[Amelia]

Hi everybody,

What do you think about creating a list with the best movies based on great books? Share your favorite one and opinion on which was better: book or movie?

I'll start with Lord of the Rings, although I believe reading books touches you way more than watching movies, Lord of the Rings is a great movie.

[Amelia]

Another one: Harry Potter: book & movie (honestly I've neither read the book nor watched the movie

[Such a Bia♥●•٠·˙]

Here you go:

Lolita
Requiem for a Dream
Winter of Frozen Dreams

Actually I don't usually see a movie if I have read the book...but my friend said she saw Shutter Island and fell asleep during the showing!! I was intrigued by her comment....and because I had read the book I thought why not see the movie. It is a very good movie the thing I loved most is that it followed 99 percent of the book, I would say it even enhances the movie.

[Amelia]

Most of the people would say a movie is usually worse than a book, it happens because movie makers take too many liberties with the plot...

[Lovely]

There is a movie that deserves great praise. The Shawshank Redemption. It is the case when expounding upon the plot turned out to be a good thing!

[Bella]

Winston Groom 'Forrest Gump' (1986) was turned into a movie in 1994

[Veronica]

mmm.. very trite but it was the first that came to my mind:
The Twilight Saga: series of books and movies. Books are better.

[Lilith]

Some movies are even better than books. For examples, when I watched 'Bridget Jones's Diary', I was eager to read the book...to be honest, I was slightly disappointed. though it's just my opinion.

[Butterfly]

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Some movies are even better than books. For examples, when I watched 'Bridget Jones's Diary', I was eager to read the book...to be honest, I was slightly disappointed. though it's just my opinion.

Agree with you. Here the film is better. Renée Zellweger was amazing in the movie.

[Derek Mill]

The best books-made-into-movies for me are "the da vinci code" and "the time traveler's wife".. ! Apart from these, I can think of the sisterhood series which has been able to grab attention both via books and the movies..

[Strega]

Game Thrones series, from a saga of Song of Ice and Fire by George Martin. These are excelent series!

[Veronica]

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Game Thrones series

that sounds interetsing! i think i'm going to read it)

[Strega]

Veronica,
Please do! The series are truly awesome. If you want i can upload the book here

[Aggie]

Harry Potter

[Strega]

And yes, Harry Potter is also awesome!

[Miss Provocateur]

'Fifty Shades' book trilogy. They're making the movie 'Fifty Shades of Grey' - and it has already become notorious. I'd like to look it through at least...

P.S. But some slam the books calling them 'badly written porn that is demeaning to women'