Have you ever read the book and then seen the film

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and been so disappointed with the way they completely changed the narrative ?

Not only that.. but then the miscasting of the actors obviously chosen for their fame and not their suitability ruining the picture you have in your head and the story ?

Yep, that is normal. That's why I rarely go to see a film when I've read the book.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin springs to mind

Always. Almost every single time

There was a thread about Jane Austen's Persuasion yesterday, very much along those lines, if the trailer's anything to go by.

Tom Cruise as 6"5" Jack Reacher....

Yes. Hart’s War.

I loved the book, but the film was an absolute disgrace. It’s been over a decade and I’m still annoyed.

Memoirs of a Geisha and The Time Traveller’s Wife. Both turned into trashy love film shite.

ROOM…. Just didn’t work as a film.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin was so awful. I loved the book; it was so witty and subtle. In the film, I didn't give a shit about any of the characters; they ruined it.

Also, less cerebrally(!), the Power of One. The premise of the book is that you don't need to rely on others, that you have enough power within you alone to live your life and change things - or that a person's self on its own is important. The film switched it completely to give the message, when lots of like minded people join together, they can change things. Irritating!

The Beach by Alex Garland- they literally removed one of the 3 main characters from the film- he doesn't exist in it at all.
Completely different story.
Great film though!

All the time.

PS I love you.
The maze runner.
Shopaholic books.

Most film adaptations are shit.

One Day

Time Travellers Wife (though I have grown to like the film)

There are very few movies which are as good as or better than their book counterparts.

Almost exclusively, the movie is worse.

Worst disappointment ever was The Dark is Rising (Susan Cooper) - one of my all time favourite books - RUINED. Bore so little resemblance to the book - but just enough to be offensive.

I was fucking livid that they changed the ending to My Sisters Keeper.

My Sisters Keeper... they changed the ending and as a 15 year old who had read the book a couple of years before and loved it, I was devastated at how badly it was portrayed as a film! I remember leaving the cinema outraged. Clearly still fuming all 13 years later 

LIVID!!!!

The only film that came anywhere close to the book wa thed first Harry Potter. And even then they missed the dragon bit.

Everything else? Nothing comes close.

Just remembered Bridget Jones Diary. Loved the books, well the first one, and they totally lost what the books were about making the films.

Nearly every adaptation ever.

I think Life of Pi was as good as the book (if not slightly better). It was a visual masterpiece.

I also preferred by far the tv adaptation of Little Fires Everywhere over the book.

Noughts and crosses... TV adaptation but still horrendous.

I actually really didn't like the help as a book 🤔.

Many times it’s not as good and I have already cry much pictured the characters and places so it’s confusing 😬

The Beach novel was darker and more disturbing but I did enjoy the film

Silence of the Lambs is a brilliant book and film but from the film he didn’t come over as obsessed about his mother

One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest I liked the film as much

and Of Mice and Men

The only film I have seen that did justice to the book was 'The Constant Gardener'