puppetmazter

This movie, as a book adaptation, is just disrespectful. A movie is always going to change things from the book, and I can usually overlook that and enjoy it from what it is. But this movie changed 80% of the book, and it was not for the better. Most of the changes feel pointless. Why change Shannon's name to Jessica? Why place it in California instead of Michigan? It doesn't make any sense. But those are small things. Almost nothing in the movie plays out the way it did in the book. All of the events are different. The characters were completely different. The characters they kept from the book, they absolutely ruined. Half the movie characters weren't even in the book, and they were unnecessary. I don't have time to list out all the changes, because the list is so vast, but to sum it up, they ruined my favorite book and completely disrespected the author, Josh Malerman, in the process. Because of all the changes, they won't be able to make a movie based on the sequel book, "Malorie". A lot of the things they changed directly affect the sequel, so it's impossible for it to happen the way it was written. This was the most frustrated and angry a movie adaption has ever made me, and I regret watching it. Don't waste your time. If you're interested in the story, just read the book. It's way better. The only reason this gets 2 stars instead of one is because Sandra Bullock did a great job portraying Mallorie, despite being twice her age. Netflix, please stop ruining books.