Why Book-to-Movie Adaptations Are So Freaking Hard

Because you're squishing a whole novel -- which, if adapted scene-for-scene would be about 4-8 hours -- into a tiny, tiny 2-hour box.
Because you're turning words that can describe anything into pure sight and sound. If the characters don't say it or do it on-screen, it never happened.
Because you're taking the individual interpretations of thousands of readers and saying, "No, actually, this is what it was like."

All of which guarantees somebody will be unhappy. Honestly, I'm shocked w...