Which would you nominate for worst/best book-to-movie adaptation?

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09-01-2011, 02:35 PM

#51

hikingquilter

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I can't really think of any that are good. Most movies do not do justice to the book. If the author is good, your own imagination/vision far surpasses the screenplay.

09-01-2011, 02:45 PM

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JADE D

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Best: THE HELP
Worst: some of the Harry Potter movies

In THE HELP the main characters matched my mental images after reading the book. Sissy Spacek was hilarious.

09-01-2011, 03:11 PM

#53

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Originally Posted by traumaRN

I just finished reading "The Help" and saw the movie 2 weeks ago. I thought the movie was a good adaption of the book.

I have to agree, and I hope it gets an Academy Award nod. Jan

09-01-2011, 05:13 PM

#54

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I thought the worst book to movie adaptation was "Under the Tuscan Sun" not even close!
The best, IMO, were the Narnia movies, stayed fairly true to the books.

Yes I agree "Under the Tuscan Sun" adaptation really sucked. I saw "Water for Elephants" the other day and they did a good job of it. I also liked "To Kill a Mockingbird", and they did a good job of the "Colour Purple". In fact I think it was as good as the book.

09-01-2011, 08:54 PM

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I would consider Lord Of The Rings the best. Even with the changes made the movie was stunning in its vastness. I would consider Eragon the worst. They made it cheap and did not follow the story line. There are 3 more books, at least. And Christopher Paolini's writing is almost as involved as Tolkens, but easier to read.
I loved the Harry Potter books and movies, too.

09-01-2011, 09:02 PM

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Of course Pride and Preudice -BBC version with Colin Firth was the absolute best movie adaptation ever.

Worst- saw BBCs Mansfield park with Billy Piper - have to say - was very disappointing!

09-02-2011, 02:00 AM

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Hands down all time Worst - The Ten Commandments. It tried and fell so short of showing the scope of God's power - and everything else in the scripture that it covered.

09-02-2011, 06:41 AM

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I was in New Zealand when they premiered the 4th one -- They had huge replicas of the ogre and club reaching out over the theater and the little guy crawling down the roof of the airport -- Lots of fun.

The first Harry Potter I loved because of the narrow gauge train -- It was filmed in Wales and the train is real -- a scheduled Britrail train -- a great ride over very scenic areas

Mim

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09-02-2011, 07:15 AM

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I just hate it when people say "I saw the movie, why would I need to read the book?"

I always made my kids read the book before I would take them to see the movie and they ALWAYS said it was better in their minds!

09-02-2011, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by My time

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tudey

I thought the worst book to movie adaptation was "Under the Tuscan Sun" not even close!
The best, IMO, were the Narnia movies, stayed fairly true to the books.

YES. Put The Color Purple on my list. Near the Top.