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- GonzoStyle - 02-27-2002
What are some of the best movies you've seen derived from a book? Movies where you watched them and they made you wanna go and read the book? I'm not adding any classic novels such as Shakespeare I only say that cause there are so many great adaptions of Hamlet, Richard III, etc. Or Tolstoy & dostoyevsky but I do consider them some of the greatest adaptions ever. Here's some of my picks.
AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY (A PLACE IN THE SUN)
HEARTS OF DARKNESS (APOCALYPSE NOW)
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
GRAPES OF WRATH
STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
TWELEVE ANGRY MEN
FIGHT CLUB
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
THE GODFATHER
THE EXORCIST
JAWS
EDIT* Thanks for fixing the title whoever it was.
Edited By GonzoStyle on Feb. 27 2002 at 3:44
- Spitfire - 02-27-2002
No prob
damn, it's easier to list the worst ones.
Rebecca
Jane Eyre
Fellowship of the Ring
Harry Potter
Secret of Nihm cartoon
Gone with the Wind
Mary Poppins
The Wizard of Oz
Sleepy Hollow
Stand by Me
The Shining
...think of more later...
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Edited By Spitfire on Feb. 27 2002 at 3:54
- PollyannaFlower46 - 02-27-2002
A worst one:
The Great Gatsby (it was on TV)
- GonzoStyle - 02-27-2002
Spit no words could ever describe my love for you. You are the light brightening my day and the angel warming my heart.
Gone With The Wind definetly a good choice.
As far as worst please be my guest, list em.
I know what most people are thinking 'Bonfire Of The Vanaties.'
A movie that was actually a 100 times better than the book though, Forrest Gump. What a fuckin boring read that was man.
- Galt - 02-27-2002
Shawshank Redemption
American Psycho
Private Parts
Virgin Suicides
Kiss The Girls
Jurrassic Park
Penthouse Letters - the video
Battleship Earth (not so good)
Great Expectations = HORRIBLE
Edited By Galt on Feb. 27 2002 at 4:34
- IkeaBoy - 02-27-2002
I hate repeating things over and over again so I didn't see these mentioned (what everyone has said I pretty mcuh agree with). And personally I don't think plays should count unless it's a radical adaptation of it.
Wag the Dog- FAR better than American Hero, the book it was based on
Psycho- Psycho
O Brother Where Art Thou- The Odyssey
Clockwork Orange
- Kim - 02-27-2002
The Color Purple by Alice Walker. It was a better book then movie...
- GonzoStyle - 02-27-2002
Kim Wrote:The Color Purple by Alice Walker. It was a better book then movie...Very funny film indeed.
- PatCooper - 02-28-2002
The Outsiders. I liked the book and the movie was good too.
American Phyco was really good too both the book and the movie.
- criticslovesnatch - 02-28-2002
two very good plays that were made into great movies:
A Few Good Men
One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest
- FNMoron - 02-28-2002
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas - by Hunter S. Thompson ...excellent read... good movie
Apt Pupil - short story by Stephen King (part of the Bachman Books, if memory serves...) one of my favorite King stories and I think they did a fine job making it a movie... I actually like that they used a lesser known cast in this movie...
- IkeaBoy - 02-28-2002
FNMoron Wrote:Apt Pupil - short story by Stephen King (part of the Bachman Books, if memory serves...) one of my favorite King stories and I think they did a fine job making it a movie... I actually like that they used a lesser known cast in this movie...Apt Pupil was p[art of the "Different Seasons" collection which actually gave us two of the best king movies- Shawshank and Stand by Me. the fourth one was never turned into a movie. I thought Apt Pupil was a good movie but didn't go far enough into Todd's insanity and obsession as the short story did. it also had a better ending with Bowman going insane and shooting people on the freeway.
- Arpikarhu - 02-28-2002
criticslovesnatch Wrote:two very good plays that were made into great movies:cukoos nest was a novel by ken kesey. not a play. it became a play much later.
A Few Good Men
One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest
the odyssey was not a book.
12 angry men was not a book
streetcar named desire was not a book
the original movie version of great expectations with alec guiness was great
american hero by beinhart was a great book
Edited By Arpikarhu on Feb. 27 2002 at 9:40
- IkeaBoy - 02-28-2002
Arpikarhu Wrote:the odyssey was not a book.if plays count, epic poems do
- Arpikarhu - 02-28-2002
IkeaBoy Wrote:the topic says book.Arpikarhu Wrote:the odyssey was not a book.if plays count, epic poems do
- FNMoron - 02-28-2002
IkeaBoy Wrote:I thought Apt Pupil was a good movie but didn't go far enough into Todd's insanity and obsession as the short story did. it also had a better ending with Bowman going insane and shooting people on the freeway.agreed....
- Faceman - 02-28-2002
For some reason I can't get "Needful Things" out of my head. It wasn't the best movie in the world but had 2 of my favorite actors in Max Von Sidow and Ed Harris.
Carrie
Cujo
Bone Collector(wasn't that bad)
Sense and Sensibility
The Crow(I don't know if a graphic novel counts here)
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Green Mile(I haven't seen it but I heard it was good)
- Arthur Dent - 02-28-2002
Also Stephen King's "The Green Mile" was a very good adaption.
Anybody remember "The Outsiders" about a 1950's street gang? The movie version had a lot of young actors who all became famous. I think Patrick Swayze was the leader of the gang and River Phoenix was in it too. Great book and movie.
Gonz:
The novel of Jaws was much better than the book. Especially the affair between the marine biologist and Brody's wife.
More bad books to movie:
Michael Chrichton's -
Jurassic Park
"Flesh Eaters" (13th Warrior with Antonio Banderos)
Congo (mediocre book, lousy film)