What book do you feel deserved a much better media adaptation than what it got?
What book do you feel deserved a much better media adaptation than what it got?
I am forever bitter about Eragon..
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World War Z.
Book: Absolutely brilliant "documentary" from the survivors of a fictional zombie outbreak. Goes deep in to the details of high command and front line soldiers about how their initial assumptions were flawed and the ethical nightmare they were faced on a day to day basis. From wondering if they are killing infected people that could eventually be cured to strategically letting uninfected cities be used as zombie bait giving them time to prepare defenses elsewhere. All told way after the fact when the charcters have benefit of hindsight giving them lots of room to be reminest, express regret and throw shade at each other on why someone ELSES arrogance got people killed. Super funny writing and a nice tide clever book overall.
Movie: Brad Pitt, playing a non-scientist, runs around and finds the cure for the zombie virus in like two days. Forgettable action movie that does nothing unique or interesting.
Audiobook: Full voice casted by A list names who absolutely nail it. Faithful to the original text and lightyears ahead of. the movie. IMHO, it's the best audiobook experince around.
The North Korea section of the book was so creepy, I still think about that from time to time.
Fantastic book. Ok movie that seemed like it wasn’t related to the book at all. The scariest part is that the book accurately predicted how humans would react to an outbreak like Covid. Spoiler alert: not well.