[Netherrealmer]

Whenever a Book is adapted into a movie or a tv series, usually producers do some liberties because of what their budget can handle or how liberal or conservative the book was written.

Here are some movies that are very different from the book.

Breakfast at Tiffany's- Considered as one of the best romance movies of all time but the source material is not a romance.



The movie is about a writer who have writer's block who fell in love with an Escort girl. He loved her for who she is and saved her from the life of prostitution. Well any man will fall in love with someone who looks like Audrey Hepburn, she plays a prostitute on this movie and she still looks classy.

In the book, The writer is Gay! and his relationship with the woman is not romantic. It is about friendship between a Gay man and a woman who is rejected by society. When it got adapted into a movie, they turn him straight and turn the friendship into romance.

I know what you did last summer


In the movie a group of teenagers drove under the influence and they accidentally hit a man. They thought he is dead so they throw away his body in the ocean. Little did they know he survived and he wanted revenge. He will them one by one.



In the book their car hits a child, and they buried the body. The father of the child tried to find them one by one to kill them.

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The movie is about a group of children called the losers, The losers are being haunted by Pennywise, A killer clown entity who eats and kill children.In the movie after killing Pennywise the children made a blood pack so they can escape his world.

In the book they had sex so they will lose their innocence because as long as they are innocent they will be stuck on his realm.... I am so happy the movie never followed the novel.

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[cmoneyspinner]

LOL. I have to say that you are absolutely right. Audrey Hepburn always looks classy!

[ptrikha21]

I have seen some Movies that were an adaptation of books. In some cases, I saw Movies first and then read the book.
Like "3 Idiots" movie first and then the book "Five Point Someone" - Chetan Bhagat.
Also, "Murder on the Orient Express".
Now, in some cases, there were changes. Like extra action scenes, or extra drama (especially Bollywood).
Then, in Hollywood, I see emphasis on some characters more than those in the book.
It does keeps on varying.

[Netherrealmer]

LOL. I have to say that you are absolutely right. Audrey Hepburn always looks classy!

I wonder how a story about the friendship between a gay man and a prostitute lady ends up being romance in the Adaptation. Some film analist think he is also Gay in the movie but Audrey Hepburn's character cured him.

[peachpurple]

I had read many thai boy love novels which are different from the movies. Directors changed the script and plots a better ending where viewers are keen to watch. Mostly are happily ever after endings

[ptrikha21]

I had read many thai boy love novels which are different from the movies. Directors changed the script and plots a better ending where viewers are keen to watch. Mostly are happily ever after endings

Looks similar to what we have in Bollywood where most movies based on novels used to had good endings.
However, in the recent years, I have seen some movies with a not so happy endings and supposedly "Realistic endings" !

[eldavis]

Over the years I have seen some movie adaptations of novels and some where good, some where not just up to taste. I guess the budget in most cases is usually not enough to add most parts

[GuestHu]

I find nothing wrong if they made a movie from a novel and change its storyline. What I despise is ruining the good original story. If they want to adapt it, make sure they will make its story better than the original.

[ptrikha21]

Over the years I have seen some movie adaptations of novels and some where good, some where not just up to taste. I guess the budget in most cases is usually not enough to add most parts

At times, Novels are long and movies have to shorten things. Plus some characters are wither added to spice up things or some removed.
Sometimes, it makes movies better or as good as the novel; and worse some other times.

[Hilda]

I have also heard other people say that, I don't like reading novels so I can't be able to compare if it the story changes in the movie. I have never been able to finish reading a novel, I just prefer watching the movie.

[Dora Wi]

Lately I've been wondering if "based on the book XYZ" in the case of Netflix originals really means "loosely inspired by some parts of the book XYZ" lmao
For example, I both read and watched Tiny Pretty Things and apart from the personality of a few characters and a few main events, the whole storyline goes in a completely different direction.