Which movie based on a book is the worst adaptation in your opinion? (1 Viewer)

[Ahsoka]

For me it’s I Am Legend. I admittedly didn’t watch the movie but I saw bits of it, enough to know I did not like the changes at all. Quite frankly, I’d say it might be a stretch to even say the movie was based on the book, the connections were lacking. The alternate ending to the movie was at least better, though I still prefer the book. The ending they went with for the theater stuff realistically didn’t match the book title at all, the title was based off the end of the book, while the movie ending (theater version) didn’t have the same ending so it didn’t tie in with anything anywhere which bothered me.

 

[hxney_jun]

tbh i don't think i've actually hated a movie adaptation before. and i don't read enough to begin with lmaoo

 

[litc]

For me it’s I Am Legend. I admittedly didn’t watch the movie but I saw bits of it, enough to know I did not like the changes at all. Quite frankly, I’d say it might be a stretch to even say the movie was based on the book, the connections were lacking. The alternate ending to the movie was at least better, though I still prefer the book. The ending they went with for the theater stuff realistically didn’t match the book title at all, the title was based off the end of the book, while the movie ending (theater version) didn’t have the same ending so it didn’t tie in with anything anywhere which bothered me.

is that the one with Will Smith and a dog

 

[Ahsoka]

is that the one with Will Smith and a dog

Yeah

 

[litc]

Yeah

I want to watch it eventually!

Yay for you having movie knowledge

 

[Horizonshard]

Ready Player One.

They completely changed multiple characters, and the tests, and a large portion of the plot.

 

[Ahsoka]

I want to watch it eventually!

Yay for you having movie knowledge

I only looked into it because I loved the book tbh and somehow came across it It’s on my list of movies I will never watch fully because it frustrates me

 

[RandAlThor]

Battlefield earth
Starship troopers.

are top5 worst movies ever and i hate hate teh adaptations :)

percy jackson was really bad, but not in the range of those sci fi ones.

i actually think i am legend is a remake.

 

[Selfmate]

Starship troopers.

the movie???
wait there's a book????

and I thought it was just "starcraft" lol

 

[RandAlThor]

the movie???
wait there's a book????

and I thought it was just "starcraft" lol

well the movie is kinda starcrafty and awful. but

The book is
is a hugo award winner

Starship Troopers - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

also Heinlein is the first sci fi author to predict teh smart phone and video calling i an earlier work.

 

[Ahsoka]

Battlefield earth
Starship troopers.

are top5 worst movies ever and i hate hate teh adaptations :)

percy jackson was really bad, but not in the range of those sci fi ones.

i actually think i am legend is a remake.

Isn’t a remake a new version of an old movie? While adaptation would be a book (for example) to a movie?

 

[Selfmate]

well the movie is kinda starcrafty and awful. but

The book is
is a hugo award winner

Starship Troopers - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

also Heinlein is the first sci fi author to predict teh smart phone and video calling i an earlier work.

???? no I really liked the movie - it's stupid and cheesy and I think when I first saw it I was a kid and starcraft had just come out and I was thinking what a great movie

"would you like to know more" become a catchphrase amongst my friends and I

I never knew it was based on a book - cheers mate

 

[RandAlThor]

Isn’t a remake a new version of an old movie? While adaptation would be a book (for example) to a movie?

yes i may be confuse i thought there was another legend movie with a different title..

here we go..

Films[edit]
I Am Legend has been adapted into a feature-length film three times, as well as into a direct-to-video feature film called I Am Omega. Differing from the book, each of them portrays the Neville character as an accomplished scientist. The three adaptations show him finding a remedy and passing it on. Adaptations differ from the novel by setting the events three years after the disaster, instead of happening “in the span of” three years. Also adaptations are set in the near future, a few years after the film's release, while the novel is set 20 years after its publication date.

The Last Man on Earth[edit]
Main article: The Last Man on Earth (1964 film)
In 1964, Vincent Price starred as Dr. Robert Morgan (rather than "Neville") in The Last Man on Earth (the original title of this Italian production was L'ultimo uomo della Terra). Matheson wrote the original screenplay for this adaptation, but due to later rewrites did not wish his name to appear in the credits; as a result, Matheson is credited under the pseudonym "Logan Swanson".[23]

The Omega Man[edit]
Main article: The Omega Man
In 1971, a far different version was produced, titled The Omega Man. It starred Charlton Heston (as Robert Neville) and Anthony Zerbe. Matheson had no influence on the screenplay for this film,[24] and although the premise remains, it deviates from the novel in several ways, removing the infected people's vampiric characteristics, except their sensitivity to light. In this version, the infected are portrayed as nocturnal, black-robed, albino mutants, known as the Family. Though intelligent, they eschew modern technology, believing it (and those who use it, such as Neville) to be evil and the cause of humanity's downfall.

I Am Legend[edit]
Main article: I Am Legend (film)
In 2007, a third adaptation of the novel was produced, this time titled I Am Legend. Directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Will Smith as Robert Neville, this film uses both Matheson's novel and the 1971 Omega Man film as its sources.[25] This adaptation also deviates significantly from the novel. In this version, the infection is caused by a vaccine originally intended to cure cancer. Some vampiric elements are retained, such as sensitivity to UV light and attraction to blood. The infected are portrayed as nocturnal, feral creatures of limited intelligence who hunt the uninfected with berserker-like rage. Other creatures, such as dogs, are also infected by the virus. The ending of the film was also altered to portray Neville as sacrificing his life to save humanity, rather than being executed for crimes against the surviving vampiric humans, although a deleted ending for the film was closer in spirit to the book.[7] The film takes place in New York City in 2009 and 2012 rather than Los Angeles in 1975–1977.

 

[RandAlThor]

???? no I really liked the movie - it's stupid and cheesy and I think when I first saw it I was a kid and starcraft had just come out and I was thinking what a great movie

"would you like to know more" become a catchphrase amongst my friends and I

I never knew it was based on a book - cheers mate

They had powered armor think mech warrior but smaller. the troopers were Launched out of space ships in what were basically huge bullets.

and they did not recuit to join the military they tried to talk everyone out of joining.

 

[Ahsoka]

yes i may be confuse i thought there was another legend movie with a different title..

here we go..

Films[edit]
I Am Legend has been adapted into a feature-length film three times, as well as into a direct-to-video feature film called I Am Omega. Differing from the book, each of them portrays the Neville character as an accomplished scientist. The three adaptations show him finding a remedy and passing it on. Adaptations differ from the novel by setting the events three years after the disaster, instead of happening “in the span of” three years. Also adaptations are set in the near future, a few years after the film's release, while the novel is set 20 years after its publication date.

The Last Man on Earth[edit]
Main article: The Last Man on Earth (1964 film)
In 1964, Vincent Price starred as Dr. Robert Morgan (rather than "Neville") in The Last Man on Earth (the original title of this Italian production was L'ultimo uomo della Terra). Matheson wrote the original screenplay for this adaptation, but due to later rewrites did not wish his name to appear in the credits; as a result, Matheson is credited under the pseudonym "Logan Swanson".[23]

The Omega Man[edit]
Main article: The Omega Man
In 1971, a far different version was produced, titled The Omega Man. It starred Charlton Heston (as Robert Neville) and Anthony Zerbe. Matheson had no influence on the screenplay for this film,[24] and although the premise remains, it deviates from the novel in several ways, removing the infected people's vampiric characteristics, except their sensitivity to light. In this version, the infected are portrayed as nocturnal, black-robed, albino mutants, known as the Family. Though intelligent, they eschew modern technology, believing it (and those who use it, such as Neville) to be evil and the cause of humanity's downfall.

I Am Legend[edit]
Main article: I Am Legend (film)
In 2007, a third adaptation of the novel was produced, this time titled I Am Legend. Directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Will Smith as Robert Neville, this film uses both Matheson's novel and the 1971 Omega Man film as its sources.[25] This adaptation also deviates significantly from the novel. In this version, the infection is caused by a vaccine originally intended to cure cancer. Some vampiric elements are retained, such as sensitivity to UV light and attraction to blood. The infected are portrayed as nocturnal, feral creatures of limited intelligence who hunt the uninfected with berserker-like rage. Other creatures, such as dogs, are also infected by the virus. The ending of the film was also altered to portray Neville as sacrificing his life to save humanity, rather than being executed for crimes against the surviving vampiric humans, although a deleted ending for the film was closer in spirit to the book.[7] The film takes place in New York City in 2009 and 2012 rather than Los Angeles in 1975–1977.

Oh I see, I was only familiar with the most recent one which probably makes sense given I wasn’t born yet for the others. But the book was the first release and what all of them are (loosely) based off, along with others of the series. I don’t see myself liking any of the other adaptations much better than the one I was referencing in the op tbh. But yeah I do still consider the newest one an adaptation of the book also.

 

[Selfmate]

They had powered armor think mech warrior but smaller. the troopers were Launched out of space ships in what were basically huge bullets.

and they did not recuit to join the military they tried to talk everyone out of joining.

ahhh so it was an anti-military book?

 

[RandAlThor]

ahhh so it was an anti-military book?

no not all, the infantry soldiers are highly trained specialist. not random guys waving guns :)

 

[Selfmate]

no not all, the infantry soldiers are highly trained specialist. not random guys waving guns :)

sorry my bad in choice of wording
anti-war book

 

[dark_tranquility]

The remake of stephen kings Pet Semetary

it was bland, dull and not memorable at all.
I felt cheated out of my admission dollars.

 

[Ahsoka]

The remake of stephen kings Pet Semetary

it was bland, dull and not memorable at all.
I felt cheated out of my admission dollars.

I liked it I haven’t read the book though