best movie adaptation of a book?

SkateboardFi
SkateboardFi Posts: 1,322 Member
edited October 4 in Chit-Chat
i would have to say 'the joy luck club' was a pretty good adaptation

'memoirs of a geisha' wasn't bad either.
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  • marix27
    marix27 Posts: 28
    I always felt that the movie adaption of A Clockwork Orange was pretty spot on.
  • repip
    repip Posts: 7
    It's not a movie, but in my opinion the True Blood series on HBO is actually much more exciting and richer in characterization than the original Sookie Stackhouse novels.
  • SkateboardFi
    SkateboardFi Posts: 1,322 Member
    I always felt that the movie adaption of A Clockwork Orange was pretty spot on.

    wow! clockwork orange was a book?! the movie was AWEsome. i NEED to find this book!
  • bjclaywell
    bjclaywell Posts: 165 Member
    The Green Mile was almost spot-on with the book...and both made, me cry.
  • Navie42
    Navie42 Posts: 152
    Fight Club.
  • grantsmom08
    grantsmom08 Posts: 82 Member
    Memoirs left so much out though! lol
    I thought The Da Vinci Code was spot on :)
    The Horse Whisperer changed the ending which was disappointing...
  • deathstarclock
    deathstarclock Posts: 512 Member
    Fight Club.

    THIS
  • CarlydogsMom
    CarlydogsMom Posts: 645 Member
    To Kill A Mockingbird
    Lonesome Dove (TV series, not movie, but wow)
  • i_love_vinegar
    i_love_vinegar Posts: 2,092 Member
    i would have to say 'the joy luck club' was a pretty good adaptation

    'memoirs of a geisha' wasn't bad either.

    I never read memoirs of a geisha, but I LOVED the movie.

    Agree about the joy luck club as well~loved both the book and the movie so much haha :D
  • Dayquasar
    Dayquasar Posts: 182 Member
    From what I remember The Notebook was pretty good.
  • rockabillymama
    rockabillymama Posts: 117 Member
    Sin City. I love comics, and i fel like holly wood raped me almost everytime i go see a movie based on a comic or a book, but Sin City was seriously almost panel for panel, and had an awesome cast
  • SkateboardFi
    SkateboardFi Posts: 1,322 Member
    Memoirs left so much out though! lol
    I thought The Da Vinci Code was spot on :)
    The Horse Whisperer changed the ending which was disappointing...

    only small details and little things that only a narrator in a story could bring out. i thought it was pretty great :) i never saw da vinci code but i heard they butchered the movie in comparison with the book, as well as angels and demons.

    push by sapphire (precious- the movie was called)
    was also a good adaptation, again, left some things out, but i think it would have messed with the flow of the movie

    the color purple was spot on
  • LuLuRunner1
    LuLuRunner1 Posts: 329 Member
    The Lincoln Lawyer was practically verbatim to the book!!
  • SkateboardFi
    SkateboardFi Posts: 1,322 Member
    i like when a movie can compliment the book nicely.

    for colored girls was spot on with the book as well...like VERY well done. kudos to tyler perry for that one because i really don't care for him that much

    the golden compass was disappointing because they changed the ending. lame.
  • rajivdubey
    rajivdubey Posts: 382 Member
    I guess Bourne series is pretty good too!
  • alias1001
    alias1001 Posts: 634 Member
    HBO changed a few things, but the Game of Thrones is pretty accurate.
  • sunkisses
    sunkisses Posts: 2,365 Member
    for colored girls was spot on with the book as well...like VERY well done. kudos to tyler perry for that one because i really don't care for him that much.
    Word. Same here.
  • SkateboardFi
    SkateboardFi Posts: 1,322 Member
    for colored girls was spot on with the book as well...like VERY well done. kudos to tyler perry for that one because i really don't care for him that much.
    Word. Same here.

    it's crazy, because when i say that to my friends/family i get a lot of backlash but i'm like..he makes the SAME movie, over and over again, and capitalizes off of stereotypes and minstrel characters. but then i'm just 'reading too much into it' apparently.
  • Iamfit4life
    Iamfit4life Posts: 3,095 Member
    "memoirs of a Geisha" was the first thing that came to my mind.
    And I just love that book so very much.
  • SkateboardFi
    SkateboardFi Posts: 1,322 Member
    "memoirs of a Geisha" was the first thing that came to my mind.
    And I just love that book so very much.

    so beautifully written. i read it at least 3 times before the movie came out. the only reason i'm not reading it again is because i gave it to a friend. decided to share the wealth..though i may have to get another copy. one of my most favorites of ALL time
  • Silverkittycat
    Silverkittycat Posts: 1,997 Member
    The Hours. :heart:

    Adaptation, from The Orchid Thief was a good one.

    I liked Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, even though the critics did not. I'm sure there are many others I can't think of right now....:smile:
  • surfrgrl1
    surfrgrl1 Posts: 1,464 Member
    The Green Mile, in my opinion is was very very close to what I imagined from reading the book.
  • ThePhoenixRose
    ThePhoenixRose Posts: 1,978 Member
    First thing that came to mind was how terrible The Horse Whisperer was butchered. The book ending was PERFECT, but apparently not good enough for the movie.

    And I love that book, was so excited to see the movie. Most of it was filmed on my best friend's family ranch in MT, when I used to live there.
  • sunkisses
    sunkisses Posts: 2,365 Member
    for colored girls was spot on with the book as well...like VERY well done. kudos to tyler perry for that one because i really don't care for him that much.
    Word. Same here.

    it's crazy, because when i say that to my friends/family i get a lot of backlash but i'm like..he makes the SAME movie, over and over again, and capitalizes off of stereotypes and minstrel characters. but then i'm just 'reading too much into it' apparently.
    Nope, you're not. I prefer to believe that people aren't 'reading enough into it'. Maybe we're just too "thinky". I guess it's hard for people to think closely about why they find something funny because they are worried that they might not find it funny anymore and they just want things to be light and humorous still (understandable) or that they might feel poorly about why they laughed in the first place.*shrug* I don't know...
  • SkateboardFi
    SkateboardFi Posts: 1,322 Member
    for colored girls was spot on with the book as well...like VERY well done. kudos to tyler perry for that one because i really don't care for him that much.
    Word. Same here.

    it's crazy, because when i say that to my friends/family i get a lot of backlash but i'm like..he makes the SAME movie, over and over again, and capitalizes off of stereotypes and minstrel characters. but then i'm just 'reading too much into it' apparently.
    Nope, you're not. I prefer to believe that people aren't 'reading enough into it'. Maybe we're just too "thinky". I guess it's hard for people to think closely about why they find something funny because they are worried that they might not find it funny anymore and they just want things to be light and humorous still (understandable) or that they might feel poorly about why they laughed in the first place.*shrug* I don't know...

    sounds logical
  • sinclare
    sinclare Posts: 369 Member
    Okay I admit I try not to see movies of books I read--they always disappoint me, lol, and if I see the movie and never get around to the book!
  • MrsSpratt
    MrsSpratt Posts: 200 Member
    It's not a movie, but in my opinion the True Blood series on HBO is actually much more exciting and richer in characterization than the original Sookie Stackhouse novels.
    I agree with this. The show is much better than the books.

    "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a really good adaptation. Also, there was a BBC production of "Jane Eyre" with Timothy Dalton that was very good.
  • SkateboardFi
    SkateboardFi Posts: 1,322 Member
    It's not a movie, but in my opinion the True Blood series on HBO is actually much more exciting and richer in characterization than the original Sookie Stackhouse novels.
    I agree with this. The show is much better than the books.

    "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a really good adaptation. Also, there was a BBC production of "Jane Eyre" with Timothy Dalton that was very good.

    yes! to kill a mockingbird WAS good!

    1984 wasn't bad either...
  • MrsSpratt
    MrsSpratt Posts: 200 Member
    HBO changed a few things, but the Game of Thrones is pretty accurate.
    I thought it was a snooze. It was like there was someone off-screen at all times whispering "Be stoic" at Sean Bean. That was his only emotion in the whole series.
  • SabrinaJL
    SabrinaJL Posts: 1,579 Member
    The Shawshank Redemption. I was excited for The Mist, since Frank Darabont did such a great job with Shawshank, but I can't believe how they changed the ending. My husband hated the ending so much that I actually made him read the last few pages of the book.
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