Top 10 Movies Based on Books That Need a Do-Over
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Date: 2023-11-20
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Mason
Yeah the Hobbit doesn't deserve to be on this list in my opinion. The Hobbit movies are unfortunately the victim of what I like to call Star Wars Syndrome in which the newer movie(s) are unfairly shit on because of the thing that was so revered that just happened to come first. From a narrative standpoint, the Hobbit films told their story while also setting up characters, items, events, and storylines that would come into play during the Lord of the Rings. And while, yes, there are characters in the films that were not in the original book, you have to remember that the book is told from Bilbo's perspective and several of the characters that were incorporated into the movies never directly interact with Bilbo. We don't know if they were actually there in the book or not. Same with Gandalf and his vision quest/temporary imprisonment by Sauron. These things flesh out the world, connect the story more directly to the Lord of the Rings, and serve as relatively engaging subplots that the book simply doesn't have. No they're not perfect, flawless movies (no movie is) but they're not the earth shattering shit shows that everyone for some reason claims them to be. Plus, they gave us Martin Freeman as Bilbo so clearly something good came out of these films regardless.
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Yeah the Hobbit doesn't deserve to be on this list in my opinion. The Hobbit movies are unfortunately the victim of what I like to call Star Wars Syndrome in which the newer movie(s) are unfairly shit on because of the thing that was so revered that just happened to come first. From a narrative standpoint, the Hobbit films told their story while also setting up characters, items, events, and storylines that would come into play during the Lord of the Rings. And while, yes, there are characters in the films that were not in the original book, you have to remember that the book is told from Bilbo's perspective and several of the characters that were incorporated into the movies never directly interact with Bilbo. We don't know if they were actually there in the book or not. Same with Gandalf and his vision quest/temporary imprisonment by Sauron. These things flesh out the world, connect the story more directly to the Lord of the Rings, and serve as relatively engaging subplots that the book simply doesn't have. No they're not perfect, flawless movies (no movie is) but they're not the earth shattering shit shows that everyone for some reason claims them to be. Plus, they gave us Martin Freeman as Bilbo so clearly something good came out of these films regardless.
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Vhoro
Where is One flew over the Cuckoo's nest?
Everything felt flat in comparison to the book and many things were paced terribly. It's a beautiful story and needs to be redone. I wish they focused more on the confabulation and the raw feeling of how the ward is. It should have been uncomfortable and sharp to behold. With an atmosphere of apprehension and dread. Someone like such as Stanley Kubrick should remake it. Please, the book is so good but knowing that the story is being desecrated by a shallow movie adaptation makes me feel horrible. The movie isn't terrible per se but it muffles the meaning behind the story with poor pacing and dull character development. For these reasons, I believe that the book would fit better as a TV miniseries.
Bromden is basically a side character and this causes the ending become flat because he wasn't even on the fishing trip, which was a key point in the story.
Mcmurphy is egocentric and unintelligent and this makes his character seem more of an unlikable person.
The Orderlies are nice for some reason. This kills the idea behind the ward being a torturous, oppressive location.
And Nurse Ratched is portrayed as actually kind of not a fully terrible person.
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Where is One flew over the Cuckoo's nest?
Everything felt flat in comparison to the book and many things were paced terribly. It's a beautiful story and needs to be redone. I wish they focused more on the confabulation and the raw feeling of how the ward is. It should have been uncomfortable and sharp to behold. With an atmosphere of apprehension and dread. Someone like such as Stanley Kubrick should remake it. Please, the book is so good but knowing that the story is being desecrated by a shallow movie adaptation makes me feel horrible. The movie isn't terrible per se but it muffles the meaning behind the story with poor pacing and dull character development. For these reasons, I believe that the book would fit better as a TV miniseries.
Bromden is basically a side character and this causes the ending become flat because he wasn't even on the fishing trip, which was a key point in the story.
Mcmurphy is egocentric and unintelligent and this makes his character seem more of an unlikable person.
The Orderlies are nice for some reason. This kills the idea behind the ward being a torturous, oppressive location.
And Nurse Ratched is portrayed as actually kind of not a fully terrible person.
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Elfos64
I think the 50's To Kill a Mockingbird needs a remake. Maybe Rocket Boys AKA October Sky too. And while I would say that the first How to Train Your Dragon movie is better than the first book, that it not true of the rest of both mediums' series. There were so many changes that they were effectively two completely different stories, completely removing a major subplot and most of Toothless's character (believe it or not, he could talk in the book. But he didn't speak Nordic like Hiccup, he spoke a dragon language that Hiccup could also speak/understand, also his mom was never separated from the tribe- they just added that in the movie because Disney so thoroughly established the trope of dead parents that even their competitors feel obligated to abide by it regardless of the source material.
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I think the 50's To Kill a Mockingbird needs a remake. Maybe Rocket Boys AKA October Sky too. And while I would say that the first How to Train Your Dragon movie is better than the first book, that it not true of the rest of both mediums' series. There were so many changes that they were effectively two completely different stories, completely removing a major subplot and most of Toothless's character (believe it or not, he could talk in the book. But he didn't speak Nordic like Hiccup, he spoke a dragon language that Hiccup could also speak/understand, also his mom was never separated from the tribe- they just added that in the movie because Disney so thoroughly established the trope of dead parents that even their competitors feel obligated to abide by it regardless of the source material.
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GamingDemigodXIII
What disappoints me the most about the faithless adaptation of the Percy Jackson books is the wasted potential. Had the people behind the movies been more faithful to the books, the product would not have just matched the Harry Potter movies. They would have surpassed them. With multiple companies trying to cash in and mimic the success of the MCU, this franchise probably could have come the closest to achieving that goal with the spin-off and sequel book series that are out now. However, that may not be happening anytime soon (or ever, no thanks to the movie.
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What disappoints me the most about the faithless adaptation of the Percy Jackson books is the wasted potential. Had the people behind the movies been more faithful to the books, the product would not have just matched the Harry Potter movies. They would have surpassed them. With multiple companies trying to cash in and mimic the success of the MCU, this franchise probably could have come the closest to achieving that goal with the spin-off and sequel book series that are out now. However, that may not be happening anytime soon (or ever, no thanks to the movie.
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Chibi
Yes yes YES! Thank you for including Percy Jackson on this list! The books are wonderful but the first film flopped, and I had high hopes because it was directed by Chris Columbus, the director of the first two Harry Potter films, and he did an amazing job on the first two. The second film, Sea of Monsters, tried to recover the franchise, but with the disappointment of the first one, it failed miserably, even though it was better than The Lightening Thief.
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Yes yes YES! Thank you for including Percy Jackson on this list! The books are wonderful but the first film flopped, and I had high hopes because it was directed by Chris Columbus, the director of the first two Harry Potter films, and he did an amazing job on the first two. The second film, Sea of Monsters, tried to recover the franchise, but with the disappointment of the first one, it failed miserably, even though it was better than The Lightening Thief.
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Bryn
THE SCARLET LETTER movie was more of a prequel to the novel, and had been made into a TV serial
THE LORD OF THE RINGS could do with a do-over
THE HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (which admittedly was a radio show before the book)
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, THE ENGLISH PATIENT all messed with their books, as did THERE WILL BE BLOOD from Upton Sinclair's OIL, and JOJO RABBIT crapped all over the source
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THE SCARLET LETTER movie was more of a prequel to the novel, and had been made into a TV serial
THE LORD OF THE RINGS could do with a do-over
THE HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (which admittedly was a radio show before the book)
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, THE ENGLISH PATIENT all messed with their books, as did THERE WILL BE BLOOD from Upton Sinclair's OIL, and JOJO RABBIT crapped all over the source
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msmojo
I'm sorry. The Hobbit movies don't belong on this list. If anyone took the time to read the book (which I did) you would know that there is simply too much material to do it justice in one movie. Take a look at the animated Hobbit movie if you don't believe me. This needed to be at least two movies; Peter Jackson did it right by doing three and adding more of the book to the movies. You don't think so? I don't care.
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I'm sorry. The Hobbit movies don't belong on this list. If anyone took the time to read the book (which I did) you would know that there is simply too much material to do it justice in one movie. Take a look at the animated Hobbit movie if you don't believe me. This needed to be at least two movies; Peter Jackson did it right by doing three and adding more of the book to the movies. You don't think so? I don't care.
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Abbi
Short novel into three. films Right because one six hour movie would have been better for the Hobbit. Yes, they could have shortened each of the three films some, but The Hobbit is not a short novel that can fit into a single film without either missing huge chunks of story, or making the movie crazy long. Nevermind the fact that we got Gandalf's story that was mentioned in the Fellowship book.
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Short novel into three. films Right because one six hour movie would have been better for the Hobbit. Yes, they could have shortened each of the three films some, but The Hobbit is not a short novel that can fit into a single film without either missing huge chunks of story, or making the movie crazy long. Nevermind the fact that we got Gandalf's story that was mentioned in the Fellowship book.
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fanjoy
I don't know why Peter Jackson keeps getting criticized for The Hobbit. It wasn't his series. It was actually Benecio Del Toro's film. Ultimately, he stepped away from the project and the producers were scrambling to get a new director. Welcome back Peter Jackson. The 3 films and the addition of Evangeline Lily's Tauriel and her love triangle was all Benicio. Just Saying.
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I don't know why Peter Jackson keeps getting criticized for The Hobbit. It wasn't his series. It was actually Benecio Del Toro's film. Ultimately, he stepped away from the project and the producers were scrambling to get a new director. Welcome back Peter Jackson. The 3 films and the addition of Evangeline Lily's Tauriel and her love triangle was all Benicio. Just Saying.
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Diana
in 1998, the Friday night abc tv show the wonderful world of Disney did a TV movie based on the Mrs Murphy mystery book series by Rita Mae Brown called Murder she Purred, a Mrs Murphy mystery. Though it was awesome, I heard there were some major differences between movie and book. So, not only should they try again with that, but make a tv film show on the whole series!
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in 1998, the Friday night abc tv show the wonderful world of Disney did a TV movie based on the Mrs Murphy mystery book series by Rita Mae Brown called Murder she Purred, a Mrs Murphy mystery. Though it was awesome, I heard there were some major differences between movie and book. So, not only should they try again with that, but make a tv film show on the whole series!
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Will
Since Disney is remaking their animated films into live, I would rather see a reboot of The Chronicles of Prydain/The Black Cauldron. Only to make it a lot closer to the source materials and make it into a franchise. Also The Neverending Story really needs to remade, only make it a lot more closer to the actual book.
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Since Disney is remaking their animated films into live, I would rather see a reboot of The Chronicles of Prydain/The Black Cauldron. Only to make it a lot closer to the source materials and make it into a franchise. Also The Neverending Story really needs to remade, only make it a lot more closer to the actual book.
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Britany
Had freeform not adapted The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare into Shadowhunters which is amazing btw I would say it needed to be on the list. That being said Vampire Academy needs a do-over or at least a tv revival, that movie was freaking horrible and was nothing like the book at all.
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Had freeform not adapted The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare into Shadowhunters which is amazing btw I would say it needed to be on the list. That being said Vampire Academy needs a do-over or at least a tv revival, that movie was freaking horrible and was nothing like the book at all.
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PerfectlyPika
I personally liked Percy Jackson, Queen of the Damned (one of my fav movies, and I, Robot. I've never read the books because I didn't know they were based off of books (except Queen of the Damned; no excuses for not reading it; lol.
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I personally liked Percy Jackson, Queen of the Damned (one of my fav movies, and I, Robot. I've never read the books because I didn't know they were based off of books (except Queen of the Damned; no excuses for not reading it; lol.
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missmaryhugs
The Hobbit movies were fine as they were. No need to redo them. I'd like them to redo and finish The Chronicles of Narnia. I say redo because of the actors being too old to reprise their roles. I wish they would have finished them.
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The Hobbit movies were fine as they were. No need to redo them. I'd like them to redo and finish The Chronicles of Narnia. I say redo because of the actors being too old to reprise their roles. I wish they would have finished them.
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Cimala
What about the Timeline ( 1999 ) book by Michael Crichton ( the guy who wrote Jurassic Park )? The 2003 movie had no input from the author which people who read the book can guess. From Texas 1: 32 PM Central Time November 30th 2022
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What about the Timeline ( 1999 ) book by Michael Crichton ( the guy who wrote Jurassic Park )? The 2003 movie had no input from the author which people who read the book can guess. From Texas 1: 32 PM Central Time November 30th 2022
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Mount
Heres a few other film adaptations of books that could use a do-over.
Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
King Solomons Mines (1950)
The Island of Dr Moreau (1977)
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
Animal Farm (1954)
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Heres a few other film adaptations of books that could use a do-over.
Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
King Solomons Mines (1950)
The Island of Dr Moreau (1977)
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
Animal Farm (1954)
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William
No if we did a do over on the hobbit we would have to reboot the lord of the rings which I would rather have a terrible prequel trilogy with the greatest fantasy movies all time the lord of the rings then a reboot
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No if we did a do over on the hobbit we would have to reboot the lord of the rings which I would rather have a terrible prequel trilogy with the greatest fantasy movies all time the lord of the rings then a reboot
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Mallory
I agree with yall on the giver. We just read the book and watched the movie at school a few weeks ago, and the entire class HATED the movie! Overall, this was a fun video to watch! keep up the awesome content!
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I agree with yall on the giver. We just read the book and watched the movie at school a few weeks ago, and the entire class HATED the movie! Overall, this was a fun video to watch! keep up the awesome content!
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Salome
percy jackson was supossed to be first on this list the movies are crap and must burn in tartarus. all the other adaptions are okay at least the pjo movies need to be forgotten and removed from history
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percy jackson was supossed to be first on this list the movies are crap and must burn in tartarus. all the other adaptions are okay at least the pjo movies need to be forgotten and removed from history
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Sofia
I love that PJO was the very first scene showed on this video since that adaptation was so bad Uncle Rick has criticized that movie since the beginning and if the author hates it you know is bad
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I love that PJO was the very first scene showed on this video since that adaptation was so bad Uncle Rick has criticized that movie since the beginning and if the author hates it you know is bad
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Matt
Cirque du Freak.
This legitimately could have been a Vampire Harry Potter, with the potential to be darker.
Great twist on Vampires. Great story. Awesome characters with vast potential.
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Cirque du Freak.
This legitimately could have been a Vampire Harry Potter, with the potential to be darker.
Great twist on Vampires. Great story. Awesome characters with vast potential.
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Cooper
10: Lord Of The Rings
9: The Dark Tower
8: The Maze Runner
7: Narnia
6: Percy Jackson
5: Pet Sementary
4: Sawshank Redemption
3: Eragon
2: I, Robot
1: Divergent
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10: Lord Of The Rings
9: The Dark Tower
8: The Maze Runner
7: Narnia
6: Percy Jackson
5: Pet Sementary
4: Sawshank Redemption
3: Eragon
2: I, Robot
1: Divergent
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Edward
Most books to movies need to be at least two and a half hours to three hours long to do it justice. Also have the screenwriters need to stay away from changing things that destroys the story
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Most books to movies need to be at least two and a half hours to three hours long to do it justice. Also have the screenwriters need to stay away from changing things that destroys the story
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Katrina
What about the I am Number 4 book series?
It's a good book, in my opinion and the movie cut a lot of scenes from the book, which made it seem bad. When in fact it was really good.
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What about the I am Number 4 book series?
It's a good book, in my opinion and the movie cut a lot of scenes from the book, which made it seem bad. When in fact it was really good.
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Olvia
500: Youre kidding. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is considered one of the best movies, also mentioned in Top 100 Movies of All Time. But the whole thing? I dont think so
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500: Youre kidding. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is considered one of the best movies, also mentioned in Top 100 Movies of All Time. But the whole thing? I dont think so
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Death
I love The Black Cauldron, it's a nice adaptation of the first two books from The Chronicles of Prydain, but I think another adaptation would work if it was held by Studio Ponoc.
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I love The Black Cauldron, it's a nice adaptation of the first two books from The Chronicles of Prydain, but I think another adaptation would work if it was held by Studio Ponoc.
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Ashley
Ella Enchanted was MUCH better as a book - they basically scrapped the entire original story when they made the movie. I would love to see it redone but with the original story
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Ella Enchanted was MUCH better as a book - they basically scrapped the entire original story when they made the movie. I would love to see it redone but with the original story
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Jonathan
I loved the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and irobot but I've never read the books so can't compare. But I think they are both pretty fun movies, particularly the former!
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I loved the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and irobot but I've never read the books so can't compare. But I think they are both pretty fun movies, particularly the former!
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rebeca
I came here to make sure the disastrous Peter Johnson movies are on here. The opening scene confirmed and I'm always happy to see the acknowledgment of how they did us dirty.
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I came here to make sure the disastrous Peter Johnson movies are on here. The opening scene confirmed and I'm always happy to see the acknowledgment of how they did us dirty.
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joy9585
the end result felt more like a money-grab than an appreciation of the author's work--> this is applicable to practically all movies adopted from books. especially today.
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the end result felt more like a money-grab than an appreciation of the author's work--> this is applicable to practically all movies adopted from books. especially today.
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