ITT we chit chat about "The Books" vs. "The Movies"

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Originally Posted by 33girl

That's yet another category. Little Women, eeeesh. The Katharine Hepburn version wasn't bad but the latest one was RIDICULOUS. Winona Ryder sitting around whining about how ugly she is and she's going to be an old maid was asinine. Don't get me started on Marmee the feminist.

I've got a soft spot for all of the Little Women films. I love them all, no matter how bad they might be. Having said that, I generally re-read Little Women every year, and even keep copies on my phone and iPad in case I need a fix.

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Along Came a Spider and Kiss the Girls by James Patterson. Great books. AWFUL movies.

In the books, Alex Cross is a younger guy, with two kids, whose wife passed away, and he lives with his grandmother. In the movies, he's played by (a much older) Morgan Freeman and there is no mention of family at all. The character is just completely different.

The movies sucked, and I believe one of them ended in an entirely different way than the book. I'm never a fan of such big changes between the two.