The movie was reasonably faithful to the book; more emphasis on the romance aspect in the movie; the book had a more fleshed out story. The endings differed slightly (I preferred the ending in the book).
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Into the Wild
Saw the movie when it came out and loved it. One of my favourites. I liked the soundtrack and cinematography. Watched it twice during lockdown lol.
Recently finished the book. The author did a really great job interviewing the people in Chris’s journey. I feel the book and the movie nicely complement each other.
grynch43 on
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Shining
Misery
White Noise
The Silence of the Lambs
The Exorcist
Texan-Trucker on
“News of the World” by Paulette Jiles.
Movie: Tom Hanks. He’s a phenomenal actor, and so was Zengel (Johanna). Enjoyable cinematography. But the movie left out a lot of very key elements that would have brought the [movie] story to a more satisfactory conclusion.
Book. The 6+ hour audiobook narrated by Grover Gardner is a much better value for your entertainment dollar than the 2 hour movie that had a lackluster closure.
BuffaloEqual500 on
The Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard
tototo03 on
Jurassic Park.
I mean, theres nary a soul out there that doesn’t like the movie but the book is also great. There are enough differences to not feel like you are just rehashing the story and Ian Malcolm talking chaos never gets old.
Stoplookinatmeswaan on
His Dark Materials
Will___powerrr on
Honestly the Harry Potter movies. Sure they leave some stuff out and get their fair amount of crap but they are excellent. As are the books but that goes without saying…
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* The Accidental Tourist. The movie was perfectly cast and true to the book with little deviation from the story.
* The Princess Bride. I read William Goldman’s book when it first came out and repeatedly belly laughed through it. I couldn’t imagine how it would translate to the screen, but obviously it did and very successfully.
Ok-Cheetah-9125 on
Crazy Rich Asians
Princess Bride
Lord of the Rings
Sense & Sensibility
sheepgirl111 on
The Help
mommima on
*The Princess Bride* is such an excellent book and wonderful film. Normally, I can’t stand film adaptations and how much they have to leave out or change to fit it into a feature-length film (or I find the actors lack the chemistry of the books). But *The Princess Bride* is great in both formats.
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American psycho, It, The Godfather, To kill a mockingbird, The Shawshank Redemption, pet semetary, cujo, The Greenmile, The Accidental Billionaires, The wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, The Help, The Hobbit, The Shining, little Women, The Princess Bride, One flew over the Cuckoos Nest, The devil Wears Prada, Schindler List, The Hunger Games
Douchie0221 on
No Country for Old Men – Cormac McCarthy.
The book was amazing and I thought the movie really nailed all the major parts of the book perfectly.
mommima on
In addition to *The Princess Bride*, which I commented about already by itself, because it’s so great, these books/films are all excellent. Generally, I don’t like film adaptations – they often feel lacking to me. But these are all spectacular in both book form and film form.
*To Kill a Mockingbird*
*Pride and Prejudice* (the BBC miniseries version with Colin Firth)
*Rebecca* (an especially good one to read and watch this month; such a good Halloween sense of chills)
*12 Years a Slave*
Neona65 on
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Movie stars Tom Hanks and renamed A Man Called Otto as they set it in America instead of Sweden.
Movie follows the book pretty closely.
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The 1960 movie follows the book really well. No CGI jump scares. We never see what or who is banging on the wall but are still unnerved by it just the same.
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Atonement.
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The movie was reasonably faithful to the book; more emphasis on the romance aspect in the movie; the book had a more fleshed out story. The endings differed slightly (I preferred the ending in the book).
Into the Wild
Saw the movie when it came out and loved it. One of my favourites. I liked the soundtrack and cinematography. Watched it twice during lockdown lol.
Recently finished the book. The author did a really great job interviewing the people in Chris’s journey. I feel the book and the movie nicely complement each other.
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Shining
Misery
White Noise
The Silence of the Lambs
The Exorcist
“News of the World” by Paulette Jiles.
Movie: Tom Hanks. He’s a phenomenal actor, and so was Zengel (Johanna). Enjoyable cinematography. But the movie left out a lot of very key elements that would have brought the [movie] story to a more satisfactory conclusion.
Book. The 6+ hour audiobook narrated by Grover Gardner is a much better value for your entertainment dollar than the 2 hour movie that had a lackluster closure.
The Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard
Jurassic Park.
I mean, theres nary a soul out there that doesn’t like the movie but the book is also great. There are enough differences to not feel like you are just rehashing the story and Ian Malcolm talking chaos never gets old.
His Dark Materials
Honestly the Harry Potter movies. Sure they leave some stuff out and get their fair amount of crap but they are excellent. As are the books but that goes without saying…
* The Accidental Tourist. The movie was perfectly cast and true to the book with little deviation from the story.
* The Princess Bride. I read William Goldman’s book when it first came out and repeatedly belly laughed through it. I couldn’t imagine how it would translate to the screen, but obviously it did and very successfully.
Crazy Rich Asians
Princess Bride
Lord of the Rings
Sense & Sensibility
The Help
*The Princess Bride* is such an excellent book and wonderful film. Normally, I can’t stand film adaptations and how much they have to leave out or change to fit it into a feature-length film (or I find the actors lack the chemistry of the books). But *The Princess Bride* is great in both formats.
American psycho, It, The Godfather, To kill a mockingbird, The Shawshank Redemption, pet semetary, cujo, The Greenmile, The Accidental Billionaires, The wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, The Help, The Hobbit, The Shining, little Women, The Princess Bride, One flew over the Cuckoos Nest, The devil Wears Prada, Schindler List, The Hunger Games
No Country for Old Men – Cormac McCarthy.
The book was amazing and I thought the movie really nailed all the major parts of the book perfectly.
In addition to *The Princess Bride*, which I commented about already by itself, because it’s so great, these books/films are all excellent. Generally, I don’t like film adaptations – they often feel lacking to me. But these are all spectacular in both book form and film form.
*To Kill a Mockingbird*
*Pride and Prejudice* (the BBC miniseries version with Colin Firth)
*Rebecca* (an especially good one to read and watch this month; such a good Halloween sense of chills)
*12 Years a Slave*
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Movie stars Tom Hanks and renamed A Man Called Otto as they set it in America instead of Sweden.
Movie follows the book pretty closely.
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The 1960 movie follows the book really well. No CGI jump scares. We never see what or who is banging on the wall but are still unnerved by it just the same.