emelee Posted January 2, 2012 Posted January 2, 2012 Recently I read Roald Dahl's Matilda & Charlie and the chocolate factory. I especially loved Matilda. Was curious of C&TCF as it is a Burton/Depp project. But I saw the promo on Youtube and I was like Noooo!!!!!!! I can't watch it. It will forever ruin my vision of the characters! Next I saw the first couple of minutes of Matilda. When I saw that Danny DeVito and Rhea Perleman were playing the parents, I immidiately decided NOT to watch!!!! Quote
emelee Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 I wasn't a fan of the film adaptation of Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper. The book was beautiful, but the film ruined it.... agreed 150%!! I absolutely loved the book My Sister's Keeper ... Hated the movie for it ... soo bad Had a hard time picturing Cameron Diaz as the mother. Also, I just could not stand the ending where everyone had aged EXCEPT Abigail Breslin. Same age, when it is SHE who should have looked more changed. Quote
Glittergloss67 Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 Had a hard time picturing Cameron Diaz as the mother. Also, I just could not stand the ending where everyone had aged EXCEPT Abigail Breslin. Same age, when it is SHE who should have looked more changed. Agreed Completely Quote
Chiara Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Recently I read Roald Dahl's Matilda & Charlie and the chocolate factory. I especially loved Matilda. Was curious of C&TCF as it is a Burton/Depp project. But I saw the promo on Youtube and I was like Noooo!!!!!!! I can't watch it. It will forever ruin my vision of the characters! Next I saw the first couple of minutes of Matilda. When I saw that Danny DeVito and Rhea Perleman were playing the parents, I immidiately decided NOT to watch!!!! It's been a while since I read the book, but I read Matilda after having seen the movie a thousand times and I thought the book was actually quite disappointing. I really liked the movie and it's funnier than the book. I don't think Danny DeVito and Rhea Perleman did a very bad job playing the parents and I really think it's worth watching the movie. Quote
karen.d Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 It's been a while since I read the book, but I read Matilda after having seen the movie a thousand times and I thought the book was actually quite disappointing. I really liked the movie and it's funnier than the book. I don't think Danny DeVito and Rhea Perleman did a very bad job playing the parents and I really think it's worth watching the movie. I agree that 'Matilda' isn't a bad film, but I hate Burton's version of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'. It's far too weird and, even though I think that Johnny Depp is a good actor, I think he's terrible as Willy Wonka. Quote
Chiara Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 I agree that 'Matilda' isn't a bad film, but I hate Burton's version of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'. It's far too weird and, even though I think that Johnny Depp is a good actor, I think he's terrible as Willy Wonka. Totally agree with that. Do you think the book is better? I haven't read it, but I'm not very motivated to read it since I hate the movie. Quote
karen.d Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Well I adored reading Roald Dahl books as a child, particularly 'Charlie and The Chocolate Factory'. So I would say that reading any Roald Dahl book, is worth the effort. Quote
emelee Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 I have a problem with DeVito & Perlman. I don't really care for them. I don't see them as the parents after having read Matilda. The illustrations of the parents in the book look nothing like DeVito/Perlman, and I really pictured the parents looking like the illustrations and I liked that. Also, Matilda was such a tiny cutie in the illustrations, that I would rather picture her like that. Same goes for Charlie & the Chocolate Factory in some ways. The Oompa-Loompas in the film looks nothing at all like I pictured them in my head. Also, Willy Wonka looked nothing like how Johnny Depp looked like. So I just cannot bring myself to watch it!!! It would totally destroy my image of the characters. Quote
karen.d Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 I have a problem with DeVito & Perlman. I don't really care for them. I don't see them as the parents after having read Matilda. The illustrations of the parents in the book look nothing like DeVito/Perlman, and I really pictured the parents looking like the illustrations and I liked that. Also, Matilda was such a tiny cutie in the illustrations, that I would rather picture her like that. Same goes for Charlie & the Chocolate Factory in some ways. The Oompa-Loompas in the film looks nothing at all like I pictured them in my head. Also, Willy Wonka looked nothing like how Johnny Depp looked like. So I just cannot bring myself to watch it!!! It would totally destroy my image of the characters. I totally agree with you. The only good things about the Johnny Depp version, were that it mentioned that Charlie's dad working in a toothpaste factory (whereas in the 1970's version, Charlie didn't have a dad) and Pondicherry and the chocolate palace. Apart from that, I prefer the Gene Wilder version of the book. Quote
sadya Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 I like the Gene Wilder version too and showed my children both movies. They enjoyed some of the music in de Depp version better, but overall they preferred Wilder. Usually my children like Depp very much, especially my son, he keeps watching POTC movies, all of them. I can't even hear the music anymore. Yet both of my kids liked the older version of the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, mind you they are 12 and 14. Quote
Gad786 Posted March 13, 2012 Posted March 13, 2012 (edited) Oh no! Don't thell me they are making a Dorian Gray movie! 'The Golden Compass' is a winner in my personal worst screen adaptation top 5. Actually,the movie sucks for a few reasons: 1.it leaves alot out from the book 2.they didnt complete the movie,they only made the movie of the first book in the series Edited March 13, 2012 by Gad786 Quote
Phil1980 Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 I was gutted with the Golden Compass being pretty crap Quote
Warwick Posted December 24, 2012 Posted December 24, 2012 Books turned into movies sometimes fail to meet our expectations. Do you usually watch movies just because you've read the book and want to compare them? What is the worst movie adaptation of a book that you have read? Quote
Raven Posted December 24, 2012 Posted December 24, 2012 Don't we already have a thread for this somewhere? Quote
chesilbeach Posted December 24, 2012 Posted December 24, 2012 HI Warwick, there are a few threads already about films adapted from books, but this one matches your question: http://www.bookclubforum.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/3084-worst-ever-film-from-a-book Quote
pontalba Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 I found an interesting article regarding translating a story from book to film on the New York Times..... Rethinking Those Words for Screen It details some great examples. Quote
NickB Posted January 16, 2013 Posted January 16, 2013 I was a bit disappointed at The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo american film adaptation. They completely changed the ending and I feel like the casting for Lisbeth Salander could of been better, someone a bit prettier In the book she is supposed to be attractive, but in a strange fascinating kind of way. I haven't watched and read enough film to book combinations to really rank them though. Quote
Brian. Posted January 16, 2013 Posted January 16, 2013 I was a bit disappointed at The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo american film adaptation. They completely changed the ending and I feel like the casting for Lisbeth Salander could of been better, someone a bit prettier In the book she is supposed to be attractive, but in a strange fascinating kind of way. I haven't watched and read enough film to book combinations to really rank them though. Have you seen the Swedish movies, they are a far better watch in my opinion. Quote
NickB Posted January 16, 2013 Posted January 16, 2013 Have you seen the Swedish movies, they are a far better watch in my opinion. No, I haven't. That's interesting, are they in English or are they dubbed or subtitled? Quote
Brian. Posted January 16, 2013 Posted January 16, 2013 The are Swedish with the option of subtitles or an English dub. I almost always watch foreign movies with subtitles as I feel that the dub loses something. I made the mistake of watching the second movie with the English dialogue over dub and it lost a lot of the emotion in the movie and really spoiled it for me. Quote
Devi Posted January 16, 2013 Posted January 16, 2013 I always prefer the non dubbed foreign movies for the same reason. I watched battle royal a second time with dub and it didn't have the same emotional feelings, the voices were just flat. Quote
carm Posted January 17, 2013 Posted January 17, 2013 Endless Love-hated the book hated the song and really hated the movie Quote
Tiger Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 I was thoroughly disappointed with the film adaptation of Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper. I had to watch it in a RE lesson a couple of years ago when we were discussing saviour siblings, and everyone said what a good film it was, but they completely changed the ending of a beautiful story. Quote
risingdawn Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 Twilight wasn't a very good adaptation from the books and also the last couple of Harry Potter's. They missed out so much or changed details. I mean, didn't Voldemort dying and the battle with him and Harry happen differently in the book? Quote
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