Getting pretty tired of movies that change the plot of stories to the point that the title is the only thing they have in common. Granted, following this plot would have taken an epic film or maybe a series of films, why destroy a brilliant story just to get a name out there. Never mind that this is the first story in the book series and the second in that of the movies, entire characters and plot lines have been erased. Poor, just... Poor.
With respect...the book has NOT been butchered in any way, shape or form!
It's exactly as the author wrote it...and sat on every library shelf as he intended!
Contrary to popular opinion...a bad film will NEVER reflect on a good book!
I agree that the film was a real let down. I was really excited to watch it as the book was really good and the Kiss the Girls film was pretty good but Along Came a Spider turned out really poor.
This one is not as bad as the "Alex Cross" movie with Tyler Perry but it's still nowhere near as good as the book, which I loved. Why they messed with a great story and a brilliant bad guy I don't know.
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I appreciate there has to be some content left out when transferring book to screen but this was a total let down. Even compared to the Kiss the Girls film (even though I didn't really rate Morgan Freeman as Cross in that one, the film was still good)
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Well yeah Morgan is such a good actor that he can never really be a let down but I just pictured Denzel when I was reading the books - I felt he WAS Cross from Patterson's description.
shareNobody changed the plot -- at least not substantially. This is the problem when hack authors like James Patterson are given the gift of morons buying their written swill. When a no-talent, assembly line douche like Patterson has idiots buying his shifty stories, of course moron Hollywood producers will make movies from Patterson's crap. And of course the no-taste American public (hello candidate Trump) will pay to see this crap.
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