Favorite/Least Favorite Film From A Book...

[Jerk Shapiro]

Maniac's:

Favorite: Lord Of The Rings
Least Favorite: Can't Think of one right now...

[Grebdron]

Good topic!! Typically, if the film is based on a book, it has a good chance of succeeding. But if the book is based on a film, they both suck.(i.e. Pearl Harbor)

Favorite-To Kill A Mockingbird. Possibly the greatest book ever, made into a wonderful film.

Least-The Stand. I guess I should have known they couldn't do the book justice, but I gave it a try.

[Reigh Kaufman]

I have a whole bunch...

Least favourites: Everything adadpted from John Irving. The World According To Garp - such a brilliant novel, the film, like Simon Birch (which was based upon A Prayer for Owen Meany), does away with almost everything but the characters names and tells the least interesting of their actions. I will remake this when I get the chance. Oh, The Cider House Rules and Hotel New Hampshire, whilst not horrible, are nothing compared to the books.

Glorious Failures: Catch-22 and American Psycho. Both are tremendous films, but consider the sources from whence they came and you are bound to feel disappointed.

Favourites: The Virgin Suicides and To Kill a Mockingbird. The day I heard they were making a film of my favourite book I nearly protested the studio, Fortunately Ms. Jonze was as precious about the material as I was.

P.S. I'm aware Ms. Jonze is Soffia Coppola.

[Romero&Juliet]

Favorites~~!

~Gunter Grass' The Tin Drum
~Steve King's Novella "the Body" was made into a Great movie, Stand By Me
~William Kennedy's Ironweed
~Willie The Shake's Romeo&Juliet, Baz Luhrman's version, AND Zafarelli's Version http://www.joblo.com/ubb/smile.gif
~Tennesee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire
~Jane Austin's Emma, turned LA in the nineties, in Clueless

Let Downs~~!!

~Thomas Hardy's "Jude The Obscure" made into Jude. zzzzzzzzz!!!! Although Kate Winslet Kicked SERIOUS ASS as Sue.

~Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary. Nothing could've pleased me with this one..

~Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting I saw the movie first, then I fell in LOVE with the book.

~Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange. See above.

~Truman Capote's Breakfast At Tiffany's. I HATE AUDREY HEPBURN!!!!!!

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[Jerk Shapiro]

I totally forgot To Kill A Mockingbird... great movie! Great Great Great!

[Jerk Shapiro]

Another... The classic...


THE MALTESE FALCON

[BadCoverVersion]

Some fab examples been mentioned already..."Trainspotting", "To Kill a Mockingbird", "A Clockwork Orange" (They may not have been appreciated..but I for one loved 'em!)

My personal favourite would be Kes adapted from A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines! Both the Book and Film are superb!

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[flowrchild]

Favorite: To Kill A Mockingbird

Least Favorite: Matilda (this was my FAVORITE childhood book and they totally killed it with the movie)

[BadCoverVersion]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by flowrchild:
Least Favorite: Matilda (this was my FAVORITE childhood book and they totally killed it with the movie)</font>

I actually LOVED the "Matilda" Movie...I thought it stayed true to the book in almost every respect...I truly DID enjoy it!

Never mind, whatever takes your fancy!

[flowrchild]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by BadCoverVersion:
I actually LOVED the "Matilda" Movie...I thought it stayed true to the book in almost every respect...I truly DID enjoy it!

Never mind, whatever takes your fancy!

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I absolutely despised it. I think it was one of those books that should have been left untouched. Thank goodness nobody has tried to make "Catcher in the Rye" into a feature film. Then I would really cry bloody mercy!

[Grebdron]

OOOHHH!!! I almost forgot The Princess Bride. Great book, and the movie stuck to it almost verbatim. Wouldn't have been possible without inspired casting. (i.e. Cary Elwes, Robin Wright-Penn, Mandy Patinkin, Andre the Giant, Billy Crystal, Carol Kane.) Very faithful, very good movie.

[Antonio]

BEST
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee
THE GODFATHER by Mario Puzo
PSYCHO by Robert Bloch
STAND BY ME (aka THE BODY) by Stephen King

GREAT NOVEL/BAD MOVIE
HIDEAWAY by Dean R. Koontz


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[Strider]

BEST: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
WORST: Angela's Ashes

I loved "Angela's Ashes" as a book, but not as a movie. The movie was so disappointing, and nothing like the book. The book was an excellent read... it was so intriguing, however, the movie wasn't.

Strider

[EBastard]

Favorite:A M E R I C A N P S Y C H O

Least Favorite:Pet Semetary

[Reigh Kaufman]

I forgot Fight Club and Being There. both great movies. The thing is, the books are very poorly written - especially Fight Club -but I still love them!

[arto_j]

Best ones : Jaws, Jurassic Park, Get Shorty, Jackie Brown etc.

Worst : Sphere

[MoNsTeR]

FAVORITES: Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring, Harry Potter, The Stand and Trainspotting

LEAST FAVORITES: Virgin Suicides and Riding In Cars With Boys

//out.

o'yea, a BIG FAVORITE: The Joy Luck Club

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[SIREN30]

FAVORITE: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
LEAST FAVORITE: THE FIRM (not a bad film by any means but I HATE it when a director screws w/ the ending of a book. I can't think of any other book-based films that dissapointed me as much as this one. My request is never to read the book before the movie, if you can help it.)

[paul calf]

fav's
the shining-steven king
manhunter & silence of the lambs-thomas harris
american pyscho-brett easton ellis
goodfellas-based on the book wiseguy by nicholas pileggi
and the best for last
the godfather-mario puzo

worst

it-steven king
hide and seek-james patterson
moonraker-ian flemming

[Cyclonus]

Best:

REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
TRAINSPOTTING
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
THE GODFATHER
GOODFELLAS
CASINO
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
FIGHT CLUB

I can't remember seeing any I truly despised, but I was let down by:

PET SEMATARY
THE DEAD ZONE
CARRIE
THE DARK HALF
NIGHTBREED
LORD OF ILLUSIONS

[YF Manson]

Favorite: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Worst: A Walk to Remember

[MovieMan75]

Hmmm, for worst, I'll have to say Sphere. It was a great Michael Crichton book, but the movie was, just okay...it could have been a lot better. The best were The Lord of the Rings, Jurassic Park, and To Kill a Mockingbird.

[Jerk Shapiro]

Jurassic Park was an excellent movie from a book as well...

[Jerk Shapiro]

What'd you guys think of Congo?

[arto_j]

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What'd you guys think of Congo?</font>

Great book, the film was fun as a campy adventure flick.

[peterparker]

The Beach by Alex Garland was a great book and I enjoyed the film.

[daredevil0214]

trainspotting was great, requiem for a dream was great, in the bedroom was great, silence of the lambs, american psycho, the ice storm.... they were all excellent http://www.joblo.com/ubb/smile.gif

the worst.
the bourne identity. the movie was horrible. the book was better. http://www.joblo.com/ubb/smile.gif

[belphegor]

there are so many...

first that come to mind:
1. When androids dream of electric sheep (BladeRunner)
2. The Exorcist
3. The unbearable lightness of being
4. Lord of the Rings
5. Silence of the Lambs

[LAW]

Favorite: Stephen King's Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption into The Shawshank Redemption. Absolutely a perfect example of proper adaptation from short story to screen.

Least: Stephen King's Heart's in Atlantis to same. King's masterpiece of the last 10 years. The heart and feel was nowhere to be found in the film though.

[Hannibal21]

BEST: The Godfather 11/10

WORST: Sphere 2/10

[Mikey2Dope]

Best: LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring (10/10)

Worst: Battlefield Earth (1/10)

[Ren Hoek]

:)
APOCALYPSE NOW is my favourite adaptation. Contrary to general opinion, I think it's very faithful to HEARTS OF DARKNESS even though it has a different setting. Superb movie, brilliant novel.

:(
THE BEACH is the worst novel-to-movie adaptation I've come across so far. Granted, Alex Garland's book is no masterpiece, but it's a solid read while Danny Boyle's film is just cringeworthy.

[moviemuffin]

Favorites:

Whale Rider (just finally saw it this weekend and WEPT)
The Hours
The Harry Potter films
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Quiet Man (short story)
Howard's End
Sense and Sensibility
Seabiscuit (I read the book afterward and it was so much MORE, but the film was a great triumph of selective inclusion)
Tuck Everlasting (sweet family film)

I know I am missing TONS here.

Travesties:

White Oleander
The Scarlet Letter (Demi Moore version, for which she should be punished)
Gone With The Wind (always liked the book much better, never all that impressed with the film)
The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood (blech)

[Subotai]

Best, LOTR, TKAM, Lonesome Dove

Worst, ditto, The Scarlet Letter

[Tom Samborski]

Best: Jurassic Park (9/10)
Worst: The Outsiders (2/10)

[arby19]

Favourite: American Psycho.
Least Favourite: Jaws(the book IMO is MUCH better)

[QUENTIN]

Favorites: Raging Bull, Apocalypse Now, The Last Picture Show

Worst: Diabolique (remake), Eye of The Beholder, Battlefield Earth

[Dead Halloween]

BEST
"The Lord of the rings"

WORST
"Queen of the damned" I haven't read the book, but I didn't need to read it to know that the director didn't read it either.