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Best Book To Film Adaptations
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Angelas Ashes - great film and a great book, highly recommendable
fatbadger
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Trainspotting is a great book, and a pretty good film (ruined by sanitisation, though). The play is much, much better than the film - if you get a chance, go and see it.
Recently, Young Adam has proved to be a brilliant adaptation of a quite brilliant book.
But I wonder if adaptations are at their best when they stray from exact narrative replication and try instead to carry the ideas and principal elements of a book - in which case, Apocalypse Now (adaptation of Heart of Darkness) is tops.
Recently, Young Adam has proved to be a brilliant adaptation of a quite brilliant book.
But I wonder if adaptations are at their best when they stray from exact narrative replication and try instead to carry the ideas and principal elements of a book - in which case, Apocalypse Now (adaptation of Heart of Darkness) is tops.
The Laughing Bluebird
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Jaws - decent book, brilliant film.
The Shining - decent book, brilliant film.
The Shawshank Redemption - excellent short story, wonderful film.
The Green Mile - good book, great film.
The Exorcist - reasonable book, superb film.
That's my top 5 'books to films'!
The Shining - decent book, brilliant film.
The Shawshank Redemption - excellent short story, wonderful film.
The Green Mile - good book, great film.
The Exorcist - reasonable book, superb film.
That's my top 5 'books to films'!
Uncle Spielberg
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Schindler's Ark to Schindler's List
fatbadger
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Gareth Glover said:
God, no - great book, appalling film.
Uncle Spielberg
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Can you explain how on earth it was an appaling film !.
Dancin Ninja BHA
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"Godfather"
Brilliant book & Brilliant film
Reckon that won't be beaten as a book/film combo!!
Brilliant book & Brilliant film
Reckon that won't be beaten as a book/film combo!!
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Going back a bit:
Best book to film = Where Eagles Dare Clint Eastwood and Richard Burton. Great thriller disguised as a war film.
Best book to film = Where Eagles Dare Clint Eastwood and Richard Burton. Great thriller disguised as a war film.
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Watership Down 
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Stumpy Tim
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I thought Fever Pitch was a shit book, but a good film.
The Large One
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Can't agree Stumpy - great book, OK film.
High Fidelity: Great book, OK film. Would still have preferred the film to be set in London. Or better still Brighton. My Saturdays when I was 17 was Sydney Street, Blackman Street, Kenny Gardens, Trafalgar Street trawling the second hand record shops for rare priceless soul gems. Then off to the Goldstone for more heartache and mediocrity. You can see where my appreciation of Nick Hornby's first two books comes from.
Awful transition: The Fourth Protocol by Frederick Forsyth. Brilliant book, clumsy film.
Worst transition: The Van by Roddy Doyle. The third book in the Barrytown trilogy, following on from The Commitments and The Snapper.
The Van is an hilarious, brilliant book. The film was just shockingly awful. Tragedy.
High Fidelity: Great book, OK film. Would still have preferred the film to be set in London. Or better still Brighton. My Saturdays when I was 17 was Sydney Street, Blackman Street, Kenny Gardens, Trafalgar Street trawling the second hand record shops for rare priceless soul gems. Then off to the Goldstone for more heartache and mediocrity. You can see where my appreciation of Nick Hornby's first two books comes from.
Awful transition: The Fourth Protocol by Frederick Forsyth. Brilliant book, clumsy film.
Worst transition: The Van by Roddy Doyle. The third book in the Barrytown trilogy, following on from The Commitments and The Snapper.
The Van is an hilarious, brilliant book. The film was just shockingly awful. Tragedy.
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Dancin Ninja BHA
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Love my history, and war films, but I was thoroughly bored with "Black Hawk Down"
Action scenes are impressive, but after 2 hours of the same old,same old it got boring
But that's just my opinion!
PS Turkey, if you get spare time between your university studies (!) get a copy of "Godfather" from the library. You won't be able to put it down, brilliant book
Action scenes are impressive, but after 2 hours of the same old,same old it got boring
But that's just my opinion!
PS Turkey, if you get spare time between your university studies (!) get a copy of "Godfather" from the library. You won't be able to put it down, brilliant book
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I'm writing an essay about the ideological narrative in Black Hawk Down.. 
I will read Godfather but I need to finish my book on Harry Potter first. Not A Harry Potter but an academic response to it. Fun.
Is Oliver Twist on at Christmas? I really want to see it!!
I will read Godfather but I need to finish my book on Harry Potter first. Not A Harry Potter but an academic response to it. Fun.
Is Oliver Twist on at Christmas? I really want to see it!!
simon swagbag
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
CAFC Matt
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Most fo the decent films are from books, that is why they are so good