Best book to movie adaption.

[TellusEidolon]

'Cause there has to be an opposite!

And because some of the best movies i've seen in the recent years has been movie adaption from comics or books.

In no particular order; Iron Man 1&2, Watchmen, Kick Ass, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, Sherlock Holmes and Robin Hood (the new one with Russell Crowe).

[Iceman]

I felt "The Lord of the Rings" stayed true to the books, and was also well executed. Of course, much could have been added, but one can not always get everything, can he?

[TellusEidolon]

They was alright though for one that had loved the Tom Bombadil character and had expected him to be in the movies too, it was a bit of a disappointment.
There was also a few other nitpickings in my opinion that only made them great/good instead of awesome.

[Lilianna]

@Tellus: Read entry 6.

[TellusEidolon]

@Lilianna: Seen that already, despite what those at cracked says (and they dislike for the character) he's one of the characters i remember best from the books along side the main characters and one of my favourites.

Also.. i said i was disappointed, i didn't bitch and moan that the movies was ruined. They was good and i enjoyed watching them, but they where not OMG!EPICALLY!AWESOME!

[Iceman]

I didn't say that either. I only stated those films were the best I've seen, based on a book, and in reference to the book on which they're based.

[TellusEidolon]

@Iceman: Sorry, didn't mean to sound like i was saying you said that. Just was describing my opinion of them.

[Lilianna]

I only linked it because it made me giggle.

[TellusEidolon]

The page or me having the opposite opinion? >.>
Tom is a strange and crazy character, that what i love about him though. I do agree that it'd have been hard place him into the movies and probably a good idea they didn't try (to avoid the failure).
But enough of my ramblings.

[Lilianna]

No, I mean I had JUST opened the article because one of my friends sent it to me when I saw your post.

[Kamino Neko]

Not getting into the LotR thing (long story short, I am far less impressed with the good professor's abilities as a writer than Peter Jackson's)....

The Game of Thrones is looking like a very good one. Though, to be honest, I've not read The Song of Ice and Fire, so as an adaptation, I have to rely on those that have to say whether it's good...but as a standalone story, it's very, very good.

[TellusEidolon]

@Lilianna: Oh! LOL that is funny. XD

@Kamino: Don't worry, i'm a firm believer of YMMV.

[Don Alexander]

This is a hard one...

concerning LotR, I'd say that's a very good book adaption, yes. Not always faithful, but the movies ARE awesome. Concerning the whole Tom Bombadil thing... I, for one, missed Goldberry!!

Well, my problem in answering this is that I've rarely read the books the movies have been based on, and read a million books I'd like to see made into movies!!

I'll break a lance for Harry Potter here. Of course, starting at the latest with Goblet of Fire, the books became so long and intricate that they cut out much of the atmospheric stuff and kept to the main plot line. One may criticize this or not, but I think all movies are at least good, and some are awesome. In terms of being closest to the books, I'd say these are Philosopher's Stone (the book was still rather short) and Deathly Hallows, Part I (where they finally split the movie into two parts). Deathly Hallows as it stands is my least favorite so far, though, because I thought even the plot in the book was rather boring. But it is faithful, and of course one should only really judge the movie when one can see both parts at once.

An almost completely non-faithful adaptation that turned into a fantastic movie is Blade Runner.

In stark contrast when it comes to Phillip K. Dick, one of the most faithful adaptations I've ever seen is A Scanner Darkly.

[TellusEidolon]

I liked the Harry Potter movies too, though i haven't read the books myself. (I was reading JRR Tolkien and Robert Jordan back when the harry potter books was hyped up and everyone talked of them )

Gotta admit i haven't read the Cirque du Freaks books either, though the movie was so good, in my opinion, that it made me interested in reading them. (still have to find them though )

[Dirty n Evil]

In my mind, I often compartmentalize books and movies as being very different creatures very deliberately - having a great appreciation for both forms of storytelling, I deliberately don't try to compare the two. So it took me some time to really think of a movie made from a book that was very well done, but it just came to me. The Last Unicorn, written by Peter S. Beagle. I adored the movie, watched it over and over as a child. It wasn't until I was a teen that I finally found a copy of the book, and was impressed with how true to the story the movie attempted to be. I currently own a copy of both book and DVD in my collection.