View Full Version : books you would like to see be turned into movies
heartbeatdrop
08/26/08, 10:29 PM
i would love to see water for elephants by sara gruen be turned into a movie. it's one my favorite books it's such great story. if you haven't read it you should it's a good book.
Jessooker
08/26/08, 10:41 PM
i have that book but haven't read it yet.
Sventhegreat
08/26/08, 10:46 PM
Anyone read any of the John Carter series books?
They're old and actually pretty awesome. Could make for a sick movie.
Bob Payne
08/26/08, 11:04 PM
I wish Ed Norton would get back on adapting Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem. Probably my favorite book, and there was big talk a while back that he'd be writing it and starring in it, but i think its on hold.
Jessooker
08/26/08, 11:06 PM
I wish Ed Norton would get back on adapting Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem. Probably my favorite book, and there was big talk a while back that he'd be writing it and starring in it, but i think its on hold.
yeah i heard about that a long time ago. i was wondering what happened.
Cat's Cradle, I just read this book, it's phenomenal, I wish I could see well made movie from it.
drudo182
08/26/08, 11:12 PM
A decent adaptation of The Catcher In The Rye or other Salinger works.
becauseyouwant2
08/26/08, 11:16 PM
Anyone read any of the John Carter series books?
They're old and actually pretty awesome. Could make for a sick movie. I could have sworn someone was trying to get that off the ground. I think it might be Pixar that is doing it.
A decent adaptation of The Catcher In The Rye or other Salinger works.
I think he specifically said he would never give rights for his novels to be adapted into movies.
drudo182
08/26/08, 11:22 PM
I think he specifically said he would never give rights for his novels to be adapted into movies.
Yeah he did which makes me want it more.
The Average American Male turned it to a big, in the theaters movie would fucken kick ass.
Yeah he did which makes me want it more.
Yeah, I wonder if he ever will, I remember there was a letter of him reviewing Indiana Jones, great stuff.
Crazy to know he's alive at this moment, I wonder what the the hell he's up too, he could be dead for all society knows.
drudo182
08/26/08, 11:30 PM
I doubt it. I want to see the version of Catcher he saw that pissed him off. I think it was made-for-tv or something. I have wondered what he was up to as well. Thinking he will just pump out a random story at some point.
QuikTrig
08/26/08, 11:34 PM
Yeah, I wonder if he ever will, I remember there was a letter of him reviewing Indiana Jones, great stuff.
Crazy to know he's alive at this moment, I wonder what the the hell he's up too, he could be dead for all society knows.
it is pretty insane if you think about it. i honestly think he might be one of the top 10 people alive i would pick to have a dinner conversation with (although it would probably be either amazingly intriguing or terribly boring).
A decent adaptation of The Catcher In The Rye or other Salinger works.
rebel without a cause is amazing. and i know it supposedly is not based on the book and theres a lot of difference, but the attitudes and themes are basically identical, imo.
anamericangod
08/26/08, 11:35 PM
American Gods
Odd Thomas
A Million Little Pieces
sugarcoatedlies
08/26/08, 11:58 PM
Abarat needs to be made into a movie.
They need to make the rest of the series of unfortuante events movies
immorehxcthanu
08/27/08, 12:33 AM
I'm usually disappointed when a book I like is made into a movie but I wouldn't mind seeing "she's come undone" made into a movie.
notoaststereo
08/27/08, 12:43 AM
you shall know our velocity!
CstSnow
08/27/08, 12:54 AM
I wish Ed Norton would get back on adapting Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem. Probably my favorite book, and there was big talk a while back that he'd be writing it and starring in it, but i think its on hold.
I think Fortress of Solitude by Lethem would actually be the better movie.
doyouhas?
08/27/08, 12:55 AM
Cat's Cradle, I just read this book, it's phenomenal, I wish I could see well made movie from it.
this would be good, but i think id rather see Galapagos done if the Vonnegut route was taken.
CstSnow
08/27/08, 12:57 AM
I doubt it. I want to see the version of Catcher he saw that pissed him off. I think it was made-for-tv or something. I have wondered what he was up to as well. Thinking he will just pump out a random story at some point.
As shitty as this is going to sound, its going to be pretty cool when he finally does pass away. You know he has so much stuff written and not published that he has stashed away. I've heard rumours that he has dozens of books completed.
emkvetwin
08/27/08, 01:09 AM
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World seems like it would fit perfectly.
i was gonna say this one. 11/26/08.
http://www.wildaboutmovies.com/images_6/RoadPoster.jpg
ghostyouare
08/27/08, 01:43 AM
A decent adaptation of The Catcher In The Rye or other Salinger works.
Awful book.
TeachBirds2Fly
08/27/08, 03:16 AM
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World seems like it would fit perfectly.
i was gonna say this one. 11/26/08.
http://www.wildaboutmovies.com/images_6/RoadPoster.jpg
Just started this, it is really boring, did not like No Country For Old Men (the movie, not read the book)
Also Catcher in the Rye would suck as a film, the reason that it's good is because of it being in the book medium, that makes it realy effective as being meaningful in a way that a film probably could not manage. Not much happens in the book so it would be a pretty boring film, also there is a film that is as close Catcher in the Rhy addaptation it is called Kirby Goes Down with Macholoy Calcon.
tomakebelieve
08/27/08, 05:42 AM
Sharp Objects - it would be such a good thriller/who-dun-it.
AshesAshes
08/27/08, 05:52 AM
Enders Game
Mirrorsandfevers
08/27/08, 06:04 AM
Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Dirty Ernie
08/27/08, 06:42 AM
I think the Westing Game would make a great movie if done right. And an updated version of And Then There Were None. Believe it or not a lot of Agatha Christie books could be good movies.
becauseyouwant2
08/27/08, 07:55 AM
you shall know our velocity!
Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
As a book, I like Heartbreaking Work of Staggering genius more, but I think Velocity would make a better movie.
CstSnow
08/27/08, 07:57 AM
Awful book.
Hahahahahahaha
You can say you personally dont like it, but it is FAR from an awful book, come on man.
Maybe a modern version of The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand?
Do you think House of Leaves would make a good movie?
becauseyouwant2
08/27/08, 08:08 AM
Maybe a modern version of The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand?
Do you think House of Leaves would make a good movie? There have been so many people who have attempted and failed to mount a new version of The Fountainhead. It always seems to fall through.
I don't necessarily think that House of Leaves would make a good movie. It would have to be six hours long and at times make very little sense. It could work as two separate movies (one for Navidson and one for Johnny), but as one long movie something would get lost. As two movies it would just start to get confusing.
CstSnow
08/27/08, 08:10 AM
I think adaptations of the Tender Bar by J.R. Mohringer, and Oh The Glory of It All by Sean Wilsey could be cool if done right, but the only correct answer to this is Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.
Enders Game
In production
Bob Payne
08/27/08, 08:57 AM
also there is a film that is as close Catcher in the Rhy addaptation it is called Kirby Goes Down with Macholoy Calcon.
hahahahahahahaha
nineteen minutes - jodi picault
the last full measure - jeffrey shaara
Smithers
08/27/08, 10:36 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Westies
it's a nonfiction book by TJ English and deals with the Irish Mob in Hell's Kitchen in the 60s and 70s. Some ridiculous stuff.
B-Bones
08/27/08, 11:09 AM
you shall know our velocity!
It's being made. It's gonna be a real indie movie. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius would be cool too but I read recently that it's been squashed.
B-Bones
08/27/08, 11:11 AM
Awful book.
LOLZ.
American Gods
This.
Sandman series.
needles & pins
08/27/08, 11:32 AM
I think adaptations of the Tender Bar by J.R. Mohringer, and Oh The Glory of It All by Sean Wilsey could be cool if done right, but the only correct answer to this is Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.
Exactly what I came in here to say. I loved that book (maybe because I had a similar experience because my mother's friend owns a bar). I would love to see those 'characters' on screen.
Also, "Miss Arizona" by Irvine Welsh.
Cloud Atlas
You Shall Know Our Velocity!
a speedo model
08/27/08, 12:27 PM
Raw Shark Texts
You Shall Know Our Velocity
livethesounds
08/27/08, 01:22 PM
Micheal Chrighton's "Prey" and "State of Fear"
ellie117
08/27/08, 01:30 PM
I think he specifically said he would never give rights for his novels to be adapted into movies.
Hollywood destroys books like this. Incredibly smart move on his part. I'm glad there are some honorary writers out there who keep the dignity of their masterpieces instead of cashing them in for box office seats.
Awful book.
Try rereading it. I read it three summers ago and absolutely HATED it. And I wrote a letter to my english teacher yelling at him for making us read such a boring book, calling it a waste of time because it got absolutely nowhere.
I reread it this summer, and everything just started to click. Not saying it will for you, but give it another chance. I went from hating it to loving it, maybe you will too.
notoaststereo
08/27/08, 01:59 PM
It's being made. It's gonna be a real indie movie. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius would be cool too but I read recently that it's been squashed.it is? whos the writer? director? hand? haha
Machu505
08/27/08, 02:20 PM
Obligatory mention of a really good 1984.
B-Bones
08/27/08, 02:25 PM
it is? whos the writer? director? hand? haha
Not sure. I just read an interview with Eggers where he mentioned it.
B-Bones
08/27/08, 02:25 PM
it is? whos the writer? director? hand? haha
I thought we got rid of double posts!
Wolf I Am!
08/27/08, 02:26 PM
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World seems like it would fit perfectly.
i was gonna say this one. 11/26/08.
http://www.wildaboutmovies.com/images_6/RoadPoster.jpg
Cormac McCarthy has terrible grammer and the dialogue in the road was terrible, but i'm still excited for the film
B-Bones
08/27/08, 02:28 PM
Obligatory mention of a really good 1984.
Found some info here: http://www.themovieinsider.com/m4384/you-shall-know-our-velocity/
Klatzke
08/27/08, 03:06 PM
I think they could make The Giver by Lois Lowry into a damn good drama if they did it right.
And, even though it's new, Duma Key by Dean Koontz.
Sventhegreat
08/27/08, 03:39 PM
I could have sworn someone was trying to get that off the ground. I think it might be Pixar that is doing it.
Yeah there are rumors out there that they might be making it into movies. Who knows though if it will ever take off!
I am so stoked for Atlas Shrugged!
chokeychicken
08/27/08, 04:20 PM
perks of being a wallflower
demo521
08/27/08, 05:59 PM
I'd love to see the books: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Steven Chbosky and A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb made into movies.
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becauseyouwant2
08/27/08, 06:14 PM
I'd really like to see if Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are ever ends up getting released. Wallflower would make a decent movie.
perks of being a wallflower
good one
TeachBirds2Fly
08/28/08, 01:55 AM
hahahahahahahaha
sorry I am an idiot, have not seen it in ages and pretty much got every discription of the film wrong.
Kieran Culkin in Igby Goes Down
I want a new one of Bram Stoker's Dracula
oh and The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
B-Bones
08/28/08, 09:55 AM
perks of being a wallflower
I think that half the charm in that book relies on it being a book. That's why Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy sucked so much is because half the awesomeness of that book could only be related on page with seeing the words and the way they were arranged. For The Perks of Being a Wallflower, the greatness of the book comes from how you can see the narrator changing and growing up as a person through their writing, which would be much harder to do on screen.
B-Bones
08/28/08, 10:02 AM
I'd really like to see if Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are ever ends up getting released. Wallflower would make a decent movie.
It will be released. Also, for all the Eggers lovers, he wrote the screenplay on this movie. Should be awesome.
becauseyouwant2
08/28/08, 11:56 AM
It will be released. Also, for all the Eggers lovers, he wrote the screenplay on this movie. Should be awesome. Yeah that is the main draw for me. I just know Warner's has bumped it off their release schedule indefinitely. The wait is driving me nuts.
thatsignant
08/28/08, 12:08 PM
Eric Clapton biography
bigblue2015
08/28/08, 12:11 PM
Cat's Cradle, I just read this book, it's phenomenal, I wish I could see well made movie from it.
Came in here to say this. I love Vonnegut.
Jessooker
08/28/08, 12:13 PM
My cousin bought me a book by vonnegut cause i never read anything by him. i really need to.
B-Bones
08/28/08, 12:20 PM
Yeah that is the main draw for me. I just know Warner's has bumped it off their release schedule indefinitely. The wait is driving me nuts.
I wasn't aware of this fact... well that's a bummer!
bigblue2015
08/28/08, 12:24 PM
My cousin bought me a book by vonnegut cause i never read anything by him. i really need to.
I like your avatar. One of my favorite movies of the year so far.
Jessooker
08/28/08, 12:25 PM
I like your avatar. One of my favorite movies of the year so far.
thanks but it came out last year.
unwritten
08/28/08, 12:29 PM
The Historian
If it was being made in the right way, I'd say "All Families are Psychotic" by Douglas Coupland
bigblue2015
08/28/08, 12:32 PM
thanks but it came out last year.
True, I was a little late to the party though.
alaskan
08/28/08, 12:34 PM
The Historian
sounds like it could be a davinci code fiasco though
anyone ever read "i hope they serve beer in hell" by tucker max, i am pretty sure most of his stories are elaborate renditions of half ass college hookups, but its being made into a movie
stayillogical
08/28/08, 12:34 PM
Just started this, it is really boring, did not like No Country For Old Men (the movie, not read the book)
Also Catcher in the Rye would suck as a film, the reason that it's good is because of it being in the book medium, that makes it realy effective as being meaningful in a way that a film probably could not manage. Not much happens in the book so it would be a pretty boring film, also there is a film that is as close Catcher in the Rhy addaptation it is called Kirby Goes Down with Macholoy Calcon.
FAIL. x
becauseyouwant2
08/28/08, 12:53 PM
I wasn't aware of this fact... well that's a bummer! I'm too lazy to link to any of the stories, but apparently they did a test screening of it and a bunch of young kids were scared out of their minds. Apparently there needs to be extensive reshoots done, but even then Spike Jonze has say over the final cut. The reason it doesn't have a release date yet is because neither side has budged on the direction the movie should take.
An epic Thus Spoke Zarathustra.
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