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

[33girl]

Originally Posted by IUHoosiergirl88

-All the King's Men (the movie) is awful compared to ATKM (the book). Not the most exciting book in general, but a great piece of literature compared to the movie. I had such high hopes for it too

Are you talking about the original ATKM movie w/ Broderick Crawford or the remake with Sean Penn? Because yes, the remake blows.

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.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by KillarneyRose

@cheerfulgreek: you need to read "Christine". The movie was unbelievably awful and I hated it so much that I didn't read the book until my mom kept bugging me about it. But the book.....let's just say that I didn't think a book about a possessed Plymouth could scare the isht out of me but it did!!!

This is what so many people have told me. I'm convinced now, so I'm going to the library today to borrow it, and read it. If it's that different than the movie (which was awful) then I'll take your work for it and start reading it today. Thanks for the recommendation, KillarneyRose.

Originally Posted by GammaGirl1908

Either they leave out my favorite part, or it's so different than the scene was in my mind's eye that I'm irked, or the actors look and sound nothing like they did in my mind's eye.

lol
Same here, this is so true for me.

[IUHoosiergirl88]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Are you talking about the original ATKM movie w/ Broderick Crawford or the remake with Sean Penn? Because yes, the remake blows.

The remake. The original is great...I had high hopes for the remake with Sean Penn. But that was a big ol' smelly turd

[AOIIalum]

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.

[ASTalumna06]

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.