Books that are turned into movies

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Skylands

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What do you think about it?

I think movies should work on their own merit, and whether they complement the original source is almost irrelevant. For example, the Wizard of Oz movie is necessarily a very different work than the book on which it is based. It doesn't simply try to recreate Baum's story on film. The movie exists as a separate work of art, which is as it should be. I'm sure there are exceptions to this rule, movies that successfully mirror the written source, although I can't think of any offhand. Obviously, some books lend themselves to film better than others.
 
Good Books that turned into Horrible movies:
Harry Potter(pretty much the whole thing almost)
The Golden Compass
Percy Jackson Lightning Thief

Horrible Books that turned into good movies:
InkHeart
 
They should be loosely based on the movie, but should have it's own quirks. It should not be the entire movie plotline turned into a movie, though.
 
aggiegwyn said:
Good Books that turned into Horrible movies:
Harry Potter(pretty much the whole thing almost)
The Golden Compass
Percy Jackson Lightning Thief

Horrible Books that turned into good movies:
InkHeart
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Horrible books turned into even worse movies:
Eragon

There are a few really good straight movie adaptations of things; Watchmen springs to mind. I think it depends on the property whether there should be a new story or a direct adaptation.
 
Zenith said:
Horrible books turned into even worse movies:
Eragon

There are a few really good straight movie adaptations of things; Watchmen springs to mind. I think it depends on the property whether there should be a new story or a direct adaptation.
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I don't watchmen counts, its a comic. All of the comics made to movies are pretty much right.

*EDIT*
Wolverine sucked though! How dare they kill Scott and Xavier!
 
aggiegwyn said:
Good Books that turned into Horrible movies:
Harry Potter(pretty much the whole thing almost)
The Golden Compass
Percy Jackson Lightning Thief

Horrible Books that turned into good movies:
InkHeart
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Omg this.
They ruined it.
Even harry potter wasn't that bad; at least it sticks to the basic plot.

And I suppose the golden compass did too.. up until the ending. :/
I think they just wanted to keep things fairly light-hearted, but it was awful.
 
Harry Potter has gotten WAY worse though...It was semi-alright in the first couple movies I guess...

But yeah most books to movies suck. The only ones that are actually watchable are The Lord of the Rings.

dmaster out.
 
Staraptor said:
Omg this.
They ruined it.
Even harry potter wasn't that bad; at least it sticks to the basic plot.

And I suppose the golden compass did too.. up until the ending. :/
I think they just wanted to keep things fairly light-hearted, but it was awful.
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By the end, do you mean everything beyond the first five minutes, o wait, thats right, even the beginning was wrong.
 
aggiegwyn said:
Good Books that turned into Horrible movies:
Harry Potter(pretty much the whole thing almost)
The Golden Compass
Percy Jackson Lightning Thief
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Wario likes that movie :D.

And what about Narnia?
 
I liked The Lightning Thief movie, but the book was MUCH better. The movie cut out like 4 main characters and changed mostly everything.
 
Books aren't meant to become movies, IMO. 50% of the fun of a book (for me at least) is to make the whole story in your head. Everything is made visual, and you add to the characters personalities by opinion. Movies can't replicate your imagination. Some movies are just poorly written too.
 
aggiegwyn said:
I don't watchmen counts, its a comic. All of the comics made to movies are pretty much right.
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Not always. Spider-Man 3, Batman and Robin, X3, X-Men Origins. Even some of the ones that are better movies are still much worse than the comics they are based on, such as V for Vendetta.
 
Harry Potter 3-6 were painful after reading the books... The City of Ember was also a good book we read in class and the movie killed it. I fell in love with the whole series after reading The Lightning Thief, but that was after the movie came out and I'm scared to see it...
 
Zenith said:
Horrible books turned into even worse movies:
Eragon
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^ Win.

dmaster said:
Harry Potter has gotten WAY worse though...It was semi-alright in the first couple movies I guess...
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Yeah, movies 3-5 were terribad. The 6th was a great movie but still was way off if you compare it to the book. The 7th better be great.

Hatman said:
And what about Narnia?
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I thought it was pretty good personally.

Oboy170 said:
I liked The Lightning Thief movie, but the book was MUCH better. The movie cut out like 4 main characters and changed mostly everything.
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Just like Harry Potter 6, it was a good movie, but compared to the book it was terrible.
 
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