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Best & Worst Books to Movies
Lukeypoo:
What are everyone's favorite and most hated books turned to movies? We're talking about books you loved that were either lovingly crafted into a great movie with some integrity or butchered beyond all reason with little to no thought about the original story.
Love:
Shawshank Redemption
LotR (duh)
Hate:
Hannibal
Dreamcatcher
Note:
Ofcourse the books were better. We all know that. But some movies manage to pull off the transition quite well.
Will:
The movie-made-from-a-book that most recently pissed me off was Memoirs Of A Geisha. Horrible, horrible butchery of a beautiful story.
Lunchbox:
Funny, I'd say Hannibal is in my Love list. And yes, I did read the book before I saw the movie.
Love:
Chocolat (except for Johnny Depp)
The Witches
Hitchhiker's Guide (characters were great, I will excuse the canon inconsistencies and the misquotes)
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Bridget Jones
Muppet Treasure Island
Hate:
Harry Potter
Sahara
Matilda
New and Old Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Lukeypoo:
But Hannibal the book was so awesome. Harris's characters had a lot of history and grew on you, and his research provided excellent settings and imagery.
In the movie Hannibal, they completely cut out the sister and tons of scenes with great potential. I could have taken that much and not hated it, but they also completely changed the ending! Which I just can't stand. Because the ending in the book came out of left field and wasn't what you expected at all, but worked.
mberan42:
--- Quote from: Lunchbox on 08 Mar 2007, 12:10 ---Hate:
Sahara
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Do you mean the Clive Cussler book & Matthew McConighey (sp) movie?
I think I've read every single Dirk Pitt novel (except the latest one - I didn't know there was a new one until just recently). Shock Wave is my favourite, but they're all pretty damn good.
I terribly enjoyed the movie (especially with Rainn Wilson as Rudi Gunn) but it wasn't true to the novel.
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