Worst Movie Adaptations

[From The Uncanny Valley]

Of recent ones, my least favorite is hands-down The Giver. The original book is really something special, and now there are hundreds of thousands out there who think it's nothing more than a poor man's Twilight. They'll likely never even bother reading the book because of how bad the movie sucked.

The saddest part is it was in development hell for years and that is what we ended up with

 

[Tempest]

Stormbreaker, I liked the books when I was younger but the adaptation absolutely sucked

 

[Long Sun]

There are two kind of "winner" a movie that crap on its own merits and a movie that although a good movie doesn't honour the source material. For me my pick (and this is the second type) is Starship Troopers I love that movie but it just so far from Heinlein's original novel that it is the worst adaptation of all times still a good movie.

 

[Donatien Argez]

There are two kind of "winner" a movie that crap on its own merits and a movie that although a good movie doesn't honour the source material. For me my pick (and this is the second type) is Starship Troopers I love that movie but it just so far from Heinlein's original novel that it is the worst adaptation of all times still a good movie.

Who framed Roger Rabbit? would be in that same category.

 

[AnOminous]

Who framed Roger Rabbit? would be in that same category.

A movie has more duty to be a good movie than to be a good adaptation.

One of the worst 'adaptations' I can think of is Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing, despite the fact that it is slavishly faithful to the source material and Johnny Depp was almost eerie in his similarity to Hunter's actual appearance and demeanor.

But anyone who is familiar with the original work has probably read a paperback of it to falling apart and doesn't just want to see the same exact thing again.

 

[Some JERK]

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter was a pretty entertaining book with a surprisingly compelling story despite its doubly ridiculous premise. The movie, however, was abysmal. The worst part is, the author of the book actually wrote the screenplay and was therefore complicit in the hobbling of his own work.

 

[Tragi-Chan]

Someone already mentioned but also the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Just remember guys, Sean Connery said yes to Highlander II and the Avengers, but THIS was the movie that made him retire

I understand Connery had turned down Star Wars and Lord of the Rings, and figured this was his last chance to leap on board a moneyspinning franchise.

But yeah, as a fan of the comics, I hated the film. They took everything interesting about the characters in the comic and turned them into this generic superhero team. For me, the most appealing thing about the original line-up was that it was a group of totally dysfunctional and in several cases outright evil people, coerced and blackmailed into fighting for Empire. It could have been fantastic as a film, but Hollywood considers challenging characters to be a box office risk.

Apparently Fox are planning to have another stab at it, but to be honest I think it's probably going to flop again. The appeal of the comics is the intricate intertextual fictional universe, which is basically impossible to recreate in a film. And God only knows what they're going to do about the later volumes revolving around Harry Potter, Get Carter, The Boys from Brazil and other non-public-domain works.

 

[Somar]

As far as recent movies go those two Attack on Titan films are definitely bad. How could you take something as dark and awesome as AoT and turn it into something so awkard and boring?

 

[Hummingbird]

My own picks here would be the Tim Burton Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the Ron Howard Grinch. Both films are awful - in the latter's case, I knew it was awful even when it came out and I was barely out of diapers - and I think liking either of those films is a sign that something is wrong with you.

I agree with you on them both. Burton's version of Charlie is such an insufferable Mary-Sue. Even the novel version snuck a nibble from his birthday chocolate bar early.

 

[OXRAZOR]

As the resident Hitman fan (okay, there may be others but dammit I'm posting here first), I'm gonna say the Hitman movies. Haven't seen Agent 47 yet, but I'm pretty sure I can figure out it is a movie set up on spectacle and explosions.

Anyone who is an actual fan of the Hitman franchise knows damn well Agent 47 actively tries to avoid spectacle and explosions. He is supposed to be a phantom, an urban legend. He doesn't get the girl, and he doesn't go around with companions. He is a stone-cold professional. They should play like a crime drama, not a Die Hard movie. And for fuck sake Hollywood. I like Timothy Olyphant just fine, but why not get David Bateson, the voice of Agent 47 to play the role since he looks almost exactly like Agent 47 anyway?

Also? League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. It takes talent to fuck up things on that great of a scale.

evendoe you can go out loud in hitman WOA o algo