books to movies/tv shows

[fatamy]

After reading 11/22/63 and discovering it's being made into a Hulu mini-series, I'm excited to see how it pans out! 

I find that 99.99% of the time the book is better than the movie, but I still love watching the movies of books I've read, whether I enjoyed the book or not.

So any favorite book to movies? 

[revjen]

Hp, The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption,

[Nonny]

I loved 11/22/63, and generally speaking Stephen King book -> movie adaptations are pretty decent (exception: Under the Dome, I'm looking at you), so hopefully they do a good job with it.

The Shawshank Redemption is by far the best book to movie IMO, but I'm going to give the Hunger Games a close second. I'm thoroughly impressed with how well they are doing with those movies.

[mrspez07]

The outlander series is pretty amazing as a series, so graphically rich!
I also thought Dances with Wolves was a good translation of the book.

[dorothyinAus]

The Princess Bride was great as both a book and movie.
Sarah, Plain and Tall was far better as a movie than a book (really a novella).
The Trouble with Angels was equally good as a book and a movie; the book was Life with Mother Superior.
The Kevin Sullivan production of Anne of Green Gables was excellent, but not strictly faithful to the book.
The ABC (Australia) production of the Phryne Fisher series is well done, but definitely NOT the books, likewise with the BBC/A&E productions of the Hercule Poirot/Miss Marple mysteries.
Auntie Mame was a great movie (the musical adaptation sucked), and the book was hilarious! I still giggle thinking about Patrick & Pegeen living in a planned community called Verdant Greens.
The Three Musketeers was a fantastic book, but I have never seen an adaptation that did it justice.
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris was equally good as both a book and a movie.
I love both the movie and book I Remember Mama.
The Sound of Music is great, but the book is better and very different (The Story of the Trapp Family Singers).
What the Deaf Man Heard was great as a Hallmark Hall of Fame production, but different from the book (What the Deaf-Mute Heard).
Father's Arcane Daughter was fantastic both as a book and a movie (Caroline?), likewise with From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
Shoeless Joe was so much better as a book, but the movie was great, if only because of James Earl Jones in the J.D. Salinger character (Field of Dreams was the movie).
The Secret of NIMH was a great adaptation of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, one of my favorite book-to-movie adaptations.

I'm sure there are more, but I have to think about them.

[msmerymac]

The Emma Thompson version of Sense and Sensibility is one of my favorite movies.

I also love the English Patient, although the book really is much better.

I agree about Field of Dreams.

[msmerymac]

Jun 25, 2015 8:35:48 GMT -5 @vicmo said:

Jun 24, 2015 21:00:29 GMT -5 msmerymac said:

The Emma Thompson version of Sense and Sensibility is one of my favorite movies.

That reminds me - the 6-hour BBC Pride and Prejudice is amazing. And very faithful to the book as far as I can tell.

I actually also wasn't upset at the Kiera Knightly movie adaptation. Very good cinematography. Though it's severely lacking on the Colin Firth front. 

[christy082]

Jurassic Park, HP, Hunger Games. I love Shawshank but haven't read the book. I need to do that.

[christy082]

I didn't know 11/22/63 was going to be made into a miniseries. I'm excited.