In the spirit of pointless internet petitions, try this one on for size.

A few weeks ago I watched a fairly recent adaptation of the Count of Monte Cristo. It starred James Caviezel and Guy Pearce. Rather pretty costuming and scenery, but it lacked passion, conviction. A postcard had more dramatic tension. Edmond didn't feel like something who was driven by the black passion of revenge. Worst of all, however, was the way they changed the ending. Dantes was played as the poor victim, instead of a man twisted by hate who colly sets about destroying his enemies. He kills Guy Pearce and then it's a happy ending, where the family goes home with him. What a sad, disgusting Hollywood ending. When you find out that your real father killed the man that raised you, or the man you would have married but thought dead, it doesn't just resolve itself like that. The ending left me feeling sick to the stomach. The original story was one of the best ever written.
So because of this I want to start up an internet pettition to stop the butchering of books into films. STICK TO THE SPIRIT OF IT!!!!!!!!!!!!