My most hated movie made from a book I loved is Ella Enchanted. The movie added all sorts of useless stuff, from the historic-but-actually-exactly-like-today setting (escalators!), to the evil villain complete with talking animal sidekick. They obviously didn't trust the story to stand on its own, so why even make it?
Cheaper by the Dozen is another big one though. The movie had exactly one thing in common with the book: the title. Time period, plot, characters, even the number of kids is different. And yet they claimed it was based on the book.
I haven't seen Iron Man or Prince Caspian yet, but recently I was thinking about TV shows that I like even more than the books they were based on. I hadn't really thought that could happen, but it's true of both Bones and Dexter. They work well as TV series.
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Date: 5/20/08 03:11 am (UTC)Cheaper by the Dozen is another big one though. The movie had exactly one thing in common with the book: the title. Time period, plot, characters, even the number of kids is different. And yet they claimed it was based on the book.
I haven't seen Iron Man or Prince Caspian yet, but recently I was thinking about TV shows that I like even more than the books they were based on. I hadn't really thought that could happen, but it's true of both Bones and Dexter. They work well as TV series.