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There are problems when you translate a book into a movie. For example every page of script = 1 minute of screen time so if you tried to put everything in say "Gone With The Wind" the book into a movie version you would have a very long movie. Also a large part of books is description which you don't need to give in a movie since you see it.
I think the reason that "I Robot" the movie didn't do better is that the book is actually a series of short stories rather than a continual storyline. Will Smith's character was an original idea that was supposed to tie things together but was a bit thin. The character of Viki was based on an element of one of the later stories near the end of the book and was a bit of a gimmick. One character (played by James Cromwell) died in the movie but didn't in the book. It was a fun movie in its way but didn't really gel properly I don't think. Maybe if they had based the movie on Dr. Calvin's experiences over time, aging the character from a young woman, through middle age, and then to old age along the way it would have worked better.
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