My two favorite have got to be Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and To Kill A Mockingbird. Two that I would love see made are Flowers for Algernon and The Catcher in the Rye. The latter will probably never happen being that J.D. Salinger was adament about not having any of his works made into motion pictures. Any favorites? Ones you hated? Suggestions for future ones?
We love because He first loved us.
- 1 John 4:19
I am looking forward to seeing one of the greatest science fiction novels (The Stars, My Destination by Alfred Bester) being made into a film, as it is listed as a project on the iMDb. I have heard there may be a film or television version of this novel under another name, such as "Tiger, Tiger", but I have never come across it.
From novels already filmed, I'd say the earliest cinematic version of "Lord of the Flies" may have been more gripping than the book. Having said that, I'd like to revisit both.
Best I've seen this year: Thor
Yes, that's adapted from many great books.
Little Children by Tom Perotta. Saw the movie first, and it was a good adaptation, although the book is even better!
I just finished reading Never Let Me Go, which was an amazing read, so I look forward to checking out the movie.
check out veronica mars - seriously, it's an amazing show!
I've read "Vision Quest" so many times. No literary masterpiece or anything and I don't even like wrestling but I just connect with the characters. Louden Swain is so sweet. Matthew Modine made a great Louden Swain but the movie "Crazy for You" was a huge disappointment. Carla was too butch and the ending was completely different. I wanted to see Louden in his purple suit at prom!! Hang on.. was it purple??
I adore "To Kill a Mockingbird" both book and movie. Don't know if I could bear a remake!!
I don't know if anyone has mentioned "A High Wind in Jamaica"? I love that movie. Quite close to the book. Pretty old now. Sure wish I could find it on DVD.
Oh, I've just thought of another huge disappointment.... Hunting and Gathering by Anna Gavalda was a great read. Anyone know it? The movie was just nothing.
I have many favorite movies-from-books -- animated and live-action, but I'll show you guys some the live-action list:
1.A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935 - Based on the play by William Shakespeare) ,
2.The Black Swan (1942 - Based on the novel by Rafael Sabatini),
3.The Three Musketeers (1948 - Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas),
4.Ivanhoe (1952 - Based on the novel by Sir Walter Scott),
5.The Raven (1963 - Based on the poem by Edgar Allen Poe),
6.Doctor Faustus(1967 - Based on the play by Christoper Marlowe),
7.Romeo & Juliet (1968 - Based on the play by William Shakespeare),
8.Sleepy Hollow (1999 - Based on the short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving),
9.The Lord of the Rings series (2001-2003 - Based on the novel series by J.R.R. Tolkien),
10.Troy (2004 - Based on the epic poem “The Illiad” by Homer),
11.The Phantom of The Opera (2004 - based on the novel by Gaston Leroux),
12.Pride & Prejudice (2005 - based on the novel by Jane Austen),
13.Memoirs of a Geisha (2005 - based on the novel by Arthur Golden),
14.The Chronicles of Narnia series (2005-2010 - based on the book series by C.S. Lewis),
15.The Golden Compass (2007 - based on the 1st novel in the “His Dark Materials” trilogy by Philip Pullman),and...
16.The Twilight series (2008-2010 - based on the book series by Stephenie Meyer)
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Charlie and the Chocolat factory (both editions are good), To kill a mockingbird, Lord of the Rings (was very apprehensive but pleasantly suprised)
Slumdog millionaire worked too
I remember a John Irving book being filmed.... I never saw it but I think it is quite difficult to get the feel of the book right on screen.
Bad....
Hitchhikers guide..... it just wasn't crazy enough and too crazy at the same time
Kiss before dying, the whole point of the book was that you didn;t know who was the killer throughout the book.
And let's not forget that awful adaption of Shakespeare's masterpiece, 10 things I hate about you.....
I'm not crazy I'm just not your kind of sane
He who laughs last, didn't understand the joke
Cider House Rules made a good film but I didn't care for The World According to Garp.
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I'm looking forward to seeing how Silver Lining's Handbook turned out.
Both Cosmopolis trailers: http://ow.ly/1iTyiC
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I'm looking forward to seeing how Silver Lining's Handbook turned out.
The Town, a novel into film directed by Ben Affleck. Very true to the book and very well done. Affleck actually made a 4 hour version of the film as his rough cut, including a lot of detail from the book. He had to cut it down to 2 hours, 8 minutes for theatrical release, but a director's cut is on the Blu Ray DVD.
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