“I was really annoyed that they didn’t include Saruman conquering the Shire and the subsequent battle in the LOTR movies. It showed that the events that were happening in Middle-Earth were so momentous that even the sleepy, secluded Shire was affected. But no, in the films they had the hobbits coming back to the Shire and finding it just how they’d left it, which hit completely differently.”
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.