Examples? I mean I know King's Speech must have been worse after they cut out the swearing for the PG-13 version, but it wasn't really a change in the story line.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

what made me think of it was the fourth twilight being made into a movie. I know people don't like it and stuff, but I read them to see how what the hype was. I heard they were changing it to make it PG13, because a lot of kids like it and the book would've been pretty graphic in a couple of scenes. But... That would really just changed the story. I also read on IMBD that Mean Girls would have been rated R in the original script but they changed a bunch, that wasn't really negative though, still love Mean Girls. Haha.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I guess I know what you mean, especially with adaptations from books. I haven't seen Water for Elephants, but I was really surprised that it's PG-13, given all the violence and swearing and sexual innuendo in the novel. But Mean Girls was fine without an R rating. I think "is your muffin buttered" is way better than "is your cherry popped" (what they initially had in the script). I guess it's not an accurate depiction of HS though, since everyone would be saying "fuck" every other word.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

yeah I still think Mean Girls was still good. I guess it really apply a lot to books being made into movies. Books that kids read can a bit more graphic or explicit in ways and its okay but people generally (I guess) don't want their kids to actually SEE it on screen.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

*coughcough* Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince *cough*

by Anonymous 14 years ago

harrypotterharrypotterharrypotter. It's not the whole storyline they're changing, though, just some parts that makes us book-readers wicked annoyed D:<

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Like the fact that HBP had nearly NO Quidditch whatsoever! AND THE HARRY-GINNY KISSING SCENE IN THE ROOM OF REQUIREMENT: WHAT THE FUCK?!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Seriously! And have you seen the Deathly Hallows part 2 trailer? I get that they want to keep it ~action filled~ but I hate the Harry/Voldemort "ooh let's fly off a building scene" cause I was looking forward to the scene that was in the book D<

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I haven't watched any trailers and don't intend to. I'll go to the midnight opening and never watch the movie again, I bet. The first and third stayed most true to the books, IMO.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I usually see the movies once, and then never watch them for like 2 years haha I can never sit still during a movie. I just don't like book-based movies, they always change them to make them more appealing for the people who didn't read the books.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Yeah I don't either; the books are vastly superior. But of the HP movies, I liked the first and third the best.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

me to :D Chamber of Secrets was too boring for me. Although the way I pictured Sirius was totally different than in the movies. I always imagine the way characters look, and then in the movies they're completely different haha.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Sirius was spot on for me, actually. Lupin as well.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

They do that?! I have lost all faith in humanity. I'm gonna go hang myself. Goodbye everyone. I hope your site sucks much, much less for newcomers than it did for me.

by Anonymous 14 years ago