good bad movie adaptations

So, I've been thinking about movie adaptations. Most suck on all sorts of levels. And most of these also take major liberties with the adaptation. I'm not just talking about cutting a few scenes, or shifting the importance of characters slightly. I'm talking full-scale,major plot changes (the novel Forrest Gump begins with a line along the lines of, "My mama used to say, 'Life is nothing like a box of chocolates,'" and continues to diverge, and we won't even mention The Lawnmower Man).

But every once in a while, a movie comes along that, technically, may be a terrible adaptation, but manages to be a great movie in its own right. Blade Runner and The Shining come to mind. Anyone have any personal favorite movies that are, technically, terrible adapations?

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So, as shadesong mentioned in her LJ, I came to an epiphany about my novel. It's got to be in the first person. I'm glad I'd only gotten up to chapter three -- I'd hate to have to re-write it if I'd gone further. Then again, I don't think I could have gone much further - yesterday was a near-total block.

I'd originally wanted to rotate various protagonists, but this one character is clearly the lead, and she's got a much stronger voice than the others. And there's too much of her history and personality that just won't come through in the third person.

Tomorrow's writing night ('song and mousegrrl will be out shopping), so I'm planning on getting everything revised then, and, if I'm lucky, getting some new material out there, too.

Another DVD I need

Speaking of good movie adaptations, here's this, from DVDfile:

In what is fast becoming a banner year for horror fans on DVD, indie distributor Hen's Tooth has announced a first-ever widescreen release of Neil Jordan's cult classic The Company of Wolves, starring a very un-Jessica Fletcher-like Angela Lansbury. Featuring a newly remastered 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer and English 2.0 Dolby surround track, extras include a still gallery and the trailer. Street date is 10/15 and retail $24.95.

Our comics order

Just placed our order to Westfield (one day before it's due). Here's what on the list, with some notes:
( geekiness ahead )