Book to film adaptations

[SteveLaura 0]

Four categories for you to add your opinions:

1. Good book - good film
2. Good book - ####### film
3. ####### book - good film
4. ####### book - ####### film

I'll kick it off with 'To kill a Mockingbird' - a great book and a great film.

[SteveLaura 0]

'Hotel New Hampshire' by John Irving - good book, disappointing film.

[Jenn! 918]

One that note, Simon Birch was a horrible movie, but the Irving book it was based on, "A Prayer for Owen Meany", is one of my favorites.

[SteveLaura 0]

One that note, Simon Birch was a horrible movie, but the Irving book it was based on, "A Prayer for Owen Meany", is one of my favorites.

That's a great book - after 'Garp', I'd say it's my favourite Irving. Haven't seen the film, tho.

[*JG* 2]

The House of Sand and Fog.....great book, great movie.

[eau_xplain 2]

Clan of the Cave Bear: Good book, bad movie

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

The (Original) Shining. Good movie adaptation of one of King's stodgy page-turners.

The Hitchcock 39 Steps is good - despite Hitchcock never having actually read the Buchan book. Other than the basic premise its actually quite a bit different.

[SteveLaura 0]

The (Original) Shining. Good movie adaptation of one of King's stodgy page-turners.

The Hitchcock 39 Steps is good - despite Hitchcock never having actually read the Buchan book. Other than the basic premise its actually quite a bit different.

The only Stephen King book I've read was his collection of short stories last year - 1408. Considering how famed he is as an author, I was surprised that he don't write so good. The film (1408) was pretty bad too.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

The (Original) Shining. Good movie adaptation of one of King's stodgy page-turners.

The Hitchcock 39 Steps is good - despite Hitchcock never having actually read the Buchan book. Other than the basic premise its actually quite a bit different.

The only Stephen King book I've read was his collection of short stories last year - 1408. Considering how famed he is as an author, I was surprised that he don't write so good. The film (1408) was pretty bad too.

I think King is generally overrated - though I've not read any of his full length novels. From what I've heard the anti-climatic endings of the movie adaptations of his work are pretty much the same in his books too. In fact, most of the Stephen King movie adaptations I've seen have been pretty bad.

He also seems to have a thing for stereotypical characters. I rented The Mist the other week - thought the monsters were the best thing in it but the movie itself was genera. The raving-lunatic Christian fundamentalist lady... not so much....

I agree though - 1408 was a bad, bad movie - though I wonder if that was more due to it being based on a short story. You have to add a lot of padding to make a two hour movie out of that...

BTW - I did like the Nightmares and Dreamscapes series that aired in 2006, I'd recommend that. Basically King's short stories adapted into 1 hour episodes. The first episode with William Hurt was the best though - with the army of animated toy soldiers trying to kill him.

Edited May 5, 2008 by Number 6

[SteveLaura 0]

'Catch 22'. It's a difficult book to follow along, but it works. I really enjoyed it. The film, as a recall, was just a mess, tho.

[almaty 19]

lord of the rings....good read and good films

[Jenn! 918]

Harry Potter - good books, good films, though I'd say the books are better than the films

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

lord of the rings....good read and good films

I'm not as keen on the book today as I was when I was a kid, but it took me several attempts to get through that hideous, 100 page long Treebeard chapter.

[SteveLaura 0]

lord of the rings....good read and good films

I'm not as keen on the book today as I was when I was a kid, but it took me several attempts to get through that hideous, 100 page long Treebeard chapter.

I liked The Hobbit, but couldn't get into LOTR. Too much, "Sing us another long, boring, three page song, Frodo" for me.

[almaty 19]

i agree...the book was a drag in parts and the ending in the shrine was unnecessary