poppyshake Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 What in your opinion is/are the best film/s to be adapted from a book? Here are some of my fave's .. Sense and Sensibility ... Emma Thompson/Kate Winslett (even though I did spend a lot of the time in the cinema grumbling about the changes and the bits left out/put in .. this is a really gorgeously adapted film). Lord of the Rings ... Same as above really (though if they had sent Liv Tyler to Helm's Deep to fight as they originally intended.. it would've probably ended up a turkey). Breakfast at Tiffany's ... I know Truman Capote wanted Marilyn but Audrey was just magnificent in the part. Harry Potter ... Most of them have been brilliant ... again I'm always grumbling when I see it for the first time that so much is changed or left out but I've never left a Harry Potter screening thinking it was rubbish or been left un-entertained. Worth the cinema fee to see Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane and Ralph Fiennes .. let alone the rest. The Chronicles of Narnia (The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe) ... Thought this was magnificent .. I loved Tilda as Jadis .. she got it spot on and young Georgie Henley was perfect as Lucy .. best scene ever with James McAvoy ... I nearly cried when Lucy first meets Mr Tumnus .. it was perfect and just as I had imagined it. I want to say To Kill a Mockingbird ... but I've not read the book yet .. the film is fantastic though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katrina1968 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 BBC Masterpiece Theater have the absolute best book to movie adaptations. Here are a few of my favorites! Persuasion Pride and Prejudice Wives and Daughters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyshake Posted September 11, 2009 Author Share Posted September 11, 2009 BBC Masterpiece Theater have the absolute best book to movie adaptations. Here are a few of my favorites! Persuasion Pride and Prejudice Wives and Daughters Is that the Colin Firth/Jennifer Ehle P&P? I loved that adaptation and the other two too ... Justine Waddell was perfect as Molly Gibson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie2008 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I liked the Colin Firth Pride and Prejudice. It really helped me when I was studying P&P for GCSE. I really like Green Mile too, both the film and the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitra Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 For me, an absolutely gorgeous adaptation is Atonement. Everything was great. Sense & Sensibility was pretty good, but could have been a little better. There are probably more, but these are on my mind right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katrina1968 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Yep, the very same two people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 (edited) BBC Persuasion BBC Pride & Prejudice Jane Eyre (by Franco Zeffirelli) Romeo & Juliet (by Franco Zeffirelli) Hamlet (by and with Laurence Olivier) King Lear (RSC with Ian McKellen) Tweltft Night (by Trevor Nunn, with Helena Bonham-Carter and Ben Kingsley) ETA: The Merchant of Venice (with Al Pacino) All the LOTR films, particularly The Two Towers Stardust Carrie Edited September 11, 2009 by BookJumper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysterioso Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 The English Patient Trainspotting The Missing -(Thomas Eidson's 'The Last Ride') Don't Look Now Vanity Fair Probably not very many more on my list as most film adaptations wind me up beyond belief...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I agree with the BBC adaptations of Pride & Prejudice and Persuasion, and Emma Thompsons Sense & Sensibility, plus the three Lord of the Rings (although I didn't really enjoy the books that much and actually prefer the film versions ) My additions to these would be the Merchant Ivory productions of E. M. Forster novels, A Room With A View and Howards End. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 To Kill A Mockingbird was a great adaption, Gregory Peck absolutely nailed the character of Atticus. In the novel he's not quite as overtly central, but you get the feeling the whole time that he's the man, and in the movie Peck just steals the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie2008 Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 BBC PersuasionBBC Pride & Prejudice Jane Eyre (by Franco Zeffirelli) Romeo & Juliet (by Franco Zeffirelli) Hamlet (by and with Laurence Olivier) King Lear (RSC with Ian McKellen) Tweltft Night (by Trevor Nunn, with Helena Bonham-Carter and Ben Kingsley) ETA: The Merchant of Venice (with Al Pacino) All the LOTR films, particularly The Two Towers Stardust Carrie I agree with that. I really enjoyed that version of Twelfth Night. It was another I had to study at GCSE and it really helped to have the adaptation which was so close to the text Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 I loved the 'Lord Of The Rings' trilogy, just wonderful. 'To Kill A Mocking Bird', totally agree with Roxi's post on this. I adore Baz Luhrmann's 'William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet' - a dazzling and pulsating adaptation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katrina1968 Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Forgot to add LOTR's!!! Now, personally, I think ini some instances, the movie was better than the book, because the action/fighting was really good but not overly long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 No Country for Old Men was a great film adaption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 I adore Baz Luhrmann's 'William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet' - a dazzling and pulsating adaptation. How could I have forgotten that????!!!!! Baz Luhrmann is my hero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 I adore Baz Luhrmann's 'William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet' - a dazzling and pulsating adaptation. I agree, I think it's a great film Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I agree that To Kill a Mockingbird is an excellent adaptation. I also love BBC's Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbykat Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 The Thorn Birds is the book I feel was best adpated for TV. It isn't as good as the book of course, but ti does come close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 I adore Baz Luhrmann's 'William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet' - a dazzling and pulsating adaptation. You've just reminded me that I bought this whilst on holiday in August but I haven't watched it yet! I wonder where I put it...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissWhitlock Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 I reckon LOTR was one of the best ones ever. And Atonement was pretty good. My Sister's Keeper was okay, although I was enraged by the ending. Hmmmm. Boy In Striped Pyjamas stayed pretty true to the book. ;D and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was sooooooooooooo much better than all of the other movies combined. So good. I haven't seen To Kill A Mockingbird yet, although I loved the book very much. Gonna have to remind myself to see that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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