10 Very Important Changes Movies Have Made When Adapting A Book

Sometimes a movie can step out of the story written in the novel from which it was inspired while still being a hit in theaters. Still, that’s not to say that some of these changes are welcomed by fans who enjoyed that story, time and again, on the pages of the books.

There are also examples where the film is not bad, but the filmmakers decide to add characters, situations and even names outside the original story, making changes left and right that, in the end, end up distancing the film from the novels that inspired it. These are 10 of the most radical and notorious changes we have seen in recent years.

1. The princess’s Diary

Meg Cabot, the book’s writer, said she was happy that Mia’s father was dead in the movie when in fact, in the books, he was still alive. All this to give more focus to the character played by Julie Andrews.

2. Lost

Originally, the story between Amy and Nick is told entirely from his perspective. However, at the time of writing the script for the film, the book’s writer decided to give Amy that power to surprise the audience even more.

3. The Mist

The end of the Stephen King novel is much less gloomy and dark than the one of the film. Even so, the famous writer let Frank Darabont, the director, add that terrible ending in which the hero ends up killing his loved ones.

4. The room

Originally, the book is narrated by Jack. However, it was the same writer, Emma Donoghue, who decided to give Ma a little more history and focus to show what she suffered daily in order to protect Jack.

5. The advantages of being invisible

Stephen Chbosky, the author of the book, was the one who decided to change the song from Landslide by Fleetwood Mac for Heroes by David Bowie in the iconic tunnel scene where Charlie says the line: “At that moment, I swear we are infinite.”

6. The Devil Wears Prada

The author of the book has declared to be delighted with the way in which the film humanizes the character of Miranda Priestly, since in her story, the character is simply bad, without reasons or real problems that prove her right.

7. The fight Club

Chuck Palahniuk feels ashamed of his book after the success of the film, since the way it was directed is much clearer, tense, dynamic and with real relationships compared to the way he tried to do it.

8. The Hunger Games

In the books, Effie’s character does not appear after the first installment. However, it was the same Suzanne Collins, the author of the story, who asked that the character be included in a better and greater way in the other films.

9. Percy Jackson

Before the first was made, Rick Riordan, the author, asked the directors not to change Percy’s age from 12 to 17, as it affected the audience for his books. However, it was ignored and consequently the film was a failure.

10. Coraline

In the original version, Coraline does not have blue hair and is a British girl. However, Neil Gaiman has stated that he liked the haughty and daring American version of his character much more.