Books Into Movies - does it irritate you?

Some years ago I read a book called 'One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest';some years later the book was made into a movie starring the great JACK NICHOLSON.The disimilarities beteween the book and the movie were more than apparent,but turning a book into a movie is not that harmful in my view.Writing fiction is an art that is totally different from the art / the craft of making movies;if we remember this idea well, then we could enjoy each work in the same way! -reply by Moh Essafi

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Me myself, I'm not much of a book reader. So I usually need something to kick my interests in it for me to pick it up and read it.

when i say kick my interests, i don't mean the little synopsis on the back of the book, that never gives enough detail about what the story is about to spark my interests in it. I need something that shows me or tells me a full summary from front to rear, kind of like something an elementary school student would write as a book review, short, to the point, but descriptive. I have found with a couple of series that turning the books into movies spiked my intrests in the book. For example, I had picked up the book twilight back in 2006 a little bit after it came out, and read the synopsis but didn't like it so i put it down. The preview came out for the movie, and i thought, hmm that would make an interesting book. So i bought it and loved it, then proceed to read the rest of the books.

Similar things have happened to other books for me like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, the Inheritance trilogy (eragon, eldest, brisingr), and many other books/series.

Overall, i like it when they turn books into movies because it seems to have gotten more people into reading. They'll see the movie, then be like "holy cow!! that was an awesome movie, i HAVE TO read the book" and then through that book they'll pick up other books similar to it. Plus, with most movies, the movie producer has to get the authors agreement that a certain actor portrays the characters the way the author wants it to be done, so you can put a face to the names in the book when you're reading it. If you like the thrill of making your own faces for characters, witting your own book is a good idea. lol

Although i do hate it if when a scene you feel is important, is changed or completely cut out of the movie. And that there's allot of stuff cut out from the transition from book to movie.

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I hate it, absolutely hate it when they turn books into movies, especially when you have already read the book. Expample: If you already read Harry Potter 5, you can see that they skiped a few stuff while making the movies. Which is very anoying, especially when it's a scene that you love. I also think this is just very unoriginal of the producer

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I also don't like books being converted into movies. Most of the time the book is too long to be fit into screenplay and a lot of important parts in the plot are cut off. Also, a lot is being added in that has nothing to do with the book.

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I don't like books being tranlated in movie. Movie tends to add in elements that is not from the original storylines. Most of the time, it is to make the movie more commercial variable. A classic example would be the Titanic. The movie diverted from main gist which is the tragedy and in place, we had the Jack and Rose "drama". Whatever people talk about the movie, it is on the love story between Jack and Rose or that song sung by Celine Dion and NOT the sinking of Titanic. This is kinda sad I would say.

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