What’s your opinion of movie adaptations?
If I find out that a movie is based on the book, I’m one of those people who would rather read the book first. (Unless it’s one of those movies that I end up finding out it’s based on the book after I’ve already seen it.) Unfortunately, if I end up reading the book and hating it, I end up not seeing the movie at all. This has happened to me on several occasions:
In both cases, I ended up not being a fan of the ending at all, which is a huge deal-breaker. As much as the movie trailers interested me, I just couldn’t get myself to watch the movies to this day. I’ve heard that the ending of Dear John is different from the novel, so maybe there is a slight chance that I’ll watch it in the future.
A movie adaptation that I do love? Lord of the Rings blew me away and of course there’s:
aww i still haven’t read or seen the movie dear john
I really liked The Time Traveler’s Wife, as a book. I’ve never seen the movie. The book was depressing enough, so I had no interest in sitting through another 2 or so hours of the same depression.
I’ve never read Dear John, but I did read Sparks’ A Walk to Remember AFTER seeing the movie, and was insanely disappointed. The book was so blah full of absolutely nothing compared to the movie.
LOL. I think the fact that it was depressing was one of the reasons I didn’t like it. Me + depressing books = not a good match.
Well good thing I haven’t read AWTR yet. I really did like the movie though but I watched that before I even knew who Nicholas Sparks was.
I definitely have to read the book first. The books are always better. I didn’t like the movie of the Time Traveler’s Wife, but I loved the book. I loved the Twilight series but the movies suck.
I think everyone says that about the Twilight films! I’ve never read or seen the movies though so I can’t be one to judge.
I’m usually not a fan of book to film adaptations, but when liberties are taken to make them just as enjoyable without detracting (harry potter), I enjoy them.
I hated the last song, dear john…percy jackson…a lot
I just watched Percy Jackson over the summer and I was really disappointed as well. On one hand, I liked that the character was a bit older, but on the other hand the characters were just not the same. The book was SO much funnier too!
I prefer reading the book first but usually I see the movie first, mostly because I hear about the book later. I read Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice first and wasn’t fan of the movie. But I love Lord of the Rings.
Yes! The Lord of the Rings movie actually made me want to tackle the books even if they were really long and intimidating back when I was in my early teens.
I like reading the book first too. I usually find that I like whichever I experience first better, and I’d rather that be the book.
Sometimes I think my imagination does a better job than the movies ever will!