Movies "loosely" based on original books...

Lucky3623 · 02-09-2009, 02:39 PM

Wow... so I am *reading "I am Legend", and am almost done with the book.

The book is soooo much different than the movie. I know of a couple of other movies that don't come close to the original books, but why do they stretch movies THAT far? At best I would say that the movie is "loosely" based on the book. Yeah, they have to add in some filler to the movie, but to go almost completely in a different direction? I am not dissappointed in the book or the movie, but you would think the movie actually included key details from the book... I should have read the book before I watched the movie.

Does this ever bother you?

*reading - actually I am listing to the Audio book. I hate to read, because it puts me to sleep in about 10 minutes, and I am illiterate.

02-09-2009, 02:39 PM	#1
Lucky3623 Official Thread Killer Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 554	Movies "loosely" based on original books... Wow... so I am reading "I am Legend", and am almost done with the book. The book is soooo much different than the movie. I know of a couple of other movies that don't come close to the original books, but why do they stretch movies THAT far? At best I would say that the movie is "loosely" based on the book. Yeah, they have to add in some filler to the movie, but to go almost completely in a different direction? I am not dissappointed in the book or the movie, but you would think the movie actually included key details from the book... I should have read the book before I watched the movie. Does this ever bother you? reading - actually I am listing to the Audio book. I hate to read, because it puts me to sleep in about 10 minutes, and I am illiterate.