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What are your thoughts when a movie/tv show adaptation changes many things from the original book? I see so many different opinions on this topic. Some will say that they want to see something different when the book is adapted on screen to make it more suspenseful. Others wish to see almost an exact replica of the book's material when it becomes a movie or a show. For me, I hate it when too much of the original material is changed. I'm a fan of a book series for a reason, so I love it when they follow closely to the book. Also, I noticed that when they don't follow closely to the book and end up changing too much, the movie/show ends up bombing. (Example: the disaster that was City of Bones). To me it just seems like a disservice to the large fanbase that adores the books. Even more of a disservice to the author who put so much time and effort into their work, only to have the plot completely changed around for the movie when it would have been just as easy to be faithful to the book.

Minority Report is very different from the book. While the book is maybe around 200 pages, the movie expands on the ideas presented and arguably makes a better adaptation than the source material. I don't hate when too much source material is changed because it cans serve a purpose and create a story better than the original. I think it's good to be open to new ideas, and then judge how well they were after watching it.

The after series are quite different from the actual plot. More of less most of the book adaptions find some changes in it. Do you agree?

The Series of Unfortunate Events movie. They crammed three books into the movie and mixed up the order of events, but I still loved the movie. Jim Carrey was a perfect Count Olaf.