Films based on books

Films based on books. Good idea said someone in the past to a gut who was obviously a smart one. And at the time he was right, because books were shorter with less complicated storylines. Now Film/books are and awful idea. Take Harry Potter as a fine example of the downfall of Film/books. The first, second and thrid one were excellent. The stayed almost religiously to the story of the books. Then the forth one rolled up and that was o.k. a few bits missed out but none-the-less a good film. Then in came number five. The book of 'Order Of The Phoenix' was in my opinion the best of the seven. But the film frankly sucked donkey balls. They missed huge chunks of the book like the sub-storyline of Hagrids halfbrother Grawp, I will admit they didn't completely banish this bit from the film but basicly there was all of one bit that we saw Grawp. Another fine example of a shit Film/book was the Da Vinci Code. I was Hugely impressed with the film when i watched it, but now I have read the book, I feel the film was hugely lacking with a good 1/4 of the book omitted from the film.
Yet another crap Film/book was Eragon. The book again was brilliant, and is one of my personal favorites. However the film may as well have been two hours of a dog having intercourse with a squirel. Entire storylines were cut out, facts changed and things that were vital the the next book were overlooked.

Even though most Film/books suck arse there are a few honerables that were brilliant such as; Die Hard, The Grinch, Dracular, The Godfather, Hunt For Red October, The Green Mile and Lord Of The Rings.

The moral of the story is the best films availible are those which are original storylines or based on true stories.

Films based on books
Overall Score: 4/10

Jon