worst adaptation of a book into a movie?

So yeah, what do you think's the worst book turned into a movie? For me the ones that instantly come to mind are A Clockwork Orange and Jurassic Park.

Tomorrow when the War began (2010). I read the book when I was in year 9 (so 2004) and the movie was like something for a 14 year old. Its like they didn't think that some of the readers and people who cared about those books had actually grown up a lot.

For me the ones that instantly come to mind are A Clockwork Orange and Jurassic Park.

blueboxdoctor

Care to elaborate? I think it's one of the rare cases where the film is actually better.

Watchmen's adaptation was terrible.

The island of doctor moreau

Twilight. Oh you meant good books that were bad movies? Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. They butchered what was probably my favorite book in the series.

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For me the ones that instantly come to mind are A Clockwork Orange and Jurassic Park.

sammyjenkis898

Care to elaborate? I think it's one of the rare cases where the film is actually better.

Watchmen's adaptation was terrible.

So yeah, what do you think's the worst book turned into a movie? For me the ones that instantly come to mind are A Clockwork Orange and Jurassic Park.

blueboxdoctor

I don't know but it's definately something Stephen King wrote

Bram Stoker's Dracula. The movie pretty much takes a **** on the book with its sexual obsession and made-up love story between Dracula and Mina.

I don't know but it's definately something Stephen King wrote

ValHazzard

The Shining = good movie

Misery = good movie

IT.... was it IT?

I don't know but it's definately something Stephen King wrote

ValHazzard

The Kite Runner—it's critically acclaimed, but I thought it was so bad compared to the book.

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I don't know but it's definately something Stephen King wrote

TheHighWind

The Shining = good movie

Misery = good movie

IT.... was it IT?

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I don't know but it's definately something Stephen King wrote

TheHighWind

The Shining = good movie

Misery = good movie

IT.... was it IT?

Yeah, they were, i didn't say they weren't.

Running Man... short story by Stephen King. The movie shares only it's title with the written work.dsmccracken

I read and saw clockwork orange and it wasn't as bad as people vote it here. The book was good and the movie was yeah brutal (explicit) , maybe It was the wrong clockwork orange book that I read when I saw the movie but it was still OK.

[QUOTE="dsmccracken"]Running Man... short story by Stephen King. The movie shares only it's title with the written work.22Toothpicks

Wait is that the Ahrnold movie? Hahahaha I loved that movie! They had a hockey player named Sub-Zero in it, how could you not like that movie?

[QUOTE="22Toothpicks"][QUOTE="dsmccracken"]Running Man... short story by Stephen King. The movie shares only it's title with the written work.TheHighWind

Wait is that the Ahrnold movie? Hahahaha I loved that movie! They had a hockey player named Sub-Zero in it, how could you not like that movie?

Percy Jackson and thr Lightning Thief.

Movie butchered the book so much.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

Persy Jackson comes to mind, what a side excuse for an hour and a half for product placement.

He defeats Medusa using an iPod. Really?

I thought Jurassic park was a good movie. Worst adaptation of a book? prpbably Eragon. I loved that book as a kid but when I went to watch the movie in my teenage years it was terrible

I'd go with To Kill A Mocking Bird.

They cut so much important stuff out of the movie.

Eragon

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[QUOTE="22Toothpicks"] I had no idea that was a Stephen King creation. It's a cheesy ass movie but I really enjoy it for some reason.22Toothpicks

Wait is that the Ahrnold movie? Hahahaha I loved that movie! They had a hockey player named Sub-Zero in it, how could you not like that movie?

I would have to say Eragon. Absurd movie. It should be remade and done properly.

These are easily the worst.

I am Legend

Slapstick ( Of another kind)

The Bonfire of the vanities

The Scarlet letter

All the King's Men 2006

Even Cowgirls get the Blues

The Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy

The Seeker: The Dark is rising

The Beach

The Golden Compass

Bicentennial Man

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

While not a movie, "The legend of the Seeker" the tv show, is terrible. Nice to have Darken Rahl look 5-10 years older than Richard and have an impeccable face, he looks pretty good for a man that got badly burnt by wizards fire, no licking of fingers and rubbing them through his eyebrows or anything. Kalyn wasnt even that hot looking, especially for one of the most beutiful ladies in the world, more than one confessor a live, I could go on forever but yeah.

Fahrenheit 451 was a pretty bad movie. Although I never read the book, I'm take a stab in the dark that Dreamcatcher was a pretty bad one too.

War of the Worlds was pretty bad. I know there's worse though.

The Kite Runner-it critically acclaimed, but I thought it was so bad compared to the book.

muffincakes87

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The Kite Runner-it was critically acclaimed, but I thought it was so bad compared to the book.

Travo_basic

I saw it years ago, but from what I remember is that I felt like that skipped around too much. The character development for Amir and Hassan didn't seem right. The book made the rape scene heartbreaking, while the movie made it seem dumb.

V for Vendetta.

Eragon.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan

The Dark Is Rising - Susan Cooper

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For me the ones that instantly come to mind are A Clockwork Orange and Jurassic Park.

sammyjenkis898

Care to elaborate? I think it's one of the rare cases where the film is actually better.

Watchmen's adaptation was terrible.

I'm assuming you mean to elaborate on Clockwork Orange, but I'll do it for both real quick.

Clockwork Orange:

To start, the book was a lot darker. I felt that over sexing the movie took away from the true darkness of the world. For me, the best part of the book was when Alex talked with the priest (i think that's what he was) in prison. It really was the point in which the moral issues of the story came alive, and this was pretty much missing from the movie. Taking from that, I actually cared about Alex despite his character basically being evil. When they tried to convert him to be a good person in the movie it just felt flat and it didn't seem like they were taking his soul away. Basically, the movie just felt like a cheap way to cash on the movie rather than really delving into the deeper issues presented in the book. However, the one thing done right in the movie was not including chapter 21 of the book, which really made it less impactful (though it does make sense why it's there, I tend to prefer the darker tone since it feels more fitting for the character).

Jurassic Park:

I saw the movie first and thought it wasn't bad. The special effects were pretty much great for the time and still hold up pretty well considering all the leaps and bounds in technology since then. However, upon reading the book I was appalled to find that the movie had basically no sci-fi at all. Sure, nothing in the book in terms of science was probably real, but it added a lot more depth to it. Also, the kids weren't really a big part of the book, which was good since kids tend to get annoying in movies (indiana jones 2 anyone?). The book just felt so much fuller where the movie basically took the barebones of "let's take an island, bring some dinosaurs, have some people get chased by them, and then have them live happily ever after." Well ok, this did happen in the book, but there was more character development and it was a lot more engaging as a piece of sci-fi than the movie was.

Still, I'd rather watch Jurassic Park over if it were on TV than a clockwork orange unless I had to for some reason.

Kind of surprised no one has mentioned this one yet, but "Starship Troopers". The book is incredibly deep. The movie well... not so much.trick_man01

Lol, that movie is classic because it embraces being over-the-top. It's like a spoof on action sci-fi movies. I'll have to give the book a read just to see how different it is.

Fahrenheit 451 was a pretty bad movie. Legendaryscmt

In other news, I haven't even read Eragon and thought the movie was terrible. I was really optimistic when seeing the ads, and...wow.

Sahara (written by Clive Cussler)

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.

They changed key plot points from the book. Percy is supposed to be 12 in the first book, and he's 16 in the movie. In the books, when he turns 16 a prophecy is supposed to be fulfilled... BUT HE'S ALREADY THAT AGE IN THE MOVIE! And each book is a year apart, and there is four.

They also changed one of the main characters to African American (WHY). And turned the Blonde Haired Heroine into a brunette.

Not to mention they took out on of the coolest fights in the book. :(

I'd go with To Kill A Mocking Bird.

They cut so much important stuff out of the movie.

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