There are thousands upon thousands of movies out there and even more books. The chances are that somewhere among all that entertainment, there are bound to be repeats. Eragon, for example, was an amazing book, but the movie was absolutely horrible. The plot was different and there wasn’t enough action. Harry Potter was another one, I guess it was unavoidable but there wasn’t enough of the original story; they left so many things out. Yet it still is enjoyable to watch. There are many examples of this but I do find a problem with it all.


Books leave most of the story to the imagination. Movies take that mental aspect away, but they can still provide entertaining visuals. Modern CGI is just getting better and better, so for some books it helps them to be turned into movies. Another issue is length; books can be as long as the author wants, whereas movies are almost always less than 3 hours. Given less time in a movie for character development can really change the way characters are understood by the viewers. In other terms, unless the movie adaption is really well done, it isn’t very good in my opinion.

Most of the time, movie adaptions don’t live up to their full potential. Many producers beg authors for the rights to make a movie; the book writer should take extreme discretion when making the decision. Although movies made from books aren’t always that good, they can still be entertaining... enough.