted: 11/15/06 at 8:07amevery tom clancy book made into a movie since the hunt for red october.
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#24they ruined the book
Posted: 11/15/06 at 9:04amthe bible. the book was so much better, and the movie left out so many important characters!
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