Other than lotr? Maybe the Green Mile.
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Other than lotr? Maybe the Green Mile.
"One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" was pretty good, but the novel's still better. "Apocalypse Now" is a brilliant adaptation of Heart of Darkness. I like Billy Wilder's adaptation of "Double Indemnity", probably my favourite classic movie.
Damn, there are too many good adaptations to list, off the top of my head, "Sideways", a lot of Kubrick's movies, a lot of Pasolini's movies especially "Oedipus Rex" and "Salo", Kurosawa's "Ran", "Throne of Blood", "Stray Dog", "Seven Samourai"...More? "Rumble Fish", "Angel Heart", "Nosferatu", "Bladerunner", "Mysterious Skin", "Re Animator", "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"...
Yes Brigit Jones diary is a modern take on Pride and Prejudice, same way that Brigit Jones; the Edge of reason(book not movie) is Persuasion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Miss Darcy
The Jennifer Ehle/colin firth p&p is great but i have to confess that i love the bollywood styled Bride and Prejudice!
High Fidelity and About A boy! I also like the Branagh Much Ado About Nothing.
Thats pretty much everything I would have said and than some, I would also like to add Scorsese's 'Goodfellas,' to the list, which was adapted from a book by Nicholas Pileggi.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark F.
I thought "Dangerous liaisons" was very good!:)
The best book adaptation for me is "The Death in Venice" (Book by Thomas Mann). The movie is from director Luccino Visconti (one of my favorite directors anyway).
Anyone seen it? If you haven't i think it's a must see!
I think the adaptation of Betty Smith's "A Tree Grows om Brooklyn" was very good...
The Godfather is my favorite.
2001: A Space Odyssey has to be my favorite movie based on a book. However, I believe the book is not nearly as allegorical as Kubrick's masterpiece.
I didnt like cuckoo's nest. I know you cant keep everything like the book, but I thought they changed too much.
Oooh, forgot about that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by bazarov
Defenitely good, except not based on the book, both were written in tandom, so....I don't know how you'd classify that.Quote:
Originally Posted by hyperborean
count of monte cristo
Same with The Godfather I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by TEND
My absolute favorite is Hamlet (Mel Gibson, Glenn Close). I also like Romeo and Juliet (1960's version), The Count of Monte Cristo (new version), and, of course, the Harry Potter series. Who doesn't?
I also like the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.