Eragon. Mainly because it's the only movie on this list whose book I read first.

I like Fire and Blood in the book more than the TV show House of the Dragon.

The series unfortunate events with Jim Carrey playing, count Olaf in it. The movie was bad, the Netflix version was better.

Each movie made a ton of money, so considered a success. Yes Jackson took extreme liberties with the original source material, however, I still enjoyed the movies thoroughly.

It was still a box office success. Enough said.

Whether they made a ton of money is irrelevant. I’m pretty sure making a ton of money was the point of bloating that simple story almost beyond recognition, so yay them. I still maintain that they should have given it as much care as they did with TLotR. Yeah, there were a couple of unnecessary changes in that one (the whole Aragorn fighting a Warg and falling off a cliff was stupid), but even with my nitpicks that trilogy stayed true to the heart of the source material. But The Hobbit? Nope, it didn’t need all that extra stuff and I will always believe it completely went off the rails.

@@JennA-uf6lo Ok.

I remember reading both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy in high school (The Fellowship of the Ring was just released into theaters and I had wanted to see it so bad that my mom actually suggested that I read the book first). While The Hobbit trilogy started out well with An Unexpected Journey and had a strong follow up with The Desolation of Smaug, The Battle of the Five Armies was so weak and confusing that it makes you wish that Peter Jackson should have stayed with his original plan of making 2 Hobbit films instead of 3.

the CGI was bad

I'm in complete and total agreement 👍🏻

Well I'm hoping that Warner Bros animation Pictures version will do something that's appealing both kids and adults and do better than the last one did.

I think forbidding any future live action adaptations of Dr. Seuss's stuff is a gross overreaction. OK, sure, the Cat in the Hat wasn't all that, but does How The Grinch Stole Christmas count for nothing? Jim Carrey absolutely _nailed_ it as the Grinch!

Yes, except for Mike Myers honestly. He was totally mis-casted as the Cat in the Hat.

Not to slam Bo Welch badly, but I think he could’ve been better if directing the sets other than actors (from what I’ve heard, he’s pretty competent when it comes to directing sets) and yet actors did a pretty good job and I don’t blame myers for anything since universal forced him to be in the movie otherwise he would’ve been sued from them (not kidding that would’ve happened)

Those books shouldn't exist either.

I liked it but yeah

The Bonfire of the Vanities (since the other Tom Hanks films are terrible adaptations: Cloud Atlas and Da Vinci Code).

Ella Enchanted was totally different from the book. I could barely tell that it was the correct film.

Bridge to Terabithia A Series of Unfortunate Events How to Eat Fried Worms

There’s actually a miniseries from Hallmark Entertainment made in the mid 90s based on Gulliver’s Travels that’s more faithful to Jonathan Swift’s book and includes all 4 of his voyages and stars Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, James Fox, Alfre Woodard, Omar Sharif and Peter O’Toole and was produced by the Jim Henson Company. I highly recommend checking it out. You’ll have a much better voyage with that than “Jack Black’s Weird Vacation”.

​@@darkstarmoonshadow8892​ the series of unfortunate events the flim is a classic and I grew up loving it and I did read the first book and it is basically like the first book or similar and when the sh*t tv show came around I thought it ruined the whole vibe of the flim and the world that the flim had made and ok job for the actors who worked with the "tv show" but I am so glad that it is cancelled the tv show.

I hear the book is 10x better than the movie

@@darkstarmoonshadow8892 My issue was not reading the book before watching the movie because when I tried reading the book I couldn't get through the beginning. I closed the book and put it back. The movie ruined the book for me.

​@@breanainn27exactly the same for me. I couldn't get past the first chapter of the first book. I didn't even bother with the movies.

they are fun flims

@@darkstarmoonshadow8892 Which isn't saying much. 😂

but those movies sucked

@@jimbo9208 well hearing that Hitchhiker’s is getting another tv series remake makes me believe WatchMojo will take back what they said about it. Also Watchmen’s biggest mistake was not having a squid but still tried to do more with the source material in ultimate cut & then the tv show cleared up Snyder’s ignorance in not to use the squid. Cat in the Hat was more than just some house crasher, he was at heart a teacher for the kids. If anything, Artemis Fowl is a bigger insult than all those entries combined

@@davidlance5310 no it wouldn’t change the fact that the movie version still sucked lol

Except The Hobbit can work as a film if it stayed as one film and loyal to the book and used the elements from the films that did stay true to source material such as Bilbo’s meeting with the dwarfs, Riddles in the Dark and encounter with Smaug. There’s at least potential with a Hobbit film, so I wouldn’t say it’s unfilmable.

​@@hunterolaughlinYeah since Rankin Bass did a pretty good adaptation of the Hobbit.

Agree but I really like Grinch though. Illumination did good with the animation and at least it didn’t really rely too much pop culture references and did better with being an adaptation, and Horton hears a who is my second favorite as it’s pretty much the same thing (in my opinion that is) at least other than the anime reference (Seriously Dr Seuss in Anime style?! Really??) I saw it as a better adaptation. Lorax was fine but not great and the live action Ones completely sucks and there are a ton of reasons for it.

Except Horton Hears a Who (2008) was decent and tried to stay true to the spirit and message of the book.

Yeah, I'd say to leave them alone unless it's purely animated. The animated Grinch movies are good, and Horton Hears a Who, imo, was good. I never watched The Lorax, but I already feel like I'd be mixed on it as it is. Cat in the Hat now looks like a creep and I don't remember if I liked it as a kid - but I feel like I was bored, but not bored enough to fall asleep...Or if I dared fall asleep, Cat would haunt my nightmares.

I remember watching the movie a lot as a kid, I haven't watched it recently.

I watched all the time when I was younger, but it hasn’t held up like you said

I watched it a lot as a kid but not as an adult. The B humor was good as a kid

How did it not make the list? It truly was a foul movie..........I'll see myself out now

After reading the entire series and learning about all the changes being made to the film, not to mention being stuck in limbo for years, I flat out refuse to watch it. I'll keep my paperbacks and audiobooks.

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I like the percy jackson flims

@@aliceramdom.s me too

oh well

And now Barbie is the same lol

it was a bad flim all together

They should remake it

hate to disagree with you but it was kind of boring (couldn't even get past chapter 1 of book 1), and this is from me who previously enjoyed "Harry Potter"... also wasn't the author problematic in a business ethics pov??

I agree with your choices. those should've been included on the list, I have some choices that should've been included as well. "Artemis Fowl". which butchered the original source material by Eoin Colfer in the worst way ever . (Thanks for that, Disney!) "Beautiful Creatures", (By Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl) which ripped out much of the gothic southern charm and personality from the book it was based on, left out several important characters, left out several distinct character traits from the characters in it. changed the ending up completely; and not to mention that the film was released at the wrong time "Chaos Walking" by Patrick Ness. Which took a really good book trilogy and gave us a poor adaptation in every way possible and impossible that didn't even touch on any of the themes in the book series in any way. (Sorry you had to be in it, Daisy Ridley, Tom Holland, and Mads Mikkelsen) "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens.It's incredibly shot and well acted; but nearly all the textured themes about class and poor people, not to mention that much of Kya's personality in the book is non existent in the film; they also try to give more focus to the romance between her and Tate, rather than have it support the story in a good way. Also, one thing they missed about "The Great Gatsby" is the book was also a scathing and biting satire of the American dream, and those (particularly Gatsby) who seek to claim it at all costs. as well as providing commentary on the privileges and consequences of wealth, as well as the consequences of trying to reclaim the past instead of pushing forward into the future.

Yeah I agree

It's in IMDb's Bottom 100 film…

I love Cat In The Hat. I took my daughter when she was a toddler and she loved it!! She still does!! It was perfect for kids and the adult jokes were over the kids heads which I loved

Me and my sister thinks it’s a guilty pleasure

The Cat in the Hat can still be remade and extend the story in a more effective way that makes sense without all those dirty jokes. Instead why don’t we have some slapstick comedy, rom-com, adventure genre? Charlie Chaplin style. Some boundaries might be in order though.

I actually disagree. I think what made the book ending so upsetting was that the sister (blanking on her name) had just won her bodily autonomy freedom only to lose her life in a car accident.

@@briannastultz6924 ooohhh...good point 👍 But I still prefer to just let Kate die..maybe I can accept the book ending if after Anna dies, Kate continues to be still sickly..but miraculously she never got sick again, which I think already is on the mystical side which is a departure from the original plot of the story, which is moral/humane ambiguity

same

Sounded ok to me.

Prefectlyimpefecrfect93 ❤

@@sheilaholmes996 It should be UH not AH. Aaliyah.

When it comes to Mike Myers, nothing is gonna beat Shrek.

@@bighand1530 Yeah I can't argue with that

I still watched it a lot as a kid. Very B humor and just as a kid made me laugh

@@bighand1530 for me its Austin Powers. but only at the time i was into that kind of humor. i tried going back to watch them and i could even get through the first movie. thats when i decided that those films were a product of their time

yes

I agree

Have you noticed that the movies that were the best were the ones not having to do with the supernatural? Carrie and The Shining being the exceptions.

You didn’t like The Shining or It (2017)?

Not even Stephen King liked the 1980 version of The Shining, hated it so much that he had a miniseries made in 1997 that came closer to his novel. And the 1990 version of It is better than both parts of the reboot.

I give you a like for NOT including The Shining. And for including The Dead Zone. That one is so underrated. Definitely spooky.

The ‘97 version is still a lot closer to the novel compared to Kubrick’s

@@LucyLioness100 But it still romanticizes the fuck out of Dolores's entanglement with Humbert and in a lot of ways made her seem like the aggressor which makes it a bad adaptation as the whole point is Humbert is an unreliable narrator.

Douglas Adams himself believed it would be impossible to do a Hitchhikers Guide movie series. I thought BBC TV did a pretty good job with the first two books of the "trilogy." For them on DVD and still watch them every once in a while...

Disney was the worst studio to try to also. I knew it was a horrible choice because there's an undercurrent of mean spiritedness that Disney is crap with. With those confused, in the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Jetblack Desoto, a rock star, spends a year dead as punishment for tax evasion. Also, there's a character whose whole thing is literally to be reincarnated just to be killed by Arthur Dent the main character. One of his last thoughts when he comes back as a potted plant is "Oh no, not again."

It's the only movie I've ever walked out on. I love the books but absolutely loathe the movie.

really? even with -Roman Catholic Church- the Magisterium?

The Magisterium, the Dust, the Angels (including Metatron), the Gallivespians, the Mulefa, the Subtle Knife, the Land of the Dead with the Harpies... And Ruth Wilson as Mrs Coulter was so much better than Nicole Kidman

Loved that TV series 👍

Blame it on Hollywood; no creativity what so ever

@@darkstarmoonshadow8892 , agreed!!! Hollywood has gone to the pooper. If I want 25 Batman movies, 22 Superman movies, and all the other comics movies, I'd be through the roof. No originality, no talent, and so on. It's sad. Movie theaters are closing everywhere and if still open, I'd never pay the prices for any of the films out there today. 🙄

not necessarily

So much wasted potential & yeah you can’t condense 8 books or even just 1 into 95 minutes of movie

The placement of Zaphod Beeblebrox's second head in the movie was just weird. The BBC miniseries was much better.

exactly like "the lovely bones" was good as a flim and there were some subjects in the book that weren't suitable to make into the the flim so yeah.

Yes!..2 adaptations so far and both were substandard.

I’m hoping someone can actually make a good adaptation of the book. People thought Dune was unfilmable, but we got a good adaptation with the 2021 film. So I’m sure we can still get a good adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time.

​@@hunterolaughlinyeah

I haven't read the books but I did read the graph novel's and listen to the first book on audio cd so and I did't think much of them and I like the pecry jackson flims as well.

@@aliceramdom.s yeah i men, i just heard or read that many People who watched the Movies and read the Books were disappointed about the Movies. especially the second one. but i must say that i ididnt found him so bad like many People said. im really sad that it seems that there wont come more Movies with this Cliffhanger.

​@@nixda9326yeah like most of the "book fandom" "hates" the flims but I think that they are ok. ok the second one wasn't as good at the first one but I think that they were like the right age. in the new "tv show" apparently the main character's are going to be like 12 or something and they look nothing like the flim character's.

What comes to mind?

With the success of the film version of Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret, I’d love to see Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing adapted into a film; although my only concern is considering the book was published in the 70s, they’d have to do a time shift with the film adaptation to take place in the modern era.

Differences Between Comic Book and Novel Adaptations. Superhero stories are meant to be episodic ongoing adventures. Book adaptations such as Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Narnia, Earthsea, Lord of the Rings, detective books, manga, horror, western, slasher, and sci fi novels. On the hand, are not episodic ongoing stories like superheroes. There once in a lifetime experience. They are meant to alter changes to the source material. People have to deal with it. Novel adaptations are meant for die hard fans, scholars, and librarians alike. Changes to their source material need to occur. To feel justified. Even if novel readers don't like the changes. Too bad. What is the point of adapting them in the first place? It doesn't matter if the novel creators aren't involved, it's okay. Being book accurate is no longer an excuse anymore. You can't judge book adaptations. If they alter book adaptations, changes it's source material to fit the runtime, I am not arguing about it. Producers, do your own thing. Creative interference needs to happen. "Film and tv directors, you cannot get what you always want to do. Because, life doesn't work that way. You are told what you are tasked to do. There is no need to be rebellious. Deal with it".

Aside from the Harry Potter tv show remake. There is Mashle and Jujutsu Kaisen. These two series have a main protagonist go to a special school, make friends, school drama, action, suspense, and both series have a chosen one prophecy tale. I have no dislike for the new Harry Potter tv show remake. There is also a tv remake of Percy Jackson, Little Witch Academia, Mashle, and Jujutsu Kaisen.

I enjoyed the film this book was based on. I don't understand why it was criticized at the time of release? I don't want a remake. If they remake it, it's going to be retelling the first book, that was already done as a film. But with a slow pace. I found the film version of Eragon justified. I wish the new series was a reboot and sequel to the film. Rather than starting from the beginning.

Why Book Adaptations Need To Serve to the Producers and Higher Ups From Hollywood. Book film adaptations like Eragon, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Percy Jackson, Twilight, Atlas Shrugged, Harry Potter, The Seeker, The Hobbit, Jumper, and so many more. Use 100-200 budget for production. They use cgi and practical effects as a way to experiment. These are not superhero movies. There a reason why Alan Moore criticized more specifically at superhero movies. Because he thinks superhero stories, especially Marvel and DC, have their source material cannibalized to hollywood. And are serving to the higher ups of hollywood. Book adaptations need to serve hollywood producers and the higher ups by a lot of film studios. Have been a trend for so many decades age. Possibly, since the very beginning and introduction of hollywood. Since they have nothing else left to go. Even if the book adaptations are butchered, authors aren't involved, criticized by die hard fans, or go against the source material. Like I have said, I am giving it a pass and let it slide. Producers, and everyone who worked by hollywood. Have their right to do what they want to do with the book adaptations. There is no thing as perfect, only experiment and add changes. In order to become relevant to die hard fans, scholars, analysts, and average people alike. Book adaptations can be what it wants to be. Let it become what it can be. There is no definitive answer to adapt books in other media.

Mesmerizing Wachowskys. Can't get enough.

I agree.

Definitely need a part 2 of this list, or a top 20; either one.