Good Book, Bad Movie?
优质的书籍，糟糕的电影？
They say that “a picture is worth a thousand words”， but the briefest look at books and the movies based on them would have anyone questioning this common saying.
人们常说“一张图片胜过千言万语”，但只要简单地看一看书和基于书改编的电影，就会有人对这句俗语提出质疑。
All too often, great words end up being turned into cinematic “turkeys”.
很多时候，伟大的语言最终变成了电影里的“失败之作”。
Good movies need good stories.
好的电影需要好的故事。
If so, why has one of the earliest and greatest works in Western storytelling, Homer's The Odyssey, never had an equally great movie based on it?
如果是这样的话，荷马的《奥德赛》是西方最早也是最伟大的讲述故事的作品之一，为什么从来没有一部同样伟大的电影是根据它拍摄的呢？
Movies need strong characters.
电影需要强有力的角色。
