I would like to watch movies if the book is a little too heavy for me. I thought the Lord of the Rings movies are a great adaptation of the book. They not only helped me to visualize the story better but I also thought they were relevant to the book, and were everything that I pictured, or a better version of what I pictured. The only grouse I had was the extra romance scenes and some characters that were cut out, but I understand how romance is so important to hollywood *rollseyes* and that it's difficult to squeeze such a heavy book into 3 movies, so overall, I still think its great.

There are some movie adaptations that really irritate me. The Narnia movies were disappointing to me. The 2nd one was even more boring and darker. If a movie is found to be less interesting and fun than a book, then the movie production team needs to do some serious reflection. The Memoirs of a Geisha movie just became a horrible sappy romance story and all the costumes were wrong, wrong, wrong! They believe they left out the most important theme/message of the book, so that's one of the most appalling crimes in a book to movie adaptation.

Basically for me, if the adaptation is good, I will like it. If it removes/alters plots and characters for no apparent reason, I'll be upset and extremely irritated. If directors want to do a book adaptation, jolly well stick to the book. If they want to be 'creative' about it, they should get a brand new script.

 

 

 

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from what i've experienced whenever you read a book and then see it's movie normaly the movie is bad but i cant say that comes out the same for every book-to-movies.
but in twilight's case i hear its going to be bad. two of my friends love the series but when they heard about the movie and saw who was going to do the acting they said it was going to be bad. though i never read the book but since they have i can trust their opinion.

 

 

 

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I'm usually not a fan of movies made from books...I find that the book is often much more detailed and gives you a better chance to get to know the characters. I really dislike watching the movie before reading the book since it ruins the ending of the book and doesn't give me the opportunity to imagine things as I would have if I hadn't seen the movie first. I refused to watch a movie version of Jane Eyre, my favorite book, because I knew that it would never, ever be as good.

On the other hand, if the book is a drama, then I enjoy seeing different movie versions of it, provided the script is kept in full. It's interesting to see the interpretations, and this way the story doesn't get cut or warped.

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Some movies taken from books are good but there is a great variety that are just horible take into example the eragon movie those of us that read the book where completely horrified of the movie that movie was horrible. People that didn't even read the book say it was "Ok"

All in all it just depends on how good the book was and on the people that produce the movie plus how much the author lets them use.

To ansewer the question does it iritate me yes.

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I think the same too ...especially with Lord of the Rings. That book was s o heavy for me that I thought I'd take atleast 3 months to wade through it , plus some time for the appendices and history stuff (I got the Omnibus edition). But the movie made it so much more simpler for me - the musical renditions in the movie was also out of this world.
However, I would not say that i am too pleased with the Harry potter series of movies that they are pumping out. Oh, sure , I accept that the actors are doing a good job of it; but after having read the book, I don't find it so easy to digest the way they make such cuts in the movie.
I recently discovered another delightful phenomenon - known as "Audiobooks". They often bring the characters alive, but some just kill the book off in one chop. I would recommend that one go for the dramatized versions of books, or those given by Audible. So many others I have downloaded are so staccato.

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I am fine with it. I often read the books first, so even though I have my own view it kind of gets combined with the film. What I hate is when they change things in the films, or they jump over things. Like in the Harry Potter films, it is so many things that they do not care to mention! I know that it would just take up time, but I really do not think that viewers would mind the film being 30 minutes longer. I know I would not.

But I think that people that decide to turn books into films, should care more about the book. Even though it is "based on the book" they could focus a bit more on it and maybe actually learn the meaning of it. They kill so many visions about how the characters are and such things. But if people do not want to ruin their visions and memories - do not watch the film. It is as simple as that.

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Ya ... many people don't like books turned into movies.

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Yes I do enjoy movies that are derived from books. Of course not all such movies is worth of book, but I understand that the movies and books is totally different things and after You watch the movie You may want to read the book, it makes more fun to see same story from different sides and then compare it.

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Hmm, you've got some good points. Actually, that's what happened with me and A Series of Unfortunate Events. I watched the movie, liked it, then read the books. I thought both were pretty good but you always lose (as well as gain) something when you translate something from page to screen...

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With the Series of Unfortunate Events movie especially, you lose all the references and humor the author includes in the writing of the book. This was also the case with the Princess Bride. I saw the movie first and I had no idea that the book was actually humorous, until I read it. Then I wished that the movie had somehow been able to incorporate that into it, since it really is what made the book interesting.

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