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Books Made Into Films
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post 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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post Jun 3 2007, 02:22 AM
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Memoirs of a Geisha. GREAT BOOK.

or Holes. Or Lord of the Rings. Or...
 
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post Jun 3 2007, 04:41 AM
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I'll agree with Memoirs of a Geisha. I really didn't like the movie though. pinch.gif
Ah, and Pride and Prejudice. throb.gif I LOVED that movie.
 
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post Jun 3 2007, 08:50 AM
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Memoirs of a Geisha throb.gif
Narnia was cute also
 
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post Jun 3 2007, 11:18 PM
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Pride and Prejudice! Was a sweet movie. biggrin.gif
Lord of the Rings wasnt bad, they just cut so much crap out cry.gif
The Harry Potter movies... fail. _dry.gif
 
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post Jun 4 2007, 12:18 AM
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Memoirs of a Geisha was really good. So was The DaVinci Code (IN MY OPINION). I can't think of any more that I really liked besides that one.
 
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post Jun 4 2007, 12:21 AM
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Memoirs of a geisha, Narnia was pretty decent, Lord of the rings, Holes, Eragon, yeeah. I'm not picky. But the books are usually better than the movies, but w/e. haha
 
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post Jun 4 2007, 12:23 AM
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HOLES! yes :) & LOTR.

HP movies are absolutely horrible... as was A Series of Unfortunate Events.
 
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post Jun 4 2007, 12:27 AM
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^ Agreed about A Series of Unfortunate events. I was expecting much more from that one. Big dissapointment.
 
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post Jun 4 2007, 12:29 AM
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I really like the Chronicles of Narnia too. _smile.gif
 
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post Jun 4 2007, 12:42 AM
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A Walk to Remember.
 
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post Jun 4 2007, 09:37 AM
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Fight Club!

Seriously, awesome movie...

And to be honest, I do like the HP movies. They're fun, and that's pretty much what I want out of them...
 
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post Jun 4 2007, 02:20 PM
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THE NOTEBOOK!!! just kidding, i never saw that anyways
 
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post Jun 5 2007, 01:35 AM
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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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post Jun 5 2007, 04:44 AM
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A Clockwork Orange
Naked Lunch
The Heart of Darkness
Full Metal Jacket


Just a few off the top of my head.
 
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post Jun 5 2007, 06:28 AM
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a lot of the Stephen King ones I found to be good. IE: Christine or Carrie
 
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post Jun 5 2007, 06:45 AM
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I Wasn't too keen on the Da Vinci code.
I think there were far too many changes to the book.
The book was a LOT better.
 
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post Jun 5 2007, 01:15 PM
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Pride and Prejudice
Interview With A Vampire
Eragon
Harry Potter
 
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post Jun 5 2007, 02:01 PM
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I totally forgot about Pride and Prejudice.
 
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post Jun 5 2007, 09:19 PM
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The new Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorite movies biggrin.gif Memoirs of a Geisha was good too.

All of the Disney classics are good. They're based off of very old stories, like the Grimms Brother's tales.
 
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post Jun 8 2007, 09:29 PM
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eragon
harry potter
a walk to remember
the lord of the rings
chronicles of narnia
a series of unfortunate events

argh!! sooo many!! hahaha!!
i love them all!!!!! X]
 
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post Jun 13 2007, 08:21 PM
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The Lord of the Rings is quite good.

Tuesdays with Morrie is nice as well.
 
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post Jun 13 2007, 09:40 PM
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I really enjoy the Harry Potter movies.

The worst move ever, though, was Eragon. Eeeeeewwwwww
 
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post Jun 14 2007, 12:43 PM
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post Jun 28 2007, 02:26 PM
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for all those who said eragon was gd im sorry i have 2 disagree! it was dire compared 2 the book!!!!

but then gain we all have opions!! i much love the books compared 2 movies most of the time because there is so much u can do with a book but hardly anything wid a film!

i found harry potter good first two but then its starting to become 2 much cut and alot shorter versions of the films!!

the new pirates of the carrabean was 2 mins longer than the nu harry potter comin out!! the new harry potter should b at least half hour longer i feel!! but then i still ave 2 see it
 

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