Which books have the worst video adaptation? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by abbadon420@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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For me it's definitely the Dark Tower, but the Golden Compas was also a huge letdown.

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[-] Rocky60@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Firm

Misery

[-] 31415926535@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

The Wrinkle in Time movie, think Oprah was in it. Haven't seen it, heard it's horrendous.

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[-] Redoomed@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

American Gods

The first season of the TV series is a banger, but the subsequent seasons suffer from a decline in quality. Also, the series finale is just so disappointing compared to the ending of Gaiman's novel.

[-] ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That's sad. I liked the TV version of Good Omens better than the book, and I was hoping American Gods would be similarly good.

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[-] dukatos@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

American Gods

I am legend

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[-] Ragrets@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Are you referring to the Golden Compass movie or series? The movie was trash, but I thought the TV series they've been doing has been pretty good.

For me Ender's game was a massive disappointment. I also didn't like the hobbit trilogy. Huge fan of LOTR, but the hobbit movies just didn't do it for me.

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[-] TheNeoStormZ@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I don't know if it's the worst, but I am very disappointed with the movie adaptation of Mortal Engines. The series has such a rich world to explore and very good plot points that would have been amazing to see on the big screen.

The movie ruined any possibility to see a sequel or even a reboot in a very long time (similar to what happened with His Dark Materials), although the fandom now prefers that if there is another attempt at an adaptation it has to be a TV series and animated.

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