Technical how? Packed with scientific details? Or something else?

Yes, alot of scientific / forensic details. It's interesting but goes way over my head. I also find the french names and locations a challenge. I'm sure that my mind isn't pronouncing them accurately.

I recently watched I Am Number Four (happened across it on HBO) and I found it more entertaining and less boring than the book (I didn't care much for the book) Something about seeing the fight scenes vs. the author's description made it more enjoyable for me, though I'd give neither book or movie more than 2.5 stars. The movie might earn a 3 for casting Timothy Olyphant  and I liked #6.

I recently watched Never Let Me Go. The movie was so.friggen.boring. The book wasn't all that great but the movie was unwatchable, especially knowing the outcome. No point so I quit 1/3 of the way through.

I am curious how Hunger Games will go. I want it to be amazing so it will probably be a let down  and just heard Maze Runner will be a movie and that should be interesting.

I really disliked the TV adaptation of the Dresden Files, by Jim Butcher. It seemed like the makers noticed the book popularity but decided to make the TV version for the lowest common denominator. Why else would they replace Dresden's staff with a hockey stick and his blasting rod with a freaking drumstick? I was okay with the plot changes, but little details like that made me want to scream.

oh my...where to begin??? there are more and more tv series and movies based on books here lately..
         I will always love the books more than the movie/tv adaptions. when I read it's like a movie in my head, I can see, hear and feel right along with the characters of the books.
while I understand that the producers can't put every detail into the shows/movies that the authors put into thier books, it makes me crazy to see a book I love mutilated by the action packed, sexed-up demands of hollywood. why must they feel the need to totally re-write the original work that was popular enough to even be considered for an adaption?

Here are a few truly horrible adaptions that made me cry when I saw what hollywood had done to them.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thiefby Rick Riordan
   they aged percy and annabeth-ruined Grover, left out Clarisse completely and pierce brosnan as Cheron??? come on! not to mention the fact that they totally ruined the storyline with madussa, the lotus hotel, the pearls, Luke and the entire quest!

The King of Thrones: George R.R. Martin:
     this show can only be loved by those who have NOT read the books. the way he writes, the quirks of the characters everything that makes it so good is lost to sex,blood and death in the tv adaption.

True Blood:
    I know this show has been mentioned, but I liked the books so much better.. the show is too lude for my tastes. while there are a lot of love scenes with sookie and her vampires, HBO took that and twisted it into something perverse and dirty. and completely changed some of the characters and series of events etc..etc..etc...

Now for the TRUE DISGRACES...
Stephen King adaptions...he is my favorite author of all time. I am proud to say that I own every single one of his books in both hardback and ebook versions.. the very first book I ever read of his was IT, when I was 11. scared the living bejesus out of me! wouldn't go near a drain by myself for months after I read that book.  The tv adaption was just rediculous!! I couldn't believe he let them do that!
Sai King has over 50 tv and screen adaptions to his credit, not suprising because of his greatness, but je$us chr!st Banannas how they mutilated his work!
Desperation, Dolan's Cadillac, The Mist, The Mangler, Children of the Corn,(they totally ruined it with the 8+ sequals they just had to make) Sometimes they Come Back, The Shining(the tv adaption sucked...Jack Nicholson was AWESOME!!!)  Rose Red,  The Dreamcather, Hearts in Atlantis ( only about 1/4 of this book was adapted)
 
The closest adaptions of his work that I have seen is: Misery, Delores Claiborn,
The Stand(while a lot had to be cut out, the main characters, storyline and basic "groove" of the book was there.) The Shawshank Redemption(even though it was revised, I will admit that they did an awesome job in drawing you into the storyline, feeling the fear, desperation of Andy and his friendship with Red.
The Green Mile..while originally written in several editions, it was over-all done very well. they focused on the main point of the book and made it great!

Now there's talk of making movies of his epic "Dark Tower" series...I LOVE these books. I waited, not too patiently either, for 20 years for the completion of this epic saga and have read and re-read it at least that many times. everytime I do, I get something new out of it. The thought of hollywood getting a hold of it makes me cringe. I have known, loved, laughed, cried, and hated Rolad, Eddy Susannah and Jake for over half of my life. I know how I see them and I don't know that I want that image of them and their story to be ruined for me..

Sorry to rant at you all, but I feel better now    does anyone else feel this way? or is it just me???

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have you seen the trailer?it looks good.

Still have to read this series, is that bad?

Still have to read this series, is that bad?

Poprad read the series ,they are really good ,and u have time before the movie comes out.

kerrycakes i agree but still ,i want to see the movie.

After watching American remake of the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and the original Swedish extended version of the Millenium Trilogy.  I immediately tracked down the novels written by Stieg Larrson, and I have to say if that the novels did offer more in terms of character development than that of the live action adapations.  However you have to take into account that director's only have a certain amount of time to create the live action adapations, which would mean that they would have to remove some parts of the novel from the final script.  But I would have to that both the American and the original Swedish adapations were really very entertaining to watch.