Films that have stayed most true to the book

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Warpaint

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Which films do you think have stayed most true to the books, or let's say comics as well, they were based on?

I think the first Harry Potter film captured the essence of the book and didn't leave too much out. The rest of the failed quite fantastically.

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest was a good adaptation however the author hated it.

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Stephen King's Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile.

Lord of The Rings was close to the books, too.

Personally, Harry Potter fell flat. There was a lot more in the books that weren't covered in the films and I found it disappointing. Yes, the films were good (for the audience it is aimed towards) but nah, the books are waaaay better.
 
Warpaint said:
Which films do you think have stayed most true to the books, or let's say comics as well, they were based on?

I think the first Harry Potter film captured the essence of the book and didn't leave too much out. The rest of the failed quite fantastically.

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest was a good adaptation however the author hated it.

Will keep thinking of more
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Stephen King hated Stanley Kubricks The Shinning ( its quite different from the book). It's one of my favourite films
 
Sjc_80 said:
Yes he did. Have you seen the TV movie version of The Shining? It has Rebecca DeMornay and Steven Weber in. It's very true to the book and completely different from the Kubrick film. I think SK liked this version though.
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Yeah I think SK might have had involvement with it. It was years ago I saw it but I don't think it was very good
 
alwayslurkin said:
Stephen King's Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile.

Lord of The Rings was close to the books, too.

Personally, Harry Potter fell flat. There was a lot more in the books that weren't covered in the films and I found it disappointing. Yes, the films were good (for the audience it is aimed towards) but nah, the books are waaaay better.
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I think the only differences in Shawshank was Red's appearance and his backstory. With the film being so good I guess it could almost fall into 'Films that are better than the books category'

And yeah the HP books are better. They're pretty much separate pieces of work in my mind.
 
The Colour Purple 💔💔💔 both book and film were heartbreaking yet beautifully told

Warpaint said:
Which films do you think have stayed most true to the books, or let's say comics as well, they were based on?

I think the first Harry Potter film captured the essence of the book and didn't leave too much out. The rest of the failed quite fantastically.

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest was a good adaptation however the author hated it.

Will keep thinking of more
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I much preferred the film 'One flew over the Cuckoo' s Nest' than the book; it took me a long time to complete as I just couldn't get into it!
 
John Grisham's A Time To Kill. It was his first novel and he was very precious over it. It took him a long time to sell the rights and insisted on being a producer so he retained a lot of control.

There are differences obviously - Sandra Bullock's character (Roark) in the book is a pale, freckly redhead and the closing argument speech Jake gives at the end is actually given in the jury room are just two off the top of my head - but overall, it does manage to capture the oppressiveness of the novel really well. I remember just a feeling of claustrophobia when reading it followed by a massive sense of relief. I actually cried. I saw the film a few weeks later at the cinema when it came out.

The character of Harry Rex Vonner is EXACTLY how I pictured him.

The Rainmaker is also a fairly decent adaptation. The Runaway Jury, one of my favourite JG novels, is a bleeping shitshow!
 
Be More Pacific said:
John Grisham's A Time To Kill. It was his first novel and he was very precious over it. It took him a long time to sell the rights and insisted on being a producer so he retained a lot of control.

There are differences obviously - Sandra Bullock's character (Roark) in the book is a pale, freckly redhead and the closing argument speech Jake gives at the end is actually given in the jury room are just two off the top of my head - but overall, it does manage to capture the oppressiveness of the novel really well. I remember just a feeling of claustrophobia when reading it followed by a massive sense of relief. I actually cried. I saw the film a few weeks later at the cinema when it came out.

The character of Harry Rex Vonner is EXACTLY how I pictured him.

The Rainmaker is also a fairly decent adaptation. The Runaway Jury, one of my favourite JG novels, is a bleeping shitshow!
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I love 'a Time to Kill', I had no idea it was based on a book!
 
Be More Pacific said:
John Grisham's A Time To Kill. It was his first novel and he was very precious over it. It took him a long time to sell the rights and insisted on being a producer so he retained a lot of control.

There are differences obviously - Sandra Bullock's character (Roark) in the book is a pale, freckly redhead and the closing argument speech Jake gives at the end is actually given in the jury room are just two off the top of my head - but overall, it does manage to capture the oppressiveness of the novel really well. I remember just a feeling of claustrophobia when reading it followed by a massive sense of relief. I actually cried. I saw the film a few weeks later at the cinema when it came out.

The character of Harry Rex Vonner is EXACTLY how I pictured him.

The Rainmaker is also a fairly decent adaptation. The Runaway Jury, one of my favourite JG novels, is a bleeping shitshow!
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A Time To Kill is a brilliant movie. I tear up every single time I listen to Jake’s closing speech. So moving.
Fantastic film.
 
LOTR is a pretty good adaption.

I really like the adaption of Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn into the tv series too. Gone Girl is excellent, both book and movie, but they are quite different - I just feel like the story lends itself better to be written. But as I say, the movie is still brilliant (probably helps that the author wrote the screeplay too!)
 
Sleepers.

One of my favourite books and I felt I knew lines in the film before they were said because it was so close to the book.

Both fabulous, I will add.

Yogiblue said:
Sleepers.

One of my favourite books and I felt I knew lines in the film before they were said because it was so close to the book.

Both fabulous, I will add.
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The book is by Lorenzo Carcaterra by the way. Forgot to add that!
 
Yogiblue said:
Sleepers.

One of my favourite books and I felt I knew lines in the film before they were said because it was so close to the book.

Both fabulous, I will add.




The book is by Lorenzo Carcaterra by the way. Forgot to add that!
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There's massive accusations that none of it is actually true unfortunately. Kind of hurt it for me.
 
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