Hills Creek Quilter: How Disappointing

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

How Disappointing

I hate it when movies change the books I love into something totally different!

Read this first...

Then, if you want a different story, maybe see this...

The movie is OK, but the book is so much better... I can't believe the author let them change the story so much...

7 comments:

Vicki W said...: I haven't readt that book because I'm not a fan of hers, but I totally agree with your post. When I really love a book I never see the movie, it's always a disappointment! You have to go in thinking that it's a movie that coincidentally has the same title as a book you read because that's generally the only resemblance to the original.; February 23, 2010 at 12:52 PM
Needled Mom said...: I'm not sure the authors have much say when they sell their rights. It is a bummer when they do that.; February 23, 2010 at 12:59 PM
Karen - Quilts...etc. said...: that has happened so often I think when a movie is so totally different than a book! I mean some of them even change what the person looks like! One of the series I read by John Sandford has the character Lucas being a dark haired blue eyed man of Canadian French ethnic background - in a tv movie that they did from one of his books Samuel L. Jackson played the part. I mean he did a good job but he was not the character. So many books are changed so much for the movie that it is like a totally different story.
Karen
http://karensquilting.com/blog/; February 23, 2010 at 1:11 PM
Rene' said...: Isn't that the way too many times? I loved the book so much that I didn't see the movie. I had a feeling from the previews that I wasn't going to like it. So glad I didn't bother.; February 23, 2010 at 7:22 PM
Unknown said...: So true about the movie/book relationship. They rarely are ever the same. Usually the book is better. I have never read her books because when I read the jackets they always seem to be "tear jerker" books. Is that an accurate representation. Because if it isn't, I might want to try one of her books.; February 23, 2010 at 9:16 PM
Unknown said...: Yes, read books after the movies, otherwise we are going to be disappointed.
Some authors must have control over their books before they sign off to movies. A lesson learned by Steven King.; February 24, 2010 at 8:58 AM
Meg said...: It's really unfortunate how often that happens--it has gotten to the point that I usually will pass on the movie (My Sister's Keeper, The Time Traveler's Wife, etc.) if I've read and liked the book. Although, sometimes authors get a little greedy and will sign away the rights to see/revise the script in order to get more $. Also unfortunate... :(; February 24, 2010 at 9:38 AM