ALovingKitten Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I have a big list but I'll only list ones I actually read, or really enjoyed. For big screen, and two for small screen were: Small screen- Pride and Prejudice and Emma. For big screen: Stephen King ones I loved: Misery Carrie and The Green Mile Forrest Gump The Princess Bride The Silence Of the Lambs The Notebook A Walk to Remember The Lovely Bones Bridget Jones Diary All Lord of the Rings... esp the Fellowship of the Ring Link to comment
savignon Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I'd do a better job of naming books that I thought were soooooo good I would never see the movie because they couldn't possibly do it justice: -Of Mice and Men -DaVinci Code -The Kite Runner -Fifty Shades of Grey (kidding!!) Link to comment
Lorem Ipsum Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 A Room with a View -- although the book does go into more detail of the internal working of the characters Link to comment
ALovingKitten Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 Thanks for answering, savignon, hehe on Fifty Shades of grey. You can list ones off that you feel you loved so much you wouldn't want to see a movie if they made it because you enjoyed the novel so much, I loved to read that list too. I never read any of those you mentioned or seen the movies, puts them on a list for myself to check out this year. I wanted to also add Babe, because I loved the movie but I never read the book same as Charlottes web. Link to comment
ALovingKitten Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 A Room with a View -- although the book does go into more detail of the internal working of the characters Another I never read or watched. What did you love about that novel/movie, Lorem Ipsum? I have to look it up because I don't know it at all * goes to google * Thanks for answering. Link to comment
Lorem Ipsum Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I don't know it at all * goes to google * *sigh* the perils of being old! There are very good lessons/observations in there (especially the book, which I reread recently) about listening to your instincts and what it means to love someone. When you're a young woman (I can't speak about being a young man), you can internalise a lot, especially pressure or opinions from your family, on how you're supposed to behave/think/what you should want, which can really mess you up. If you really like fast paced movies/action films, the movie is very slow moving as it's an Edwardian drawing room/period film, so it's not to all tastes. In other words, unless he likes The Notebook, your boyfriend will find it boring. This thread was done somewhere else, because I remember writing about the version of link removed with Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds -- I thought that was a good adaptation of the book. Link to comment
imsuperman Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 The Green Mile did it pretty well. Fight Club. Link to comment
Snny Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 To Kill a Mockingbird. Gregory Peck is the best. The Hunger Games. Romeo and Juliet (Leo DiCaprio). V for Vendetta Enders Game Lord of the Rings The Outsiders (inspired me for the car I have) The Black Stallion I second Princess Bride. Both the book and movie were good! Link to comment
SpottiOtti Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I third Princess Bride and second Silence of the Lambs! And I actually like The Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit better on the big screen, which is really weird for me! I think The Langoliers was done well in movie form, except there's this thing with Stephen King's "monsters" in the movies - they always look cheesy! But forgiving that, the movie adaptation was good, I thought. Fight Club was good, really good. And I thought they did a good job with "Choke", too. HBO is doing a really good job with the Game of Thrones novels. Link to comment
greywolf Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I'd do a better job of naming books that I thought were soooooo good I would never see the movie because they couldn't possibly do it justice: -Of Mice and Men -DaVinci Code -The Kite Runner -Fifty Shades of Grey (kidding!!) I sort of disagree on the Da Vinci Code. =( I felt like Tom Hanks was too old to play the character! Link to comment
happpybear Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 I agree with Pride and Prejudice, Princess Bride, Fight Club and LOTR was fantastic--Fellowship was awesome. I thought Forest Gump the movie was actually better than the book. The BBC did an excellent job with the Gormenghast trilogy, and HBO is doing a really good job with GoT. I also thought Chocolate the movie was better than the book Link to comment
Mesemene Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Gotta agree with Silence of the Lambs. Anthony Hopkins was just amazing as Hannibal Lecter. I'm on the fence as far as LoTR. There were some bits I felt should've been incorporated (Tom Bombadil and Merry, anyone?) and places it was adapted and not quite true to the original. But on the plus side, the overall effect was stunning and very well put together, much better than I had anticipated. So overall, I was pretty pleased with it. Link to comment
happpybear Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 (Tom Bombadil and Merry, anyone?) YESSSS! Love that part of the book! Link to comment
Mesemene Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 LOL Happy, I still get bits of the ditty going through my head, and it's been YEARS since I've reread the book. I was a bit disappointed in them being left out entirely, as well as Glorfindel. Link to comment
ALovingKitten Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 Thanks everyone lots of good books to movies listed above. I didn't know Fight club was a book first, I might pick that up, same as I didn't know Drive was as well. One I didn't like was Marley and Me I felt the book was so wonderful and the movie was awful imo. Link to comment
Liraele Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 The Perks of Being a Wallflower is the only one that comes to mind, honestly. Link to comment
ALovingKitten Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 @ Liraele loved the movie, still haven't read the book, my list of have to read this year is increasing @imsuperman - that is another that I did not know was a book first. Link to comment
imsuperman Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 ^It is. It's very good. I read it when I was in high school I think. Sad that such a tragedy happened. Link to comment
happyfrank Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Some of my favorites. life of pi flags of our fathers. Into the wild Call of the wild with charlton heston Link to comment
ALovingKitten Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 I enjoyed into the wild as well. I don't know about flags of our fathers, and life of pi - I enjoyed the movie it was beautifully made. Link to comment
happpybear Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 So I am reading Les Miserables, I have seen the stage production years ago, and so the other day I watched the movie version made last year with Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman. Wow this movie blew me away! I didn't realize that Hugh Jackman could sing! I have only seen him as Wolverine...lol. But ya, the performances by Hathaway and Jackman were outstanding, and very moving, great movie. Link to comment
Iggles Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Fight Club Hunger Games The Traveler's Wife Link to comment
ALovingKitten Posted March 3, 2014 Author Share Posted March 3, 2014 @ happybear I never read Les Miserables but I did watch and enjoy the movie too.. I basically watched it for Hugh Jackman's performance I wasn't to impressed with Russell Crowe though, you? @Iggles I enjoyed Fight Club ( movie) I didn't know until mentioned in the thread it was a book before a movie. I think Hunger Games to me is better than the Twilight books/movies I couldn't get into those at all. Link to comment
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