after see only half of the film in school back in november and today and i saw that it be on flix channel and decide to watch it to see the rest of it and to write a new review on it . the book that the film be base on and hatchet and be ok. this be a terrible adaption of it though . awful ( and i mean awful ) acting and bad dialogue and and average cinematography make up this terrible adaption of hatchet . the film start off brian who be the cliché image of a late 80 teen ( sport a mullet and bang his head to cheap 80 rock music ) and his mother driving in a car for him to get on a plane to fly up to see his estrange dad ( his parent be divorce . now cue the dramatic pause . ) now brian have say goodbye to mom and dog and be fly up to see his father . the pilot be a fat and ugly and rude man ( wasn not like that in the book ) who after 2 minute in the air and have a heart attack and dy . in the book it go into more detail with the pilot have more pain and it seem to be that they be in the air much longer before the pilot have his heart attack . the plane ( within another two minute ) have go empty on fuel ( leave u and the viewer and to assume that he be up there for hour even though the sun hasn not change position and the scenery look exactly the same . ) now he crash land . this be the point in the movie where everything be a lot different then it be in the book . in the book it say his jacket be tear to shred but in the movie it be perfectly fine with no tear or rip ( look like he just buy it ) and it never say he climb a mountain and saw a wolf and and fell asleep up there on the mountain and it never say he be attack by a bear ( it say a moose but not a bear ) and it never say he eat the several bug that he do and it never mention the second tornado or that he learn to get those sparrow and skin them and and eat them or that little fish farm trap that he make ( that be destroy by one of the tornado ) nor do it mention him hurt his rib from one of the tornado . i do not even think you can call what be depict in the film a tornado . all it be be just a windstorm that knock down several of his thing . my favorite part of this camp fest be brian lame flashback ( that be never mention in the book ) especially the cliché scene of brian wake up and walk over to the window and see his dad ( with all of his thing pack that can all perfectly fit into just the back of his truck ) leaving and screams daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaddddddddd . ( yet of course his father do not hear him even though he be just right outside ) and he punch his fist through the window ( wtf . ) the end be the only thing that be close to what happen in the book ( i say close . ) in the book i think one of the key thing that the rescue pilot say to brian when he land be youre the kid who they have be look for . they stop month ago . yet they leave that line out in the movie . there a pathetic epilogue with brian ( somehow without counsel or therapy ) get back to normal with his family . i think we be suppose to assume that they be get together for thanksgiving ( because they have a turkey on the counter . ) then it show his temporary home ( for what and in the movie and seem like three day and but in the book be for several month ) and his hatchet and still in a tree where he leave it ( also do not happen in the book ) showing where he carve a message and so perfectly do represent home ( where we really suppose to believe that he carve that that perfectly with just that hatchet . ) no quote can sum this movie up well then when enid from ghost world say this be so bad it go past good and back to bad again . perfect description of this movie . i wouldn not recommend it to somebody ( who hasn not read the book ) and be just look to watch a movie nor would i to somebody who have read the book ( because they will be disappoint and bore to death . for those who have read the book and leave what your imagination create a the movie . this be awful and will bring down your thought on the book . negative .