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It was written by a well-known author in our country for teens. The title is "His into Her," I just couldn't believe how dissatisfied so many people were to learn that the book had been adapted into a film at the time. Everything went awry, and it's as if the producers were responsible for the destruction of the author's magnificent work.
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The Half of a Yellow Sun movie was a total disappointment.
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The one that I hate the most is the Percy Jackson movies. They messed up key points from the book. And I mean MASSIVE details.
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The Harry Potter movies! So many things were missing
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Artemis Fowl was just sad. I understand that he was 12 but in the movie, he just seemed like a child
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The shadowhunters series! I absolutely adore those books, but the series was just not for me. I felt that it was adapted quite poorly and it really did the books down
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Deathly Hallows Part 2 ruined the ending of an epic saga envisioned by JK Rowling! It could have been much much better.
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I really like the Percy Jackson series, it was a shame the movies weren't a good adaptation. The same thing happened with Narnia, it is another saga that I like and that they have not adapted correctly.
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I didn't like the French movie adaptation of the book "Three Musketeers" by Alexandre Dumas.
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Emi_Review wrote: 30 Aug 2018, 04:57 There are a ton of books that have been turned into a movie or a TV Series. I was wondering, what is the one movie that you absolutely hate that ruined a good book? What about it made you hate it so much? I'm curious to see the answers!
There are so many. But the one I liked least was Half a yellow sun. It did not capture anything the book said.
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TusharJoshi wrote: 29 Jul 2022, 13:06 Deathly Hallows Part 2 ruined the ending of an epic saga envisioned by JK Rowling! It could have been much much better.
I totally agree. It could have been better.
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PeterRabitt20 wrote: 09 Dec 2020, 19:24 For me, it was the series The Mortal Instruments. The books were great, but when I started watching the tv series I had to stop :( .
Sorry. But you are very right. The movie is nothing compared to the book.
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Sally_Heart wrote: 23 Jun 2020, 04:51 The hunger games. They completely ruined the book with that one. I expected more from them.
I also expected much from them. I am not saying they did a bad job with the movie, but...
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Topsey wrote: 28 Jun 2020, 10:10 I think Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children was a disappointing movie by Tim Burton. As a stand alone it was a good movie, however, it compresses three books into one. So much was cut out to make it work. I was annoyed that such an amazing story was torn to pieces to squash it into one film.
Well, I cannot blame them. The budget was probably too much. But I think the movie did no justice to the book at all.
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I agree with My Sister's Keeper. Very odd completely changing who dies...
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