Summary

Every time a popular book is adapted into a movie , some fans object to the changes that are made , but in uttermost cases , even the author will vocalize their hatred for the film . Each movie maker convey on an adaptation must decide which role of the Christian Bible to alter or reduce , and what the book will seem like on motion-picture show . Sometimes , source praise the flick adaptationsof their works , but it ’s just as potential that they ’ll hate the last outcome . Once an author signs aside the picture right wing to their Koran , they may lose ascendancy over how their stories are tell .

read the book before watching its film adaptation can greatly enrich the viewing experience and enhance understanding of the motion-picture show ’s story .

10The Lawnmower Man (1992)

Stephen King

King went so far as to sue New Line Cinema to have his name removed from The Lawnmower Man .

Stephen King has check scores of his work adapt into movies and TV show over the year . He has even write the scripts for many of them , most recentlyCell , starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson . However , King does n’t always jazz the ways Hollywood interprets his works , and he even went so far as to action New Line Cinema to have his name removed fromThe Lawnmower Man . Stephen King hatedThe Lawnmower Manbecause it had nothing in common with his unretentive account of the same name . The Pierce Brosnan movie is n’t the only adaption King hates .

Stephen King write a immense routine of stories that were adapted for film , but while he ’s the source of inspiration , it does n’t mean he ’s always a fan .

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9V For Vendetta (2005)

Alan Moore

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Legendary comic book source Alan Moore has been outspoken about his distaste for the way Hollywood has adapt his employment over the years . V for Vendettaisn’t the only movie which he feels is a disappointment . He has also gone on disc stating howWatchmenandThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemenfailed to live up to his standard . V for Vendettaexcludes fundamental detailsfrom the funny book , and Moore has hypothesise that the movie was a halfhearted attempt at commenting on George Bush ’s politics , although Moore write the lifelike novels in the 1980s .

8American Psycho (2000)

Bret Easton Ellis

While he apprize the film ’s dark humor , he sticks by his belief thatAmerican Psychodidn’t want an adaption .

There were plenty of attempt to turn Bret Easton Ellis’American Psychointo a movie during the 1990s , some with Ellis writing the book himself and some without . Ultimately , Mary Harron directed the labor with Christian Bale in the lead use as Patrick Bateman . Ellis has stated that he has mixed feelings about Harron ’s adaption . While he appreciates the film ’s dark mood , he sticks by his belief thatAmerican Psychodidn’t demand an adaption . On an episode of the podcast " WTF with Marc Maron , " Ellis opined thatAmerican Psycho ’s endingtries to introduce too much equivocalness all at once .

7I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

Lois Duncan

Duncan has say that she was"appalled"that her news report was wrench so much

Few moving picture adaptation are bold enough to completely commute the genre of the schoolbook they are adapting , but this is precisely what happened withI Know What You Did Last Summer . Lois Duncan wrote the book as a suspense novel for young adult , but her work was wrick into a gory slasher flick . Duncan has said that she was"appalled"that her story was wrestle so much . ( viaAbsoluteWrite)The hook - handed killer was a creation of the film , not the Good Book , and Duncan was shock to see her characters being kill off one - by - one against her wishes .

6My Foolish Heart (1949)

Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut by J. D. Salinger

Although there has been persistent sake from Hollywood studio in making an adaptation of J. D. Salinger ’s novel , The Catcher in the Rye , the generator refused after seeing one of his short stories butchered in the forties . ( viaThe New York Times)Uncle Wiggily in Connecticutis a grievous story about an alcoholic woman who takes her resentment out on her girl ’s imaginary friend in a misplaced tirade against the man who have wronged her . By compare , My gooselike Heartis a dramatically inept melodrama that was promptly draw a blank . Salinger never take into account any of his other stories to be adjust .

5Murder at the Gallop (1963)

After the Funeral by Agatha Christie

Christie ’s hatred for the film industry ’s version of her crime novel was so intense that her friends and family would have to admonish her not to watch sure movies .

Agatha Christie see her oeuvre adapted into dozens of picture show and boob tube shows over the age , but she was seldom fond of the outcome . Murder at the Gallopis just one example of an adaptation which irked the Queen of Crime , who particularly dislike Margaret Rutherford ’s comedic interpretation of Miss Marple . Christie ’s hate for the movie diligence ’s adaptation of her offence novels was so intense that her friends and crime syndicate would have to warn her not to follow certain movie , knowing that she would happen them too upsetting to brook . ( viaRadioTimes )

Agatha Christie created iconic characters like Hercule Poirot , Miss Marple , and more . Her novels made for great movie adaptation - here are the best !

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4Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Dahl also wanted Spike Milligan or Peter Sellers as the chocolatier , so Gene Wilder ’s cast was a disappointment to him .

Roald Dahl was in the beginning supposed to compose the script for the version of his dear children ’s account book , but the project was admit out of his hands when it moved too slowly . In the end , Roald Dahl dislikedWilly Wonka and the Chocolate Factoryafter it strayed too much from his book . The title modification emphasize how the motion-picture show shifts focus to Willy Wonka rather than Charlie , the true bomber of the story . red gram also require Spike Milligan or Peter Sellers as the chocolatier , so Gene Wilder ’s cast was a disappointment to him .

3Girl, Interrupted (1999)

Susanna Kaysen

Girl , Interrupteddoesn’t transfer Kaysen ’s work , it alter the story of her life .

Susanna Kaysen ’s gut - wrenching memoir of institutionalization in the sixties was made into a film by James Mangold , with Winona Ryder play the part of Kaysen . The film has woo controversy ever since its acquittance for its word picture of genial illness and self-destructive thinking , but Susanna Kaysen disliked Mangold ’s adaption for other reasons . Kaysen claims the moving picture is"melodramatic drivel,“and she criminate Mangold and the other writers of manufacture plot points that were n’t in the book . ( viathe Justice)Girl , Interrupteddoesn’t change Kaysen ’s study , it alters the story of her life .

2Breakfast At Tiffany’s (1961)

Truman Capote

Truman Capote ’s biggest issue with the film was the casting of Audrey Hepburn , since he prefer Marilyn Monroe as Holly .

Audrey Hepburn gave one of her best performances inBreakfast at Tiffanyas Holly Golightly , an outre but head-in-the-clouds socialite . There are many key differences between the novelette and the movie , especially the time period and the fact that the unnamed narrator is gay in the Word , rather than a love interest played by George Peppard . Truman Capote ’s biggest issue with the movie was the molding of Audrey Hepburn , since he preferred Marilyn Monroe as Holly . ( viaFar Out Magazine ) Hepburn possess the function , and it ’s hard to ideate anyone else in the iconic black dress and pearl necklace .

1Mary Poppins (1964)

P. L. Travers

Mary Poppinsis a Disney classic , with classic songs and a magical animated entr’acte , but P. L. Travers despised what Walt Disney did with her book . In fact , the vitality and the song were part of what Travers disliked so much , as she thought it made the wizardly nanny far too prissy . Mary Poppinsauthor P. L. Travers clash with Walt Disneythroughout the flick ’s excogitation and output . Their combative family relationship is novelise in the 2013 Tom Hanks movieSaving Mr. Banks , although this is n’t the most close retelling of the news report .

Sources : WTF with Marc Maron , AbsoluteWrite , The New York Times , RadioTimes , the Justice , Far Out Magazine ,

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Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka grinning in Grandpa Joe, Charlie, and Willy Wonka standing in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

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Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple in Murder at the Gallop.

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