Movie Adaptations That Do the Books Justice

[notoaststereo]

i don't think there are many but Shawshank Redemption (based off the short story by Stephen King) is absolutely one of them.

[sdbrown]

Lord of the Rings. They condensed it but made three excellent movies

(before anyone says The Notebook, I just have to say that was the worst movie/book adaptation I've ever watched)

[notoaststereo]

Lord of the Rings. They condensed it but made three excellent movies

(before anyone says The Notebook, I just have to say that was the worst movie/book adaptation I've ever watched)


i'm not a fan of LOTR... but i can assume it was probably pretty accurate to the books.

[StandMyBrothers]

i'm not a fan of LOTR... but i can assume it was probably pretty accurate to the books.
I would have to say it's not very accurate......sarumans death by the hobbits and the hobbits battle scene.

[utossthatsalad]

pride and prejudice. its not exactly the same with its little changes but its pretty acurate

[sdbrown]

I would have to say it's not very accurate......sarumans death by the hobbits and the hobbits battle scene.
yeah, not very accurate at all. The battle at the end of the second movie took like 5 chapters or less in the book (i think, it's been a while). But overall they captured the adventure and basic storyline well. And the scenery- they nailed it.

[fantasma]

Harry Potter and The Sorcerors Stone was pretty accurate

[matt_rawlings]

Fight Club was accurate and amazing.

I wish I had seen "To Kill A Mockingbird" before I read the book, because I love the book so much and when I saw the film they missed out so many of my favourite moments that I was really pissed

[Kif]

Trainspotting.

[gusta0117]

why would you say LOTR?


Return of the Kings adaptation was just horrible.

[Lars]

I haven't read the book, but I hear Children of Men isn't a bad adaptation

[reductiondesign]

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

[FOBPrettyNPunk]

Fight Club was accurate and amazing.
Agreed, Fincher's ending was phenomenal.

[thePenguin1955]

all of the harry potter movies were awful. the books are a million times better. i mean, dont get me wrong, theyre fun to watch, but they miss out on so many key parts of the books.

[preppyak]

i don't think there are many but Shawshank Redemption (based off the short story by Stephen King) is absolutely one of them.
Yeah...that was the first thing I was going to come in to type...outside of that, its difficult because the mediums are so different in their approaches, both visually and in terms of running time. I think only shorter stories adapt well, since the director can expand upon them...

[Smash Adams]

high fidelity, even though they changed the setting it's still a good movie

[ThexQuietxCull]

pride and prejudice. its not exactly the same with its little changes but its pretty acurate

i hope you are talking about the mini-series released by the bbc and not the bastardization with keira knightley in it. that was awful

[notoaststereo]

high fidelity, even though they changed the setting it's still a good movie

i agree. both the movie and novel were fantastic. if i remember correctly, they switched around the two guys who work in the store for the movie. and the book had a few more scenes... but overall, it was great.

[notoaststereo]

I would have to say it's not very accurate......sarumans death by the hobbits and the hobbits battle scene.

yeah, not very accurate at all. The battle at the end of the second movie took like 5 chapters or less in the book (i think, it's been a while). But overall they captured the adventure and basic storyline well. And the scenery- they nailed it.

why would you say LOTR?


Return of the Kings adaptation was just horrible.

i dont know, i dont like LOTR so i havent read the books, but i was assuming (from what i heard from friends) that it was pretty accurate. nothing is always going to be completely the same.

[notoaststereo]

Fight Club was accurate and amazing.

I wish I had seen "To Kill A Mockingbird" before I read the book, because I love the book so much and when I saw the film they missed out so many of my favourite moments that I was really pissed

yeah, fight club is pretty damn amazing.

i havent read or seen to kill a mockingbird since 8th grade so i dont really remember it. i remember the book being pretty good though.

I haven't read the book, but I hear Children of Men isn't a bad adaptation

i was unaware that it was a book first.

[meeotch]

Yea, I'm gonna have to jump on the bandwagon and say Fight Club is definitely the first that comes to mind.

[Smash Adams]

i agree. both the movie and novel were fantastic. if i remember correctly, they switched around the two guys who work in the store for the movie. and the book had a few more scenes... but overall, it was great.

I read the book about 2 years ago so I don't really remember but that might be right

[Adeniz19]

Fight Club for sure.


300 did an excelent job as well with the actual book story line.

[notoaststereo]

Fight Club for sure.


300 did an excelent job as well with the actual book story line.

as well as sin city.

[brutusUbastard]

Agreed, Fincher's ending was phenomenal.

Fincher's ending was the worst part of the film. It totally changed the charcter of Tyler Durden.

[Stupendous_Man]

Chuck Palahnuik actually wrote the ending to the movie. He said he liked it much better than the ending in the book.

[notoaststereo]

Fincher's ending was the worst part of the film. It totally changed the charcter of Tyler Durden.

Chuck Palahnuik actually wrote the ending to the movie. He said he liked it much better than the ending in the book.

burn?

[Lueda Alia]

Lord of the Rings. They condensed it but made three excellent movies

(before anyone says The Notebook, I just have to say that was the worst movie/book adaptation I've ever watched)
Are you serious? I loved the Notebook and I actually thought it was better than the book. I usually like books better but that movie was just great.

[Ms Smurf]

Death In Venice.
Stand By Me was also a story called "The Body" before it was a movie.

[looksthatkillbn]

Harry Potter and The Sorcerors Stone was pretty accurate

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

what?

































wait what?

[gilatron5000]

The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe.

[selftitled85]

all quiet on the western front...its an oldie but its a goodie

lotr was s terrible adaptation but a good movie. it is freaking difficult to turn a 400 page novel into a 2.5 hour movie....though i thought jackson did a good job.

i liked the gary sinise version of "of mice and men"

[notoaststereo]

all quiet on the western front...its an oldie but its a goodie

lotr was s terrible adaptation but a good movie. it is freaking difficult to turn a 400 page novel into a 2.5 hour movie....though i thought jackson did a good job.

i liked the gary sinise version of "of mice and men"

more like a 3 hour movie. i didnt like the movies because i didnt want to see people walking for a good 1/3 of the movie. and i couldnt get into the books.

and the version of of mice and men was excellent.

[Adeniz19]

The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe.yes.

[Anton Djamoos]

The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe.
That's what I came in to say.

[Tom Good]

Fight Club definitely. Jurassic Park. The DaVinci Code......wait.......scratch that last one...

[halifaxonfire]

all the Lord Of The Rings movies.

[FOBPrettyNPunk]

Fincher's ending was the worst part of the film. It totally changed the charcter of Tyler Durden.

Eh, I liked it alot more than the book's ending.

[brutusUbastard]

Chuck Palahnuik actually wrote the ending to the movie. He said he liked it much better than the ending in the book.

Thats dissapointing. Since the bombs didn't go off in the book, it showed that jack could control tyler and/or that tyler was actually a coward. Also since they were blowing up a building in order to destroy a museum, destroying history and restarting it, was more in line with the ideals that tyler was after than destroying credit.

burn?

What?

[LinzN*]

lotr was s terrible adaptation but a good movie. it is freaking difficult to turn a 400 page novel into a 2.5 hour movie....though i thought jackson did a good job.

i liked the gary sinise version of "of mice and men"

Are you serious? I loved the Notebook and I actually thought it was better than the book. I usually like books better but that movie was just great.
i agree about LOTR, it wasn't accurate but for what you can do in a movie i think they were great.
also love Of Mice and Men.

I love The Notebook too, movie and the book was decent. Any Nicholas Sparks book could be made into a decent chick flick haha

[notoaststereo]

Thats dissapointing. Since the bombs didn't go off in the book, it showed that jack could control tyler and/or that tyler was actually a coward. Also since they were blowing up a building in order to destroy a museum, destroying history and restarting it, was more in line with the ideals that tyler was after than destroying credit.



What?

nothing i was kidding.

[gonz]

I can't believe people are complaining about the LOTR adaptation. :hitself:

the only thing that warrants criticism is leaving out the real ending of King, I wish Jackson would have at least filmed it and put it on the special edition DVD

[ThexQuietxCull]

I can't believe people are complaining about the LOTR adaptation. :hitself:

the only thing that warrants criticism is leaving out the real ending of King, I wish Jackson would have at least filmed it and put it on the special edition DVD

i wish he could have done that as well. :-(

[gonz]

i wish he could have done that as well. :-(
He would have only been able to do it if he knew it would be in the movie, and time constraints just wouldn't allow it. That would take at the most condensed a half hour, but more likely an hour to get it right and to add a battle scene (which would cost too much for just a deleted scene)

[ThexQuietxCull]

He would have only been able to do it if he knew it would be in the movie, and time constraints just wouldn't allow it. That would take at the most condensed a half hour, but more likely an hour to get it right and to add a battle scene (which would cost too much for just a deleted scene)

true, very true
































it still would have been cool

[smokedsanity]

I haven't read the book, but I hear Children of Men isn't a bad adaptation

I have heard the opposite, but I haven't read the book yet, so I have no opinion. Soon though.

[ThexQuietxCull]

I have heard the opposite, but I haven't read the book yet, so I have no opinion. Soon though.

man, i cant see it being a bad adaptation. the film just did well

[smokedsanity]

man, i cant see it being a bad adaptation. the film just did well

Well, the film was great. I can't say much bad about it. But I've read that the story changed in the transition. I can't remember the actual changes, but supposedly some of them were key ideas.

[PaulsRightNut]

i bet a lot of people would disagree with me but Everything Is Illuminated - the film was wayyy better than the book in my opinion.

and i liked the lord of the rings movies more than the books - i hated the books.

[Smash Adams]

i bet a lot of people would disagree with me but Everything Is Illuminated - the film was wayyy better than the book in my opinion.

and i liked the lord of the rings movies more than the books - i hated the books.

I fell asleep during the first LOTR, and refuse to see the other 2, I know I'm in the minority there

[PaulsRightNut]

I fell asleep during the first LOTR, and refuse to see the other 2, I know I'm in the minority there

haha they were pretty long though

[Smash Adams]

haha they were pretty long though

I just need at least some sort of action or meaning, and to me it was just people talking without any purpose, and I am expecting people to attack me but hope they don't use the oscars argument, since million dollar baby was mediocre and won best picture

[gonz]

If you seriously think that all LOTR is comprised of is people talking about nothing and people walking to no where you are an idiot and can't follow movies.

[Smash Adams]

If you seriously think that all LOTR is comprised of is people talking about nothing and people walking to no where you are an idiot and can't follow movies.

I told you I couldn't follow LOTR for whatever reason, I like similar movies but got bored with this one

[gonz]

I told you I couldn't follow LOTR for whatever reason, I like similar movies but got bored with this one
It's fine thinking it's boring or whatever but people who say that it's not about anything and is all filler are stupid.

[Smithers]

the green mile was the first one i though of.

[Smash Adams]

It's fine thinking it's boring or whatever but people who say that it's not about anything and is all filler are stupid.

I didn't watch the whole thing so I can't honestly say it's all filler and thinking about it I really shouldn't have commented on it at all