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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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[–] OTO-Nate@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I Am Legend. The book is dark, brooding, heavy, and psychological. The movie really Hollywood'd it up, completely changing the entire point of the ending.

[–] ickyrainmaker@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

For most of the other responses, I had to see the movie to realize it was a poor adaptation. I didn't even have to see a trailer to know for this one. A poster was enough.

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

I’m still holding on to anger about the ending. One of my favourite books, saw it in the cinema just before Christmas. It was going so well for so much of it, then missed the whole point for a happy ending.

[–] Nostri@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

What's interesting about that is they actually filmed a more book faithful ending, but test audiences said it was too depressing, so the studio made them film the happy ending instead.

[–] ChocoSalt@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Just finished the book. The dog part is so sad

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

This …. That book is a masterpiece.

The movie isn’t just awful.

Even taking the book out of the equation and throwing film is just a mess

[–] OTO-Nate@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I'm sure the Will Smith effect played a role, lol

[–] SweetSue67@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I never even read the book and I knew that ending was cheaply thrown together to tie it up in a neat little bow.