have you ever read a book and then run off to go watch the movie only to be sorely disappointed with how Hollywood spun the tale you had in your head in a totally different direction? yeah, it sucks. and every time i read a new awesome book, i get worried that's what's going to happen with the next movie coming up.
cue my reading Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks. that book...oh.em.gee. intense. i mean i've read other N. Sparks books before and this one was nothing like the other ones.
i spent 3/4's of the book hunched over, super frustrated and flipping page after page because i was so antsy. let me say - when books get me so involved, you know i'm loving the book. then, as soon as i finished the book, i flipped on the TV and here's a commercial for Safe Haven - The Movie.
y'all if this movie sucks, i'm going to be really unhappy. the book was fantastic and i expect the movie to hold true to the story. i mean there's not a whole lot you can do differently since the story is pretty simple.
welp. while thinking about books vs. movies, here are some of the others i came up with which SORELY disappointed me.
welp. while thinking about books vs. movies, here are some of the others i came up with which SORELY disappointed me.
awful, awful, awful movie depictions. honestly, the ONLY one that i actually enjoyed was Breaking Dawn - Part Two.
really, they screwed up the major twisted ending from the book. how can you DO that?!?
i love me some Reese Witherspoon, but this movie just didn't do the book justice at all.
thankfully there are some movies which i think have done a pretty spectacular job of keeping up with the book(s): all of the Harry Potter's were fantastic (even though they deviated here & there, the story line ultimately kept up), Hunger Games, The Help...etc.
are y'all like me? do you get frustrated with terrible movies too?!
18 comments:
Be prepared to be disappointed. I'm going to watch it but have no expectations.
I've never read a Nicholas Sparks novel.
I didn't expect much from the Twilight films, so I wasn't too disappointed. I loved the last one though, especially the changed ending. Normally, I hate changes.
I really enjoyed The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I can't remember what they changed from the book though. Oops.
I really liked Water for Elephants, but I didn't love the book. I actually liked the movie more. Ha!
The Help, The Hunger Games and all of the Harry Potters were great. The HP movies are my favorite adaptations.
I thought the HP movies were done extremely well - I liked them just as much as I liked the books. The Help was an amazing book, and while the movie wasnt AS good, it was still really great.
Loved the book Safe Haven and I hope the movie is good. I love me some Josh Duhammel :) And I miss you by the way!
I feel the same way about books/movies. I loved Safe Haven and I'm excited about the movie, but even from the preview, I can tell some things are different than the book. We shall see.
I already have a date with my friends to see this movie the end of February...that's why I'm not reading it. I too am afraid the book will ruin the movie. I agree, they did great with The Hunger Games. The rest, nope! Especially Twilight.
I'm a huge book nerd and I get SO disappointed when the movie doesn't live up. I loved all the HP books and movies. I loved the Twilight books and the movies are crap! I loved Water for Elephants and didn't see the movie. Maybe I should keep it that way! I read The Lucky One and haven't seen the movie but I have it on DVD. I'm hoping it's as good as the book...crossing fingers...
Did you see my super angry messages about Silver Linings Playbook? I want to cry! I saw a trailer for Safe Haven last night before SLP & I saw a bunch of stuff that didn't match the movie :( I think we still need to go see it together!
OMG have you read/seen My Sister's Keeper??? It's crazy how they TOTALLY CHANGED the very dramatic ending! I would be devastated (as a writer) if someone did that to my book!
i feel like the book is always better than the movie. ALWAYS.
I totally agree. Movies can never do the book justice.
I thought The Help was great. I HATED One For The Money. I actually had to turn it off in the middle. Which is too bad because the books are fun. I blame Katherine Heigl. I think the casting of most book movies is what kills it.
I am a HUGE Nicholas Sparks fan but have yet to read Safe Haven... I'm debating whether I should read it before or after seeing the movie-- because in one instance I will go in probably with high expectations and I hate being disappointed haha. So we'll see! I'm not a huge Julianne Hough fan but LOOOOOVE Josh Duhamel.
I agree with the Twilight series- loved the books, wasn't too keen on the movies (still have yet to see the last one)
I'm with you on this. I remember watching The Hunger Games and being like 'that's not how she got the pin!' but overall they did a good job.
I loved Safe Haven. It definitely pulled me in as well so I'm hoping that the movie sticks with it.
Not gonna lie, I LOVED Twilight. I read it before the movies came out and had such high hopes. I liked the first one okay, but they rest of them were ridiculous. I liked The Hunger Games other than the fact that the camera work made me want to puke!
So agree! Except I decided long ago I didn't like Nicholas Sparks books, but I do love their movie versions :)
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