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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I like good movie/TV adaptations of books. To be clear: I'm not using "good" in the sense that the movie clings fervently to every aspect of its written counterpart. I'm fine with movie adaptions that stray dramatically from the canon of the books. I tend to compartmentalize them from each other. If I'm entertained and the movie is consistent within in its own framework of reference, then I'm probably going to like it. No bad movie or TV show has ever succeeded in ruining a book I enjoyed. They're separate endeavors.
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This is basically my take too. I need to think of them as separate entities, then I'm ok. If I go in expecting a 1:1 translation I'm always disappointed.
One example is the Jason Bourne series. I really enjoyed the first three Matt Damon movies (haven't seen the others) and I really enjoyed the first 2-3 books. They really are not comparable though. Some of the same names, some of the same major beats, but nothing more than that.