kindly suggests books or novels made into movies? - Page 4

zuul · 02-15-2012, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by rdfry

A Simple Plan by Scott B Smith, The Movie doesn't do the book justice.Most of Alistair Macleans' novels

I disagree Guns of Navarone, Where Eagles Dare and Breakheart Pass were well made adaptations.

garrybuck · 02-15-2012, 10:09 AM

I feel that Chocolat and Like Water for Chocolate were very good, both in book and movie form.

Steven Lyle Jordan · 02-15-2012, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Pookeysgirl

And yes while I'm listing vampires I have to mention (don't shoot me

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Twilight - Stephanie Meyers

If you feel you must name this, then I feel I must name...

Doc Savage - Man of Bronze

theducks · 02-15-2012, 10:40 AM

H.G. Wells Time Machine (IMHO the 60's version was better)
Jules Verne 20,000 Leagues under the sea (1950's) and oh, so many more

Jean · 02-15-2012, 04:10 PM

The Count of Monte Cristo which they made into a truly awful film. They not only butchered the book but also changed the ending.

Daithi · 02-15-2012, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Jean

The Count of Monte Cristo which they made into a truly awful film. They not only butchered the book but also changed the ending.

Although I've never read the book, I do know the storyline, and I can understand why someone who has read the book would hate the movie. He doesn't have a son with Mercedes in the book and doesn't reunite with his lost love in the book. The last part being one of the points of the book -- i.e. bad stuff happens to you and you need to learn to accept it and move on. With all of that being said, I have to say I like Jim Caviezel and I liked the movie.

Apache · 02-15-2012, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by zuul

I disagree Guns of Navarone, Where Eagles Dare and Breakheart Pass were well made adaptations.

I agree.
Apache

rdfry · 02-15-2012, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by zuul

I disagree Guns of Navarone, Where Eagles Dare and Breakheart Pass were well made adaptations.

my comment on not being as good as the book was about a simple plan.I guess I should have been clearer.

William F · 02-16-2012, 02:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan

If you feel you must name this, then I feel I must name...

Doc Savage - Man of Bronze

You sir, have given me a small ray of hope for the future. I thank you and will raise a small, granite monument in your honor so that a thousand years from now those who have replaced us will uncover this one, lone clue to our civilization and revere you as I now do.

Pulpmeister · 02-16-2012, 10:18 AM

At least 30, possibly 40, of Edgar Wallace's books were made into movies.

There was a marvellous, unintentionally funny movie made of the old E Phillips Oppenheim warhorse The Great Impersonation. The movie was set specifically in 1914, just before ww1 - but the movie, which was made in the 1930s, had everyone in 1930s fashions buzzing about in latest model 1930s cars.

And of course all the big novels of our Public Domain period:

The Four Feathers, A E W Mason
Beau Geste
Dracula
Frankenstein
Several by Jules Verne
Several by H G Wells
Several by Louis Lamour
Quite a few from books by Elmore Leonard including western 3.10 to Yuma. (at least twice)
Giant by Edna Ferber
Showboat ditto
Green For Death, an excellent little b+w movie set in a WW2 hospital in which a man dug out of a bombsite after an air raid is murdered. From an equally excellent and wryly funny novel.

Several of Thorne Smith's fantasies.
Topper
Topper Takes a Trip
Turnabout (movies under other names, with variations. it's the one where a people swap places in someone else's body - mother/daughter, or husband/wife.
Daddy Long Legs, by Jean Webster.

and hundreds and hundreds more. Many, of course, were made under different titles, for some obscure reason.

DuckieTigger · 02-16-2012, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Pulpmeister

Turnabout (movies under other names, with variations. it's the one where a people swap places in someone else's body - mother/daughter, or husband/wife.
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and hundreds and hundreds more. Many, of course, were made under different titles, for some obscure reason.

The reason might be simply to disassotiate from the book. You name it the same and people start comparing movie and book. Plus they will have expectations that a movie is a perfect visualization of the book. That is rarely happening and you cannot expect it to be. Sometimes movie doovers are named the same to specifically associate them together.

I always thought those body switching movies come from different books, and not from one book beeing recycled over and over again. That is a very good idea that works potentially better in film than in words, IMHO.

odiakkoh · 02-16-2012, 08:25 PM

I don't think The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood was mentioned yet. One of my favorite books and I cried watching the movie.

Apache · 02-16-2012, 10:14 PM

3:10 to Yuma was actually an Elmore Leonard short story. I though the movie Mr Majestyk followed the book very well. Also Get Shorty was good both ways. Although the sequel Be Cool did not follow the movie as closely.
Hombre with Paul Newman was another Elmore Leonard Western.
Apache

djgreedo · 02-17-2012, 11:25 AM

No mention of Lord of the Rings? I like the movies better because the books are a bit longwinded and I found all the 'x son of y' nonsense tedious.

I love the Starship Troopers movie. Never read the book. Might see if it's on Kindle and read it next.

The Running Man by Stephen King is a favourite book of mine. The movie is a fairly dated '80s movie with Arnie and a lot of over-the-top violence. The book it is based on is one of my all-time favourites - a short, action-packed sci-fi thriller. It's hard to believe a story so compact was written by Stephen King (though he initially published it under a pseudonym).

I also just read Children of Men. The book was a little bit dry compared to the excellent movie. That is a perfect example of how to translate a book into film (as is Lord of the Rings).

For horror fans there is Hellraiser based on Clive Barker's Hellbound Heart. He wrote the novella specifically to be made into a movie and wrote and directed the movie himself. The book and film are both incredible.

The Wizard of Oz is an interesting one. Most of what people know about that story is from the movie not the book (ruby slippers, green witch).

The Harry Potter movies are also great examples of how to make great movies from books by being faithful but aware of film's differences.

Pinecone · 02-20-2012, 09:12 AM

The movie Starship Troopers (not Stormship Troopers) was a horrible movie if you liked the book. The society in the movie is nothing like the one in the book. The movie makers portrayed it as if the society was based on Nazi Germany. Which was NOT the case in the book.

And a lot of what is in the movie, actually comes from the books "Forever War" by Joe Haldeman. Heinlein's Mobile Infantry was not coed (Forever War was).

And of course, the movie totally ignored the powered suits, that are a major thing in the book.

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02-15-2012, 10:09 AM	#47
garrybuck Connoisseur Posts: 64 Karma: 69964 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle	I feel that Chocolat and Like Water for Chocolate were very good, both in book and movie form.

02-15-2012, 10:40 AM	#49
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,913 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	H.G. Wells Time Machine (IMHO the 60's version was better) Jules Verne 20,000 Leagues under the sea (1950's) and oh, so many more

02-15-2012, 04:10 PM	#50
Jean Zealot Posts: 109 Karma: 1069296 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Washington State Device: Kindle 1 / Kindle Fire / Kindle Paperwhite / Kobo Libra Colour	The Count of Monte Cristo which they made into a truly awful film. They not only butchered the book but also changed the ending.

02-16-2012, 10:18 AM	#55
Pulpmeister Wizard Posts: 2,791 Karma: 29144810 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Perth Western Australia Device: kindle	At least 30, possibly 40, of Edgar Wallace's books were made into movies. There was a marvellous, unintentionally funny movie made of the old E Phillips Oppenheim warhorse The Great Impersonation. The movie was set specifically in 1914, just before ww1 - but the movie, which was made in the 1930s, had everyone in 1930s fashions buzzing about in latest model 1930s cars. And of course all the big novels of our Public Domain period: The Four Feathers, A E W Mason Beau Geste Dracula Frankenstein Several by Jules Verne Several by H G Wells Several by Louis Lamour Quite a few from books by Elmore Leonard including western 3.10 to Yuma. (at least twice) Giant by Edna Ferber Showboat ditto Green For Death, an excellent little b+w movie set in a WW2 hospital in which a man dug out of a bombsite after an air raid is murdered. From an equally excellent and wryly funny novel. Several of Thorne Smith's fantasies. Topper Topper Takes a Trip Turnabout (movies under other names, with variations. it's the one where a people swap places in someone else's body - mother/daughter, or husband/wife. Daddy Long Legs, by Jean Webster. and hundreds and hundreds more. Many, of course, were made under different titles, for some obscure reason.

02-16-2012, 08:25 PM	#57
odiakkoh Guru Posts: 823 Karma: 1818344 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: iPhone 5s	I don't think The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood was mentioned yet. One of my favorite books and I cried watching the movie.

02-16-2012, 10:14 PM	#58
Apache Readaholic Posts: 5,259 Karma: 90000484 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: South Georgia Device: Surface Pro 6 / Galaxy Tab A 8"	3:10 to Yuma was actually an Elmore Leonard short story. I though the movie Mr Majestyk followed the book very well. Also Get Shorty was good both ways. Although the sequel Be Cool did not follow the movie as closely. Hombre with Paul Newman was another Elmore Leonard Western. Apache

02-17-2012, 11:25 AM	#59
djgreedo Addict Posts: 285 Karma: 640696 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Perth, Australia Device: Kindle Touch 3G, HP Touchpad (Android), Samsung Omnia 7	No mention of Lord of the Rings? I like the movies better because the books are a bit longwinded and I found all the 'x son of y' nonsense tedious. I love the Starship Troopers movie. Never read the book. Might see if it's on Kindle and read it next. The Running Man by Stephen King is a favourite book of mine. The movie is a fairly dated '80s movie with Arnie and a lot of over-the-top violence. The book it is based on is one of my all-time favourites - a short, action-packed sci-fi thriller. It's hard to believe a story so compact was written by Stephen King (though he initially published it under a pseudonym). I also just read Children of Men. The book was a little bit dry compared to the excellent movie. That is a perfect example of how to translate a book into film (as is Lord of the Rings). For horror fans there is Hellraiser based on Clive Barker's Hellbound Heart. He wrote the novella specifically to be made into a movie and wrote and directed the movie himself. The book and film are both incredible. The Wizard of Oz is an interesting one. Most of what people know about that story is from the movie not the book (ruby slippers, green witch). The Harry Potter movies are also great examples of how to make great movies from books by being faithful but aware of film's differences.

02-20-2012, 09:12 AM	#60
Pinecone Guru Posts: 902 Karma: 1660722 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Maryland Device: PRS-650, PRS-600, PRS-350	The movie Starship Troopers (not Stormship Troopers) was a horrible movie if you liked the book. The society in the movie is nothing like the one in the book. The movie makers portrayed it as if the society was based on Nazi Germany. Which was NOT the case in the book. And a lot of what is in the movie, actually comes from the books "Forever War" by Joe Haldeman. Heinlein's Mobile Infantry was not coed (Forever War was). And of course, the movie totally ignored the powered suits, that are a major thing in the book.

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