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Some of Michael Chrichton's books were made into movies with very little of the plot altered (thinking of 13th Warrior, Sphere, Jurassic Park). Yes, the movies lost a TON of infodump that he lays on us, essentially losing the force of his message. But the stories weren't badly warped and the characters only mildly bent.
I hate it when scripts deviate tremendously from the book. I mean, why bother basing it on a book if you're going to rewrite half of it?!
edit - And MC's Congo is an egregious example of the latter. The movie had only a tenuous connection to the book!
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