2007-10-11 21:38:22 · 20 answers · asked by Kyle 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
The Chronicles of Narnia, they left so much out!
2007-10-11 21:46:08 · answer #1 · answered by Ash 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE SHINING
This is an incredibly well-constructed novel, and Stanley Kubrick butchered it! He even persisted in saying that he couldn't do the moving topiary that so many people wanted to see! This is the man who gave us Dr. Strangelove and 2001: A Space Odyssey, and he couldn't have them do that effect?! The script and direction are distressing! For example, if Jack is rather off-the-beam to begin with, what's the surprise when he goes over the edge?
There are a lot of travesties though.
The Lost World was a totally visual novel that could have been translated to a screenplay with such ease. Did they do that? Noooooooooo! They had to go off on all of these tangents and destroy what Michael Crichton had written. Of course, Stephen Spielberg is notorious for tearing apart and rearranging novels, which did work for Jaws; the film is better than the novel. Jurassic Park the novel had a lot of strengths, and Spielberg kept some of them. But, Lost World... I was so disappointed. The High Hide scenes could have been frightening, far beyond what they ended up with.
It's nearly 4 a.m., so maybe my foggy mind yielded what I really do think is the worst disappointment: The Shining.
2007-10-11 21:53:54 · answer #2 · answered by MystMoonstruck 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Clan Of The Cave Bear, by Jean M. Auel
Such a well written book so full of depth and detail, plus the author had such impressive knowledge of Neanderthal life...The movie was a disaster of infinite proportion. In the book, the Neanderthals rarely talked, and used many hand signs. This obviously did not translate well to a feature length movie. Most of what made this book such a joy to read was lost in translation from novel to screen. On screen, it became another lame caveman movie.
2007-10-11 22:11:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pet Cemetary. What a crock! The book was really creepy, but I've seen scarier episodes of the Smurfs.
And the cartoon version of Lord of The Rings. It's OK for a while but about half an hour before the end, it's obvious that the animators either got bored or run out of money because they made a complete hash of it.
2007-10-11 21:49:06 · answer #4 · answered by Tish P 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Scarlett Letter
2007-10-12 05:57:58 · answer #5 · answered by Blake B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
worry and Loathing in Las Vegas the comprehensive Gatsby And so a tactics as performs bypass, Kenneth Branagh's "Hamlet" is note-for-note. also i could favor to operate The Princess Bride, it quite is amazingly dependable thinking the shape it changed into written in--how the author has a tendency to break the tale and remark making use of parentheses.
2016-10-09 02:02:40 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Enemy At The Gates!!
The Battle Of Stalingrad from the book by William Craig.
2007-10-11 21:41:11 · answer #7 · answered by conranger1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Da Vinci Code! Awful!
2007-10-11 21:53:48 · answer #8 · answered by sam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone at The Joy Luck Club movie was sniffling or crying. I loved the book, but I walked out of the theater.
2007-10-11 22:04:02 · answer #9 · answered by lulabellalu 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flowers In The Attic.
2007-10-11 23:32:17 · answer #10 · answered by CFol27 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It's disappointing.
2007-10-11 22:15:13 · answer #11 · answered by 2smiley4 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋