42 Random Bits of Trivia About Some Amazing and Brutal Page-to-Screen Adaptations

Reigniting movie vs. book arguments worldwide!

If you’ve ever complained that an adapted movie or TV show didn’t look like what you imagined in the book, then we’d just like to insensitively exclaim, “Of course it didn’t!” It’d be near-impossible for a group of filmmakers to match your personal imagination. And even if they could, did you expect them to ask you to somehow project your thoughts onto their storyboards? A bunch of these didn’t even care about the book’s author! Like most things, people made some choices, and we all just had to deal with it. 

Them’s the bricks, kiddo. 

Jaws

Mean Girls

Shrek

Once Were Warriors

The Rules of Attraction

Chief

The Neverending Story

Batman

Queen of the Damned

I Am Legend

Less Than Zero

A Wrinkle in Time

Earthsea

A Clockwork Orange

Marcia Clark

Troy

The Walking Dead

Harry Potter

American Gods

Alice in Wonderland

Stand By Me

Jurassic Park

A Walk to Remember

Game of Thrones

The Natural

Stuart Little

Big Hero 6

There Will Be Blood

Orange Is the New Black

The Mask

Stardust

The Princess Bride

Roald Dahl

Aladdin

Charlotte’s Web

The Thorn Birds

Catch Me If You Can

Lois Duncan

Cool Hand Luke

Akira

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Stephen King

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