Book-to-movie adaptations have been a thing since pretty much the dawn of cinema.
But for every book adaptation that Hollywood does right, it seems that they do ten more wrong.
Indeed, it can sometimes be hard to find a truly good adaptation in the sea of terrible ones.
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Worse still, authorJ.
R. R. Tolkienwrote thousands of pages of extended lore, and there’s no shortage of stories to tell.
Cherry is a young student who joins the military to escape the heartbreak of being dumped by his girlfriend.
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There was so much potential for the story to explore themes of drug addiction in America.
Alas, theseserious themes are terribly mishandled, and the story itself is way too predictable to be interesting.
Worse still,Cherrydrags on and on to the point of being way too long.
Unfortunately, even Adams' experience couldn’t save how poorly her character was written.
That is, until she witnesses a murder in their home, getting her caught up in a mystery.
L. Jameswas highly controversial with its blatant misunderstanding of BDSM and glorification of problematic behaviors.
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Making a movie based on a widely panned erotic novel was probably not the best move.
There have been some really awesomeStephen Kingadaptations, but 2022’sFirestarterisn’t one of them.
The movies starredZachary Gordonas Greg Heffley andDevon Bostickas his older brother, Rodrick.
1’Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey' (2023)
Based on various works by A.
A. Milne
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honeyis based on a series of children’s books byA.
A. Milne, but the twist is that this slasher is certainly not for kids.
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Thus, Pooh resorts to hunting down humans and eating them for sustenance.
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