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I need to catch up on watching book-to-movie adaptations! I haven’t watched 84, Charing Cross Road, Cloud Atlas, The Road, and The Great Gatsby, to name a few. =(
The list below means I both read the book and watched the movie. I only have 2 worst adaptations in the list (last two at the bottom). So that’s good, right? 😉
- The Millennium Trilogy (Swedish Edition) by Stiegg Larsson – Superbly satisfying! Horror, and gore just like the books. =)
- The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien – it was hard to imagine Tolkien’s Middle Earth and it’s inhabitants. Thank goodness I actually liked the movie tie-ins.
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel – love Richard Parker, even in the big screen! Oh, he’s animation. Who cares!
- The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides – still as stunning as the book.
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte – I loved the movie more than the novel. This is the classic I think I would watch over and over.
- Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison – still funny and even more romantic in film. Aaron Johnson! *swoon*
- Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan – I thoroughly enjoyed Michael Cera in this adaptation. (I think I have a massive crush on him *winks*)
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins – for a book that so awesome, the movie is more or less a good reflection of it.
- The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger – terrible adaptation. It was frustrating to watch it, for I am in love with the novel.
- Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Magaret Stohl – ah, I watched this one to pass the time during my long flight to the US. I was feeling sour after I read Beautiful Chaos already. When I watched this? Now I am wondering why I was into this series.
What’s on your list? Link me up! 😀
reading is the ultimate aphrodisiac. 
Aaaaay! We have completely opposing views about The Time Traveler’s Wife movie. Haha! I’ve forgotten about Angus,Thongs..I thought the movie was loads of fun. The girl who played Georgia was perfect. She got the mannerisms of the character down pat. 😀 .
hahaha! Agree to disagree, right? 😉 I loved the Georgia actress, like you said, right on the dot. =)
I forgot to add The Hunger Games to my list! I really enjoyed it 🙂 Great list!
It was actually satisfying to watch THG, right? 😉 thanks!
I also thought Life of Pi was very good as a book and a movie. Kelley at the road goes ever ever on
Thank you! It was surprising for me to like Life of Pi, because I’m not that kind of book. and yet it amazed me.
Ya, the Beautiful Creatures film was good the first half. I loved the romantic leads and the casting, and there were a lot of funny parts, but the ending pretty much screwed everything up for me. It was supposed to be this big finale and instead it was this weird mish-mash of things they threw in. Oh well.
IKR. I was so lost about that ending! I was like, that’s not how it went..! geez.
Which version of Jane Eyre are you talking about? According to Wikipedia, there are at least 29 film and TV adaptations.
Hi, I’m talking about the latest – Mia as Jane Eyre.
Oh goodness, I totally have the same reaction with Beautiful Creatures. I couldn’t bare to finish the movie. Bleh! ^_^
so sad, yes? 😦
Oh man! Taking me back— I have seen The Virgin Suicides sooo many times!! I never read the book though. This reminder makes me want to!
the book was beautiful 🙂 hope you get to read it!
Beautiful Creatures… oh that movie. I have issues with. I was reading the book and about half way though when an ad for the film came on the TV… I was FRUSTRATED! because they ruined one of the big twists. I never got around to watching the movie because I Was that annoyed.
Which version of Jane Eyre did you love? I’ve seen a few and can’t make up my mind.
It seems few liked the BC movie. LOL! I love the Mia version of Jane Eyre. I think it captured the true essence of a gothic romance 🙂