Best book to film production

[sh1kar]

Having watched most of the Foundation series it really is the most terrible interpretation of such a great trilogy I think I have seen

It got me thinking about the best and worst. I think my top two best interpretations are
Lord of the Rings and Dune. Both exactly as in my head

Any other recommendations for either category?

S

 

[Bavarianbrit]

Silence of the lambs was just as was written to me, horrible though.

 

[Morkai]

The Shawshank Redemption, a very vanilla choice as its always mentioned but its so good and couldn't tell you how many times I've seen it.

 

[Morkai]

Forrest Gump film is better than the book its based off.

 

[willie_gunn]

For all that they left large chunks of the narrative out, I thought both Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit captured the spirit of the originals very well (excepting the needlessly gratuitous “love interest” in the latter).

The only other film translation that comes to mind as reflecting the original book is “Far From the Madding Crowd”, but that might just be me being blinded by Julie Christie as Bathsheba Everdine!

 

[Longstrider]

Lord of the Rings has to be up there in the top few for anyone, surely ?

Worst ruination of a damned good read when transferred to the silver screen has to be Stephen Kings "Dark Tower". How the $£&% did they ever think that they could convey even the essence of 8 whole books in one film and have it make any sense ?

The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared is better as a book than film, but really only because the book has the opportunity to go deeper into detail and background info. It's still a fun film

 

[willie_gunn]

Great Expectations - the 1946 David Lean version. The opening where the convict Magwitch appears out of the graveyard is still enough to give me the shivers.

 

[Stalker62]

...where the convict Magwitch appears out of the graveyard is still enough to give me the shivers.

 

[JockStalk]

The Devil in Miss Jones

Way better than the book.

 

[Len the dog]

To kill a mockingbird.

 

[Len the dog]

The Godfather

 

[Len the dog]

The Green Mile

 

[bowji john]

Harry Potter series

 

[potshotpat]

Bury my heart at wounded knee. By Dee Brown.

 

[User00040]

'Do Andriods Dream of Electric Sheep' - ' Blade Runner - Directors/Final Cut' (not the rubbish cinematic cut or the terrible 2049)

 

[Morkai]

'Do Andriods Dream of Electric Sheep' - ' Blade Runner - Directors/Final Cut' (not the rubbish cinematic cut or the terrible 2049)

I get why it looked good for its time, but my god, Blader Runner bored me to tears.

 

[User00040]

I get why it looked good for its time, but my god, Blader Runner bored me to tears.

You need to take a Voight Kampff test

 

[paul o']

"Call me ishmael" ! is up there for me with some of the best others like the Crawl sea and many of the old B&W English made films from yester years.

 

[Herb64]

Midnight Express superb book shockingly bad film.

 

[tozzybum]

"We were Soldiers " lt Col Hal Moores true story of the Ire Drang battle.
I think its 1 of Mel Gibson,s best films imho.
And totally agree about the fiasco that was " The Dark Tower shocking .