Movies that Butchered the Books

[Doveshit]

I probably should have started with this thread, as it's a lot more common for the movie to be shit when compared to the book.

So, which movies do you think butchered the book they were based on? I won't limit it to three because there are so many to choose from, and I'm pretty sure you bastards wouldn't listen j/k

1. Troy: You've gotta be a douche to completely bastardize the Iliad

2. Bram Stoker's Dracula: It's fine to try to offer a new take on the original, but why try to claim authenticity by attributing it to the author.

3. Any modern adaptation of Shakespeare: just isn't right.

That's all I can think of off-hand, but if the thread gets rollin' I'll be adding to it.

 

[BaggedSplash]

The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy really sucked. the book was WAYYYYYYYYYYYY better!!

 

[dt3]

The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy really sucked. the book was WAYYYYYYYYYYYY better!!

:homo: That movie was completely retarded. I was so disappointed.

 

[Carthage]

Troy.
War of the Worlds. All of them, except that British Pendragon one, which was so atrocious it doesn't deserve the honor of being called a movie. The others were really good, but they butchered the book.
Romeo+Juliet. Had to watch this in school, the modern adaptation. Horrible. Shakespheare, great author, and belongs in his time period. It's only right.

When Atlas Shrugged comes out, I'm pretty sure I'll be adding that to the list. This is just off the top of my head.

 

[debbie t]

dune
all harry potters
i robot


sleepers is really the only film i liked as much as the book

 

[DaveM]

LAst of the mohicans (sp?)

 

[Peter Parka]

Braveheart! The true story is so much more interesting.

 

[Jersey]

The Da Vinci Code was a much better book than movie IMO

 

[skyblue]

sleepers is really the only film i liked as much as the book

classic.......i bought it the other week

 

[skyblue]

Braveheart! The true story is so much more interesting.

thats because the movie was a pack of anti english lies.......but then what do you expect from mel gibson?

 

[Jersey]

Hmm... I wouldnt so much say butchered... because they are differet stories... but the book "Wicked" was waayyyyyy cooler than "Wizard of Oz" the movie

 

[skyblue]

pet semetry the book was fantastic.....the movie destroyed it

 

[gLing]

The Harry Potter books

 

[Boomer]

Eragon-The movie left out an entire race of people for christs sake. The most interesting people at that!

Gangs of Newyork-Had no truth to it whatsoever. The actual documentation and historical accounts of the characters was boring as hell. Which means there was alooooot of embelishment.

 

[Keight]

Power of one - The book describes everything so much more and the movie although a good one i still expected alot more from it.

 

[viCkiTz]

The Harry Potter movies ruined the book. Well, that's what I think.