Comments on: The Best Film Adaptations of Books

Comment on The Best Film Adaptations of Books by: Rod

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:50:36 +0000

Phil,
interesting list, many thanks and welcome to the site.
The only one I’m not familiar with, both in book and movie terms, is the Wharton
Best
Rod

Comment on The Best Film Adaptations of Books by: Phil Bookman

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:33:17 +0000

How about :

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
House of mirth by Edith Wharton
Kestral for a Knave by Barry Hines (filmed as ‘Kes’)
Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle

philip

Comment on The Best Film Adaptations of Books by: Rod

Mon, 11 May 2009 09:33:58 +0000

HI Lu
thanks for the comment and welcome to the site - hope you’ll return.
There have indeed been a lot adaptations although I sometimes wonder why there are not more. I read a lot of great books but don’t see many good films !

All the best
Rod

Comment on The Best Film Adaptations of Books by: Lu

Mon, 11 May 2009 09:14:42 +0000

There have been so many books turned into film.

I personally liked The English Patient, Misery, Les Laison Dangereuse, The Princess Bride,
Oliver Twist and more recently I have enjoyed the Lord of the Rings series.

Regards

Comment on The Best Film Adaptations of Books by: Rod

Thu, 07 May 2009 16:42:13 +0000

Hi Lina,
thanks for the greta list and welcome to the site - hope you’ll return.
All the best
Rod

Comment on The Best Film Adaptations of Books by: Lina

Thu, 07 May 2009 14:58:35 +0000

Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
Dracula - Bram Stoker
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Beloved - Toni Morrison
The Duchess - Amanda Foreman
Jane Eyre - Emily Bronte
Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice
Hamlet - Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice - Shakespeare
The Age of Innocence - Edith Warton
Sons and Lovers - D.H Lawrence
Moll Flanders - Daniel Defoe
Gulliver’s Travels - Jonathan Swift

Comment on The Best Film Adaptations of Books by: Niamani

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:45:23 +0000

The Outsiders - S.E Hinton
My favorite work of art of all time

Comment on The Best Film Adaptations of Books by: Rod

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:37:45 +0000

The Wheel Spins - Ethel Lina White (The Lady Vanishes)
The Birds - Daphne Du Maurier
The Third Man - Graham Greene
The Talented Mr Ripley - Patricia Highsmith
Strangers on a Train - Patricia Highsmith

Comment on The Best Film Adaptations of Books by: Craig

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:11:01 +0000

The Shawshank Redemption is a superb adaption, as was Stand By Me (The Body). Strange how only the Stephen King short stories translate really well into films with the possible exception of Misery and The Shining (although I found the book far scarier than the book even though Nicholson acted brilliantly).

Other notable favourites,

Watership Down
The Color Purple
Manhunter (Red Dragon by Thonas Harris)
Forrest Gump
Empire of the Sun
The Power Of One
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

Comment on The Best Film Adaptations of Books by: Mary (Lynnie's sis-in-law)

Mon, 10 Jul 2006 22:47:59 +0000

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C S Lewis

I really liked the latest film (even if it is for kids) - quite see myself as Queen of Narnia with a pet lion!