Turning a book into a movie?

aoifesheri

I have to say I always see such flaws in these and cringe when they get it so wrong. Like Twilight Love the books can't stand the films, they drive me crazy.the hunger games once again they got it so wrong. I could go on. Does anyone want to compare films to books that they saw and why?:D

Sleepy

In terms of Twilight, you can't polish a turd...

The first two films of the Godfather series, on the other hand, improved on the books.

aoifesheri

yeah I suppose you are right about twilight lol.

L

The Princess Bride is very good as both a book and a film (each has points that are better than the other).

films are to short they will never be able to improve on books unless its a poor book or you have 2-3 films per book

a tv show on the other hand works quite well game of thrones being the perfect example at the moment

aoifesheri

I have to agree with Lilly Drab Sack some books that are turned into tv show are the best as they always included a lot of the book example one of my favourite true blood

OwaynOTT

What about the Sword of Truth tv series?

Funglegunk

Fight Club and Blade Runner are both superior to the novels they were based on I think.

Dades

I always think comparing the book to the movie is a mistake. They are completely different mediums, and what works in one may not work in another.

A movie based on a book that takes liberties and changes things can still be a good movie - even if parts that people loved in the book are missing.

What's inexcusable is making a bad movie based on a great book, i.e. a movie that's bad to a viewer who's never even read the books.

PADRAGON

The running man,great book dreadful film
Having seen that cack no one would consider reading the book