“In Forrest Gump, he joins a NASA program, goes to space with an orangutan, crash lands in New Guinea and is held captive by cannibals for four years! He only survives because he beats the cannibals’ leader at chess every day. Oh, and the orangutan becomes his life-long friend and partner in the shrimp business. And Hollywood left this out because they wanted to make room for his jog around the country?”
All of "The Running Man" - STEPHEN KING.
And, why oh why Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher?! There could not be more of a contrast in stature.
I mean the books make a HUGE deal about Reacher being a HUGE man... then Tom Cruise. Terry Crews would have been more suitable than Tom.
Also in I am Legend Robert Neville finds out that certain things don't work against other vampires, like a person who was Muslim wouldn't fear the cross, or someone who didn't believe in God nothing had an effect on them.
There were so many things they left out
I've read I am Legend at least 20 times.
It's one of my favorite books.
(1.) Why see the movie if you read the book?
(2.) Why read the book if you watched the movie?
(3.) It could be different to preserve the copyright of the movie vs. the book by the author, in principle.