17 On-Screen Adaptations That Were Actually Way, Way, Way Better Than The Books They Were Based On, And 8 That Were So Horrible, They Almost Felt Offensive
May 7, 2025
Movies Different Than Their Books: 17 Hits And 8 Misses
Every time a book is adapted into a movie or a TV show, a predictable debate ensues: one side will tell you the adaptation is terrible if it doesn’t follow the novel word for word, whereas the other will argue that it only needs to capture the “spirit” of the source material.
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