Books to Movies

GagaGoo · 04-09-2008, 02:08 PM

Which movies have you liked that were from books?

I loved A Walk to Remember- i think the movie was beautifully done and the book was also very good.

I'm also interested in catching The Memory Keeper's Daughter on lifetime Saturday night - i've read parts of the book and the book is so good so far.. i hope the movie is just as good...

**Ophelia** · 04-09-2008, 02:10 PM

Good topic, but can we move it to the A&L forum, we need some fresh topics over there.

**Ophelia** · 04-09-2008, 02:12 PM

To answer your question though...
Misery by Stephen King. Kathy Bates rocked it.
Pride and Predjudice with Kiera Knightly - Brilliant and beautiful.

**Plastic Flute** · 04-09-2008, 02:17 PM

I liked Series of Unfortuante Events

R@H · 04-09-2008, 02:40 PM

The book The body from Stephen King to the movie Stand by me, my all time favorite movie!

SilverSpoon · 04-13-2008, 09:27 PM

Curious George

**Plastic Flute** · 04-13-2008, 09:54 PM

**Jocasta** · 04-14-2008, 06:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ophelia

To answer your question though...
Misery by Stephen King. Kathy Bates rocked it.
Pride and Predjudice with Kiera Knightly - Brilliant and beautiful.

Yes to Misery but I'd pick Sense and Sensibility which is as near to the perfect movie as you can get.

**Jocasta** · 04-17-2008, 02:58 AM

If we're talking Stephen King you can't ignore The Shawshank Redemption.

darko. · 04-17-2008, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jocasta

If we're talking Stephen King you can't ignore The Shawshank Redemption.

and green mile

**Jocasta** · 04-17-2008, 08:38 AM

I've neither read or seen that but I will.

farsighted · 04-18-2008, 12:11 PM

I loved Atonement (book and movie)

**Ophelia** · 04-18-2008, 08:39 PM

Green Mile and Shawshank both great movies.

OK. I threw Atonement the book against the wall...but many people loved it.

wannabe · 05-03-2008, 06:57 PM

There've been a few, but I can't remember them right this minute. Off the top of my head are a couple where they did a poor job of being true to the book, but the movie was good anyway. Those are Running Man (Stephen King, of all people) and Starship Troopers (Robert Heinlein). If you went to the movies expecting to see the books, you didn't like them, but if you never knew there were books for them, they were pretty good (though I can't say Running Man was anything more than the typical Arnold fare before the one about Mars).

I heard the Lord of the Rings series was reasonably faithfully done; never read the books, and after seeing all 12 hours of the movies, I don't feel the need to either. (Plenty of other things I gotta do.)

I was half-expecting this thread to be a big gripe-fest about how so many books seem to get sold down the river when it comes to making them into movies.

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GagaGoo Newbie Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 19 My Profile	Books to Movies Which movies have you liked that were from books? I loved A Walk to Remember- i think the movie was beautifully done and the book was also very good. I'm also interested in catching The Memory Keeper's Daughter on lifetime Saturday night - i've read parts of the book and the book is so good so far.. i hope the movie is just as good... Last edited by GagaGoo : 04-12-2008 at 06:28 PM. Reason: fixed mistake

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Ophelia JOHO Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Joshtopia Posts: 7,011 My Profile	Good topic, but can we move it to the A&L forum, we need some fresh topics over there.

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Ophelia JOHO Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Joshtopia Posts: 7,011 My Profile	To answer your question though... Misery by Stephen King. Kathy Bates rocked it. Pride and Predjudice with Kiera Knightly - Brilliant and beautiful.

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Plastic Flute ICHiBAN HoOT Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 12,841 My Profile	I liked Series of Unfortuante Events

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R@H Lovin' it Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,868 My Profile	The book The body from Stephen King to the movie Stand by me, my all time favorite movie!

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SilverSpoon Kamen Rider Kiva Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: www.canofnothing.com Posts: 7,526	Curious George

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Jocasta Joshtopian Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Shaftesbury Avenue Posts: 17,791 My Profile	If we're talking Stephen King you can't ignore The Shawshank Redemption.

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Jocasta Joshtopian Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Shaftesbury Avenue Posts: 17,791 My Profile	I've neither read or seen that but I will.

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farsighted Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 554 My Profile	I loved Atonement (book and movie)

04-18-2008, 08:39 PM	#13 (permalink)
Ophelia JOHO Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Joshtopia Posts: 7,011 My Profile	Green Mile and Shawshank both great movies. OK. I threw Atonement the book against the wall...but many people loved it.

05-03-2008, 06:57 PM	#14 (permalink)
wannabe Lacey's Man Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 35 My Profile	There've been a few, but I can't remember them right this minute. Off the top of my head are a couple where they did a poor job of being true to the book, but the movie was good anyway. Those are Running Man (Stephen King, of all people) and Starship Troopers (Robert Heinlein). If you went to the movies expecting to see the books, you didn't like them, but if you never knew there were books for them, they were pretty good (though I can't say Running Man was anything more than the typical Arnold fare before the one about Mars). I heard the Lord of the Rings series was reasonably faithfully done; never read the books, and after seeing all 12 hours of the movies, I don't feel the need to either. (Plenty of other things I gotta do.) I was half-expecting this thread to be a big gripe-fest about how so many books seem to get sold down the river when it comes to making them into movies.

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