Good Books, But Not So Good When Made Into A Film, Any Examples?

[piggynose]

cant think of any off the top of my head.

[agchristie]

A book is the original concept, the truth if you will. Any film based on a book is an interpretation and by default strays from the truth. So, a book's merit should not be diminished by a screen adaptation.

No film can be better than a book in terms of accuracy or the author's will where the book was written first,as it is not possible to construct an exact replica of the genuine article.

[Samuraisan]

The Physician, one of my all time favourite books. The film was rubbish

[Mamyalynne]

The Exorcist.

[hereIam]

I hate it when they change the ending, I went to see Billy Elliott at the Palace Theatre in Manchester last week and they changed the ending to that and as much as I enjoyed it, I was disappointed that the ending wasn't the same as the film ...

[dannyk13]

Witness For The Prosecution- the film remake was dire.

[vulcan42]

What I don't understand is, the book must have been good in the first place to be considered for a film. If it was so good why do they rewrite it to such an extent that the only thing remaining of the original story is the title.

[dannyk13]

There are things in print that cannot realistically be reproduced on film.