The Secret Life of Bees: When books 2 Film go Wrong

Ok I'm supposed to be away and will return to such after this post. I had to come and give my frustrations on The Secret Life Of Bees. That is an hour and forty minutes of my life I'll never get back. I'm not going to go into details b/c I don't want this post to be a spoiler. I guess I made a mistake when I decided to read the book FIRST then watch the movie. I am totally and utterly disappointed with how that movied turned out. The book was a surprisingly good read. I would have finished it in a shift if I hadn't had interruptions. This movie was Waiting To Exhale all over again for me only worst. At least WTE pretty much tried to stick to the book the movie just stunk. TSLOB had some key elements of the books but there was a looooooot of unnecessary changes i.e. Zach getting snatched by white men vs. him going to jail during an altercation. I understand that you can't stick an entire book into a film but it really felt like they tried to cram it all under an hour. There was no fluidity to the film for the book reader. I may have felt differently had I no prior knowledge of the Bees. The Black Madonna was one of the KEY focal points in the book and the movie pretty much skirted around it.

TSLOB is a story that is full of emotion especially as you watch Lily deal with the struggle of having possibly killed her mother. It's just sad that it wasn't portrayed as well as it could have been on film. I don't know who the screenwriter was but he/she could have done a much better job. There is never going to be an exact movie adaptation of a book but there are several that have done fantastic jobs. A movie based on a book should be equally,if not more so, enjoyable as the literary work. Overall the movie was just thrown together and it was a total waste of 4 actresses. Dakota Fanning is a phenomenal actress for her age and this film didn't call for any of her acting chops.

For the producers and directors to change the ending from the original book ending was the final nail in the coffin. Now I'm kinda hesitant to read Twilight before I see the film. I don't think I can stomach another murdered book.