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Originally Posted by Karellen
I like book to screen adaptions.
In a lot of cases, I am completely unaware of the books until they become moves/tv shows. I end up watching the movie, read a credit it is based on a book, then go and read the book.
As for liking/not liking adaptions, well there is no blanket answer to that, it is case-by-case and a lot of cases I like the movie/tv show a whole lot better than the book.
Examples of movies being better than the books... - Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant - liked the movies, did not like the books at all. Allegiant was a DNF.
- World War Z - loved the movie, thought the book was terrible as it was just a mash of individual stories stuck into the same cover. Another DNF.
- Childhoods End - book was so-so, but the mini-series was fantastic
- The Children of Men - Movie was great, book was not enjoyable. In fact the only similarity between book and movie is global infertility and a pregnant woman
Then you have movies that are faithful to the books, and they are as good each other. - John Grisham and JK Rowling are perfect examples of having great control of screen adaptions.
- The 5th Wave, The Martian, Hunger Games, THGTTG, The Expanse and many more.
And then there are movies that should never have been made, thankfully none come to mind at this moment. I've purged them from memory  |
I remember watching the First Harry Potter movie and noticing that a lot was left out. I hope the new Harry Potter TV series is more faithful to the book.
The HHGTTG movie was rubbish. The best versions are the radio versions.
Jane Austen books are unreadable but the movies are watchable.
Reading Dracula was a snoozefest. But Dracuala is OK on screen.