The Greatest Book-to-Film Adaptations
As film history has shown us in the past, film adaptations
are very popular amongst the movie buffs. I, for one, love watching a film that
was inspired by or based on a novel or a series of books.
There are even a few
classics that come to mind—did you know that Steven Spielberg’s Jaws was based on Peter Benchley’s book
“Jaws”, published in1974? Although the book incited a fear of sharks, the movie
not only brogutht that fear to the big screen, but also brought with the most
intense special effects of its time. Sink your teeth into that!
In the 21st Century, there have been a few films
that have been amazing adaptations from their successor books. What’s your
favorite film adaptation? There are so many to choose from!
One movie franchise that is a huge success, and of
course, also a film adaptation, is
“Harry Potter”. The “Harry Potter” books
was an extremely successful fad amongst kids, teenagers, and even adults.
Written by J.K. Rowling, the series of novels follows Harry Potter, a young boy who sets out to learn to become a Wizard, but along the way, encounters enemies of his past. The movies are a great depiction of the books, and are magical to the last wand.
Check out the trailer for their latest and final installment of the Harry Potter franchise, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2"!
Another book-to-film adaptation I thought was amazing
yet is still to be seen (for the most part) is
These books follow a girl who is living in a world where others view their survival as a hit television show.
It's a "last man standing" world out there, and no one is a match for Katniss Everdeen.
Watch the trailer for The Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire, coming to a theater near you November 22, 2013!
What are your favorite book-to-film adaptations? Share your thoughts!
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I love Hunger Games! The Help was a good one, too. And so was the Age of Innocence. :)
ReplyDeleteHI Ryan- While I've never been a huge fan of movies that try to stick to a book story line, two in particular that I did enjoy were “Davinci Code” and “Angels & Demons” by Dan Brown. I wasn't the biggest fan of Tom Hanks as the lead character but the stories did follow the books quite well. I was skeptical at first when I heard these movies were in the making because of how much I loved the books, I was certainly not disappointed. I do enjoy when books of a series are turned into movies because as you read the books you can better visualize the characters because you can put an actual face to a name. To me it makes the stories that much more intriguing. I hope they end up doing a “Lost Symbol” movie soon
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