Stand By Me. I can not stand Stephen King, he would have to be my most hated author but I love that movie so I tried to read the book The Body. My opinion of King still stands but whoever adapted that book to screen needs a medal. Oh and the Wizard of Oz that captures a magic that just alludes the book.
Agreed, agreed! But LOTR was so beautifully filmed!! And what they had to leave out didnt ruin everything- I was lucky enough to visit New Zealand a few years ago- we didnt go specifically to any filming sites- but the whole COUNTRY is so beautiful that my SO demanded that I roll the car windows up- I just kept screaming and pointing “The Shire! The Shire!”
It spoiled me! Tried watching the two most recent Anne series — the PBS one with Martin Sheen and Anne with an E, but all I could think the whole time was “That’s not Anne.”
Schindler’s List… one of my favourites book/ movie; The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society- saw movie before reading book- loved both; the first 2 Harry Potter movies- so true to the books…..
@Mansoor thank you. It is 1 of my favorite all time books. And believe it or not…I liked the movie more. The colors and the visual setting really brought the book to life. First me it is usually the other way
My favorite is The English Patient. But I do think that the one that affected me the most was The Joy Luck Club–both the book and the movie moved me greatly; I saw it four times at the theater when it first came out.
Shawshank Redemotion is one of the best produced movie but I never knew it based on a novel until year. Upon this discovery, it immediately went on my to read list.
The Wizard of Oz. So much better than the books.
Brooklyn by Colm Toibin. Saoirse Ronan was perfectly cast.
Mystic River
The Reader and The Notebook
Harry Potter
The Princess Bride. Done with obvious love of the book and really captures it.
Have you read Cary Elwes book about the making of it? I *think* its called As You Wish. It’s so good.
Elwes book is fantastic! I was not a fan of the movie but my sons were. Think it was an age thing. But I loved Elwes book.
Janet O’Donnell Love the original book, by Mortgenstern?, and the movie, but my best friend didnt like the movie, I was horrified lol
The outsiders
It
Pride and Prejudice, 2005
American Sniper
Harry Potter
…and The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Wuthering Heights with Tom Hardy as Heathcliff
2001.
Odd Thomas
Forrest Gump
Out of Africa.
Joy luck club
The Help, Harry Potter
Misery
Brooklyn
Harry Potter series
Stand By Me. I can not stand Stephen King, he would have to be my most hated author but I love that movie so I tried to read the book The Body. My opinion of King still stands but whoever adapted that book to screen needs a medal. Oh and the Wizard of Oz that captures a magic that just alludes the book.
Jaws
The Green Mile
To Kill A Mockingbird
Brilliant film of a brilliant novel
Brilliant film of a brilliant novel
The help is also another one of my favorites!
Gone with the Wind and Absolute Power
LOTR, although Jackson lost all good favor with his execrable adaptation of The Hobbit.
Agreed!
Agreed, agreed! But LOTR was so beautifully filmed!! And what they had to leave out didnt ruin everything- I was lucky enough to visit New Zealand a few years ago- we didnt go specifically to any filming sites- but the whole COUNTRY is so beautiful that my SO demanded that I roll the car windows up- I just kept screaming and pointing “The Shire! The Shire!”
Lonesome Dove but that was a miniseries so they got to include much more detail that movies often do not and Richard Duvaul was the best Gus.
I agree! I reread the books then rewatch the series every few years.
Rereading the book now, my book group selection for July. So good! Plan on rewatching the series as well…
The Princess Bride
The Hunt for Red October
Atonement
Casino Royale-the Daniel Craig version.
The English Patient
No Country for Old Men
Atonement
A Man Called Ove
The Help
Cold Mountain
Loved the Anne of Green Gables mini-series with Megan Follows.
Yes! Was reading something about her the other day.
It spoiled me! Tried watching the two most recent Anne series — the PBS one with Martin Sheen and Anne with an E, but all I could think the whole time was “That’s not Anne.”
@Robin same! My daughter loves it, but I miss MY Anne Shirley. ? The new series is ridiculous. They modernized it and ruined it.
The Fault in Our Stats
Jaws
The Book Thief – I understood the movie better than the book.
Life of Pi; the Color Purple
Life of Pi, YES
The color purple was soooo good!!
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Also the play is fabulous!
Out of Africa
The giver
LOTR. Know it was was very different from the books, but the movies — and the actors — we’re so good so loved them all anyway.
The Bridges of Madison County
Chocolat with Johnny Depp
Washington Square by Henry James, made into a movie named The Heiress. One of very few where the movie was actually better than the book.
The Princess Bride. I loved the movie before I knew there was a book.
I think The Princess Bride is a perfect movie.
The Outsiders or The Princess Bride
Pride and Prejudice 2005
Brooklyn and The Book Thief. Both were more visually beautiful than I imagined.
The Green Mile by Stephen King…
Gone with the Wind
Awesome choice (y)
To Kill a Mockingbird
I did not enjoy The Lovely Bones as a book but the movie was beautiful.
Agree!
Circle of Friends.
The Color Purple, Atonement and Shawshank Redemption.
Super choice woww
The Green Mile.
Lord of the Rings trilogy
Pride and Prejudice — the 2005 film with Keira Knightley is excellent. And of course The Godfather!
Forrest Gump
Practical Magic.
Harry Potter and Twilight.
Schindler’s List… one of my favourites book/ movie; The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society- saw movie before reading book- loved both; the first 2 Harry Potter movies- so true to the books…..
Lord of the rings trilogy
The Help
Cold Mountain!
Harry Potter of course
Lovelace… the true story of unfortunate Linda Lovelace, the star of Deep Throat!!
Dolores Claiborne
The Color Purple
Just fantastic choice
@Mansoor thank you. It is 1 of my favorite all time books. And believe it or not…I liked the movie more. The colors and the visual setting really brought the book to life. First me it is usually the other way
Yes indeed.. You are right
Stand By Me
Silence of the Lambs
Shawshank and The Martian
A civil action
The green mile, harry potter, lord of the rings. I could go on aha
WONDER I haven’t read the book but the movie was beautiful, I have to save money to buy the book and a whole package of Kleenex
The Help
My favorite is The English Patient. But I do think that the one that affected me the most was The Joy Luck Club–both the book and the movie moved me greatly; I saw it four times at the theater when it first came out.
Jurassic Park
Cider House Rules
gone with the wind
The Martian
The Green Mile
Fried Green Tomatoes
The fault in our stars, Harry Potter, Wonder, something borrowed
One of my favs is The Secret Life of Bees…
The Godfather
The Horse Whisperer, the movie really cleaned up the plot problems the book had.
Also, The Firm by John Grisham was amuch better movie than book.
Les Miserables! ?
The women, original version
Wait. Hold up. That was a book first?!
Harry Potter
The Roots
Me Before You
I think Wonderstruck, The Maze runner series, and the Divergent Series. The divergent series is then closest. Haven’t read Wonderstruck yet
Fried Green Tomatoes
The Chronicles of Narnia, Ender’s Game and The Hunger Games.
The Help
Definitely The Help, although my runner-up would be Fried Green Tomatoes
The Book Thief
Legends of the Fall, Cold Mountain, The Road, The Help. All were good representations of the book.
The Godfather
Tess of the d’Urbervilles and the excellent film of Olive Kitteridge
Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins were perfect for their roles!
Pride and Prejudice, Cider House Rules, Shawshank Redemption
Shawshank Redemotion is one of the best produced movie but I never knew it based on a novel until year. Upon this discovery, it immediately went on my to read list.
Cider House and Shawshank…great choices.
Lord of the rings
Game of Thrones
Lord of The Rings
Cloud Atlas
There are some good ones – Anatomy of a Murder was great
The Shell Seekers by Rosamund pilcher, the movie with Vanessa Redgrave NOT the one with Angela Lansbury
I liked the book and didn’t know there was amovie!
Emma Donoghue’s Room
The Green Mile
Me before you!
Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile and The Book Thief…
The fault in our stars….
silence of the lambs
Ooh yes
The Constant Gardener.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Oh, wow, I didn’t even know that was made into a movie! I loved the book.
First Harry Potter
Water for Elephants
A Good Year
Gone With The Wind