December "Books Made Into Movies" Discussion Help
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December "Books Made Into Movies" Discussion Help
Harry Potter series
Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Avengers graphic novels by Marvel
The Martian by Andy Weir (science fiction)
Paper Towns or Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (historical fiction)
Book Thief by Marcus Zusak (historical fiction)
Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (mystery)
One for the Money by Stephanie Plum (comedy/mystery)
Gone Girl by Vince Flynn (mystery)
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (other fiction)
Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Nifenegger (sci fi/romance)
The list is pretty endless and browsing for a title might not be as easy on the forums (these are just off the top of my head, but I honestly could keep going for quite a while ), but other ideas on good reads are: http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/boo ... nto-movies or google "books made into movies" for more help.
As you're reading, ask yourself (in addition to the usual questions), what elements made this book good to make into a movie?
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Almost anything by Michael Crichton
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Also, a good thing to discuss would be how/why things were changed, and how it effected the core story? Also, whether or not the changes were warranted, and did justice to the original work?
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That's exactly what I was thinking. I'm going to try to watch the film adaptations, but if not then I suppose a discussion of those parts which would translate well into film would be acceptableGraverobber wrote::geek:
Almost anything by Michael Crichton
-- 23 Nov 2015, 16:37 --
Also, a good thing to discuss would be how/why things were changed, and how it effected the core story? Also, whether or not the changes were warranted, and did justice to the original work?
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Jurassic Park was the first book that popped into my mind when I saw the title of the threadGraverobber wrote::geek:
Almost anything by Michael Crichton
-- 23 Nov 2015, 16:37 --
Also, a good thing to discuss would be how/why things were changed, and how it effected the core story? Also, whether or not the changes were warranted, and did justice to the original work?
I agree that a discussion on why things are changed is an important one to have. We often complain that the movies are never as good as the books, that they never do justice to the books. Yet the reality is if those changes hadn't been made, then the movie would've been compromised.
It would be interesting actually to look at the changes to stories as they cross multiple media (novel, movie, video game, graphic novel, live performance, radio serial etc.). It's interesting to look at how these different media bring out different elements of a story
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The only draw back is it's reliance on IMDB, which isn't the most accurate source, but it could offer some inspiration.
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I have read it and loved it, but I didn't watch the movie.Graverobber wrote:I've already begun my December book, The True Meaning of Smekday. It was made into an animated movie recently featuring the voices of Jim Parsons (of The Big Bang Theory), and Rihanna. The title was changed to Home for the movie.
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I watched the movie not realizing it was based on a bookgali wrote:I have read it and loved it, but I didn't watch the movie.Graverobber wrote:I've already begun my December book, The True Meaning of Smekday. It was made into an animated movie recently featuring the voices of Jim Parsons (of The Big Bang Theory), and Rihanna. The title was changed to Home for the movie.
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