Books that become Movies: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

It seems that in the past year, popular books are the first screenplay that directors/producers try to adapt. I use TRY in bold, capital, underline, etc...because it takes effort to make something not follow the story line. I am of course, a huge Twilight fan....the books are better. I love the Percy Jackson series...we'll see how that one turns out. Jodi Picoult and My Sister's Keeper...Let's just say that the ending had people living, when they should have been dead. I know..morbid...but for the love of Pete...they become popular books because of the story lines, not because when we read it, we envision an entirely different plot. More movies that aren't as good as the books: Dear John, The Lovely Bones, The Time-Travelers Wife, Shopaholic (was that a movie??!?!?)

I could go on and on about movies that don't follow the plot, and I know (according to recent comments about the Harry Potter series) that often there are too many subplots to tell the whole story...but really..can we at least stick with the inherent plot diagram...Exposition, RA, Climax, FA, and Resolution...AND keep them the same.

PS- I love Harry Potter, and own all the books and the movies.