To all of the movie buffs and bookworms, I say with deepest regret that your world is crashing down faster that you can say, “Action!”

Fight Club. Silence of the Lambs. Jumanji. The trend of book to movie adaptations in the 90’s was going strong and quite frankly, were of the best. But, and there is always a “but”, screenwriters have been  troubled in the realm of “originality” as of late, which is boosting the production of novel adaptations. Doesn’t sound terrible, does it? Many want the dream world created in books to be put on the big screen! This is great, isn’t it? Isn’t it? No. The quality of book to film productions from 2008- 2014 has been downright pitiful.

“They have (adaptations) gotten progressively worse and become less accurate. The want of appealing more to an audience than staying true to a book has increased and therefore decrease the attraction of the movie.” said Michael Pepsin, 16 year old avid reader.

In your mind, travel back to 2008. Summit has taken on Twilight, a daunting task, if you ask me. A four to eight hundred pages each book, four books, and intricate details that readers both pick up on and hold on to. Many scenes were cut, many scenes that were not in the novel added, and the whole movie was a complete train wreck in the form of diamond embedded skin and sickly pale creatures.

Now, I know that Percy Jackson and the Olympians fans could not stomach the first movie in its entirety, let alone the second installment, so I have created a short “how to” that summarizes the thought process of the producers.

First, toss caution and the plot line to the wind. Second, take characters that the author has described in detail and line them up with a cast that is the opposite in both looks and personality. Third, throw in some poor CGI (Computer Generated Images). Fourth, pull in some big names to generate at least a small amount of popularity. Finally, fifth, just to twist the knife a little further into the hearts of the viewers,  let’s kill Medusa using the screen of an iPod touch.

The disgrace of modern day adaptations has brought a dark cloud of shame over the face of cinema and it’s up to us as viewers and readers to tell screenwriters what they’re doing wrong! Tell producers that Annabeth should have blond hair. Tell directors that Kristen Stewart needs to ascertain some emotions. Show them all the error of their ways!  Comment and rate movies, because everyone in the world needs some constructive criticism.