Anonymous
Post 01/31/2025 20:51     Subject: Re:Books turned into movies

Want a huge science fiction series? Try The Expanse.

Nine books and roughly nine novellas/short stories. The book authors were heavily involved in the show.

The show only goes up to the sixth book, but that's a natural break point in the story.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2025 13:14     Subject: Books turned into movies

I actually quite liked the David Copperfield with Dev Patel.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2025 13:10     Subject: Re:Books turned into movies

Anonymous wrote:White Oleander-literary fiction, what a book! The movie actually did not disappoint.


Agree with White Oleander. Also Cold Mountain, Luckiest Girl Alive, and Lessons in Chemistry.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2025 13:04     Subject: Re:Books turned into movies

White Oleander-literary fiction, what a book! The movie actually did not disappoint.
Anonymous
Post 01/30/2025 12:15     Subject: Books turned into movies

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you really like the book, you're probably not going to like the movie.
There are rare occasions, but it's almost always this way.


I agree, at least for literary fiction which you just cannot cram into a 2 to 3 hour movie. Schlock is a lot easier to film and keep in tune with the original written work.


There’s some good tv shows that were based off books like Fleishman is in Trouble.


Yes I agree with you, but Fleishman is in Trouble is not literary fiction. It is popular fiction.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2025 16:12     Subject: Books turned into movies

The Da Vinci Code was pretty good.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2025 14:49     Subject: Books turned into movies

Dean Spanley - reincarnation and a dog's life.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2025 11:37     Subject: Re:Books turned into movies

Wheel of Time
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2025 09:46     Subject: Books turned into movies

Big Little Lies. Loved the book and the show was super popular (Zoe Kravitz, Reese Witherspoon, Laura Linney, Nicole Kidman)
Anonymous
Post 01/28/2025 09:24     Subject: Re:Books turned into movies

Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon. Read book ('95) then saw movie ('00). Perfectly cast!
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2025 20:19     Subject: Books turned into movies

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Both book and movie are touching and wonderful.

The Ice Storm. Book by Rick Moody is a lot different from the movie. I liked both and it was introduced to see how they differed.

The Best of Everything. 1950s girls at work in New York City. Both book and movie are soap opera good.

Anonymous
Post 01/27/2025 20:07     Subject: Books turned into movies

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you really like the book, you're probably not going to like the movie.
There are rare occasions, but it's almost always this way.


I agree, at least for literary fiction which you just cannot cram into a 2 to 3 hour movie. Schlock is a lot easier to film and keep in tune with the original written work.


There’s some good tv shows that were based off books like Fleishman is in Trouble.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2025 15:29     Subject: Books turned into movies

Anonymous wrote:If you really like the book, you're probably not going to like the movie.
There are rare occasions, but it's almost always this way.


I agree, at least for literary fiction which you just cannot cram into a 2 to 3 hour movie. Schlock is a lot easier to film and keep in tune with the original written work.