Very true Molly , I'm a huge Clive Cussler fan , one of my favorites novels of his being Sahara . I went to see the movie when it was released and I was so disgusted at how far they were off the mark , I got up and left in the middle . The same holds true with another of my favorite novelists , John Sandford . I believe it was in the 80's they turned one of his Lucas Davenport Prey novels into a made for TV movie . It was so bad that Sanford said he would never allow any of his books to be made into a movie again . Granted , it's hard to translate a 500 page novel into a two hour movie but to get so far away from the basic plot is beyond the pale .
The wife wants to go see the movie getting ready to come out "The Ruins" . I just read the novel last month and I think I'll wait for it to come out on HBO before I waste the money at the theaters . Just from the previews alone I can tell it's no where close to the novel .
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