Why Can't Hollywood Ever Get Nancy Drew Right?

I was thinking the same thing when I saw the previews. I had never even seen any other Nancy Drew movies, but I have read all the books. I think they went this way with it to bring in a younger audience. But I do wish that they had stuck more to the character in the book.

I haven't seen the movie yet, to be honest I'll probably catch it on cable as it's not that appealing to me. I did read one or two Nancy Drew books when I was younger, but really they are aimed at younger girls. It is not surprising that the movie is doing so badly in the box office. It doesn't really have an audience. Hollywood changes certain things in order to make it more marketable. In hopes of catching the younger generation of girls as well as the grown-ups who used to read the series when they were teenagers. This is where the "bumbling teenager who doesn't fit in" comes into play. Most tween and teenagers girls feel that way, so movie studios think that said audiences with identify with the character more. I agree that it's not right when the studios change things from the original source material; but I do see where they are coming from, and what they are trying to do. "Nancy Drew and the Secret of the Hidden Staircase," is another prime example of what I'm talking about. The film was released in 1939. Through the 1960's women were treated as second class citizens, incapable of taking care of themselves let alone thinking for themselves. Those were the views of the days, so the stuido's again tried to make the movie connect with the current audience of the day, and their boyfriends. It's interesting, I came across an old comic from the 1960's and was amazed at the portrayal of women and minorities in it. It mysoginistic and full of stereo-typical racist themes without meaning to be. Those were just the common views of the day. It was interesting to say the least.

I'm not sure when the old movie was made - but was it during the 50s or 60s when women didn't get any credit for anything? And I agree Nancy was courageous and competant not a teenage airhead. But hey - that's what sells and we all know Hollywood is about money.

When I saw the commercials for the movie I knew it was totally out of whack. I don't know if anyone remembers, but back in the 70's or 80's there was a Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys series that alternated every week. Nancy Drew was played by Pamela Sue Martin and she was a heck of a lot more convincing as a 20-something rather than a bumbling teenager. The Hardy Boys were played by Shaun Cassidy and Parker Stevenson, just jogging your memory. If they decide to do a Hardy Boys movie they will probably screw that up too. This is why I don't watch re-do's, like the Brady Bunch movie. I would rather remember the original and not what some Hollywood producer thinks will be better than the first and is really worse.

I know. I was disappointed when I saw all the differences in the commercials and then read some of the reviews. I will make allowances for a few differences, but they really handled it badly. They didn't have to market and produce directly to the tween audience either. Imagine if producers made such changes to Harry Potter films. No one would hear the end of it.

Apparently, you are a Nancy Drew fan.....LOL I also dislike it when Hollywood takes liberal freedoms with the original story....the author writes it one way and they change it to reflect "their" image of what it is the movie viewer's will want to see.....sometimes they really mess things up... Good point, my friend....

maybe she is not popular enough to get by the hollywood to make a movie or a commercials...