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Kelli: Movies always fall short for me when they are based on a book. The best adaptation I can think of is The Notebook and the 5-hour BBC version of Pride and Prejudice.

Natalie: I think it is a hit or miss with movie adaptations, some are great and others are flops.--So Rather Reading

 

There are some good and there are some bad.  It is so hard to adapt a movie script to a book. You miss out on so much when you skip the book and go to the movie first.  Always read the book first!!--Amy Stuffed Bookshelf

 

The best movie Adaptions- The Lord of Rings and The Notebook..........The Worst- The Time Travelers Wife, Twilight and My Sisters Keeper ---Tinas book Reviews

 

 I love to see a movie adaptation of a book I've read or want to read. I don't like when the movie has a major difference from the book. For example, like a completely different ending (like in Dear John). That changes everything! A good book-to-movie adaptation was The Time Traveler's Wife.--The Book Vixen

 

I get really excited when I hear that one of my favorite books is going to be turned into a movie. At the same time, the actual adaptation can go both ways. I think it's important to remember that no film adaptation can be EXACTLY the same as the book, but with that in mind, the best ones are pretty close. I was really upset with the movie adaptation of Eragon, but that's the only one that I've seen that completely rubbed me the wrong way. Some of my favorites are The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Pride and Prejudice (2005 version), and the Harry Potter series. --Natalie Mindful Musings

 
Sadly there aren't many book-to-movies that have been done well. I'm in love with the Harry Potter books, and I go to the movies, but they are seriously lacking!! SERIOUSLY!! And honestly I think the Twilight movies made a complete joke out of Stephenie Meyer's books. The only movie I've ever seen that I thought was better than the book was The Lord of the Rings. I thought those movies were amazing. The books? Kind of boring...


It seems like every YA book is being made into a movie these days, so I guess we'll see how that goes!--Andye Reading Teen
 
I love seeing books turned into movies, but I don't always love the end result. Some really well done ones are the Harry Potter movies, Lord of the Rings, In Her Shoes, Fight Club, Interview with the Vampire and And Then There Were None. I really didn't enjoy Christine, Cujo, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason or Around the World in 80 Days (The Jackie Chan version).--Jennifer Reading with Tequila
 
Sometimes they are a good idea, sometimes I wish they'd never bothered to make a movie.


Good adaptions = Harry potter movies, Where the Wild Things are, Coraline


Bad adaptions = Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (the only parts really the same as the book were the character's names, this movie made me mad with all the stuff they left out and dumbed down.


A Series of Unfortunate Events - tried to cram 3 books in one movie = blah.--Rebecca Biblignome
 
I was just talking to a friend about a bad one the other day. Blood & Chocolate was not only a bad movie but they changed the story. Harry Potter was pretty good. I think the Twilight series is not a great one to make into a movie. Other than book 3, not a lot happens and that makes for a boring movie. I won't even get into the acting and special efftect....lol I liked The Notebook & Lord of the Rings movies but I haven't read either book so I can't say if it was a good adaptation.--Karen FWIW
 
A film will never take the place of a good book. With that said, I think that the Harry Potter franchise has been a fabulous adaption of the series. I also LOVED the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.  I usually don't like it when a movie makes substantial plot changes - not for the sake of time, but just because. One exception to this is the Musical adaptation of the book WICKEN by Gregory Maguire. I LOVE both version.  I know that I've seen some bad adaptation, but I just can't recall any off hand (probably blocked from my memory).--Jennifer Twimom
 
Some are good, some are bad. If they follow the book close and don’t change too much, then I’m all for it. It’s always disappointing when a movie is made and they change it so much that it doesn’t even resemble the book anymore. Then, you have to ask – what was the point? I really enjoyed the Harry Potter books and equally enjoy the movies. If more adaptations follow along those lines I’d be more for it. I can say that I’m often scared of adaptations, especially if I’ve read the book and liked or loved it. I’m always worried about what they might have done to it… anyone else feel that way too?--Lisa Bound by Books
 
 Depends- I usually don't have a problem with a movie being different from the book since a) movies have to come in at a reasonable length and b) a movie is someone's interpretation of a book and not everyone is going to interpret a book the same way. That said, I think the resemblance between the two should definitely be there.--Emily What Book is that ??
 
Books adapted from to movies is always something I go into with a negative thought because I have been let down since the first book I read and saw as a movie was Flowers in the Attic. I know that the book will never be as good as the movie, because the movie doesn't have all the emotions as all the books.

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