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| Topic: Worst movie adaptation of a book EVER | |
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I watched "How to eat fried worms" last night with my kids...what a horrible peice of tripe. I loved the book when I was a kid, but the movie wasn't even recognizable as the same plot.
To the producers/directors of the world: If the book is SOOOOOOOOO good that you want to make a movie of it...then why don't you make a movie BASED on the book rather than ripping off the title and the plot and making an unrecognizable pile of cow dung? |
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That way too often
 I know it sucks. I can think of A LOT..give me some time
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The movies are never as great as the novel..
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I despise Tom Cruis' Wars of the World with non-stop screaming Dakota Fanning.
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All of them. Books are always better. The only exception would be The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. That movie was better than the book.
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 I agree the books are always better
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The books are always better, but movies that are actually based on the book are at least watchable. Lord of the Rings was great. Many of the comic book movies respect their origins and didn't try to completely re-write the stories. I'm just complaining that directors in general and the director of "How to eat fried worms" in particular, who don't respect the material as it was originally written.
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LORD OF THE RINGS ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALL OF THEM.
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"Timeline" by Michael Crichton is a book I read annually, but the movie was so washed out. The relationships between the characters aren't the same and most of the good action remains in the book. The evil English ruler simply dies by being stabbed by the French ruler instead of being locked in a cage and being submerged into an oily filth pit.
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With few exceptions (LOTR being one), I much prefer reading the book, but I'm a total book nerd, so. Usually, if I've already read the book, I won't see the movie, at least in the theater. I know that I'll be disappointed.
I didn't read How to Eat Fried Worms as a kid, at least I don't remember if I did, which might be why I liked the movie. It wasn't great but my son and I thought it was cute. Sue |
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I was pleasantly satisfied with the movie version of The Thornbirds. Loved the book, and the movie....
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The movie version of "Phantoms" was totally horrible. I loved the book by Dean Koontz, but the movie version made me want to shoot my TV (esp with Ben Affleck in it). And another Dean Koontz book called "The Watchers" was wonderful, but the movie made it out to be some sort of "boy and his dog" movie. I was like "wtf!"
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A TIME TO KILL wasn't as good as the book but it was the best book to movie that i have seen
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origional Dune by David Lynch was tough to watch...
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 The original Dune movie... it was almost a satire! I think this takes the cake, though: "I, Robot". |
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I disagree about Dune. I saw the movie first and read the book second. They were so different that my mind made a distinction between the two. The movie is more fantastical than the book, but I like them both.
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