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I know I was so looking forward to "Memoirs of a Geisha" when it came out as a movie and well, it was just awful. The actresses they used for the main 3 female roles were all very talented but none of them were Japanese and from what I read both the Japanese and Chinese were upset about that (Japanese - why couldn't they use Japanese actresses, Chinese- how could Chinese actresses be a part of a Japanese movie). And several of the key plotlines were just ruined. But I will say that the cinematography and costumes used were just amazing.
What favorite books of yours were ruined by the movie made.
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The Choir Boys. Not a great book so much as a great read. The movie was an exercise in mediocrity.
ohiosmith
Mar 2012
#2
Girl with the Pearl Earing. They could have done that movie so much better. The Other
Justice wanted
Mar 2012
#7
Dan Brown wants so bad to be Robert Ludlum...but isn't within a light year.
NRaleighLiberal
Mar 2012
#17
I think that they are finally shooting Ludlum's Matarese Circle (my favorite of his) - casting
NRaleighLiberal
Mar 2012
#18
I thought that Buck Henry did a good job with an impossible book - "Catch 22"
underpants
Mar 2012
#21
Paul Verhoven has a time machine, and that movie was an allegory on the Iraq War
Taverner
Mar 2012
#66
An honourable mention should go to almost every Roald Dahl book adapted into a movie
RFKHumphreyObama
Mar 2012
#76