Give Hollywood a book with a storyline, and they will still do it their own way!
Many of the films presented below, will cause you something like this: "Oh, it turns out that this was taken from the book?"
10 place. The Adventures of Gulliver (2010)
The world-famous work of Jonathan Swift has always provoked children's interest even among the adult generation of people. But frustration was not avoided. From a book that posed fundamental philosophical questions and ridiculed society, the Americans decided simply to make a candy wrapper without candy and, as they say, "pogurat." It is understandable, the capital in the west is placed above originality and sending, that's what turned out to be Gulliver of the XXI century.
9 place. Portrait of Dorian Gray (2009)
Not to say that the film was completely disastrous, but it was clear that the fans of Oscar Wilde's most popular production expected something more. The picture was too modern, there was no spirit of the XIX century, although the work on the costumes was carried out well. A bobble occurred with the choice of the protagonist. The role of Dorian Gray was chosen by Benjamin Barca. Apparently, the director was betting on the "vanilla" appearance of the hero and the corresponding reaction from the young schoolgirls. In general, the film came out quite contradictory, and after all the original source is a masterpiece of literature.
8 place. Count Dracula (1992)
Bram Stoker's novel brought so much noise to the beginning of the 20th century, that many literary critics (including Russian ones) soon dubbed the work "the best gothic novel of their time". But what about the film? He came out very dry and indistinct. Francis Ford Coppola decided that nothing terrible would happen if the names of the characters of the book were left, and the story and script were given away. That is, there is almost nothing in common between Stoker's novel itself and the film Cospalla. From the whole galaxy of actors it was interesting to look only at Mr. Hopkins, but let him not be enticed, because the picture still came out a failure.
7 place. Bonfire of vanities (1990)
Novel Tom Wolfe "Bonfire ambitions" has become one of the most popular and interesting works of the XX century. What can not be said about the film adaptation. It would seem that politics, machinations and Wall Street had to do their part and blow up the cinema audience. But ... alas. It all boiled down to imitating the main characters of the book by the actors. Morgan Freeman and did admit that this picture was one of the rare "nightmares" in his filmography.
6 place. The scarlet letter (1995)
This work has long been listed in the list of compulsory literature in the United States. But the film is far from the cliche "to compulsory viewing." That's what happens when Hollywood tries to make the source of the film adaptation "sexier". The ending is awful, and the rating of film critics rises above 50% in rare cases. Even the actors' game did not save the picture, although it was only necessary to approach the creation of the film more responsibly.
5 place. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
It's no wonder that Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, brilliant contemporary writers of graphic novels, have refused to participate in any way in creating a film. The book tells of a group of unanimous people who seek to save the UK from evil, while the tape only talks about some separate, unrelated heroes and scenes. The film does not reveal the history of the characters, which ultimately affects the picture itself. Even Sean Connery could not save this incomprehensible work.
4 place. Eragon (2006)
When we talk about the adaptation of a genre such as fantasy, we must understand that the key work is reduced to computer graphics and script writers. Here it is clear that much does not fit in between the film and the book itself. The team to create the picture tried to make a decent response to the "Lord of the Rings", but where they are. The film was simplified to the children's level. "Eragon" was another unfortunate copy of the creation of Peter Jackson.
3rd place. Cat in the Hat (2003)
One of the most favorite books by the children of America, although there is no special story. The book of Dr. Hughes is full of all illustrations and entertaining rhymes. But the film is deprived of even this. Plus, American filmmakers have decided to shove in an absolutely innocuous and truly childish book some incomprehensible jokes below the belt. All this in the sum gave the picture no more than 10% of positive reviews.
2nd place. The Golden Compass (2007)
What makes this book truly excellent is that the writer trusts the intellectual level of readers. The work tells about a girl who lives in a world of people where freedom and will are suppressed. Moreover, there is a lot of discussion on the topic of religion. Directing decided to bypass all these moments, apparently, so as not to "upset" viewers with boring dialogues. In fact, it turned out that instead of boring dialogues we received a lack of development of the historical line, as well as incomprehensible scenes, decorated with special effects. The "Golden Compass" has become one of the biggest frustrations of this century in the film industry.
1 place. Dune (1984)
No, not "Twilight") In our opinion, neither this book nor the film itself deserve your attention. Sometimes a work can be so complicated that making it a film is almost impossible. Well, in general, it happened. Fans of creativity Frank Herbert thought that the picture is devoid of any logic and is as distorted as possible. The director of the film, David Lynch really blundered, because "Dune" is for fantasy, as "The Lord of the Rings" for fantasy. The failure of the film is also evidenced by figures. The film was spent 42 million dollars, of which returned only 27.