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What are your favourite book to film conversions?
What are your favourited film to book conversions?
Mine is ET. I undestood it better when I read the book.
How about the worst of both of them?
The worst book to movie conversion I recall is Anne Rice's "Queen of the Damned"
Kompressr
10-23-2007, 02:26 AM
I agree with "Queen of the Damned", it may not be the worse but it was pretty bad.
All Harry Potter books to movies so far, His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass coming out soon!
Yep the Harry Potter movies have been well done.
KFCSpicy
10-24-2007, 10:08 AM
Most of Stephen Kings novels to movies...rubbbbbbbbbbish! Only Misery and I think maybe Pet Semetary but definitely Green Mile were the best ever...oh and Shawshank Redemption (even though it was a short story) umm the one with Jack Nicholson (fuhget de darn name) and It... Queen of the Damned was sooooooooo not transposed well. Ruin de book for me.
Shooter I read some of the novel before the film came out with Mark Wahlberg...movie was condensed version but it was still good.
Harry Potters were great going except when ah see Hargrid...yuh wud think with all de CGs they have today they could have make Hargrid look like the giant he was supposed to be? steuwpseeeee.
Cyah think of any more at the moment.
"The lion, the witch and the wardrobe" didn't work too well. Parts were okay and Aslan looked great but the story didn't seem all that convincing.
KFCSpicy
10-25-2007, 09:43 AM
^^^^totally agreed. Mind u I have only read the full CS Lewis books must be 3 years ago eh? and still eh finish them. Great books.
Triniboy108
10-25-2007, 06:47 PM
The worst book to movie conversion I recall is Anne Rice's "Queen of the Damned"
OMFG!!!..i totally agree with you!!!..that was the worst ever!!..it was a combination of the second book, The Vampire Lestat, and the third book, The Queen of the Damned, and it totally sucked! Although I liked Aaliyah's dance when she rips out that vampires's heart, that was nice.. :D, even though Akasha was not African in the book, she was orignally a princess from a city in modern day Iraq.
this is what she should have looked like(or at least something close to it): http://deadviolet.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/00108559_000.jpg
Midnight
10-30-2007, 07:03 PM
Book to Film conversion
The Color Purple
Ghandi
Mystic Masseur
Lord of the rings ( difficult to follow when I was reading the books)
midnight
Most of Stephen Kings novels to movies...rubbbbbbbbbbish! Only Misery and I think maybe Pet Semetary but definitely Green Mile were the best ever...oh and Shawshank Redemption (even though it was a short story) umm the one with Jack Nicholson (fuhget de darn name) and It... Queen of the Damned was sooooooooo not transposed well. Ruin de book for me.
Shooter I read some of the novel before the film came out with Mark Wahlberg...movie was condensed version but it was still good.
Harry Potters were great going except when ah see Hargrid...yuh wud think with all de CGs they have today they could have make Hargrid look like the giant he was supposed to be? steuwpseeeee.
Cyah think of any more at the moment.
Jack Nicholson? You must be talking about "The Shining".
Watched it the other night. Great movie. :)
KFCSpicy
10-31-2007, 08:07 AM
yeah, I was thanks Breadwinner. I don't think it was really scary as people make it out to be. It keeps topping polls as the scariest movie ever and I really dont agree. The book was marvellous though.
"Jurasic Park" was good as a book and the film. "The Colour purple" was too, nice one Midnight. Yep KFS, "Misery", "The Green Mile" and "Pet Cemetary" was good.
Triniboy, how Akasha looked didn't bother me. I don't recall any mention in the book of her being from Iraq, in any case both Iraq and Eygypt have a wide range of peoples. It's not impossible to find a chocolate skinned person with curly or kinky/afro hair. it's also not impossible to have white skinned light eyed people either.
The best book to film conversion by far is The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy.
Nothing will ever beat it.
Coming soon is The Hobbit.......looking forward to that :D
ps. dont like harry portter
KFCSpicy
10-31-2007, 07:30 PM
but what harry potter do u? :o
i doh find harry potter was wel done at all...i think too much was left out...but then, everything cant be put in right...4 me who read the books first, i was disappointed...the effects were good tho...
KFCSpicy
11-01-2007, 08:31 AM
The effects were great considering how they cuddah make it look fake and dohtish and I do agree about them not putting everything in but u can imagine how much longer the movies would have been? It would have been Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkahban part 9 kinda thing dread. But certain things do not translate well onto screen...hence why we use our vivid and colorful imaginations to make books come alive.
I loveeeeeeeee reading.
but what harry potter do u? :o
'magic' and Real world just dont cut it for me somehow ;)
LOTR on the other hand is total fantasy......i cud liv wit dat
dunno if dah made any sense though :?
KFCSpicy
11-01-2007, 01:15 PM
^^none what so ever. Magic yuh eh like but yuh real like LOTR??? :? Ali stop smoking crack so early in yuh day dread.
it complicated.............
KFCSpicy
11-01-2007, 04:07 PM
no you just sounding like yuh from Belmont dread. steupse.
KFS,
what did Belmont do you?
"Bram Stoker's Dracula", the movie is not to bad. "Eragon" the movie wasn't good. The book is simple,enjoyable even though it is not original. The only problem I had was referring to the hero as a young boy. Since when is 16/17 a young boy :shock: I'm sure that actor was 19 at least. If emphasis is put on young that'd be 10 and under.
KFCSpicy
11-09-2007, 11:50 AM
^^^ :? nothing...is jess dat we grow up telling each other dat. Things like how yuh acting Belmontish so...and ah find is ah kinda Best Village behaviour yuh giving...small talk that does sound good when yuh say it at the time. My parents are from Belmont...so I guess I was born there.
:roll:
i see, my mother was born in Belmont :D
That "Christmas Carols" movie starring Michael Caine was good. I also like the Muppet Movie version as well :lol:
KFCSpicy
11-21-2007, 06:54 AM
Anyone read the Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy before it went to Screen?
Terry Pratchetts hogfather book was complicated but enjoyable so the movie was not as well made I hope they don't give up on him though.
Somewhere I read that they'll be making a movie The Hobbit. It's not by Peter Jackson though :| .........but still can't wait for it :mrgreen: .......not sure when :?
Anybody knows?
KFCSpicy
11-21-2007, 07:19 AM
but what de? :shock:
Ali do some wuk ah beg yuh...steupseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
It's true they are making the Hobbit and the rights did not go to Mr Jackson so who knows how it may turn out. Good book
Jenny
11-21-2007, 10:38 AM
Anyone read the Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy before it went to Screen?
I read it a few years ago....didnt think it was good...the movie was also ok...not my usual style.
I read memoirs of a geisha years ago also....and the movie did not do it any justice.
KFCSpicy
11-21-2007, 11:48 AM
I need to read that book oui...I must remember it when I go to the library this week to return meh books.
Anyone read the Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy before it went to Screen?
Terry Pratchetts hogfather book was complicated but enjoyable so the movie was not as well made I hope they don't give up on him though.
Yep, the movie was alright but not as good as the book.
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