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What’s the worst movie adaptation and why? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by bec1681@alien.top to c/books@metacritics.zone

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I think mine’s Z for Zachariah. The book is insane. A psychological survivalist thriller between a 14 year old girl and a strange man with unknown intent. The movie is… not this. They changed everything meaningful about the characters and lost all the tension. Hope someone does it properly one day. What’s your adaptation peeve?

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[–] Plenty-Character-416@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I love z for zachariah! I saw the trailer for the movie and decided not to watch it. Wasn't that film about a love triangle or something?

Ready Player One was the worst film adaptation. One of my favourite books and I literally stopped watching the film halfway through. I have never done that before, but I was genuinely that angry over how much they changed.

[–] bec1681@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah they introduced a second guy... what the actual fuck. I purged most of the film from memory because I was so let down.

I didn't enjoy Ready Player One movie either and for that - purged also.

[–] Plenty-Character-416@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

That's actually crazy. I don't understand why they would change the story that significantly. I think the BBC did a series on Z for Zachariah. It's very old; but from what I remember, they followed it exactly to the book. I think it's on youtube to watch. It seems a lot of film adaptations want to make serious books into feel goods. I thought They did The Book Thief bad as well. They turned a very sad book into a feel good movie. It's very frustrating.