Books made into movies

I love to read and I love to watch movies, but I can't stand it when they turn books into movies. It is very few that actually are good adaptations. I dont know why they even bother anymore. What are your guy's thoughts on this.

mm...there are alot of good adaptations of books...you only need to look at the alex garland/danny boyle partnership to see that...the beach, sunshine, 28 days later

then there's been trainspotting, empire of the sun, the shining (and other notable king novels)

clockwork orange, the maltese falcon, fight club, fear and loathing in las vegas, to kill a mockingbird, watership down

Originally posted by jaden101
mm...there are alot of good adaptations of books...you only need to look at the alex garland/danny boyle partnership to see that...the beach, sunshine, 28 days later

then there's been trainspotting, empire of the sun, the shining (and other notable king novels)

clockwork orange, the maltese falcon, fight club, fear and loathing in las vegas, to kill a mockingbird, watership down

Every one of them are excellent books and also excellent movies.

There is also...
Do androids dream of electric sheep (Blade Runner),The lord of the rings, James Bond movies, and The Bourne Trilogy.

There are a ton of excellent novels that made excellent movies.

Then theres Tom Cruise in Interview with a Vampire...
Great novel, horrible movie.

agreed

I enjoyed the book but didn't like the movie.

There are also most of Steven King books

Carrie, It, Secret Window, etc.

And don't forget Jumanji! It was a ten page children's book made into an hour and forty minute adventure film!

I don't have a problem with them.

Originally posted by jaden101
mm...there are alot of good adaptations of books...you only need to look at the alex garland/danny boyle partnership to see that...the beach, sunshine, 28 days later

then there's been trainspotting, empire of the sun, the shining (and other notable king novels)

clockwork orange, the maltese falcon, fight club, fear and loathing in las vegas, to kill a mockingbird, watership down

The Beach? Are you having a laugh? That movie completely sodomised the book.

Atonement
No Country for Old Men

Originally posted by chillmeistergen
The Beach? Are you having a laugh? That movie completely sodomised the book.

I preferred the book, but the movie was still really good IMO.

Originally posted by =Tired Hiker=
And don't forget Jumanji! It was a ten page children's book made into an hour and forty minute adventure film!

+1

Jumanji rocked! The best parts were the cop and the monkey antics.

Originally posted by chillmeistergen
The Beach? Are you having a laugh? That movie completely sodomised the book.

the beach is a great novel...but in my opinion i think its also a great film...it doesn't have to be an almost perfect transferal as fight club was...hence the word "adaptation"

As you said Jaden, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S Thomson is the dogs bollox 🙂

yeah...that and fight club are definitely two of the best transitions to film

Lets not forget the movie that was a book that put Christian Bale on the map...Bret Easton Ellis's American Pyscho. I thoroghly enjoyed both the novel and the movie.

Well, I'd say Empire of the Sun put him on the map and that has already been mentioned.

*Smartarse hat off*

Originally posted by BruceSkywalker
Lets not forget the movie that was a book that put Christian Bale on the map...Bret Easton Ellis's American Pyscho. I thoroghly enjoyed both the novel and the movie.

There are a couple that I like and few that I don't. I think The Divinci Code was a poor excuse for a movie. But I really liked Prozac Nation and Girl Interrupted. I'm in the middle of reading The Memory Keeper's Daughter and I saw that they are making THAT into a movie so I'm kind of excited about it.

Originally posted by justdecent
I love to read and I love to watch movies, but I can't stand it when they turn books into movies. It is very few that actually are good adaptations. I dont know why they even bother anymore. What are your guy's thoughts on this.

yeah your right.it is very rare that they ever make good books into good movies.as someone mentioned earlier,there have been a few of them like to kill a mockingbird,the shining and watership down and tom clancys novels as well.The best adaptaion of a novel I think and is my favorite adaptation is S E Hintons TEX.The movie was dead on to the book practically. But yeah the majority of the time they mess it up.those are rare instances.I agree,they mess it up so much most the time they shouldnt even bother anymore. For instance,I saw Christine before i read the novel and I enjoyed it.Then I read the novel and NOW I hate the movie.It could have been sooooo much better.with they would redeem themselves and make a tv miniseires out of like they did with the shining.Except the shining was a total waste.the orginal jack nicholson movie was so great they should have left it alone.Most stephen king novels have been screwed up when making them into films,with they would leave them alone since they cant get it right anymore.

Originally posted by BruceSkywalker
Lets not forget the movie that was a book that put Christian Bale on the map...Bret Easton Ellis's American Pyscho. I thoroghly enjoyed both the novel and the movie.

yeah i really enjoyed both...i hope they make a film out of "lunar park" which is essentially a sequel to american psycho...but it lends itself far better to a truer adaptation

clearly there would be no way a more accurate version of the american psycho novel would ever get made...rat tubes stuck up cunts...cannibalism, chopping off lips with nail scissors...drilling out teeth and ripping the throat out through the mouth...

be a fun film to make and to watch...but it would never get past the censors

also...couldn't agree more with parker (1st time for everything) in that the tv version of the shining was utterly pointless....on its own merits it's not that bad but compared to the film it's hard to see why they even tried to out-do nicholson's performance