best book turned movie?

Hmm I don't know... that's a hard question.

The Lord of the Ring Trilogy. Followed by Harry Potter, in my opinion.

I think Harry Potter comes first. they're really good movies and the fanmade Harry Potter musical is HELARIOUS it's called a Very Potter Musical, check it out on youtube it has swear words tho... just a warning. its funny

I have moved this thread to the whatever section as this is about movies in general not The Lightning Thief.

hmm...that's hard. I'd say Harry Potter, but those didn't follow the books as well as they could have...aah I don't know

i think harry potter turned out good, but i really like how the Chronicals of Narnia turned into a movie. it didn't perfectly follow the books... but i still loved the movies!

i think that harry potters and narnia came out good, too. i also really liked how new moon came out, and how lightning thief came out.

My favorite would probably be The Golden Compass.

oh i haven't read the book, though i think they should start a movie on the second eragon already.

tinkerirock wrote:oh i haven't read the book, though i think they should start a movie on Inkheart already.

Already did, movie was a flop, not good in both box office and quality. I saw it.

sorry, i meant the second eragon, i saw inkheart, it was okay.

Well the first Eragon was considered a good movie though it didn't make money, so now in this competitive market if the first film didn't make money or made very little they won't do a second one. So I would says that they may try to reboot the series when Eragon Book 4 comes out.

oh....okay that makes sense.....

Anyone here seen the Golden Compass?

i think the best book adaptation was the Lord of the Rings - but that may just be because im a serious fan of both the movies and the books (: -- oh and i mean the extended versions not the cut theatrical versions. does that count?

SophiaFoutsitzis wrote:i think the best book adaptation was the Lord of the Rings - but that may just be because im a serious fan of both the movies and the books (: -- oh and i mean the extended versions not the cut theatrical versions. does that count?

Yeah it does, and would you mind if I asked why the extended versions were better?

riczhang wrote:I have moved this thread to the whatever section as this is about movies in general not The Lightning Thief.

oops, sorry, lol. i didnt really know where to put this at the time


also, i have seen the golden compass and read the book.

i think the movie that got cloeset to the book would be the millenium trilogy, part one, the girl with the dragon tattoo. the one they made in swedan. the actress that played the lead role really looked like the character, and they didnt really go far at all form the books. there was only 2 changes i think and they where not that major to me. i am just scared as to how they will do the american verison -shivers-

most of the harry potters where close-ish but they started to stray form the books as the movies went on. espically the most recent movie

I've seen the Golden Compass and read the trilogy, and the film was SUCH a dissapointment.

They had the chance to recreate an amazing world onto screen, and if you've read the books you would have been dying to see it on screen, but they just sucked all the magic and life out of it...

Eragon wasn't the best movie ever...I haven't read the books but my friends had and they talked about it CONSTANTLY which was annoying and the main reason why I DIDN'T ream them.

I really want to see the girl with the dragon tatoo. I'll have to get it on DVD...

Has anyone seen the Vampire's Assitant? It's based on the Darren Shan novels. I've read them but haven't seen it.

Harry Potter has been converted really well to film I think, because atleast they didn't change major plot points to make it shorter, like a certain other film *cough The Lightning Thief cough*.

Thing is I know the Lord of the Rings films are amazing, but I haven't read them, so I don't know how closely or how well they have been translated. My friend says that time scales in the film have been dramatically shortened, which means they did everything in months in the film when it took years in the book. Still love them though.

Yeah, I saw Golden Compass, and it was fairly loyal to the book. I thought Inkheart was great, actually. It's one of my favorite movies, AND book series. One of my top fave book-to-movies, though---How to Train Your Dragon, hands down! And I will NEVER stop saying this: ERAGON THE MOVIE WAS A COMPLETE, TOTAL, AND IRREVERSIBLE FAILURE!

Eragon wasn't that bad but Inkheart WAS A EPIC FAIL> HORRIBLE>

Pendragon wrote:Yeah, I saw Golden Compass, and it was fairly loyal to the book. I thought Inkheart was great, actually. It's one of my favorite movies, AND book series. One of my top fave book-to-movies, though---How to Train Your Dragon, hands down! And I will NEVER stop saying this: ERAGON THE MOVIE WAS A COMPLETE, TOTAL, AND IRREVERSIBLE FAILURE!

The Golden Compass ended on a cliffhanger, even though that they knew that they wouldn't make a sequel.
Inkheart was pretty good, just not to the book.
Eragon........failed. I went to see it when it came out with friends of mine (some did read the books, others didn't). All of us were confused at the end. FAIL

I really want to see the girl with the dragon tatoo. I'll have to get it on DVD...

u should, its out on dvd with english sub titles on july 6th i think. the squeal, the girl who played with fire will be coming to theaters in the states starting july 2. lol, i love these movies :)

Thing is I know the Lord of the Rings films are amazing, but I haven't read them, so I don't know how closely or how well they have been translated. My friend says that time scales in the film have been dramatically shortened, which means they did everything in months in the film when it took years in the book. Still love them though.

i havent read lord of the rings either, but i will be reading the pre-qual that hobbits hole, or something like that for school this year. my books just arrived for the next year. my mom always likes to get them early


[quoteHow to Train Your Dragon, hands down!][/quote]

i liked that to! i read the first book when i was younger... well like a year ago. lol. i kinda forgot about it cause i got caught up in other series and didnt have the time to get the next books. how many are there in the entire series?

I have never read the HTTYD books but i want to really bad!!! I need to write them down on my book list...

LOTR's triolgy did a great job getting the most important parts in and staying faithful to the book. I can't wait for the Hobbit.