{"id":1401567,"date":"2022-01-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/?p=1401567"},"modified":"2022-01-06T15:25:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T20:25:10","slug":"7-authors-who-hated-the-movie-adaptations-of-their-novels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/7-authors-who-hated-the-movie-adaptations-of-their-novels\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Authors Who HATED Their Book&#8217;s Movie Adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/mar6hatedadaptationsMAIN_LargeWide.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I imagine trusting a filmmaker to adapt your novel is a lot like leaving your kid with a new babysitter. They COULD be a murderer, but they could also be a really nice person\u2014there&#8217;s just no way to tell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a novelist putting your work in the hands of a filmmaker, you hope for the best (i.e. a faithful retelling and box office success), but you expect the worst (an adaptation that makes a MOCKERY of your book and everything you stand for as a person). And while most of the following adaptations were beloved by film critics and audiences alike, there was one person who wasn&#8217;t happy: the original author.<\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I imagine trusting a filmmaker to adapt your novel is a lot like leaving your kid with a new babysitter. They COULD be a murderer, but they could also be a really nice person\u2014there&#8217;s just   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[438,628,25017,602,2936],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401567"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1401567"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1445213,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401567\/revisions\/1445213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1401567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1401567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1401567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}