"Lately, an all too-common trend has been hard to ignore."
Hollywood has acknowledged and acted upon the popularity that comes along with topping the New York Times' Best Seller List. Whether destroying or perfectly recreating the novels they adapt, their main goal is money. Hollywood has settled upon making mediocre films, as long as they bring in revenue. Social media has also played a large role in creating this ever present trend. For example, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 released similar propaganda like that in the film all over social media in order to gain anticipation for the film's release. It's genius. Movie makers have succeeded in discovering what works and what doesn't. They can completely butcher a fan base's idea of a novel, yet most everyone that is within that fan base will pay to witness the butchering.
"For example, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1” was the No. 1 movie of 2014 is brought in the most revenue to the box office at over $700 million worldwide. While the most prestigious awarded film of 2014 was “Birdman,” with revenue of only over $50 million worldwide."
Not only do I pay to witness the butchering of my favorite novels, but I spread the word about the films, unknowingly advertising for others to also contribute to the people that butchered it. Even though I am well aware of this common occurrence of Hollywood's complete misdirection in the production of a book-based film, I will probably not stop paying to see them. Bad or good, I still want to see the words I have been reading come to life on the big screen.
Celis, A. (2015, February 5). The rise of the book-to-movie trends. Retrieved February 6, 2015, from http://sundial.csun.edu/2015/02/the-rise-of-the-book-to-movie-trends/
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