What’s your most hated Book to Film? Mine is Blood and Chocolate and Vampire Academy.
What’s your most hated Book to Film? Mine is Blood and Chocolate and Vampire Academy.
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What’s your most hated Book to Film? Mine is Blood and Chocolate and Vampire Academy.
none ?♀️ liked em all pretty much
agreed, the movie from VA sucked !!!!!!!!!! and they’re my favourite books !!!!!!!!!!!
I hate the book Beautiful Creatures but I haven’t watched the film adaptation yet. I liked the movie for VA!
I loved blood and chocolate! I love the different endings
Noooo! I wanted her to be with Gabrielllllll!
@Angelee I cant rememberer who I liked more but I liked that one gave me one guy and the other gave me the other guy lol
It’s tied between The Maze Runner and Percy Jackson. I think Percy Jackson was a little worse, but I was more disappointed by the Maze Runner because it’s my favorite book/series.
Maze runner movie was horrible!! I was visibly angry.
@Sara me too! And what’s even worse is that now everyone wants to watch the movies and won’t give the books a chance because the movies are “better”. Makes me so angry, like give the books a chance! Half the reason I was excited for the series to be adapted was so more people would read the books.
twilight
What do you think could have made it better?
@Angelee better acting, and direction, the actors didn’t have the same passion that we felt from the characters in the book, and better camera work definitely
@Umeed The first film, to me, was terrible. Like it was trying too hard, but it got a little better as the movies went. I still like the final movie. That fight scene!
@Angelee the big battle? yes that was my fav too the only one i enjoyes in all movies might have enjoed it more than the book’s version
@Umeed totally agree.
Percy freaking Jackson
Inkheart comes to mind first. Bad adaptation.
Also Jurassic Park. Good movie but definitely could redo it more faithfully to the book and it’d be a different movie.
Eragon and Mortal Instruments
I heard Eragon the movie was TERRIBLE compared to the book.
Mortal instruments was awful. I don’t care for Jamie Campbell Bowers but I loved seeing Kevin Zeigers since I remember him from Airbud (I was five and he was a dreamy guy with a dog. What more could a girl want) but the adaptation was atrocious!!!
@Jelaina how about the tv show?
@Angelee the TV show was extremely unfaithful to the book.
@Harriet then I wont waste my time 🙂
I kinda loved Blood and Chocolate but absolutely hated the adaptions of VA, Fallen and Eragon
I think BaC was good as a separate thing, but I loved the book because of Gabriel and wanted to see that relationship brought to life. It was a good lesson that first love doesn’t always mean it’s the best.
Same!! But Blood and Chocolate takes the cake. And Mortal Instruments was bad too.
I haven’t read the TMI books. Was it even close to it?
@Angelee Yes and no. they took what they thought was the best parts from three books and condensed it. Ans left out pivotal characters altogether. Truly a great series to read. The acting in the movie was good but the director butchered it.
Oh Mortal instruments was by far the worst.
@Jelaina Wait!! Currently Mortal Engines takes the cake. just ??♀️??
@Barbie lol idk. Someone mentioned the Golden Compass which i completely forgot about. That was atrocious lol.
Ink heart. Twilight and Vampire Academy.
Vampire academy. Beautiful creatures.
Twilight, Blood and Chocolate
Miss peregrines school for peculiar children
Twilight and I am number four
Vampire Academy. They took my favorite series and killed it
@Danesha Yes!! And the books were amazing!!
@Barbie I actually watch a Sims series of the books on YouTube. The first two episodes are phenomenal just like the books. Every detail. Because of this, it takes time to get the episodes up but when they’re up it is worth it! Also the Bound by Shadows is the Frostbite fan series and it is great!
@Danesha Link!! I hated the crap they called a movie. Thy butchered it.
@Barbie https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5gkOwoZcFzskSnl8JaelbN1GBZxd3ZiA
There’s the Sims series (third episode should be out soon)
This is the VA series
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcFXmtAwx5DnzNtjusKUcRw
Frostbite Fan Series (Complete)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCurTz5rVesNoFlBfQp94IhA
@Danesha Thanks!
Divergent ?
I watched Insurgent and was like wtf! I didn’t even give Allegiant a shot.
yeah they got worse and worse as each came out. which sucked because divergent was my fav series and they just butchered it ?
@Audrey for such a popular series, you’d think they would’ve done better.
Percy Jackson.
Divergent and hunger games
Vampire Academy, Beautiful Creatures, and The Mortal Instruments (I didn’t like the novel of the last one anyways)
@Yomna TMI movie was awful, the series isn’t too bad though
@Yomna The book series is awesome as for the movie, They could’ve used the same actors for The series and I think it would’ve been better
@Heather Actually I think the opposite, movie-Clary was better than series-Clary for example, but the only reasons I’d say the series is better are:
1- Harry Shum Jr.
2- Matthew Daddario
3- Dominic Sherwood, who did an excellent Jace tbh
but the making of the series didn’t even fit the book’s level.
Maybe it got better though, I only watched the first 3 eps.
@Yomna I’m actually gonna finish it and maybe it will change my opinion on the show. Seeing Dominic Sherwood as Christian Ozera kinda scarred me.
Danesha BornforGreatness Givens Maybe -for using movie cast-. I’m still holding on to the three I mentioned above though xD As for the book, I only read the first one and couldn’t keep going to the second for some reason that I can’t place yet honestly, even though I was curious to what’s coming next because a friend of mine is obsessed with it and I can barely hold her back from spoiling it ? I might give it another go and start the second book soon.
As for Dominic, yes. OMG! They ruined his talent by the way they produced Vampire Academy. I think they kinda cursed the whole cast because I love Zoey Deutch but I don’t know how the heck they managed to see her as Rose :’)
@Yomna Same I always pictured Meghan Fox as Rose. The actual appearance of the cast is what irked me. Mia did NOT Have short hair ??
And Danila Kozlovsky is HOT and everything, but the long hair made him look older and he was already 28 -as much as I remember- and HOW COULD HE BE DEMITRI SHOW ME ONE SPECK OF CHEMISTRY BETWEEN HIM AND ZOEY!!!
That movie got me to the edge, just when I thought things couldn’t get worse than Alden Ehrenreich’s Ethan in Beautiful Creatures :’)
Hated how they made VA seem so teeny bopper when it’s a fairly dark story. But I personally loved blood and chocolate’s movie.
Percy Jackson and Mortal Instruments were both total train wrecks!
I just remembered how painful Blood and Chocolate was ??? I loved Gabriel
Never read blood and chocolate but I have the movie
@Brooke the movie is so tragically horrendous IFFFF you’ve read the book. If not it’s a fun movie.
Usually I read the book first but I watched the movie before I knew it was a book too
Percy Jackson and Eragon for me.
@Lauren I use to love eragon. But the books got to be too political for me. But meeting the author was awesome. And he’s really nice
Eragon, Percy Jackson, and Vampire Academy.
Divergent
Percy Jackson for sure. I was very disappointed in the movies.
Maze runner, I am number four
The only thing I hate about I Am Number Four movie is that they messed up Six’s powers and Henri’s death. They also forgot the training part where Henri put John on fire.
Ugh! I was so disappointed with Blood and Chocolate. I absolutely love the book! The movie came out on my birthday (whatever year that was) and I was so excited. It was awful. ?
I loved both versions of Blood and Chocolate, the endings were different but I enjoyed the way the story was portrayed. My least favorites are: Divergent, The Giver, World War Z, and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (blade runner).
@Squared's oh yeah, The Giver was a bad adaptation.
@Squared's what do you mean both versions of blood and chocolate?? They did it twice???
Where the Wild Things Are (Movie)
Eragon ?
Beautiful Creatures
Eragon (I can’t think of the right spelling right now. So sorry). The movie was good by itself but compared to the book.. ugh. So bad. And City of Bones. Just bad all around.
@Lauren you took the titles right out of my mouth!!!! I was sooo angry at both of those
The Golden Compass, Eragon and Vampire Academy. I haven’t read or watched Blood & Chocolate for a while so don’t remember.
@Katie holy crap I forgot about the golden compass. That was awful too. The books were so good!!!
Ready Player One. Holy crap, they ruined it. The book is so well written – so much nostalgia and they missed every great thing about the book. Don’t get it twisted – the movie itself was good (if you never read the book) but this is about book-to-movie adaptation.
@Elena I respectfully disagree. Having enjoyed both, I feel as though it would have been a very dull movie had they stuck to the original quests. I think changing them allowed them to showcase a lot of nostalgic 80’s pop culture (introducing the Delorean much earlier for example) and while it deviated from the original book, I feel it did the overarching theme justice!
I feel like if you watch the movie first (which is what I did) you enjoy it pretty much.
Ella Enchanted.. so so different from the book.
It’s one of my favorite books. It got me excited about reading as a kid. And the movie is just garbage.
Same here!
This is mine, as well. Ella Enchanted has been one of my favorites for years. I remember even thinking it would be cool if they made a movie out of it, lol. Then they finally announced the movie and I was pretty excited until I saw the trailer (and eventually the movie). 🙁 Just so, so bad.
I mean, that ending is so profound an amazing and an emotional roller coaster and in the movie she just orders herself in the mirror to break the curse. Lame.
And then everything is so silly in the movie when it’s not in the books. Ugh…
Seeing as I love the movie for its silly charm and never having read the book, now my interest is piqued!
Was Anne Hathaway good tho?
I 3000% agreed with this!!! It’s one of my favorite books form when I was kid and the movie just barfed all over it!!
@Angelee And I can’t even say how Anne Hathaway was in it because I couldn’t make it past the first 10-15 minutes. But the acting wasn’t the problem.
@Jelaina the book is 100% different. It’s not very long either. It’s a great rainy afternoon book.
Anne Hathaway is a good actress. They just wrote the movie to be so goofy. The book is not goofy at all. If you havent read this.. definitely read it!
Yes! The book was so good and they left out all of the fantastic bits about it!
@Ruby The didn’t just leave out the fantastic parts, they added whole bunch of random stuff! The movie really shouldn’t have been called Ella Enchanted…
TMI, Vampire Academy (didn’t watch more than 5 minutes of that one) and Divergent.
We were just talking about how noone should ever judge vampire academy by the movie!!! The books were sooo good
@Nikki ??♀️ I hate when I have to explain that garbage (movie) to people and they look at me funny… husband loves to hang thay over my head ?
Luckily half my group read it before the movie came out. Only a few people to convince :p
I think it would be awesome if they did a TV adaptation like TMI and Vapire Diaries
@Angelee so long as they got the casting right this time. The only one I liked was Rose but she wasn’t given the material to work with. And if Richelle Mead had a day in the script lol.
Blood and chocolate was so bad! The book was so good!
Eragon
Beautiful Creatures!! OMG it was a mere shell of the book.
Inkheart, Eragon, and Prisoner of Azkaban are my top three least favorite video adaptations.
@Jeanette oh girl PREACH!!! I LOVED Prisoner and felt Alfonso Curon’s directing just ruined it! Did you feel like you were squinting through the whole thing, or was that just me? Lol
It just felt so disjointed. Even my sister, who’s never read the books until her oldest got interested, said that that movie seemed all over the place AND out of order.
@Jeanette I completely agree. There was no cohesive flow… But maybe for me that’s because I felt like I couldn’t see what was going on lol
Mortal instruments! Also any fallen movie it’s dumb.
Vampire Academy
Vampire Academy and Eragon
vampire academy. i cried watching the trailer
THAT ?BAD?
My MOST hated is Eragon. Followed closely by Blood and Chocolate, Vampire Academy, and The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.
Insurgence and Allegeance, City of Bones, The Wardstone Chronicles, Percy Jackson and, sadly, many others
Eragon
Percy Jackson ?
Was it that bad? I haven’t read the books yet
Yes it was ? but the books are great
E R A G O N ???
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and City of Bones. CoB was the worst ever changes from book to film. HPatPOA was the biggest disappointment as it was my favorite book. But I felt like I squinted through the whole thing trying to see, and I wasn’t a fan of Alfonso Curon’s directive ideas.
@Jelaina 100% agree with you on POA. Like random scenes (bird v WW) instead of storyline.
ERAGON! I mean….they did have the character names right….but when you kill off characters that are still alive later in the series…yikes!
Vampire Assistant. That movie was a joke
Bahaha Blood and Chocolate! I forgot that movie even existed???
I wish it didnt!
@Leanna oh lord. I forgot about that movie too.
I don’t think I read the book. I know I read Silver Kiss or whatever it was by the same author. But I mean the movie was bad enough as it’s own entity that I clearly forgot it existed lmao
@Leanna both blood and chocolate and silver kiss were pretty decent books honestly.
Vampire Academy and The Divergent series. I almost walked out during Insurgent and I didn’t even see Allegiant because I knew it was going to be bad.
It was so bad that they didn’t even make part 2.
@Angelee Right?!
Eragon and the tv series of shadowhunters
Ella Enchanted
Those 2 were HORRIBLE!!! blood and chocolate is one of my favorites and they totally changed the whole thing ??
Eragon ?
Beautiful creatures and divergent series!!!
My sister’s keeper
Vampire Academy, 100%.
It was my absolute favorite series growing up, and will always be in my top ten, and having the movie be like…. that… just killed me.
I haven’t read the series, but the only thing I really enjoyed about the movie was the male lead actor (forgot his name…)
I loved him, and the Rose that they chose was perfect. It was just a horrible rendition of the books. They tried to make it into a comedy when the books were anything but comedic.
I’ll have to get a hold of them from my library some time. Right now I am about to start Circe by Madeline Miller.
Let me know if it’s good! I’ve been eyeing it since it came out!
I will. I was supposed to start reading it in the beginning of the month due to a book group I am a part of, but I had to binge read all three of the Stoker series because Dacre Stoker came to my town’s library. lol
That. Is. Awesome.
I so enjoyed it!!! I actually found out they are in the process of finalizing contracts to film the first book, Dracul. It is supposed to be from Bram Stoker’s POV as the main character.
@Mackenzie same!! It was a disappointment ?
@LeeAnne that’s so cool!!
Allegiant
Beautiful creatures
It’s been so long since I’ve read the books and seen the movie! I loved the book but can’t remember how the film ruined it. Was it the characters, or just everything?
Fallen
So many people don’t even know there’s a film!
@Angelee it was horrible ?
@Angelee I know there’s a film, I’m just ignoring that fact because my life is better off pretending it never happened and not wasting my time watching it after seeing how bad the trailer is! ?
Percy Jackson. 100%
City of Bones. Like really?! You couldnt even get the ending right?! The only upside was magnus bane was gorgeous, too bad he had the personality of drywall. And dont get me started on that b.s tv show of Bitten. ?
@Patrisia I watched it! I couldn’t take it anymore after season 2. Couldn’t stomach it.
@Barbie i couldnt get passed the first 5 mins. When anything starts off with a pointless sex scene thats the end for me. (especially when the book didnt open like that)
@Patrisia i thought it was great
@Patrisia I agree city of bones was THE WORSE?!? It did get me intrigued enough to start reading though!
@Patrisia I liked Bitten. I WISH it had continued!
@Hannah We can agree to disagree on this one. Women of the Otherworld series is one of my favorites so im definitely biased on this.
I haven’t read it yet!
@Hannah Its really awesome. Its a horror genre though. Just cause of the supernatural and some violence.
Bitten…omfg
It’s paranormal romance too, right?
Omg, totally forgot about Bitten! Loved the books, couldn’t even get ten minutes into the show because it was so horrible! They couldn’t even give her the same job? And both her and Clay were so off 🙁 dreadful!
City of Bones the movie was ten kinds of terrible. Beautiful Creatures was also a bit of a disappointment
Yeah, I was so upset with Vampire Academy. The second book is so much better too, and it will never happen.
I never got passed 20 minutes into Beautiful Creatures, it was absolutely horrendous.
As a huge Twilight fan I think the reason the movies were in my opinion pretty damn good was that Stephanie Meyer retained significant creative control. And I think that may be where some of the other authors didn’t realize what they had compromised in the deals for the movie rights. **Very Important Side Note – No they were not spot on and/or perfect by any means but I appreciated how much they tried to keep the story intact**
I actually liked the Twilight movies, except the first one. It seemed cheaply made and that it was trying too hard. Afterwards, things go better. The finale was my fave.
Exactly. And that’s why I think the amount of control she insisted on really paid off.
Eragon ?
@Nicole girl yes! Awful.
Omg preach!
City of Bones
Fallen, Vampire Academy, Divergent series and the TV show Shadowhunters. I actually liked the film haha the 5th Wave too
They screwed Eragon up so bad they cant even continue the series!
Ella Enchanted is definitely at the very top of this list for me. But Vampire Academy and Blood and Chocolate are up there too. But I just want to know why they made Dimitri look like he was 45!?!
I know right!!
@Cacy I loved the Ella Enchanted movie so much I read the book. I enjoyed the book too.
@Shelley I’m glad you were able to enjoy both. I think it’s generally easier to go from movie to book than the other way around. (Especially when it’s a book you’ve read a million times) At least that’s the way it is for me.
@Cacy I know in most cases the books is better there is one exception the movie Nerve was much better than the book. The book was just awful.
@Shelley I haven’t heard of that one. But as much as I loved Hunger Games, I didn’t like the second book at all. But I thought they did a much better job with the movie.
@Cacy really? I thought the book was much better. I always thought they got the casting wrong for The Hunger Games except for Gail.
@Shelley The second book just didn’t click with me. While I understood that she was dealing with trauma, Katniss felt very passive compared to the first book and then at the end we learn that everyone around her was plotting the revolution but decided to leave her out of it.
Somehow I thought that worked better in the movie. I always thought it was because we weren’t “in her head” the way we are in the book so she didn’t feel so passive. But it’s been a while since I read/watched either.
I liked the cast though. lol. As they say, different folks, different strokes! ?
Eragon…just because the movie wasn’t even enjoyable by itself…most I just go into understanding differences are going to happen…that movie was just bad
Eragon
Miss Peregrine
Percy.Jackson. The musical was such a better adaptation!
@Mary There was a musical?
OMG there was a musical ??? (I’m totaly into musical haha)
Yes! Came out in 2017 but is on a national tour right now!
OMG youy think they would pass Belgium on their tour?
No it is just U.S. unfortunately though I know people around the world would love to see it.
Isn’t Nia in that show? from dance moms
Eragon
Ready Player One
The 5th Wave
Percy Jackson, Vampire Academy, Divergent.
Blood and Chocolate,Eragon, Percy Jackson
Vampire Academy, Insurgent, and Allegiant make the top of my list.
Blood and chocolate made me mad…omg. I didn’t like twilight either.
Eragon ?
Maze Runner: Scorch Trials I’ve actually Dnf’d the series because of that film. I’d just started the Death Cure as well. But I’m done.
Beautiful creatures
What they did to The Host…
Miss peregrine. Still havent seen it
Maze runner!! IT WAS HORRIBLE both book and movies
Twilight
Last air bender
Seventh son – which aparently is based on the wardstone chronicles/ spooks books. But its not even the same story they just ripped off the names !!!!
Oh! Indian in the Cupboard and that one based off Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising pentalogy. Omri wasn’t supposed to live in New York. And Will was most definitely NOT an American OR a twin!
Allegiant
Vampire academy
Twilight
Immortal instruments
Ruby Red
Twilight. I was obsessed with the movies, and then a few months later I read the books for the first time and I was so shocked! I mean, the movies aren’t the worst and I’d watch them again for an easy watch if I’m bored, but I don’t go out of my way to watch them anymore.
Percy Jackson
Eragon. I met the author and he said to the audience “We don’t talk about the movie”. That’s how bad it was.
Also The Mortal Instruments movie. I hated it so much!
Same w/ TMI! I remember being so excited for the film and then I see it and was just disappointed times 10!
I only made it to the end because I love Lena Headey. Johnathan Reece Meyers was totally wrong for Valentine, and the whole storyline with Hodge just didn’t work. I was so angry!
Same! That wasn’t how I pictured Valentine AT ALL! I was just done with the movie. I couldn’t even watch the tv show…
Right?? He was meant to be blonde at a bare minimum!
I did like the actresses who played Izzy and Clary, but that was about it. Jamie Campbell Bower is great, but he wasn’t snarky enough as Jace for me.
I tried to watch the show… I did a couple of episodes, but I couldn’t get into it – too many changes. I MIGHT give it another go for Malec, but I’m not sure it’s worth it.
Yes! I pictured him so blond like almost platinum colored. And Jamie was good but you’re right, not snarky enough. I watched two episodes of the show and was fed up. Too many changes that it just … isn’t right.
It’s kind of like watching a bad fan fiction re-write of the series. There are a couple of good bits and the rest are awful.
Ugh AGREE 100%! And I read those books at least 4x! I know the details that were missed or skipped or completely redone! Halfway through the movie, I stopped paying attention and I never finished the series.
Exactly! Hopefully one day the books will get a decent series made that stay true to the actual storyline!
YES! I’m not asking for a lot, really not.
Yes! Vampire Academy!
Eragon no mention of elves or dwarves we just are supposed to know in the movie.
Vampire Academy
Cirque du freak. I was so excited when I heard and so pissed when I saw ugh
Completely agree! I hated the movie, I love the book series and the manga they made, but I loathe the movie with a burning passion.
Kourtney right? I got the 4th book as a kid free after finishing a reading contest at the library and I loved it so my mom got me the other books ( that were out at the time) I grew up on that it was my start to fiction/reading/fantasy and the movie was some gross joke!!! How could they!
@Violet Yep! It got me into fantasy and dystopian books, I just adore dystopian books!
Eragon!!!
I swear they botched Divergent. The first one was decent and then it got all screwed up. I was livid.
Vampire Academy and Divergent trilogy (even if I haven’t finished books I think any series shouldn’t be sooo smashed and destroyed like this) Percy Jackson (books are so amazing) and the movie version of Mortal Instruments.
The mortal instruments.
Twilight
Blood and chocolate! It changes so much from the book ??. They just took the names from the book.
Blood and Chocolate! I love the book but what on earth was that film?! The only thing similar were the names, why did they bother?! ?
Miss peregrines home for peculiar children and VA.
Vampire academy, divergent, mortal instruments (movies at Tv) eragon, most classic novel/ movies