Best book to movie adaption

[tinylittlegnat]

Huh? That's when the Spiderman character debuted. Spiderman 2 was not adapted directly from a book. I think Spiderman 2 is the second best comic book movie ever made, but it was not adapted directly from an original work. Characters from the comic book series were adapted from the comic book to a story developed to be a movie.

No. Spiderman debuted in 62. Doc Ock debuted in 63 and the story line emerged from there. Almost the entire story was taken from the comic including him being fused with the arms and him going insane. The story was tweaked just like any other book conversion.

I find it funny how you say spiderman 2 doesnt count but you made no mention of the the Crow.

 

[Spence99]

No. Spiderman debuted in 62. Doc Ock debuted in 63 and the story line emerged from there. Almost the entire story was taken from the comic including him being fused with the arms and him going insane. The story was tweaked just like any other book conversion.

I find it funny how you say spiderman 2 doesnt count but you made no mention of the the Crow.

I'm not aware of how the story for the Crow was developed. I'm not a particular fan of that movie.

I read and collected comic books for most of my life and am familiar with most of the characters now being adapted for the big screen.

My point was simply: nobody wrote a novel called Spiderman 2 that was adapted as a screenplay. Spiderman 2 was developed using the historical stories of the characters involved.

 

[LinearMan]

I'd have to say Shawshank Redemption. It's one of the ONLY ones I can think of where the movie was actually as good as / better than the book (novella).

 

[Spence99]

I'd have to say Shawshank Redemption. It's one of the ONLY ones I can think of where the movie was actually as good as / better than the book (novella).

I was just thinking of that one. I've never actually read the book that the movie was developed from, but my friend told me one time that in the book the last thing Andy says to Red on the beach in Mexico is: "By the way, I did kill my wife."

I figured he had to be bullshitting me.

 

[Modern Mephisto]

American Psycho is easily one of my favorites. Though, I'd never say it's the best.

 

[Modern Mephisto]

I'd have to say Shawshank Redemption. It's one of the ONLY ones I can think of where the movie was actually as good as / better than the book (novella).

It's a testament to how wonderful that movie is that I can watch it - and enjoy it - despite the fact that I fucking detest Tim Robbins.

 

[JennyOmanHill]

I agree with The Godfather.

The only book I read before seeing the film was The Exorcist, and I thought it would be impossible to make a movie as good. I was wrong.

 

[JBCorbell]

Dune (not the one with Sting)
The Hogfather by Terry Pratchett was well done for British television

 

[Dreamliner]

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Follows the book exactly. Great book, great movie.

 

[Angeline]

The Princess Bride thread made me think of this.

I'm going with To Kill A Mockingbird.
Fuck what you say. I'm right.

To Kill a Mockingbird is my favorite movie ever. And I love the book, too, so I guess I'd agree though I could make a case for The Godfather, too.

 

[semen4her]

Then you must not have read the books. The movie was great, I loved it, but it was so far from the books that calling it an adaptation is like calling Mel Brooks' History Of The World an adaptation of the Bible.

I read them twice.

The bible has too many authors to make a good movie.

 

[glynndah]

Gorky Park

Oh, and I've read Spencer's Mountain. It's one of my favorite movies, too.

 

[Comshaw]

Sometimes A Great Notion (Retitled Never Give an Inch) adapted from the book of the same name by Ken Kesey. I read the book and didn't think the movie could live up to it. I was wrong. I was raised by a logger, I know the breed. The book and movie captured the essence.

Comshaw

 

[hogjack]

The Hogfather by Terry Pratchett was well done for British television

I cried.

 

[MechaBlade]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is probably my favorite.

I'm not aware of how the story for the Crow was developed. I'm not a particular fan of that movie.

I read and collected comic books for most of my life and am familiar with most of the characters now being adapted for the big screen.

My point was simply: nobody wrote a novel called Spiderman 2 that was adapted as a screenplay. Spiderman 2 was developed using the historical stories of the characters involved.

I don't know about Spiderman, but some comic book movies take plotlines from a comic or series of comics. Sin City is an example of this and I think The Dark Knight is mostly taken from The Killing Joke.

 

[Traveler78]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is probably my favorite.



I don't know about Spiderman, but some comic book movies take plotlines from a comic or series of comics. Sin City is an example of this and I think The Dark Knight is mostly taken from The Killing Joke.

It was influenced by it, but it's hardly an adaptation of it.

 

[tinylittlegnat]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is probably my favorite.



I don't know about Spiderman, but some comic book movies take plotlines from a comic or series of comics. Sin City is an example of this and I think The Dark Knight is mostly taken from The Killing Joke.

The dark knight has elements from a couple different areas. Ledger designed his Joker off the first appearance and even had lunch with the co creator to ask him questions about it. The movie draws from the killing joke as well as the long halloween and a few references here and there such as the joker having multiple origins.

Sin city is based off several graphic novels by Frank Miller all taking place in Basin city and under the same comic name but about different characters.

Spiderman 2 took from a basic few comics having to do with Doc Ock obviously but also Harry finding out and going mad. Also the Love interest of Mary Jane. I cant really pin them down as this was before Marvel(or most any comic company) was taking their monthly books and making graphic novels of them like they do now. But watching it I recognized almost every scene from the comics with a few minor changes.

 

[crash197177]

Then you must not have read the books. The movie was great, I loved it, but it was so far from the books that calling it an adaptation is like calling Mel Brooks' History Of The World an adaptation of the Bible.

Wait, you mean it wasn't? Excuse me while I dodge this lightning strike.

 

[hogjack]

John Ford's Robert's Rules of Order: Newly Revised (10th Edition) is an incredible adaptation of that wonderful manual of meeting procedure.

Yes, Ford's work is basically a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s accounting oversight committee epic film, "The Seven Accountants" but whatever.

 

[BlackShanglan]

It's not a stellar movie, but it's a good example of adaptation: "Bridget Jones' Diary." They kept the amusing bits and sorted out an ending that made no real sense in the book. I'm always impressed by an adaptation with the courage to improve on the original.

I heard a lot of good things about the movie of King's "The Mist," but have yet to get around to watching it.

Oh, and "Watership Down." It's condensed, but they caught the spirit of it very well and the animation is just beautiful. I watched it last year and it felt as fresh as anything in the theatres.

 

[Peregrinator]

I read them twice.

The bible has too many authors to make a good movie.

I was teasing, but the movie is like an entirely different story with the same beginning and characters. I loved it, but calling it an "adaptation" is a stretch. Same with calling the books an adaptation of the original radio series.

 

[BlackShanglan]

John Ford's Robert's Rules of Order: Newly Revised (10th Edition) is an incredible adaptation of that wonderful manual of meeting procedure.

Yes, Ford's work is basically a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s accounting oversight committee epic film, "The Seven Accountants" but whatever.

Kurosawa borrowed heavily from Shakespeare's "King Richard the Third, paragraphs 2a-3ii, footnotes to fiscal year C" anyway.

 

[In_the_Nick_of_time]

I was just thinking of that one. I've never actually read the book that the movie was developed from, but my friend told me one time that in the book the last thing Andy says to Red on the beach in Mexico is: "By the way, I did kill my wife."

I figured he had to be bullshitting me.

He was.

 

[In_the_Nick_of_time]

Gorky Park

Oh, and I've read Spencer's Mountain. It's one of my favorite movies, too.

I loved the entire Arkady Renko series by Martin Cruz Smith. Polar Star is especially good.

He also wrote a good novel (Tokyo Station) about an american living in Japan during the leadup to Pearl Harbour. It really captured the vast differences between western and Japanese.

The Outlaw Josey Wales is a fantastic film and much of the dialogue is lifted directly from the novel (Gone to Texas by Forrest Carter). Kind of trashy but a good read

 

[BigGator5]

Movie wasn't nearly as good as the book.

People forget that Dougals Adams wrote most of the movie (it was only polished off by someone else after his death).

Robbie Stamp: "The script we shot was very much based on the last draft that Douglas wrote... All the substantive new ideas in the movie... are brand new Douglas ideas written especially for the movie by him... Douglas was always up for reinventing HHGG in each of its different incarnations and he knew that working harder on some character development and some of the key relationships was an integral part of turning HHGG into a movie."