Most of the movies I've seen that have been adapted from famous novels, just paled in comparison or were just plain crappy. Some are surprisingly good though. Here's my list:
Good books turned to Crappy Movies:
- Bourne Identity/Bourne Supremacy/Bourne Ultimatum
- Percy Jackson-Lighting thief
- Harry Potter -Prizoner of Azkaban
- The Hobbit- #%$@% why the %$% did they have to turn a really short novel into a 3 part movie??? they turned a very humorous book into something ...droll.
Ugh Book- Nice Movie
- Stardust
Good Book-Good Movie
- Ender's Game- I was keeping my fingers crossed, I really expected it would be another bastardized book and I was so pleasantly surprised that it was so faithful to the book! and it turned out really good.
- LOTR series