This thread is about the gross misrepresentation of books by movies! Name the one movie you've seen about a book you've read that HORRIBLY changes it. You know what I'm talking about. You read a book you like and get hyped up when you hear they're making a movie about it. Then you see the movie...and it is waaaaay different/worse than the book. Here's where you post the movie/book names and how they were worse than the book. Mine is Eragon. I mean...they changed/chopped off...sooooooo much! I was really disappointed in it. I mean, a few changes are okay. But the list goes on and on. They didn't mention Orik or the Twins, they changed Murtagh hugely, they changed Brom's method of death to a more dramatic(and stupid) thing, and they totally misrepresented Roran and Saphira. All I can say is, if they're making a movie about the second book: 1. I am so not watching it 2. They are gonna have serious problems about the crucial bits they chopped off of the first one. I guess it was a good movie. But I went into that theater expecting the book...and I got a totally different thing, and a huge disappointment.
id say eragon aswell because while it was a dcent book ( a bit childish maybe but still pretty good) they messed up the film to the point that i think it is the worst film i have ever seen ,they made up scences took out huge sections of it killed of characters thay werent ment to die and never introduced pretty vital characters.
Yeah...and I know it's tiny, but did you notice that Brom died way different in the movie than in the book? Plus, Arya even has the wrong hair color. You'd think they'd make a tiny effort to keep SOMETHING loyal to the book, yanno what I'm saying??*sigh*. My advice is just to read the book after you've seen the movie, so you are given waaaay more than your expectations, instead of the other way around... No rebuttals yet?
Lord of the Rings had a lot of cutes...most on the 3 one were they cut the whole ending whit the return to they land...but the movie was still great! So i would say Harry Potter is the worst "Book-Movie Switch", because the movie sucks compare to the book.
I would agree with lots of people on Eragon and Inkheart. I thought that the two movies were really bad in terms of the story butchering and also the acting though Inkheart was more bearable than Eragon. I'd say that perhaps Eragon was the worst movie ever made.
I know! And that is such a huge thing to add though... More like don't remember cuz trying to block it out lol. I KNEW THAT PART WAS NEVER IN THE BOOK! The last Harry Potter was almost as bad as Eragon...
Eragon totally sucks, both books and movie, as Twilight, but their far from the worst movies I've seen... I'd say that Taxi 4 (french movie) is not so far from it, but maybe one of the most crappy film i've ever seen was Mulan (a remake by a small company): http://www.nanarland.com/Chroniques/Main.php?id_film=legendedemulan The link leads to a french site, sorry for those who don't speak french! But pictures are expressive though...
PS: and Starship Troopers is fun.. Not good, far from it, but the second degree (I don't really know if you say this in english) is quite strong, so it's just fun...you don't have to think when you watch it, just enjoy the mess... Ok, the actors suck, but I had a good time watching it...
Small company? You talking about Disney or some other Mulan movie? Cuz I'm not saying I like Mulan, but Disney is like the size of Wal-Mart. HUGE, not small. Oui, je parle vraiment le français!
I would have to say..... Eragon. Havent seen it in a while, but i remember that like, the Saphira growth was a lot more detailed, beautiful, and it really set the connection between the two in the book. What dragon goes through a cloud as a baby and comes out with its balls dropped? (pardon my vulgarity) Brom didnt get killed by Durza, Arya was described as MUCH hotter, the Saphire was supposed to be destroyed, and Durza never rode on a giant cloud that formed into a dragon.
Eragon totally sucks, both books and movie, as Twilight, but their far from the worst movies I've seen...
Twilight actually was the best book-to-movie transition i've ever seen. I personally disliked the Twilight Series only cuz i didnt understand the concept of a hot vampire, but after reading all four books in a week, i loved them, and the movie was heavily enjoying. I actually looked forward to it!
Small company? You talking about Disney or some other Mulan movie? Cuz I'm not saying I like Mulan, but Disney is like the size of Wal-Mart. HUGE, not small.
I'm not stupid dude.... When I said Mulan from a small company, it was to precise that it's not Disney... Of course Disney is huge! But the remake I saw was just ridiculous, cheap, but funny though! I remebered also about Bloodrayne, by Uwe Boll, which totally sucks!
And for ChillzMaster, I may confess that Eragon is one of the worst movie I've ever seen, and the book was one of the worst I've ever read...
And to finish, Twilight is ridiculous.. I didn't read the book and I won't, but when I see the movie, I can't help thinking that's it's a giant joke and the producer will one daye say: HAHA!!we got you!! Come on, it's a vampire...till here, everything's fine...but he's vegan...and he shines at sun light...and he falls in love with the very first newcommer he sees in his school...too much!
