# Tell us about a story you love far too much to ever see made into a movie.

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**Created:** [September 8, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-a-story-you-love-far-too-much-to-ever-see-made-into-a-movie/553074 "2010-09-08T17:21:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-a-story-you-love-far-too-much-to-ever-see-made-into-a-movie/553074/41 "2010-09-10T19:41:04Z")

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> [@Annie-Xmas](#):
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> > [@Mr.Accident](#):
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> > Anything done by Stephen King. His books and short stories just don’t translate well into movies.
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> Yes. Remember the horrible movies that were made of \*Carrie, The Shining, The Stand, and the absolute dreck of _The Body, Misery, It, The Shawshank Redemption, and The Green Mile?_

Seconded - and if they try to make the Dark tower series into anything (miniseries/movie), I may just have to shoot somebody. It is not possible to do that series justice on screen.

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**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-a-story-you-love-far-too-much-to-ever-see-made-into-a-movie/553074/42 "2010-09-11T10:46:04Z")

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> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#):
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> > [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#):
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> > A Wrinkle in Time. It happened and I literally sat there and cried because it was SO awful!
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> Technically I should be chastising you for breaking the rule. Instead I will give you a big-brotherly pat on the back and offer you a hankie, because I feel your pain.
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> Not that I watched much of that movie. I didn’t think it would translate well to screen in the first place, as it was without action, swordplay, hot chicks, and explosions. I taped it, watched maybe half an hour of it, and was profoundly bored, so I never finished. it.

Damn it! I KNEW I was going to get busted. But thank you kindly for your understanding.

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