I really liked the movie, I thought (with maybe the exception of the guy playing jace) they got it close to the book. I can’t stand the casting in the series though ? would have liked them to continue in the movie format
I thought lord of the Rings did a decent job considering the amount in the books. You could watch it without feeling like there were holes in the story or bits missing.
True, but I felt the first one was very true to the book. Much better than some of the others books to movie. I was so disappointed in Beautiful Creatures, and mortal instruments
When I listened to the audio book of Stardust, by Neil Gaiman, it had a little interview with him at the end. And it opened my eyes. He said that every time he had to redo his book in another medium, he saw it as a way to change to the story simply because the medium allowed things to be different. From a creative point of view, this makes perfect sense. Which is why Stardust the movie, the book, the graphic novel, are all different and contain different and new characters and so on. So I have learned to see movies as completely different formats, and learned to appreciate them as such. There are some books that have really crappy movie adaptions, but most of the times it is due to other crappy aspects. I often feel like the only reader in the world who can appreciate a movie apart from the book. Having said that, I have recently come into the habit of reading books if I find the movie I am watching was based on it. Good ones are This is Where I Leave You (so funny!), High Fidelity, Jack Reacher, Deja Dead (last 2 are both not in a genre I normally read, both pleasantly surprised me), Interview with Vampire (good – my first Anne Rice), Schindler’s Ark (just WOW), Firestarter.
I actually thought the Hunger Games movies left out so much of the background that they didn’t really tell the full story. I have a pre-teen so have seen them many times and like them now but I don’t think they capture the complete story in the same way the books do.
Pride and Prejudice was decently accurate to me, and Jane Eyre.
Have you seen Pride and Prejudice and Zombies?
No, I despised the book with every ounce of my being. ?
@Megan Lmao!
City of bones
I heard it wasn’t accurate, from other people lol. But I loved that movie.
Some parts werent but to me it was the closest to the book as it could be
Hmm maybe I should read the book then.
Yes u should 🙂
It’s just such a big commitment lol
But once you get into it,you get lost in the shadowhunter world
Lol that’s the problem, I don’t have time to get lost in the shadowhunter world right now.
Audiobook?
Hmm I’ll look how much it is. I do have a 20 dollars credit.
I highly recommend those books to anyone but for me I just can’t stand the movie or TV show unfortunately. I really tried likely them too.
I want to like the TV show but the main girl just can’t act! Lily Collins was better in my opinion.
I really liked the movie, I thought (with maybe the exception of the guy playing jace) they got it close to the book. I can’t stand the casting in the series though ? would have liked them to continue in the movie format
Holes
Oh I loved Holes!
Yes!!
I cant answer this without great doubt lol. But I’m going to go with The Fault in Our Stars.
Shindlers List
A lot of changes were made but I love that movie!
Paper town
I thought lord of the Rings did a decent job considering the amount in the books. You could watch it without feeling like there were holes in the story or bits missing.
The Book Thief. It’s so amazing!
LOTR
Yes!!! Though I am still said they skipped Tom Bombadil
The Lovely Bones. Especially dealing with the topics it did, I thought it was well done.
Oh my god I cried with that and the movie. I also thought the movie was so good. Like the acting and everything was spot on.
Totally agree. Lots of crying with that one!
Agreed!
Always thought Hunger Games
I thought the lack of being able to hear Katniss’s inner thoughts like we could in the book took away from a lot of the story.
True, but I felt the first one was very true to the book. Much better than some of the others books to movie. I was so disappointed in Beautiful Creatures, and mortal instruments
Divergent was also awful book to movie. Just….awful.
I was ok with the first one. Wasn’t the best at all but was watchable at best. The rest…..AWFUL
The bone collector was pretty accurate to the book.
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Jane Eyre /pride and pejudice
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe did quite well. It stuck to the story and added in a few tidbits that enhanced it, in my opinion 🙂
The host by stephenie meyer
Me before you
I hate that story because the hero is so handsome and yet had to die….lol
Shutter Island by Deenis Lehane. I think it was the closest to a book ever.
Anna karnina
Whose production?
By leo tolstoy..amazing novel
Hunger games
Pride and prejudice!
Godfather
Divergent in my opinion
Outlander series are great
Gone with the wind
Harry Potter
You kidding!
TFIOS
Bridge to Terrabithia. I also liked The Help.
The Harry Potter series
The live screen play of Of mice and men. It was to the book!
Harry Potter
LOTR – the first film of the trio before Jackson got carried away with excessive CGI
Silence of the Lambs
The light between oceans and The boy in the striped pajamas
The kite runner
The fault in our stars. The movies wasn’t amazing but it followed the book to a fault lol
Harry Potter or the Hunger Games
Harry Potter series
I thought that the Harry Potter movies were heaps different to the books.
The notebook
I think The Help was
The Green Mile was pretty close and so was the Shawshank Redemption. I also wasn’t disappointed with the Hunger Games movies.
Holes
The Martian.
LOTR and the Help
Interview with a Vampire was pretty damn close
The road.
Harry Potter first two movies
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
A walk to remember ❤
I didn’t like the movie at first. I guess I wanted it to be based in the 50s like the book. But now it’s one of my favorites.
When I listened to the audio book of Stardust, by Neil Gaiman, it had a little interview with him at the end. And it opened my eyes. He said that every time he had to redo his book in another medium, he saw it as a way to change to the story simply because the medium allowed things to be different. From a creative point of view, this makes perfect sense. Which is why Stardust the movie, the book, the graphic novel, are all different and contain different and new characters and so on. So I have learned to see movies as completely different formats, and learned to appreciate them as such. There are some books that have really crappy movie adaptions, but most of the times it is due to other crappy aspects. I often feel like the only reader in the world who can appreciate a movie apart from the book. Having said that, I have recently come into the habit of reading books if I find the movie I am watching was based on it. Good ones are This is Where I Leave You (so funny!), High Fidelity, Jack Reacher, Deja Dead (last 2 are both not in a genre I normally read, both pleasantly surprised me), Interview with Vampire (good – my first Anne Rice), Schindler’s Ark (just WOW), Firestarter.
The Great Gatsby ..that’s the most accurate. I feel like it’s every word. Or I think I’m the only one who feels like that. ?
Loved it too!
Yes! I’m not alone! ???
The Outsiders. Stay gold.
Hunger Games, the help, LOTR, Perks of being a Wallflower, Interview with the vampire
Definitely NOT miss peregrine’s home for peculiar children ??
Devil wears prada
Shaws hank Redemption.
Me before you
Perks of being a wallflower
The Hunger Games
Most nicholas sparks books are well done!
Not without my daughter?
Sarah’s key
I liked The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo movie as much as I loved the books.
Which version of the movie? There were 2 that came out right?
In my opinion the Swedish ones were better.
Bridges of Madison County…I’m a sucker for unrequited love
The Hunger Games series, LOTR, The Hobbit, and The Giver.
I liked Divergent and Lightening Thief too, but probably not so accurate to the books.. I still liked it, though
I actually thought the Hunger Games movies left out so much of the background that they didn’t really tell the full story. I have a pre-teen so have seen them many times and like them now but I don’t think they capture the complete story in the same way the books do.
The Outsiders was pretty close
That was one of my favourite movies as a teenager. Saw it again just recently. Still a beautiful story.
Mine too?
robinson crusoe and amazing grace!
The Book Thief
Well, apart from the extreme geographical detail of location between the movie and the book, I guess we could count on The girl on the train…