Books that are turned into movies

the problem with the golden compass was that they cut out the end because the majority of the people going to see it were catholic/christian, so they didnt want to see a killing in a move based on a book that was written by an athiest,
 
99% of movies from books are on par or worse then the book. There are a few exceptions though.
The Shining is one. The Lightning Thief was horrible. I mean Ares, and the dude that controls time,(Chronos?) are both gone...

I've read the Twilight Saga (yes I'm a boy and I've read them.) and the movies are HORRIBLE. JUST PLAIN HORRIBLE. Don't watch the movies... The 2nd and 3rd books are bad too.

Hatman said:
Wario likes that movie :D.
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Hehehe, Stupid Mario Brothers =P
 
hipoke said:
99% of movies from books are on par or worse then the book. There are a few exceptions though.
The Shining is one. The Lightning Thief was horrible. I mean Ares, and Chronos are both gone...



Hehehe, Stupid Mario Brothers =P
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KRONOS TOO???? THATS THE MAIN VILLAN GUY!!!!! ._.

*nukes the Lightning Thief movie over 9000 times*
 
Hatman said:
KRONOS TOO???? THATS THE MAIN VILLAN GUY!!!!! ._.

*nukes the Lightning Thief movie over 9000 times*
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How did they do that? I mean, holy crap. That's not possible...right?

It's like a Final Fantasy 7 movie without Seporith or Hojo. They even brought Sephy back from the dead for Advent Children!

It's like if they made Harry Potter, and replaced Voldomort with peer pressure.

It's like if they made an entire Fullmetal Alchemist series without father.


Oh. Wait a minuet.
 
The lightning thief also cut out the Chimera, Cerberus, and Clorice (I think that was her name it was the one daughter of Ares).
 
What happened with The Lightning Thief is that they changed the entire plot. They left the first 5 minutes alone at most and butchered the rest of it.
 
Zenith said:
Horrible books turned into even worse movies:
Eragon
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Was not completely horrible compared to what I've read, but the movie made the thing completely unsavagable. -_-

Anyone thinks that the Lord of the Rings was at least a good attempt?
 
Zyflair said:
Was not completely horrible compared to what I've read, but the movie made the thing completely unsavagable. -_-

Anyone thinks that the Lord of the Rings was at least a good attempt?
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dmaster said:
But yeah most books to movies suck. The only ones that are actually watchable are The Lord of the Rings.

dmaster out.
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They were nominated (and the 2nd one won Best Picture) for tons of awards, so they are amazing movies (unlike stuff like Eragon/Golden Compass/Percy Jackson that were horrible movies AND didn't stay true to the book) and they stayed mostly with the books, so they are pretty amazing IMO.

dmaster out.
 
The trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is out and all over youtube, what do you guys think of it? I hope it stays more true to the book than the 6th movie, that ruined my favorite book in the series...
 
^I'm pretty sure it's going to be a lot better than the previous potter films.
They really haven't been doing the books justice recently, but I think, looking at the trailer at least, that this time will be pretty good. :]
It probably helps that they're splitting it into two films.

I still wonder how they're going to do the wedding scene; Fleur was barely in it, and Bill.. I dont even know if he exists in the movies. :s
 
That scene most likely won't make it, but if it stays true to 90% of the book I'll be happy.

dmaster out.
 
The lack of Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant in this thread makes me sad. :(

The only thing that really makes it decent at all is that it's good for people who've never read the book.
 
Oboy170 said:
The lightning thief also cut out the Chimera, Cerberus, and Clorice (I think that was her name it was the one daughter of Ares).
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And its Clarice :p

But... no Chimera (that was pretty minor tho), no Cerebus (they NEEDED to keep this), and if there's no Clarice, they can't make the 5th movie :/
 
Skylands said:
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.
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Movies based off of books are sooooo diverse, they can either become 100x better or 100x worse (I'm a poet and i didn't know it). Harry Potter is a nearly perfect rendition of the books, imo. Give or take a few scenes I particularly enjoyed that they left out for time's sake, all of the movies so far are fantastic.

Then there's the side of this scenario where books are so much better as books, and the movie totally sucks. For this, Eragon is a great example, I've read all 3 of the books and thought they were awesome, but the movie didn't do the book justice at all. They mixed up key components, therefore changing the story around, and it was just such a disaster.

Basically, some books are best stuck exactly to the storyline of the initial book, whereas others should just be loosely based on the book and go their own way. However, there's no way of telling which is better before you go ahead and make the movie. =/

Oh, and about what Hatman said, I totally agree. They left out some of the most awesome things from the Lightning Theif book, I was looking forward to Cerberus the most. They also left out basically all of the other god's cameos save for Poseidon and Zeus.
 
They butchered Percy Jackson and the Lightning theif. They had this stupid rule where the gods couldn't see their kids. Persephone was in the Underworld in Summer ._.

Oh and Hatman...







There was no Oracle.
 
K, so books into movies that I've seen:
Horrible: Twilight Saga (Fanhate is allowed :D If you feel like stabbing me now... go for it), Percy Jackson, Harry Potter VI, Both Lord of the Flies
Bad: The other Harry Potter movies, Does Kick arse count? Most of the Alice in Wonderland movies.
Good: ... does Watchmen count? The original Alice in Wonderland. Romeo &Juliet
Amazing: Marley and Me, To Kill a Mockingbird

Just a few. Those are the book-to-movies that I had read and scene. I don't watch movies... so enjoy this rare specticle of me arguing about movies :D Anyone who disagrees about the Amazing section... just wow. ;P I'd highly recommend anyone to see TKaM (the black and white one). It nailed the book and it is the only movie I'd tell you to watch and forget about reading the book... You can get good grades on book reports by watching this movie and not reading the book... that's how amazing it is :D
 
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