Top 5 Worst Movie Adaptations of Books I've Read

5) Devil Wears Prada: If you hadn't read the book then you probably enjoyed the movie. It had all the makings of a fun girl flick. The only problem was that the book wasn't really about shopping and glamor. It was actually more edgy than the movie made it seem. My big problems with this were that my favorite part of the book, the fuck you! ending was changed obviously because the movie needed a pg13 rating. And also I didn't understand why they changed the love interest's name.

4) Vanity Fair: This adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel of the same title. Though in truth his work would seem better suited to a lengthy and multi-episode mini tv series (889 pages in the paperback edition). This movie had all the promise of being a true adaptation but perhaps went awry in the casting of the delightful Reese Witherspoon to play the devious yet charming Becky. The whole feeling of that character was thrown off and therefore the whole feeling of the story.

3) The Other Boleyn Girl: Perhaps this movie was doomed to be a failure in my mind. I mean this is the book that spawned my Obsession with Tudor England. ANd yet I feel even so the film relied way too much on it A-list celebs and its admittedly great costuming. It had none of the amazing depth that the book had. You didn't cry when Anne was beheaded but were happy. They tried but just fell short. Thank goodness for Showtime's The Tudors. Though it strayed from the facts a fair amount of the time it at least was entertaining as hell.

2) ALL LMN adaptations of Nora Roberts books, ESPECIALLY Montana Sky: Terrible, but then again it is Lifetime Movie Network. What can you expect? I'll tell you what, a Lot more! It wouldn't have been that hard to make a great story like this be a great movie.

1) Ella Enchanted: Worst movie ever!!!!!!!!!! Seriously, I can't even believe that someone could have made a movie this bad from such a truly amazing book. It was the biggest let down I've ever experienced in a movie viewing. I mean there was way inappropriate costume choices. It looked like a high schooler had designed them all. Then there were the strange musical numbers. Who thought that was a good idea? And even though I'm sure i could go on with more examples but obviously I never bothered to watch it again so I've forgotten most of its many offenses. The one redeaming factor was probably the fact that Hugh Dancy was in the male lead.