Great books and the movies that destroy them

Rating: Null/10 (29 August 2006)

I read the book a few months ago after learning that it stirred up controversy when it was first published in '91. Complaints from feminist groups said that it painted a bad picture of women in the '80s, so the publisher dropped it and the author was force to take it elsewhere. The movie can boast no such controversial reputation simply because it doesn't hold a candle to the book. In the book, Bateman kills dozens of people in horrific ways. In the movie, he kills only four people (not including the rampage at the end where he kills an additional seven, arguably) and none of the deaths are especially graphic, when compared to the book. But I guess you have to be a reader to understand why the book didn't translate too well on film, but the fact is, most don't.