What, in your opinion, is the best adaption of a book in a movie?
2006-08-04 03:33:49 · 11 answers · asked by mury902 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I'd have to say my favorite book turned movie was The Green Mile... for the simple fact that it had a great cast and it was dead on with the book.
Second favorite is The Shawshank Redemption... even though I never read the book. The movie itself was a masterpiece and one of my top 5 of all time.
Third is the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The movies were amazing and very close to the books, but anyone who is familiar with the books knows they did leave out quite a bit. I'd have liked them to include Tom Bombadil, personally.
I'm eagerly awaiting the adaptation of Stephen King's The Talisman, which is supposedly underway, as it's one of my favorite King books overall.
2006-08-04 03:53:17 · answer #1 · answered by crazyhorse3477 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Field of Dreams was a great adaptation. They used the best parts of the book for the movie and I liked the move a whole lot better. Also, Million Dollar Baby was a fantastic adaptation. The original short story was very good and Clint Eastwood made a great movie out of it.
2006-08-04 04:36:01 · answer #2 · answered by vgirl76 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"McTeague" by Frank Norris was adapted to film in the early 20th century with every detail from the book. This does not, however, mean the film is the most entertaining, just as true to the novel as possible.
"The Virgin Suicides" is a wonderful adaptation, though the acting is poor.
2006-08-04 07:05:04 · answer #3 · answered by VerdeSam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Agatha Christie stories on PBS. I think it's PBS. I'm talking about the ones with David Suchet or Joan Hickson. Although I didn't sit there with book in hand checking for accuracy, I was always impressed with how they didn't stray from the book, and the actors they chose seemed to embody the characters very well.
The newer ones they're doing....not so much. They twist the plots around so that completely different characters turn out to be the villains.
2006-08-04 04:49:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I liked "Gone With the Wind" and "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Both films captured the spirit of the books, if not every incident that occurred in them. Of course, I read both books after seeing their movies, so it was hard for me not to imagine Rhett Butler and Atticus Finch as Clark Gable and Gregory Peck.
Miniseries have more time to do better adaptations of books. (It's hard to squeeze material that fills 300-500 pages in under two hours.) The 1995 "Pride and Prejudice" miniseries is about as close to the original as you can get.
2006-08-04 08:21:25 · answer #5 · answered by poohba 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Maltese Falcon" (with Humphrey Bogart) by Dashiell Hammett.
"Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe" (with Kathy Bates) by Fannie Flagg.
"For Whom the Bell Tolls (with Gary Cooper) by Ernest Hemingway.
"The Long Goodbye" (with Elliot Gould) by Raymond Chandler.
"Prime Suspect" (PBS series with Helen Mirren) by Lynda La Plante
2006-08-04 04:51:26 · answer #6 · answered by Bob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in my opinion the best book to movie is the shining by stephen king it was drifent from the book but it was still good
2006-08-04 03:42:32 · answer #7 · answered by james b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this topic comes up frequently in my world -- all I've talked to agree that the movie, "To Kill A Mockingbird", is the most faithful to the book by Harper Lee.
2006-08-05 17:06:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jurassic Park. I loved it even more than the book.
2006-08-04 09:35:31 · answer #9 · answered by Tobin Green 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"1984" (though "The Godfather", "The Princess Bride" and "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy also vie for first place in my opinion.)
2006-08-04 03:47:03 · answer #10 · answered by johnslat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋