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Best book to movie adaptation?
Posted on 7/16/12 at 3:56 pm
Posted on 7/16/12 at 3:56 pm
What's the best film adaptation of a book you've read?
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
LOTR trilogy
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (original Swedish adaptation)
Fight Club
Saving #5 spot for World War Z, hopefully it measures up.
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
LOTR trilogy
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (original Swedish adaptation)
Fight Club
Saving #5 spot for World War Z, hopefully it measures up.
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Posted on 7/16/12 at 4:00 pm to Timequake
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Saving #5 spot for World War Z, hopefully it measures up.
I just can't see it. Think they'd be better off with a series.
Posted on 7/16/12 at 4:06 pm to Timequake
Deliverance
The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff
quote:Maybe the last one. I actually like the american version better plus the second movie felt like cliff note of the book.
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
This post was edited on 7/16/12 at 4:06 pm
Posted on 7/16/12 at 4:06 pm to Timequake
quote:
Saving #5 spot for World War Z, hopefully it measures up
Didn't they just do a bunch of re-shoots? Never a good sign.
Posted on 7/16/12 at 4:08 pm to Timequake
LoTR, hell I like the movies better than the books
Posted on 7/16/12 at 4:09 pm to HeadChange
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I just can't see it. Think they'd be better off with a series.
Agreed. A 12 episode mini-series would be perfect but I'm still optimistic about the film.
Posted on 7/16/12 at 4:09 pm to HeadChange
World Z is not gonna follow the book. I'm the movie the journalist is doing the interviews during the Zombie War so that he can save it.
Anyway. While a lot of those movies y'all have list are mainly good movie but don't really stay true to the book.
The truest book to movie is Holes. When Shia was still had the Louis Stevens looks.
Anyway. While a lot of those movies y'all have list are mainly good movie but don't really stay true to the book.
The truest book to movie is Holes. When Shia was still had the Louis Stevens looks.
Posted on 7/16/12 at 4:12 pm to alajones
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The Right Stuff
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo may have just been replaced.
Posted on 7/16/12 at 4:12 pm to DopeyLemming
The Body - Stand By Me
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemtion - Shawshank Redemtion
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemtion - Shawshank Redemtion
Posted on 7/16/12 at 4:38 pm to TygerTyger
The Godfather, though I actually liked the book better.
Posted on 7/16/12 at 4:38 pm to Timequake
Don't know if this counts, but Watchmen. The only difference between the graphic novel and the film was a slight change in how the ending happended, and the film ending is better than the GN.
This post was edited on 7/16/12 at 4:39 pm
Posted on 7/16/12 at 4:41 pm to Timequake
Dragon tattoo (Fincher)
This post was edited on 7/16/12 at 4:44 pm
Posted on 7/16/12 at 4:42 pm to Timequake
I know the book isn't very good but Interview with a Vampire.
Also, the Killer Angels - Gettysburg. I had to read Killer Angels for American History class in college and a lot of the dialogue in the movie was word for word from the book.
Also, the Killer Angels - Gettysburg. I had to read Killer Angels for American History class in college and a lot of the dialogue in the movie was word for word from the book.
Posted on 7/16/12 at 4:42 pm to Timequake
The Godfather.
Posted on 7/16/12 at 4:43 pm to Timequake
quote:Of the books that I've read and also seen the movie than I'd say this easily. The book was good but the movie was epic. The writing in the film itself was much wittier/powerful than in book IMO. Most of the best lines in the movie weren't in the book. And Brad Pitt was the embodiment of Tyler Durden. Definitely born to play the role.
Fight Club
This post was edited on 7/16/12 at 4:47 pm
Posted on 7/16/12 at 4:46 pm to DopeyLemming
quote:
While a lot of those movies y'all have list are mainly good movie but don't really stay true to the book.
A good adaptation does not necessarily have to be 100% faithful to the source material. Book to film adaptations require at least a minimal amount of digression, otherwise it would never translate well.
If you want a faithful book to movie adaptation watch anything put out by PBS/BBC. While excellent, they are also drawn out and lackluster.
Posted on 7/16/12 at 4:48 pm to Timequake
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
This might be the best combination of both...best book/best movie rated as a whole.
Posted on 7/16/12 at 5:16 pm to LSUDAN1
If we're talking the best movies made from crappy books, then the answer is Last of the Mohicans.
Posted on 7/16/12 at 5:16 pm to Timequake
If the criteria is how good the movie is, and not necessarily how true it is to the book, then I'd go with either Wizard of Oz, or Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the Gene Wilder one).
Both deviate significantly from their source material, but I think both are way better than their books.
For adherenece to the source material, I'd have to go with Watchmen.
Both deviate significantly from their source material, but I think both are way better than their books.
For adherenece to the source material, I'd have to go with Watchmen.
This post was edited on 7/16/12 at 5:17 pm
Posted on 7/16/12 at 5:28 pm to LA kid but AU fan
Some good ones mentioned but I'm going to TV for two of my favorites.
Lonesome Dove
Generation Kill
Gone With The Wind never seems to get any love in these threads but it follows the book pretty closely and Scarlet's journey from spoiled brat to ruthless modern businesswoman is the story of America.
Lonesome Dove
Generation Kill
Gone With The Wind never seems to get any love in these threads but it follows the book pretty closely and Scarlet's journey from spoiled brat to ruthless modern businesswoman is the story of America.
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