Biggest book vs. movie pet peeves

I'm finally getting around to watching Jack Reacher. I've been putting it off because Tom Cruise doesn't exactly scream "I'm a blonde-haired, blue-eyed 6'5" hunk of love with a 50-inch chest and I can easily drop a 400lb man on his head but who doesn't run." Tom Cruise is like, the only action-guy who does sprinting scenes on a regular basis because he always looks so gosh-darned good, so they couldn't even get that right. It's got me thinking - when you read a book or a series of books and then watch the movie or the series of movies, what changes bug you the most?

Note: I understand that there may occasionally be some exceptions where you're not annoyed by one character or another. Just go with your standard. =) less

I'm finally getting around to watching Jack Reacher. I've been putting it off because Tom Cruise doesn't exactly scream "I'm a blonde-haired, blue-eyed 6'5" hunk of love with a 50-inch chest and I can easily drop a 400lb man on his head but who doesn't run." Tom Cruise is like, the only action-guy who does sprinting scenes on a regular basis because he always looks so gosh-darned good, so they couldn't even get that right. It's got me thinking - when you read a book or a series of books and then watch the movie or the series of movies, what changes bug you the most?

Note: I understand that there may occasionally be some exceptions where you're not annoyed by one character or another. Just go with your standard. =) less

I'm finally getting around to watching Jack Reacher. I've been putting it off because Tom Cruise doesn't exactly scream "I'm a blonde-haired, blue-eyed 6'5" hunk of love with a 50-inch chest and I can easily drop a 400lb man on his head but who doesn't run." Tom Cruise is like, the only action-guy who does sprinting scenes on a regular basis because he always looks so gosh-darned good, so they couldn't even get that right. It's got me thinking - when you read a book or a series of books and then watch the movie or the series of movies, what changes bug you the most?

Note: I understand that there may occasionally be some exceptions where you're not annoyed by one character or another. Just go with your standard. =) less

They massacred the ending of I am Legend as well in the Will Smith version (though, quite frankly, the whole thing was completely different from the book). The alternate ending can still be found, thankfully, because at least it offers the philosophical implications that were present in the book. less

I think movies by nature, destroy the illusion that a book creates.

A good book builds an entire world out of your imagination. The experience is very unique and personal to every reader. A movie is a the direct interpretation of some one else. And that person has many limitations when attempting to retell the story. I think certainly one of the biggest limitation is the time factor. Even a relatively short book, probably needs way more than 2 hours to do the story justice. less