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I have to say that the book never grabbed me the way the movie did. Really? I read the book first. I was profoundly disappointed in the movie. I was angered b

I have to say that the book never grabbed me the way the movie did. Really? I read the book first. I was profoundly disappointed in the movie. I was angered by how artificial and contrived the deviations from the book were.

feiofh398r39rty 8y ago
Book was Crichton's, movie was Spielsberg's
- DrScump 8y ago
  Chrichton wrote the screenplay.
PakG1 8y ago
Unfortunately, there are very few movie adaptations of books where this isn't the case. You gotta let it go. I eventually did over the Jason Bourne series. How can they make a whole series of movies based on a series of books where the main antagonist doesn't even exist in the movies and the girlfriend dies at the beginning of the second movie instead of becoming the wife that keeps him human and gripped on reality? Eventually... Just gotta let it go. :(
- ghaff 8y ago
  Films are always always going to depart from books. The media are a lot different. They're probably targeted at different audiences. I don't remember many of the details of the Bourne books; it's literally been decades since I read them. But Ludlum's books were cut from the shadowy conspiracy/spy/etc. cloth whereas the Bourne movies are primarily big budget modern Hollywood action adventure. (Which I don't much care for and probably wouldn't have loved even if they kept characters and other relationships between the books and the films.) Directors are also just going to have their own visions. In many cases, they're just not going to like some of the creative choices the original author made--and there are a lot of fingers in Hollywood development projects in any case.
  - PakG1 8y ago
    Hehe. Apparently, for Ender's Game, there were actors who actually refused to read the book because they feared it would affect their work.
chc 8y ago
The biggest differences I remember are that there were more species of dinosaurs, the kids were slightly younger and basically had their personalities reversed, Nedry's hack was more sophisticated, and Genero turns all macho and becomes Muldoon's assistant instead of getting eaten. None of those seemed particularly artificial to me. What changes made you angry?

feiofh398r39rty 8y ago

Book was Crichton's, movie was Spielsberg's

DrScump 8y ago
Chrichton wrote the screenplay.

PakG1 8y ago

Unfortunately, there are very few movie adaptations of books where this isn't the case. You gotta let it go. I eventually did over the Jason Bourne series. How can they make a whole series of movies based on a series of books where the main antagonist doesn't even exist in the movies and the girlfriend dies at the beginning of the second movie instead of becoming the wife that keeps him human and gripped on reality? Eventually... Just gotta let it go. :(

ghaff 8y ago
Films are always always going to depart from books. The media are a lot different. They're probably targeted at different audiences. I don't remember many of the details of the Bourne books; it's literally been decades since I read them. But Ludlum's books were cut from the shadowy conspiracy/spy/etc. cloth whereas the Bourne movies are primarily big budget modern Hollywood action adventure. (Which I don't much care for and probably wouldn't have loved even if they kept characters and other relationships between the books and the films.) Directors are also just going to have their own visions. In many cases, they're just not going to like some of the creative choices the original author made--and there are a lot of fingers in Hollywood development projects in any case.
- PakG1 8y ago
  Hehe. Apparently, for Ender's Game, there were actors who actually refused to read the book because they feared it would affect their work.

chc 8y ago

The biggest differences I remember are that there were more species of dinosaurs, the kids were slightly younger and basically had their personalities reversed, Nedry's hack was more sophisticated, and Genero turns all macho and becomes Muldoon's assistant instead of getting eaten. None of those seemed particularly artificial to me. What changes made you angry?