Good book to film transfers. EDIT: to include a list.
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Interview with the Vampire = good.
Queen of the damned = horrid.
Mary Reilly = better than the book.
Bad Seed = Great until they changed the ending.
Queen of the damned = horrid.
Mary Reilly = better than the book.
Bad Seed = Great until they changed the ending.
Dr. Strangelove is an awesome adaptation. If you didn't know, Kubrick based it off of a novel called "Red Alert".
The Color Purple is amazing. Great book and great movie.
Incidentally, Great Musical too.
Edit: However, while I do enjoy the Harry Potter movies [I laugh my head off every time], I do feel cheated a little when I watch them and know they changed major things... it can't be helped sadly..
Incidentally, Great Musical too.
Edit: However, while I do enjoy the Harry Potter movies [I laugh my head off every time], I do feel cheated a little when I watch them and know they changed major things... it can't be helped sadly..
Deleted mini rant about Clockwork Orange not including last chapter, but still being kickass movie because someone already covered it.
I'll add that while Secret Life of Bees was an "eh" movie, it did the book pretty faithfully.
The Great Gatsby starring Robert Redford was pretty good: a good supplement for the class to watch while teacher grades tests. ^^
Coraline got the general feel of the story, but added bit parts for transitions like Wybey and had a few other differences that made me twitch slightly.
300 was a great one, and I'm looking forward to Watchmen
Oh and I've heard that "First Blood" the book that Rambo is based of is very good. I have yet to dig into that one. I just forced myself to finish Twilight and am looking forward to making fun of the movie with my friend over the weekend.
I'll add that while Secret Life of Bees was an "eh" movie, it did the book pretty faithfully.
The Great Gatsby starring Robert Redford was pretty good: a good supplement for the class to watch while teacher grades tests. ^^
Coraline got the general feel of the story, but added bit parts for transitions like Wybey and had a few other differences that made me twitch slightly.
300 was a great one, and I'm looking forward to Watchmen
Oh and I've heard that "First Blood" the book that Rambo is based of is very good. I have yet to dig into that one. I just forced myself to finish Twilight and am looking forward to making fun of the movie with my friend over the weekend.
I though A Scanner Darkly was a brilliant adaptation. The rotoscoping really gave it the feel of the book.
Dude, it was a good movie. I never read the books, but I did enjoy it. Specially the fact that the main vampire is from the Harry Potter seriesTheLoveRat said:
Cedric Diggory[ AKA Robert Pattinson], we meet him in book 4 and he dies in book 4
I was just listing other suggestions. I haven't see Twilight.mark_n_b said:
Field of Dreams is well good.
Should I take the list out of the first post?
I thought it would be good to have it for a reference for people who want good book adaptations. At least to warn them not to watch The Beach. So bad.
yeah it's cause Kubrick had the american version of the book, which excluded the last chapter. which really is the most important chapter of the bookBebopcola2021 said:
he was pissed at that fact too
I know the guy that made the original comment, it was a personal joke, just making fun of an old friend!Aschenkatza said:
The best I've ever experienced was Children of Men, in that I actually preferred the movie, as opposed to the usual sentiment "not as good as the book, but okay".