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When books are adapt into movies and television receiver shows , they are often judged based on how accurately they transform the story from the page to the screen , but some " bad"adaptations can still be brilliant in their own rightfield . Adapting Book is a difficult task . Readers ordinarily build up up a mental paradigm of the story , so creating a visual domain which pleases everyone is almost impossible . Aside from the visual thoughtfulness , movies and video shows are often draw to condense a much longer story to fit into a shorter formatting . supply in music , casting , and tempo , and it ’s no curiosity that so many adaptations allow readers disappointed .
However , just because an adjustment is n’t all close to its source material does n’t mean that it has no merit . Movies and idiot box show should be pronounce based on more than just how closely they adhere to a book . Even if an writer publicly say their distaste for an version , this does n’t mean the adaptation should be completely forgotten . Filmmakers need to have the exemption to inject their own idea into a project . This may tip over the author or some readers , but it can benefit the movie or TV show in unexpected way . Some large movies and goggle box shows habituate a playscript as a jump off breaker point , but then they forge their own unique storey .
novel are a great source of inspiration for new plastic film and TV shows , and many production studio rely on these adaptations for future substance .
10Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)
Based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl did n’t care for the big - screen adaptation of his popular nestling ’s novel . The first problem was that the movie changed the name , but this reflects how the movie pay much more attending to Willy Wonka than the friend of the leger , Charlie . pigeon pea was originally hired to spell the script , but the project was taken out of his hands , and the character of Willy Wonka develop a slew . Gene Wilder portray Wonka with pernicious conceal pain sensation , which is completely absent in the book . Dahl prevent a Willy Wonka continuation from being madebecause of his aversion for the first movie .
9Killing Eve (2018-2022)
Based on the Villanelle novels by Luke Jennings
Killing Eveended in controversial fashion , with Villanelle being gunned down in the series close . This received a lot of recoil from sports fan , and the fourth season was a mediocre send - off in general . The ending of Luke Jennings ’ novel could have render a more popular last , as it sees Villanelle and Eve living together as a couple in Russia . Konstantin ’s expiry was also handled very other than in the show . In the books , he is killed by Villanelle , rather than Pam . Despite these changes , Killing Evestill stayed true to the book ’s depicting of the obsessive , all - consuming family relationship between Eve and Villanelle .
8World War Z (2013)
Based on World War Z by Max Brooks
World War Zhas very little in common with Max Brooks ’ novel of the same name , except for an apocalyptic setting . The zombies in the playscript are described as slow moving , far from the quick zombies with access to a hive mind in the motion picture . Brad Pitt ’s character was make up for the adaptation as well . World War Zdoesn’t easily lend itself to an adaptation . It follows a UN employee who interviews subsister of the apocalypse over a period of ten years . This format is entirely scrapped for the movie , which conform more closely to the found conventions of the zombi spirit horror musical style .
David Fincher ’s plans for World War Z 2 sound so unbelievably sound that is it intemperate not to feel forged about the fact that the movie continuation never occur .
7O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Based on The Odyssey by Homer
It ’s a deliberately loose adaptation , go down in 1930s Missouri rather than Ancient Greece , and with a one - eyed man rather than a cyclops .
O Brother , Where Art Thougets its title from a fake flick in the 1941 filmSullivan ’s traveling , but the tarradiddle is base on Homer ’s heroic poem , The Odyssey . It ’s a deliberately loose adaptation , set in thirties Missouri rather than Ancient Greece , and with a one - eyed mankind rather than a cyclops . Still , whileO Brother , Where Art Thouis about as traitorous as adaptation come , it ’s a brilliant caper , aided by a strong clowning cast and more than one unforgettable song . The Odysseyis one of the foundational texts of westerly lit , so it has been adjust , reinvent , and retold for century .
6Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
Based on Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
As with any of Hayao Miyazaki ’s movies , Howl ’s Moving Castleis filled with fascinating characters and intangible magic . ButHowl ’s Moving Castlechanges the bookin many ways . Most of the fundamental role are altered in some style . Martha , Markl , and Madame Suliman are n’t even in the ledger . They are mostly cobble together from other characters , but consolidate them into fewer characters helps simplify the narrative of the movie . The movie also focus a lot more on the war and less on Sophie ’s major power . Most of the changes made for the movie help streamline the story , but they do n’t detract from the magical intrigue .
5Game Of Thrones (2011-2019)
Based on A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin
Game of Throneshad to fill up in some massive gaps when the series supercharge at a quicker rate than George R.R. Martin ’s novel . Without the novels to have-to doe with to , the series had to make its own story lines , but it had already diverge from Martin ’s vision from the beginning . Game of Throneswas forced to condense some key reference details , and it made changes to Sansa and Catelyn Stark ’s fates . Game of Throneschanged Daenarys Targaryenmore than most characters , and her eventual “ Mad Queen ” turn throw much more mother wit in the books , as her prognostication and vision hint toward her eventual destiny .
4War Of The Worlds (2005)
Based on The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
There have been plenty of adaptations ofThe War of the Worlds , including motion-picture show , telly appearance , radio receiver dramas , and stage free rein . Steven Spielberg ’s 2005 adaption is one of the most well - known , with Tom Cruise in the lead role . The War of the Worldswas first issue in 1898 , and the 2005 adaptation understands that the place setting should be updated to reflect the same mother wit of futurist horror . This is a case of a trivial change being made to keep the root cloth ’s spirit intact . The location of the story is also moved from London to New York , and the protagonist has tiddler in the movie , unlike in the book .
3Foundation (2021-)
Based on the Foundation novels by Isaac Asimov
Foundationdrastically alters some of the reference from Isaac Asimov ’s novel . Several key character reference are sexuality - swapped in the show , admit Gaal Dornick and Salvor Hardin , but these changes are relatively trivial compared to some of the other decisions the show makes . Asimov was n’t as concerned with the Emperor in his novel , but the show builds up the story of his derivation and makes him a more central figure . The character of Raych does n’t even exist in the books , but she ’s a key character in the show . Foundationstill respects the themes and the tone of Asimov ’s work , even if it is n’t a one - to - one adaption .
Apple TV+ ’s Foundation introduces viewers to a extragalactic nebula of untold possibilities , pep up by the works of legendary science - fiction writer Isaac Asimov .
2Shrek (2001)
Based on Shrek! by William Steig
Shrek is even uglier in William Steig ’s picture Word . His smell is so putrid that the tree lean aside from him , and he can manipulate food just by looking at it . Shrek retains some of his more odious qualities in the Dreamworks animation , but the movie changes his story entirely . Shrek ’s parents are nowhere to be reckon , and he goes on a classic hero ’s journeying , where he see to have the best his flaw and salvage a princess . It ’s a funny corruption of fairy - tale figure of speech , but it has footling in common with Steig ’s narration . There is still a dragon and a princess , but Shrek face every obstacle with the same joyful enthusiasm .
1The Shining (1980)
Based on The Shining by Stephen King
King has been complimentary about the visual trend , but he disagreed with how Kubrick cover the type of Jack .
Stephen King ’s novels have been adapted into plenty of great movies and TV appearance , even if they sometimes vary drastically on their transition to the screen . Stephen King was decisive of Stanley Kubrick’sThe Shining , feeling that it changed the substance of his novel . He has been complimentary about the visual vogue , and Kubrick ’s other oeuvre , but he disaccord with how Kubrick handled the fibre of Jack , played by Jack Nicholson . King wanted the malevolent forces inThe Shiningto constitute an all-powerful evil which can terrorize devoid people , but Kubrick believed that the iniquity amount from deep within Jack .
