Worst Book Turned Movie

faiththatbreathes · Jun 6, 2005

Yesss. The new Time Machine was pathetic, really just depressing. The book was so much deeper. The Bourne (insert adjective here) movies tick me off, too. And the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. And..

stigmata_in_my_eye · Jun 7, 2005

hitchhikers guide to the galaxy is one of the bestest books ever and i agree with ya! the film sucks!

FatBurger · Jun 7, 2005

Romany said:
There are so many...but the top of my list has to be the Harry Potter films.

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I thought the first two were great, the third was disappointing, and I'm glad Jose Cuaron isn't directing the fourth.

Nienor · Jun 7, 2005

has anyone mentioned Ella Enchanted? That made me feel like crying. At least try to follow the book!

JoyfulSongs · Jun 7, 2005

Nienor said:
has anyone mentioned Ella Enchanted? That made me feel like crying. At least try to follow the book!

I read the book after I saw the movie and liked it. Unusually for me, I am able to think of them as two completely separate things and enjoy both!

My pick is Frankenstien. The book is fascinating!!!

E-beth · Jun 7, 2005

Heh, I was just gonna mention Ella Enchanted. I loved the movie so much that I went out and read the book. For the first time, I think the movie version was actually better.

Now, Angela's Ashes was a HUGE dissapointment. The book is so engaging, but the movie was just dark and dull.

Nienor · Jun 7, 2005

E-beth said:
Heh, I was just gonna mention Ella Enchanted. I loved the movie so much that I went out and read the book. For the first time, I think the movie version was actually better.

Now, Angela's Ashes was a HUGE dissapointment. The book is so engaging, but the movie was just dark and dull.

Really? I love the book and thought the movie came nowhere near doing it justice. I also hate Anne Hathaway as an actress, that might be part of it.

Diane_Windsor · Jun 8, 2005

Tapies27 said:
I think the worst movie ever made that started as a great book was Time Machine. They absolutely butchered that novel!!

I can't think of any off the top of my head because I don't read that much, but the worst book that I have read that was made into a movie was Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles. I had to read that book in college-I absolutely hated it. Hardy is too detailed-he basically takes five pages to desribe a flower! Golly, just get to the plot.

The film by Roman Polanski is not that bad though.

Diane

Jinn_Ku · Jun 8, 2005

The Lost World. For that reason alone, I have a stong distain for Steven Spielberg. He took a good book, apparently couldn't refrain from changing the MAIN CHARACTERS, rushed through the story in about a half an hour, and turned the rest into "Dino's Attack Tokyo." If I had wanted to see King Kong, I would have watched that!

Now I understand its difficult to turn a book into a movie and not be a letdown. They have to worry about what the movie will be rated (PG, PG-13, ect.) and they have to fit it into a timeframe so people won't be turned off by the prospect of sitting in a theater for seven hours. But if you can't keep the characters and plot the same, don't make the movie. It's really that simple. For that reason, when I finish my books, I'm holding on to those movie rights just in case anything comes of it.

Blackmarch · Jun 8, 2005

Tapies27 said:
I think the worst movie ever made that started as a great book was Time Machine. They absolutely butchered that novel!!

Which movie, the older or the newe one?

Starship troopers butchered the novel it was based off even more...
Wingcommander totally butchered the game it was based off...

LittleAngel · Jun 8, 2005

i hate Time Machine

Tapies27 · Jun 9, 2005

Blackmarch said:
Which movie, the older or the newe one?
Starship troopers butchered the novel it was based off even more...
Wingcommander totally butchered the game it was based off...

I was talking about the new one. I made my hubby go see it with me ( he hates sci-fi ). I felt so bad making him watch that garbage. lololol.

TurtleTape · Jun 9, 2005

The Chronicles of Narnia, they made a mini series of it some-time-or-other and transfered that into movie form, they were HORRIBLE! The actors were no good and it was just *shivers* But the new one looks much more promising

holyrokker · Jun 10, 2005

I didn't like what they did to "The Runaway Jury" by John Grissom.
They also butchered "Timeline" by Michael Crichton

Eudaimonist · Jun 10, 2005

Starship Troopers, which spits in Heinlein's face and more or less calls him a fascist. While I don't agree with the political philosophy from the novel, Heinlein deserved more respect than that.

Blackmarch · Jun 10, 2005

Eudaimonist said:
Starship Troopers, which spits in Heinlein's face and more or less calls him a fascist. While I don't agree with the political philosophy from the novel, Heinlein deserved more respect than that.

Loived the book, but the only thing that was actually good about the movie was the music score...

Also add the second jurassic park movie to the list.

Tapies27 · Jun 10, 2005

I just wanna thank everyone who posted. Ya'll made my first thread a success....lol!

Blackmarch · Jun 10, 2005

Tapies27 said:
I was talking about the new one. I made my hubby go see it with me ( he hates sci-fi ). I felt so bad making him watch that garbage. lololol.

Ouch....
Check out the old one, it's pretty decent (it's on my to buy list..)

litmajor · Jun 14, 2005

erm Captain Corelli's mandolin
killed the book when they made the movie
killed it
ugh

Heartbreaker · Jun 14, 2005

the "Left Behind" movies have nothing on the books.

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