Book or Movie?

[Debi]

Many movies are adaptations of books. Frequently we'll hear, "The book was much better than the movie."

What are the best and/or worst big screen adaptations of books you've read?​

 

[Debi]

They did a mini-series of "The Mists of Avalon", my favorite book. Although it started off OK, by the time they got to episode 3 they had gone so far off the book plot that it never delivered the intention or lessons in the book. I was very disappointed. Beautiful scenery and costumes, but it lost all meaning at the end.

 

[garnetsilver]

I hate it when they slaughter a good story! One of Dean Koontz's books, "Hideaway," was completely ruined by making it into a movie.
Another one was a book by Sidney Sheldon, "Rage of Angels." They made it into a mini series and it was more a vehicle for the actors.

 

[Duke]

The worst movie adaptation I ever saw was "Catch-22." Great cast, but poor job of projecting the insanity of the story/characters. Best movie adaptation I saw was "Exodus." Another great cast, but the screen writers did a marvelous job of telling Uris' story about the creation of the modern state of Israel.

 

[Lone Wolf]

While I've never read it myself, the novelization of Jaws differs greatly from what was seen in theaters in a number of ways. Quint's death for example, was different. He was pulled under and drowned by one of his barrels instead of the more gruesome demise we saw.

 

[JahaRa]

I almost always prefer the book to the movie.

 

[Lynne]

I have to say I thought the Harry Potter movies did a good job of following the books. There was so much in the books that I was amazed at how good the movies actually were.

 

[crux]

My worst movie adaption is The Mothman Prophecies.