When possible after reading a book to my children, we like to watch the same movie.  We then discuss what things might have been a little different, what was the same, did we like the change or not, etc.  We did this with Charlotte's Web and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe to name a few.

Well, we just finished a book that we all thoroughly enjoyed.  It is called Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls.  I think I remembered his name correctly.  It was such a fun read aloud.  My boys especially liked it. 

Well, tonight we had a movie night complete with goodies and whatnot and settled in to watch the movie of the same name.  What a disappointment.  They didn't just change a few scenes ~ they practically rewrote the book.  They added tons of stuff in the movie that weren't in the book and they took out some of the most important dialogues, etc., that were in the book.  The worse part was in the book the boy, Jay Berry, had a respectful relationship with his parents and was kind to his sister; however, in the movie, during most of the movie, he was very disrespectful to his parents in the way he spoke to them and he was just downright mean to his sister in the beginning.  Bleck!  I really just did not like this movie at all.  I said it above, and I'll say it again... WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT!!

So... that's my review and rant!  LOL 

Anyone else ever have a similar experience?

~LISA