thehomicidalegg Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 Blade Runner and Lord of the Rings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Ferretus Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 LOTR by absolutely positively far!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X R Kun Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 1st. LOTR definitely 2nd Black Hawk Down 3rd Band of Brothers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 This version with Alistaire Sim is the definitive version of the Dicken's classic IMO. Sim brought more life and humor to the role than anyone I have ever seen. I have seen Broadway versions of Scrooge, and A Christmas Carol, and I make it a point to see every film that is released based on this story,because it has been one of my favorites for a very very long time. Also it was one of the first books I ever read. Alistaire Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfnshannon Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 ill name ones that haven't been named yet (not favorites but good) The Green Mile by S. King Any movies based on J. Patterson....Kiss the Girls, Along Came a Spider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklighter Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' by Philip K. Dick. It was later adapted into the feature film Blade Runner, staring Harrison Ford. Personally, it is one of the best films I have ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinWalker Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 I read a lot and watch a lot of movies.... I have to say that as far as film adaptation goes, the one movie that captures even the most subtle of the author's points is To Kill a Mockingbird. Gregory Peck was fantastic and captured the spirit of Atticus in this. The worst film adaptations I can think of off the top of my head: Congo and Sphere.... the first seemed to deviate from the book far too much and the second just didn't seem to hold my attention and interest the way the book did.... for the quality of the actors involved, I would have expected more. Cheers SkinWalker LoTR was cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightspeed Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 My favorite book to movie would have to be............................................................. Lord of the Rings:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Warrior Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 Lord of the.........Flies! Both the new version and the old one were very good. To Kill a Mocking Bird was a great transition from book to movie. And, you knew this was coming, LOTR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Homer Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 I thought of some more book ---> movie tanslations that I think are very good... The Shining The Shawshank Redemption (thanks, STTCT for reminding me of this one w/ you post) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GonkH8er Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 It's a shame what they did with Sphere, Congo, and the Andromeda Strain for that matter. I love Crichton's work. The books were oh so much better than the movies. I'm glad his 2 JP movies worked out. Twister too. I would have liked for "Timeline" to be made into a movie too. They made a game. It sucked royally They make so many terrible movies from books... like 'One flew over the cuckoos nest' (well I hated it anyway) and 'To kill a mockingbird' Some things are just better left as books, but then theres the books which are dieing to be made into films.... (edit- looks like Timeline IS being made into a movie now good) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheJackal Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 -FightClub -All TomClancy movies -BandOfBrothers (based on a book about a true story...duh!) -SavingPrivateRyan (same as above) -Lords of the Ring -Lord of the Flies (the american version where everything has been changed in a way to "fit with today's culture". i love it because its unintentionally halarious) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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