Julie wrote: "Kandice wrote: "White Oleander was a much better book. Pfeiffer was and excellent Ingrid, though.

I forgot to mention The Joy Luck Club. That was such a great movie. Every mom and daug..."

I really enjoyed reading White Oleander, but thought the film adaptation was alittle flat.

I loved the The Joy Luck Clubas both a film and a movie, but I thought, out of necessity, the movie could not incorporate many of the wonderful stories in the book.

After reading and then seeing the movie I would have to say my favorite are:

Lolita
Clockwork Orange

I think both movies were very true to the books.

I also liked the BBC version of P&P but it was a TV series and not a film.

The Color Purple. I didn't really care for the book, but the movie blows me away every time I watch it.

Jennifer wrote: "After reading and then seeing the movie I would have to say my favorite are:

Lolita

I need to see this!

Cold Mountain
Joy Luck Club

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Does Bambi count? I don't really like Disney stuff much, its too sweet and the characters are quite often the same from film, just different names and looks, but Bambi was wonderful. It was much better than the book. Also Snow White.

Revolutionary Road most definitely, we watched it on the weekend and it followed the book very closely, nothing changed really just a few bits left out and it really added to the reading of the book I thought. Fantastic movie, fantastic book.

My favourite is The Name of the Rose including Postscript to the Name of the Rose, because it seemed such a difficult book to adapt but Jean Jacques Annaud did a great job of it.

Barbara, would you recommend I watch the movie first? I have both and planned on reading the book first but have heard it can be quite a difficult read, do you think things would be clearer to have seen the movie beforehand?

Mandy, I'm not the best person to advise you on that, since I always try to read the book first. I don't like it when they tell me how a movie ends, but I absolutely hate it when they tell me how a book ends.
As for "The name of the Rose" being a difficult read, well, that's part of the fun, I think. It's quite a dense book, and the latin parts might be hard to understand for you English-speaking people (it's easier for us with roman-languages), so if I were you I'd get an edition with annotations for those parts. All I can say is that I enjoyed the book immensely, was fascinated by the settings, intrigued by the detective story, and laughed out loud with the discussions between the two factions of priests.

Thanks, Barbara. I also prefer to read the book before seeing the movie, just was a tad scared about this book. Funny isn't it? From what you've said it sounds like a wonderful book so I'm probably worrying about nothing.

I have mixed feelings about reading the book before seeing the movie. Sometimes I do read the book sometimes not. It's hard because usually lots of important information is taken out of the books. It really does depend.

Emilee, you are right, books always give you more information. But for me the decision is easy: I hate it when they tell me how a movie ends, but I hate it even more when they tell me the ending of a book. That's why I always try to read the book first.

Ok I dont know what to think about this guy in this other group that was saying that C.S.Lewis was a bad choice for writing the book of the new Prince Caspian movie and he also said that about J.R.R Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings Books obviously he doesnt know who they are because theyre both dead....

Cable, that person is what I call a "Star Wars reader". The kind of person who reads books based on movies, instead of watching movies based on books.
It's sad, because since he has not read Tolkien, he doesn't know he is a troll.
Or maybe he's being sarcastic...

i generally only read books that are going to be movies! I really want to see how the movie is going to turn out and how differnt it is from the book!...my favorite books turned movies are Interview with the Vampire...wayy differnt from the book...and The Notebook because in my opinion the ending was better in the movie then in the book...as for My Sister's Keeper..I believe the director should have kept the book ending...to me it was much more emotional!

Barbara wrote: "Cable, that person is what I call a "Star Wars reader". The kind of person who reads books based on movies, instead of watching movies based on books.
It's sad, because since he has not read Tolki..."

yeah he was being sarcastic I talked to him, I feel stupid now.... he was actually talking about how far from the books the movies were.... = [

Rickie wrote: "i generally only read books that are going to be movies! I really want to see how the movie is going to turn out and how differnt it is from the book!...my favorite books turned movies are Intervie..."

I actually didn't see the Notebook because I was so disappointed in the book. Perhaps I will see it (if I remember correctly, it was the ending that I didn't like so much in the book but it is quite awhile ago now...)

Shannon wrote: "Rickie wrote: "i generally only read books that are going to be movies! I really want to see how the movie is going to turn out and how differnt it is from the book!...my favorite books turned movi..."
Haven't read the book but loved the film! Ryan Gosling is a good actor. I reckon he's going to be around for a while.

I agree with many here:

Shawshank Redemption
Atonement
Cold Mountain (although Nicole wasn't quite right)
Sense and Sensibility
The Remains of the Day
Princess Bride (I loved that Buttercup was the straight man in the film)

.... The Godfather..... one of the greatest novel to film of all time..

I agree Jerin :~)

My favorite is John Adams. It is based on the novel John Adams by David McCullough.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the three Lord of the Rings movies - I was so impressed with these, especially since fans are so committed to these books (I know several people who read them every year - or at least did, before they had kids!) and Peter Jackson really pulled it of! The things he cut out didn't seem to be missing and he captured the spirit of the books so well.
(Of course, having Viggo M as the lead character didn't hurt either!)

I also liked the adaption of Interview with the Vampire.

It's been too long since I've watched The World according to Garp - as I recall, the movie is good but not nearly as good as the book. The Cider House Rules, however, are really a great adaption, as I remember it.

I also really like the original Disney version of Winnie the Pooh - I love how they 'use' the letters and pages from the book (to help Tigger down from a tree etc). It's a bit more 'Coca Cola' than the original book but still very good.

I was not impressed with The Da Vinci Code or with The Golden Compass - both seemed to be lacking something that could make them hard to follow if you hadn't read the books already. Same seems to be the problem with several of the Harry Potter movies.

My all-time favourite film is The Shawshank Redemption. I think the film adaptation of it is better than the original novella.

I love book Fight Club A Novel, and I think that the film is as good as the book. The film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightly is great too!

Crap film-book adaptations are the Harry Potter films and The Golden Compass.

I love the fight club film but havent read the book yet but ive read invisible monsters by chuck p and thought it was amazing so im gonna get fight club

Has anybody seen the film adaption of In Cold Blood. I really enjoyed it and don't want to spoil this feeling with seeing a bad movie!

Christina Stind wrote: "I'm surprised no one has mentioned the three Lord of the Rings movies - I was so impressed with these, especially since fans are so committed to these books (I know several people who read them eve..."

LOTR is my favorite movie adaptation of a book too. Never been more impressed with a movie based on a book. I'd say the series is really great (both the books and the movies)

Jennifer wrote: "Has anybody seen the film adaption of In Cold Blood. I really enjoyed it and don't want to spoil this feeling with seeing a bad movie!"

Jennifer, I have seen "Capote" and it was really good, Hoffman was brilliant and you get more of his story and Harper Lee's story, not like with the book, it's the story of writing the story.

The Joy Luck Club. Great novel, great movie.

I've recently bought "Capote" and I'm so looking forward to watching it.
I just would like to read "To Kill a Mockingbird" first.
And as recommended in this thread, I've also ordered the 6 hour version of Pride & Prejudice!:-)

Thank you Mandy. The other movie was made in the late 60's and doesn't have anyone famous in it. I will try watching both of them and see how it goes!

Roisu wrote: "My all-time favourite film is The Shawshank Redemption. I think the film adaptation of it is better than the original novella.

I love book Fight Club A Novel, and I think that the fil..."

Shawshank Redemption is one of my favourite films of all time. I've not read the book, I plan to.
Are you familiar with stage shows that have been turned into films? Like Closer?

I love shawshank redemption and fight club both great movies

I see a lot of great movies here! I loved Atonement, it's one of my favorite movies!

I also liked the Pride and Prejudice movies, both the BBC version, and the Keira Knightly version. Both for different reasons.

I finished reading The Princess Bride recently, so I'm hoping to watch the movie to that too!

Has anyone seen Virgin Suicides? I saw it a while back and im reading the book now

I saw the movie and read the book back in high school. I remember really liking both, but it was a long time ago.

I loved the movie, the book doesnt seem too different but im not that far in yet but its good so far

Stardust and Mirrormask by Neil Gaiman were both brilliant boos and movies. Coraline wasn't so good.

"Lolita" (1965) was a good adaptation by Kubrick. So was "War and Peace" (Russian version, 1968).

I liked stardust

I saw Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and then read the book. The liked the film more.