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This week's question is:
"What book-to-movie adaption have you most liked? Which have you disliked?"
Oh I LOVE book to movie adaptations because they combine my 2 favorite things of course. I think Harry Potter was pretty well done. They left out a few things but I imagine it's pretty hard to squeeze some of those books into 2 hours. Memoirs of a Geisha is a beautiful movie and the music is amazing. I just finished reading Fight Club and I think the movie is pretty darn close. I saw Water for Elephants a few weeks ago and thought it was a pretty decent adaptation.
As for the bad ones, well, My Sister's Keeper completely changed the ending. FAIL. The Count of Monte Cristo with Jim Caviezel is a good movie on it's own but when compared to the book, not as awesome. They just cut out and changed so much. The Time Traveler's Wife was ok but I was bummed they changed the ending.
Well, those are the ones that come to mind. I'm excited to hear all your thoughts.
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Harry Potter movies don't make it to my favourite 'cause it's not just that they left out parts, I thought they left out all the important parts!! Deathly Hallows was good though! :) I have had the Fight Club book on my TBR list for a while now, I liked the movie!
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They changed too many things for the Harry Potter films to be good adaptations.
I also loved Memoirs of a Geisha and enjoyed The Count of Monte Christo - Richard Harris was an amazing actor.
I think the Harry Potter movies were done well. I haven't seen the other movies you mention. Have a great weekend!
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I agree with you on The Count of Monte Cristo. I was stunned by the ending.
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My sisters keeper was shocking!
I was also bummed about the ending in The Time Travellers Wife, but i still enjoyed the movie. I just don't get why they couldn't stick to the correct ending?!
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Completely agree about Count of Monte Cristo-my family hadn't read the book so they were happy but I couldn't believe the HUGE changes made that essentially left it a different film.
"My Sister's Keeper"!!!!! - tell me about it! I couldn't believe the change they made in that one - the book's ending WAS the story! I felt the same with Q&A vs Slumdog Millionaire - they changed that quite significantly too.
I didn't watch Memoirs of a Geisha. I hated the book so I didn't bother with the movie.
I have The Time Traveler's Wife, haven't read it yet though. So disappointed they changed the ending in the movie. Why do they do that?!
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I've never seen My Sister's Keeper but as I've been hopping, I've been noticing that people haven't been too happy with it.
I felt a bit meh about Water For Elephants, but probably because I loved the book so much!
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