Favorite book which is also movie..

Hedeya.net · Post by **Hedeya.net** » 01 Sep 2011, 04:19

Fran wrote:Probably Dr Zhivago but Lord of the Rings has to be a close second

I saw the movies but didn't read all the books

Dora Flood · Post by **Dora Flood** » 01 Sep 2011, 13:22

I definitely agree with Gannon and Pigs on The Wing re Fight Club, I'd also go for...

To Kill an Mocking Bird

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Rebecca

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo/Who Played With Fire/Who Kicked The Hornets Nest (original Swedish ones, I'm dreading what Hollywood will do to them!!)

A Room With a View

...Just realized that most of my choices make me sound more my Mum's age than my own!

almasulejmanagic · Post by **almasulejmanagic** » 04 Sep 2011, 11:49

I would say Eat, Pray, Love and also Water for Elephants

Heidi76 · Post by **Heidi76** » 04 Sep 2011, 12:36

Lord of the rings, no question about it. But I can´t wait for The Hungergames, should be in the cinemas in March next year. I hope.

Mkroman · Post by **Mkroman** » 04 Sep 2011, 13:38

I have found that when I see a Kate Winslet movie and discover that it's based off a novel, I love the novel. It's always true. So, most of these might be Kate Winslet movies...

Sense & Sensibility, The Reader, Little Children

I'm still holding out that they'll make a GOOD version of The Bell Jar.

Joan0517 · Post by **Joan0517** » 04 Sep 2011, 14:54

The only movie I've ever seen that was as good as the book was The Godfather. The Hunt for Red October was a great movie, but I saw it before I read the book.

Bookworm2011 · Post by **Bookworm2011** » 04 Sep 2011, 15:28

My favourite books that are movies are The Time Traveler's Wife and The Lovely Bones... but in my opinion both of those movies did not do justice to the books.. The Lovely Bones was the worst of the two but I still wasn't impressed with The Time Traveler's Wife. Which to me is very disappointing... but I don't think they should have even tried with The Lovely Bones.

Ant · Post by **Ant** » 04 Sep 2011, 15:35

That's a shame Bookworm2011, but I agree that it is very difficult to find a film that does the book justice, thankfully there are a few exceptions.

Bookworm2011 · Post by **Bookworm2011** » 04 Sep 2011, 17:38

Ant wrote:That's a shame Bookworm2011, but I agree that it is very difficult to find a film that does the book justice, thankfully there are a few exceptions.

I agree there are a few exceptions in books to movies but for the most part I just always feel that movies ruin what I picture when I'm reading the book most of the time.

cottreau · Post by **cottreau** » 04 Sep 2011, 22:02

A tie between "I Am Legend" and "Dune"... I consider both books classic must-reads, but their movies not so much. :(

Gergg · Post by **Gergg** » 05 Sep 2011, 10:24

2001 space odessy, dr. zhivago come to mind. Lord of the rings was great. How about the grapes of wrath? For whom the bell tolls.

joanre101 · Post by **joanre101** » 05 Sep 2011, 11:00

There are lots because if a book is any good -- and sometimes even if it is not -- it gets made into a movie.

The Great Gatsby is one of my favorite books. It has been made into a movie several times, never with any real success. They're trying it again at the moment. It already reeks and it is only beginning production. Baz Luhrman is directing. He's cast dumpy, plain Carey Mulligan as high-WASP goddess Daisy. And he's filming this quintessentially American story in Australia. Seriously, Australia. And it's going to be in 3D. Hollywood (and I use the term very loosely here because the director is Australian and the movie is Australian) can't seem come close to getting this one right.

Pride and Prejudice has been done like about a jillion times. The 1995 version with Collin Firth and Jennifer Ehle is the definitive.

Sometimes the movies do actually come out better than the books though.
For example, A Time to Kill, mediocre book and good movie.

I loved with movie version of A S Byatt's Possession. In this case, the movie script provided some much-needed editing and didn't include all the bad ersatz Victorian poetry.

I saw Winston Groom's Forrest Gump in a bookstore once and scanned enough to know it wasn't nearly as good as the movie version, which is one of my favorite movies.

Va_treehugger · Post by **Va_treehugger** » 05 Sep 2011, 22:10

Lord of the Rings

Gone with the Wind

2001 (liked the book so much better!)

Bookworm2011 · Post by **Bookworm2011** » 06 Sep 2011, 10:51

joanre101 wrote:Sometimes the movies do actually come out better than the books though.
For example, A Time to Kill, mediocre book and good movie.

I agree, A Time to Kill is a good movie. I only just read the book a little while ago, and I agree it's not one of John Grisham's best books.

Clovertechie · Post by **Clovertechie** » 06 Sep 2011, 11:55

I usually don't like the movie version of a book. Too much gets lost. That being said, I won't watch the movie until I have read the book. Therefore, many of the titles above, I have not read or seen.

Some that I do like are- Midnight Anthe Garden of Good and Evil, Bridges of Madison County and Flags of our Fathers. The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons were good movies, but I'm not sure I would have " gotten it" if I hadn't read the book.