Yeah nevermind, DON'T watch the Clown In a Cornfield movie. Just read the books. Not a single thing that made the book as good as it is was kept in the movie.
The original reason for the killings? Dumbed down to the absolute max. Cole's backstory? Completely removed. Not even the opening flashback scene, the scene that SETS THE STAGE FOR THE MOTIVE AND THE BOOK AS A WHOLE was kept. Instead, it was switched to the classic 'drunk teenagers go into the corn to hook up and get slaughtered' horror movie opening. They didn't even keep the whole 'cull the rotten crop' motivation. THAT WAS THE WHOLE FUCKING POINT OF THE KILLINGS??? Literally WHAT is the point of killing five unruly teenagers. At least in the book Quinn getting targeted made sense. EVERYONE was getting targeted. It was a fucking PARTY.
WHAT is the point of Rust even being there if the producers are gonna cut everything else out anyways. I feel like they only kept his character for the whole 'he's actually gay' reveal. Which is FUCKING DUMB.
(Unless they plan on making another movie for the second book, in that case it would only make sense to keep his character. But I DOUBT that's gonna happen, because if they make a sequel they're gonna have to add in Jerri, which they can't do without completely changing her backstory)
WHY THE HELL did they have Cole and Quinn kiss?
And they made Glenn so ///////////////// ugh.
They completely butchered my favorite book series.
Like I get it's a movie and things have to get dumbed down and changed, but i'm actually upset. Especially considering how excited I was for the movie adaptation.
a/n- I know Eli Craigβthe man that directed the movie adaptationβis pretty much known for directing comedy horrors, which is likely why it was made to be less serious and more joke-filled. Which I'm not mad at!
If I had just watched the movie without reading the books, I likely would have enjoyed it a lot more. But Clown In a Cornfield is way too good to be turned into a gag.
Oh, and why the FUCK was Janet played by a blonde white woman? I don't want to sound like one of those people who get their panties all in a bunch when a character isn't played by an actor of the same race, but if they can cast two black actors for caucasian roles (I'm black so i'm allowed to complain about that), why couldn't they stay true to the ONE minority's race?? Like the book blatantly states that Janet initially faced prejudice because of her being Asian, but you're gonna stick TWO black people in a town like KETTLE SPRINGS?
Alrighty thanks for reading my irritation-feuled essay, I'll try to stop adding on to this post now lol
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