Being dyslexic I envy people who can get such enjoyment in reading I struggle, have to read the words one by one to get any sense out of what I’m readingI don't know about you but I am a big reader and it's exciting when a book you have read gets turned into a movie, because you want to see how the story looks like visually I guess if it's like how you imagined it would be.
How disappointing then is it when a well-loved classic book gets adapted to the screen and the screen adaption changes the plot so much from the original that you don't recognise it, or totally messes with a character? I can forgive poetic or dramatic licence for many things and given that screen can only fit so much plot and drama within say 2 hours.
But I groan at some clunkers. Like for example.
The Secret Garden. Wonderful charming book --but the latest screen adaption had Mary not doing much gardening whatsoever and Misselthwaite nearly burned to the ground - which did NOT happen in the book.
The Hobbit. Great fantasy book but the movie dragged out for 3 installments and added extra characters who were NOT in the book.
Anne of Green Gables. The newest adaption has Anne with an 'e' have abusive flashbacks and extra characters NOT in the book, she also saves an entire house from burning down which again was NOT in the book.
Little House on the Prairie. It's always emphasised in the book that Laura had brown hair and Mary had blonde, but in one adaption, Laura had BLONDE hair.
Noah - This movie adaption had extra characters not in the biblical story trying to kill Noah.
Is it just me or is it asking a bit too much for a screen adaption to respect and stay true to the story or characters? Then you can say this is a screen adaption of a great story instead of this is a travesty/mockery of the original!
Only to find halfway down the page I’ve read the same line twice