2006-12-03 08:44:38 · 14 answers · asked by form-one 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
They change things so that they'll work better for what they feel a moviegoer wants to see. For example, not a lot of Stephen King's novels have a happy ending, major characters often die. But when they make his books into movies, that character will live. A lot is left out because if the average book is made into a movie word for word, every element put in, movies would be extremely long and would likely include a lot of boring moments when a character is thinking or there's a lot of dialog.
2006-12-03 08:49:26 · answer #1 · answered by Joy M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a director were to leave in all the things that happen in a book the movie would be 10 hours long. Look at The Lord of the Rings; they left out tons of stuff and the movies were still 2- 3 hours long. Also, they really only want to get in the more exciting sequences so they can make more money. Remember, the people in Hollywood are more concerned about making money than telling a good story.
2006-12-03 08:55:08 · answer #2 · answered by hutchr5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the producers are morons only interested in the money generated. Also, if you left all the inuendos and thoughts from the book in the movie, the movie itself would be several weeks long, even with technical digital wizardry. However, I read that more and more Producers are getting on the bandwagon to make movies more like the books, because today's audiences are more into the books than the movies, for the main reason that old producers are mainly morons of the first degree who change the facts, basics and everything else, but since they own the title of the movie, they make it sound just like the book. You know.
2006-12-03 09:29:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are 2 different media. What works beautifully on print just doesn't do it on film (books rely on mental images and use lots of words, often, to get there; film shows you an image and often relies more on action or dialog- some books have little of this, so making a movie out of them requires lots of adding in.) Some books, like the Harry Potter series are very detailed and would turn into an epic on film, so there has to be some major editing done to get it down to a length that will appeal to a broad audience and make it financially worthwhile to produce (add to production costs and special effects the salaries of the 'stars' you're dealing with... you'd better have broad audience appeal).
All of this is why I stay far away from movies made of books which I really like. I like to read and interpret for myself. A visual image almost always replaces the mental one I had... the sound of character's voice in a movie will obliterate what I 'heard' when I read it...
2006-12-03 09:10:57 · answer #4 · answered by boots&hank 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time restraints for the most part. I mean, most people would watch a 6 hour long movie even if it was based off the most amazing book ever. There's also the fact that Hollywood likes to make movies acceptable for the masses, that is the loads of people who don't read and wouldn't understand what words like 'onomatopoeia' were if they hit them in the face.
Plus, it's a proven fact that the average person has a 20 min. attention span nowadays. That's just scary.
2006-12-03 12:15:07 · answer #5 · answered by uberrachen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They leave stuff out because 2 hours is usually too short a block of time to fit an entire novel. They change the story under the premise that the changes are what the audience wants--usually erroneously.
2006-12-03 08:51:25 · answer #6 · answered by someone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the movie has to fit into about 2 hours. Also, something you can convey in 3/4 of a page of text can take 5 minutes of screen time.
I am sympathetic but sometimes they leave out the wrong things!
2006-12-03 08:49:37 · answer #7 · answered by Maureen F 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the movie is to entice you to want to read the book, which is always more indepth than the movie. Or if you read the book first, the movie is just to bring it to life. The icing on the cake. It also prevents students from just watching the movie and not reading the books. Take it from this graduate student, ALWAYS read the books!!!
2006-12-03 09:41:33 · answer #8 · answered by Melissa H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its probably more about $ then the story, which is unfortunate because some of the best books, when theyre made into movies seem to be lacking.
2006-12-03 08:52:25 · answer #9 · answered by di12381 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have to take things out to keep the movie down to a reasonable length.
2006-12-03 11:18:28 · answer #10 · answered by Ace Librarian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋