# Movie adaptations that so vexed you that you swore vengeance on the studio

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**Created:** [April 18, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-adaptations-that-so-vexed-you-that-you-swore-vengeance-on-the-studio/400643 "2007-04-18T16:43:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-adaptations-that-so-vexed-you-that-you-swore-vengeance-on-the-studio/400643/101 "2007-04-19T21:17:43Z")

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Someone mentioned it upthread, & I have to agree: Ron Howard must never be forgiven for what he did to “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-adaptations-that-so-vexed-you-that-you-swore-vengeance-on-the-studio/400643/102 "2007-04-19T21:41:05Z")

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[QUOTE=well he’s back]  
Someone mentioned it upthread, & I have to agree: Ron Howard must never be forgiven for what he did to “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”  
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I third this, especially because now, if someone tells you about seeing it, you have to wonder which version they’re talking about.

But nearly everything about it was a travesty. Except Jim Carrey. He did an okay job. It doesn’t make up for de-minimalizing the story in a way that devalues it in a way that normally only happens with fantasy.

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**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-adaptations-that-so-vexed-you-that-you-swore-vengeance-on-the-studio/400643/103 "2007-04-19T21:43:24Z")

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[QUOTE=Ludovic]  
I third this, especially because now, if someone tells you about seeing it, you have to wonder which version they’re talking about.

But nearly everything about it was a travesty. Except Jim Carrey. He did an okay job. It doesn’t make up for de-minimalizing the story in a way that devalues it in a way that normally only happens with fantasy.  
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You don’t think "Grinch"is fantasy? 😕

But I agree that Howard’s version is a travesty. He managed to neatly invert the meaning of the story in a manner that suggests he was, as a child…  
aw, screw it. I already did that joke this thread.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-adaptations-that-so-vexed-you-that-you-swore-vengeance-on-the-studio/400643/104 "2007-04-19T22:01:51Z")

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Heck, how about adaptations of other adaptations? Brian de Palma’s _Body Double_ had more nudity, sexual content, graphic violence and cursing than Alfred Hitchcock could’ve managed when he made _Vertigo_, but…

_Body Double_ has a happy ending, while _Vertigo_ does not

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