Which movie ruined a good book?

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aimy869 wrote: 15 Sep 2018, 23:34 fifty shades because of the cut scenes
It was 50 Shades for me too but because Christian was miscast. #notmychristian
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The mortal instruments; I'm pretty sure it does not even have a sequel. There was so much magic, action, details and backstory in the book which were omitted in the movie. Don't get me wrong, I used to love it, as I watched the movie before reading the book. After reading the book, however, made me realize how poorly the movie was made.
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Game of thrones. The first four seasons were okay but after running out of the source material things went south. I wish they could just have waited for George Martin to finish writing rather than rushing the whole thing
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There are lots of them. Eragon was ruined because they cut some scenes. The last two seasons of Game of Thrones because the writers didn't follow the books.
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Eragon. And I felt so happy to see it has been mentioned before in this post. I still keep the hope they may do a new adaption or series in the future (although I know it’s likely never to happen)
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