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Post by hi224 on Aug 11, 2020 0:42:55 GMT
anyone?.
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Post by CrepedCrusader on Aug 11, 2020 0:44:53 GMT
The Dark Tower was a pretty bad one. The Giver, too.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Aug 11, 2020 0:52:04 GMT
The last really disappointing movie adaptation of a book I'd read was Inferno (2016).
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Aug 11, 2020 1:00:07 GMT
The worst book adaption i have seen is a Danish movie from 1984 which adapted a book called Niels Klim's Underground Travels written in 1741 by by the Norwegian-Danish author Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754). I can tolerate movies not being good adaption as long as the movie is good, but this Danish movie was not just a bad adaption its one of the worst movies i have seen. Well to be fair its a mini series with 3 awful episodes. But this is by far the worst book adaption i have seen so that is the one i will say. The book is actually very good. |
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Post by gw on Aug 11, 2020 1:17:25 GMT
Illumination's The Lorax is the first one to come to mind. I know it's a picture book but it panders to the audience with poor attempts at low humor and all the songs are terrible. There are probably worse adaptations out there but I usually haven't both read the book and seen the movie.
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Post by politicidal on Aug 11, 2020 1:21:32 GMT
The Island of Doctor Moreau (1996). Brando, was the money really worth it?
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Aug 11, 2020 1:58:32 GMT
The Cat in the Hat
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Post by hi224 on Aug 11, 2020 1:59:30 GMT
The Island of Doctor Moreau (1996). Brando, was the money really worth it? after 1976? yeah sadly as well.
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Post by Archelaus on Aug 11, 2020 2:34:52 GMT
The Cat in the Hat (2003)
A Wrinkle in Time
Dragonball Evolution
I haven't read Dune, but David Lynch's adaptation was not that good of a film. You could also include The Hobbit because turning the book into a bloated trilogy was a bad idea born from greed.
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Post by Sarge on Aug 11, 2020 3:09:26 GMT
Dune.
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Post by maxwellperfect on Aug 11, 2020 3:48:55 GMT
Raise the Titanic!
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Post by thisguy4000 on Aug 11, 2020 4:01:30 GMT
Battlefield Earth is pretty terrible, but I haven’t read the book.
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Post by sdrew13163 on Aug 11, 2020 5:48:59 GMT
Not quite the worst, but the Hobbit trilogy is a pretty poor adaptation. I like the trilogy overall (the first two are both genuinely good movies), but as an adaptation of the book it’s a bloated mess.
It should’ve been one 3.5 hour movie. Jackson did a decent job stretching it into two movies with some of those notes Tolkien had on Gandalf’s solo adventures, but it was obvious that he had virtually nothing left in the tank by the third.
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Post by Prime etc. on Aug 11, 2020 6:17:23 GMT
THE OMEGA MAN was a bad adaptation of I AM LEGEND
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2020 6:30:40 GMT
The Dark Tower was a pretty bad one. The Giver, too. Hands down The Dark Tower. What a POS. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2020 6:31:36 GMT
I wasn't impressed with Hannibal.
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Post by moviemouth on Aug 11, 2020 7:02:17 GMT
The Island of Doctor Moreau (1996). Brando, was the money really worth it? The irony is that Brando is much of the reason the movie was ruined. I am referring to his on-set antics. My point is that the money might have been worth it if Brando actually cared about the vision of the original director, who was fired because he couldn't control the actors. There is a very good documentary about the making of this movie and it is the prefect example of good intent ruined by bad luck.
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Post by moviemouth on Aug 11, 2020 7:11:56 GMT
Every feature length Dr. Seuss movie, especially Cat in the Hat.
I have a soft spot for both the Jim Carrey Grinch movie and the recent animated version, but they are bad adaptations of the book.
I don't know if it is possible to make a good feature length adaptation of these books, because the books are very short.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2020 7:27:37 GMT
The Island of Doctor Moreau (1996). Brando, was the money really worth it? The irony is that Brando is much of the reason the movie was ruined. I am referring to his on-set antics. My point is that the money might have been worth it if Brando actually cared about the vision of the original director, who was fired because he couldn't control the actors. There is a very good documentary about the making of this movie and it is the prefect example of good intent ruined by bad luck. Val Kilmer was also a high-maintenance, whiny bitch from what I understand. He was actually cast as the main protagonist but got butthurt about something and insisted he and the other actor switch roles. That's one film I'd actually like to a remake of. The source material is great. |
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Post by moviemouth on Aug 11, 2020 7:36:46 GMT
The irony is that Brando is much of the reason the movie was ruined. I am referring to his on-set antics. My point is that the money might have been worth it if Brando actually cared about the vision of the original director, who was fired because he couldn't control the actors. There is a very good documentary about the making of this movie and it is the prefect example of good intent ruined by bad luck. Val Kilmer was also a high-maintenance, whiny bitch from what I understand. He was actually cast as the main protagonist but got butthurt about something and insisted he and the other actor switch roles. That's one film I'd actually like to a remake of. The source material is great. Val Kilmer was also part of the problem. Him and Brando were each their own problems and also didn't get along with eachother. This is a classic case of everything just going wrong shortly after production began and some of that had to do with weather problems that then delayed production. Val Kilmer was going through a divorce at the time and that is the reason he wanted to switch roles if I remember correctly. After Brando was hired he would just delay filming because of laziness and ego. He basically did whatever he wanted and that is part of why the original director was fired and the veteran John Frankenheimer was brought on to finish the film. I haven't read the book, but I get the gist of it based on the movie adaptations I have seen. I'd like too see a good movie version of this story, but I don't think that is going to happen. I also don't understand why it is seemingly so difficult to make a good movie version of The Great Gatsby.
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