Does it wind you up when you go to see a film adapted from a book and...

[NotmyELFtoday]

... they have totally changed the story line?

I was reading something in the paper regarding My Sisters Keeper which is being made into a film. The film sounds very similar to the book until the quotes of:

"Author Jodi recently admitted fans of her book may be surprised because film producers had changed the ending for the big screen.

She said: 'Having the ending changed would certainly not have been my choice. I wrote the ending very intentionally because I wanted to leave the reader with a certain message. And changing that ending changes that message."

Why do they mess with a perfectly good ending?!

I dont think I've ever enjoyed a film made from a book (if I have read the book iyswim!)

[elvislives]

The Mist was another film with a completely different ending. I was so annoyed I'd sat through the whole film for that.

DS was arguing with me about the ending of another SK adaptation 1409 saying it was disappointing he got out. We'd seen it recently and he didn't get out. Transpires there are 2 versions..

[gallusbesom]

I try not to watch an SK adaptations cos they are NEVER as good as the book

[drdad]

Ironically, Frank Darabont, who directed The Mist, also did The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption, many people's favourite SK adaptations. I quite like The Mist for the most part, but the ending is so miserably downbeat it's actually quite hilarious.