9 Films That Completely Ignored Their Source (And Sucked Because Of It)
You don't have to be utterly faithful in an adaptation, but that doesn't mean you tear the guts out the source material.
Were all massive hypocrites when it comes to big screen adaptation of a beloved story. If youre in love with the material even a slight change is absolute heresy, destroying what made the original so great, but if youve never read the book, see the TV show etc., then its fair game to switch everything around to improve the final product. This isn't resigned to just fans. Stephen King loathed Stanley Kubricks The Shining as it mined in a different direction to the book, to the extent where the belated sequel, Doctor Sleep, had a rather pointed jab at the film. So whats a filmmaker to do? To please both takes real effort to show understanding of the material without getting too fanboyish over it, while opting for just one will put you in the purgatory of mixed reviews. So some, naturally, forsake the source altogether, which as you can guess is never a good move. The following nine films all dropped a key part of the source they were adapting to their fault. Some worked serviciably on their own, but were really just a shadow of the brilliance their source suggested.