Books that become movies.

[rosalyncaar]

One of my favorite books that became a movie and now a series of movies in Bridgette Jones's Diary.

I liked that they kept the feel of the book the same as in the movie. To me that's really important.

[Ripley3131]

I prefer to read a book before watching the movie that was adapted from it. In this way I feel that I really know what is going on in the movie. Of course this only works as long as the film stays true to the book.
It is frustrating to me when I really enjoyed a book and I go with excitement to see the movie only to find out that they deviated from the author's original content so much that it's unrecognizable.
Generally speaking, I find that I rarely like a movie more than the book, although there are a few exceptions.
For instance, I enjoyed the book, The Maze Runner, but I actually liked the movie better. The book, though well written, for the most part, had several conceptualization problems for me as a reader. I remember reading it and thinking that I wished James Dashner had used a couple of test readers to give feedback before publication. It's just that some of his descriptions I could not visualize very well. It was as if at times he had lost the connection with me as a reader, though I do praise him for an extremely imaginative plot and great characters.
I doubt that I was the only one to notice this as those problems were fixed in the movie that came out.

[Cherokeeboi]

I really loved the book "The Executioner's Song". When the movie came out, I enjoyed it as well. Even though movies don't contain as much detail, and sometimes things are different than in the book, I still enjoy them.

[sikik]

i read bush tracker book and also watched its movie which was interesting anyway

[Major]

I seek out films that have been adapted from books as they usually have superior story lines.

[Mely918]

I generally don't like watching book to movie adaptations. I just prefer reading the book and letting my own imagination take over. Movies oftentimes don't do the book justice in my opinion.

[gkgurley]

My favorite movie adaptation of a book is The Book Thief. The movie was spectacularly done. It captured the beauty of the characters, the grim setting with a twinge of hope. I finished the book the day I saw the movie expecting the worst, but I was blown away by the film.

[BookishCoffeeBlog]

I love when books get adapted into movies! I like seeing other people's interpretations of stories that I have read. I always watch the movie right after I read the book, if it is available, so that the story is fresh in my mind. I get particularly excited when I learn that books I love will be adapted into films because it feeds my need for the story and the characters. Of course, waiting for its release is the worst part.

[Salder]

The vow, alice in wonderland, romeo and juliet are sure books that became movies

[Aubrey Lewis]

The book series “Vampire Academy” by Richelle Mead made it into the big screen, unfortunately, it didn’t meet my expectations at all… pretty disappointing really. So glad that “Twilight” the movie is much better than the book itself.

[Mallory Porshnev]

I don''t like doing this and avoid it if I can because the movies always make me angry with the liberties they take.

[Chichashi]

Everyday by David levithan.
It was an awesome and bizarre book. Plus, one of my favorite. I didn't expected that it'll have a movie but yeah, i love it!

[bclayton13]

I often find that the movie adaptations don't measure up, so I generally don't go in with high expectations if it's a series I like (especially a YA series). But it's so, so satisfying when they do measure up, and those movies often become some of my favorites.

[Ksharmilla]

Lord of the Rings remains one of the best series I have read that was turned into equally amazing movies. Always watch the extended versions. All the portrayals were spot on and the locations could not have been more perfect.