Books Made Into Films |
 Jun 3 2007, 02:16 AM
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So what's your favorite book that was made in to a film?
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Jun 5 2007, 01:35 AM
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 dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
I think generally we can agree that books made into movies suck. I mean, there's only two ways it can turn out. Either the director tries to follow the book exactly, the like da vinci code, and the movie becomes just a boring revisualiation of the book, or the director takes their own license with the book, and people hate it.
there is the rare occasions in which these don't really hinder books; as when a book isn't really ingrained in popular culture, or is so engrained in popular culture that we as a populace won't mind either of these senarios. The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter are pretty good examples. so i get the feeling this is becoming more of a "pick which movie you like that also used to be a book", rather than anything truely dealing with books. that being said, i truly enjoyed fight club. however; i cannot speak for how any book has been rendered into a movie; i don't know of any truly exemplary case. that's not to say one doesn't exist, just that it's probably unlikely. |
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Maestro Books Made Into Films Jun 3 2007, 02:16 AM
oh_flardnarf Memoirs of a Geisha. GREAT BOOK.
or Holes. Or Lor... Jun 3 2007, 02:22 AM alysaphobia I'll agree with Memoirs of a Geisha. I really... Jun 3 2007, 04:41 AM superfluous Memoirs of a Geisha
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Lord... Jun 3 2007, 11:18 PM freeflow Memoirs of a Geisha was really good. So was The D... Jun 4 2007, 12:18 AM alovesopure Memoirs of a geisha, Narnia was pretty decent, Lor... Jun 4 2007, 12:21 AM revoltaire HOLES! yes :) & LOTR.
HP movies are absol... Jun 4 2007, 12:23 AM freeflow ^ Agreed about A Series of Unfortunate events. I w... Jun 4 2007, 12:27 AM Maestro I really like the Chronicles of Narnia too. Jun 4 2007, 12:29 AM SimplyAnnie A Walk to Remember. Jun 4 2007, 12:42 AM SayBloodyMary Fight Club!
Seriously, awesome movie...
And ... Jun 4 2007, 09:37 AM laxumaster8 THE NOTEBOOK!!! just kidding, i never ... Jun 4 2007, 02:20 PM Acid Bath Slayer A Clockwork Orange
Naked Lunch
The Heart of Darkne... Jun 5 2007, 04:44 AM
heartquasm QUOTE(Acid Bath Slayer @ Jun 5 2007, 05:4... Apr 3 2008, 04:10 PM Julia Guila a lot of the Stephen King ones I found to be good.... Jun 5 2007, 06:28 AM Teesa QUOTE(Julia Guila @ Jun 5 2007, 07:28 AM)... Feb 28 2008, 12:08 PM xxfluidxx I Wasn't too keen on the Da Vinci code.
I thin... Jun 5 2007, 06:45 AM supimateecup Pride and Prejudice
Interview With A Vampire
Erago... Jun 5 2007, 01:15 PM Maestro I totally forgot about Pride and Prejudice. Jun 5 2007, 02:01 PM angel_revelation The new Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorite ... Jun 5 2007, 09:19 PM x_pinaystyle_x eragon
harry potter
a walk to remember
the lord of... Jun 8 2007, 09:29 PM Gryffindore-Girl QUOTE(revoltaire @ Jun 4 2007, 01:23 AM) ... Aug 7 2007, 12:23 AM gelionie The Lord of the Rings is quite good.
Tuesdays wit... Jun 13 2007, 08:21 PM MyMichelle I really enjoy the Harry Potter movies.
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-mz... Jun 14 2007, 12:43 PM cherry90 for all those who said eragon was gd im sorry i ha... Jun 28 2007, 02:26 PM nosylilme I like the Harry Potter movies too.
Narnia was ... Jun 28 2007, 10:41 PM LadyXTor The Devil Wears Prada book was made into a pretty ... Aug 7 2007, 12:27 AM monxcheri Likes:
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- The Notebook (I a... Aug 7 2007, 07:08 PM 1angel3 ROOTS, To Kill A Mocking Bird Aug 7 2007, 07:15 PM e-q-b-03 The Notebook...
I am excited about The Nannie Di... Aug 20 2007, 08:27 PM karmakiller In my opinon, The Notebook movie was better than t... Aug 20 2007, 08:30 PM cryket White Oleander
Memoirs of a Geisha
Speak
although... Jan 21 2008, 12:31 AM miyashu J.R.R Tolkien's Lord of the Rings
Stephen King... Jan 26 2008, 01:17 AM Miscitta a clockwork orange was pretty good, but they left ... Jan 26 2008, 06:40 PM ersatz Matilda, Clockwork Orange, One Flew Over the Cucko... Jan 27 2008, 10:53 AM yrrnotelekktric QUOTE(ersatz @ Jan 27 2008, 07:53 AM)
T... Jan 29 2008, 01:06 AM RealTalk Lord of the Rings. I think they stayed true to th... Feb 1 2008, 05:43 PM icecreamisyummy the perez family.
i didnt knwo tehre was a movie ... Feb 1 2008, 07:26 PM Cataclysm LORD OF THE RINGS!!!!
One of my f... Feb 1 2008, 07:29 PM superficial I don't get why Lord of the Rings is that iner... Feb 1 2008, 08:14 PM SilentLaugh ^agreed
i think the movies coming out lately are ... Feb 1 2008, 09:29 PM asphyxiated Oh! I agree! The Kite Runner was a good ad... Feb 24 2008, 05:50 PM yrrnotelekktric QUOTE(asphyxiated @ Feb 24 2008, 02:50 PM... Feb 24 2008, 06:53 PM ersatz Funnily enough, all of the nominees for best Scree... Feb 24 2008, 11:46 PM NoSex QUOTE(ersatz @ Feb 24 2008, 10:46 PM) Fun... Feb 25 2008, 05:24 AM synkro this may seem a bit juvenile, but i loved alfonso... Feb 25 2008, 01:42 AM ersatz Hah, alright. I was reading during it. I just hear... Feb 25 2008, 04:52 PM ForgiveTheSinner LOTR is definately very good.
I disliked Eragon ... Feb 26 2008, 10:33 PM S-Majere LOTR were the only movies that translated well ont... Feb 27 2008, 12:05 PM Tamacracker I know you guys are speaking specifically about bo... Feb 27 2008, 01:36 PM NoSex QUOTE(Tamacracker @ Feb 27 2008, 12:36 PM... Feb 27 2008, 04:06 PM Tamacracker QUOTE(NoSex @ Feb 27 2008, 04:06 PM) Sin ... Feb 28 2008, 12:09 PM aaayotiffany mos def:
lord of the rings.
holes!
a walk to ... Feb 27 2008, 04:44 PM ProudLeechLover pride and prejuduce was GREAT! Feb 27 2008, 05:52 PM Reidar All Quiet on the Western Front Feb 28 2008, 04:36 AM LoveToMySilas Most of the time, books are so much better than th... Feb 29 2008, 09:04 PM ProudLeechLover ^ the 5th harry potter movie sucked Mar 1 2008, 07:54 PM austinoutloud ^ Yeah, It did. I still haven't watched the wh... Mar 1 2008, 08:10 PM JokeInsideJoke QUOTE(austinoutloud @ Mar 1 2008, 09:10 P... Mar 28 2008, 10:49 PM Teesa i just watched the kite runner, and of course the ... Mar 28 2008, 01:14 PM superstitious QUOTE(Tamacracker @ Feb 27 2008, 01:36 PM... Mar 28 2008, 03:27 PM Tamacracker LOTR. Only LOTR. Every other book turned into film... Mar 28 2008, 03:30 PM superstitious My question to you, Tama, is why do they suck? Do... Mar 28 2008, 03:31 PM Tamacracker QUOTE(superstitious @ Mar 28 2008, 04:31 ... Mar 28 2008, 06:13 PM ms-jojo I really enjoyed the movie "V for Vendetta... Mar 28 2008, 03:49 PM yrrnotelekktric QUOTE(ms-jojo @ Mar 28 2008, 01:49 P... Mar 28 2008, 06:29 PM superstitious @Tama -
Oh continuity? Don't even get me star... Mar 28 2008, 06:33 PM Tamacracker QUOTE(superstitious @ Mar 28 2008, 07:33 ... Mar 28 2008, 06:55 PM yrrnotelekktric ^Dittooo. Those movies were nothing compared to th... Mar 28 2008, 10:51 PM SkittleyDoo Something that either ends really well or in a tot... Apr 3 2008, 02:41 PM NoSex You might want to do a search, or...
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