The book was better than the movie.
Maybe the book adaptation could be better if we tried again.
We all say it.
Warner Bros.
Dont play coy: You know what Im talking about.
Its that famous phrase popularized by English majors the world over: The book was better than the movie.
The Da Vinci Code
Look, Im no book snob.
On the other hand, that formula doesnt necessarily translate well onto the screen.
In Browns novels, revelations arise organically from long, didactic passages about history.
This movie is boring, and deserves a remake with snappier dialogue to heighten the stakes.
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Its also an allegory for the dark, complicated history of Chile, and therein lies the problem.
They also handed the film to a Danish writer-director, who unsurprisingly missed the books point completely.
The acting was great, though.
Warner Bros.
The Hobbit
How did Peter Jackson mess this one up?
He did so well withLord of the Rings!
Due to some studio buffoonery, his adaptation of J.R.R.
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
This 2012 movie had such potential!
Just look at that title.
Think of the campy cult icon that this could have been.
Sony Pictures
How can you make a movie about Abraham Lincoln fighting vampires and not make it fun?
3 Body Problem
I am among the manyGame of Thronesfans who grew frustrated with its creators D.B.
Unfortunately, they just couldnt translateThe Three-Body Problems long, revelatory passages about mathematical formulas into compelling dialogue.
20th Century Fox
And it didnt even win me extra credit.
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