Why is it not possible to make a watchable film from this brilliant story

Rating: 2/10 (18 December 2019)

Why is it not possible to make a watchable film from this brilliant story? This version and the recent BBC remake are a poor attempt of interpreting a splendid book. Perhaps that is the point - perhaps modern writers or film makers do not appreciate how brilliant the book is and are incapable of not tinkering, trivialising and attempting to modernise it.