“Barely recognizable to the books. I swear if all the names were changed, I wouldn’t know it was Artemis Fowl.” —Alseen_I “A classic example of a poor adaptation. It was not merely different from the book; it literally didn’t hold together as a story. My husband and I went to see the film, and then we went to dinner, where I spent the entire conversation explaining all the parts of the film that didn’t make sense for anyone who hadn’t read the book.” —Midwestern_Childhood “The tagline should have been: ‘Based on the title of the bestselling novel!’” —fizzlefist “I was coming here to see if anyone else had mentioned Earthsea. I have no words for how terrible the Syfy channel version was and then the Ghibli version…ugh. I wish it could get a proper adaptation.” —geckospots “Some of the casting was great, but the lackluster script and extremely watered-down story and themes ruined it.” —Mudders_Milk_Man “Should never have even been adapted in the first place. The color-blindness twist is so satisfying when you read it as a kid, and basically impossible to translate to film by its very nature.” —snakeantlers “The original ending had left me in tears. It also seemed quite fitting for the story. She was born for her, and at the end, when she died, it was also for her. The movie totally ruined it and made it something that can be predicted by everyone, whilst the book ending took me by surprise.” —No-Yelloq1221
