Thread: Books that have been made into good movies

Fight Club loved the book, the movie is awesome too

The Day of the Jackal
Marathon Man
Blade Runner
Jaws
Atonement

Great books, great films.

Oops, nevermind. I was mistaken

I'd say Fight Club is another example of the film being better than the book.

Much better. I could never make myself finish the book.

I would have to say there aren't many films I thought was as good as the book, the golden compass upset me, the man who wrote the screen play wrote it poorly, the actors were good but the storyline was all over the place and there was unnecessary dialogue throughout. Harry potters are fun but not nearly on the same par, Eragon was another that made me angry, just poor all round.

I did like one flew over the cuckoo's nest, so it was done in a completely different POV to the book so I almost classed it as a completely different film!! I liked The other Boleyn Girl but only after I acknowledged that the story line in the film was completely different to the book and so stood as it's own story seperate from the novel.

I LOVED prince caspian, I thought that was almost a perfect depiction of turning a book into a film. It had hardly any faults in my humble opinion.

Finally, one I'm looking forward to, in my true girly fashion, Twilight.... from the sounds of the way it's been done I think I'm gonna be impressed.

In the Name of the Father.

Lord of the Rings.

Harry Potter.

Titanic (original version - not the 1997 version)

The Last Samurai

The Green Mile

Lord Of The Rings

Interview With The Vampire

Someone might have mentioned this already, but Stand By Me is a fantastic film. I've not read 'The Body' so I can't compare it to its source material, but the movie was one of my favourites as a kid.