Best Book made into Movie

One I Froggy · Post by **One I Froggy** » Tue May 10, 2005 9:42 pm

Hey everyone! I have a project for English class, and I need to read a really good book that has been made into a movie (The movies doesnt have to be good)
So, please give me some suggestions. I need to have the book read within the next week and a half, so please, don't list any that are more then 300 pages or so. Unless I can get it on tape...but anyhoo...any ideas?

mr. mellow · Post by **mr. mellow** » Tue May 10, 2005 10:05 pm

LOTR of course! but prolly everyone will do that.

Elf of Rivendell · Post by **Elf of Rivendell** » Tue May 10, 2005 10:11 pm

The Lord of the Rings trilogy, without question.

One I Froggy · Post by **One I Froggy** » Tue May 10, 2005 10:13 pm

A group is already doing LoTR books, and Harry Potter... so those are out

Manda · Post by **Manda** » Tue May 10, 2005 10:17 pm

I would say Narnia. But, since that hasn't come out now... How about The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy?

Shadowpaw · Post by **Shadowpaw** » Wed May 11, 2005 12:10 am

I thought "The Green Mile" was a terrific book, as was the movie.

The Top Crusader · Post by **The Top Crusader** » Wed May 11, 2005 12:36 am

The Princess Bride is almost word for work the same, book to movie...

One I Froggy · Post by **One I Froggy** » Wed May 11, 2005 7:17 am

I really wanted to do Princess Bride, but all of the copies at my library are checked out. I may have a friend who can lend it to me...I love the movie. And there is a group who is doing Stephen King books, so the green mile is out. BUt it was a good suggestion. Thank you all who have posted so far...keep em coming

Larry The Pickle · Post by **Larry The Pickle** » Wed May 11, 2005 8:05 am

The Veritas Project: Hangman's Curse! That's one of my fave movies!

Dr. Watson · Post by **Dr. Watson** » Wed May 11, 2005 8:46 am

Or you could go the crime novel route and read one of the splendid Sherlock Holmes novels--such as The Hound of the Baskervilles. I believe it has been made into a movie several times.

The Top Crusader · Post by **The Top Crusader** » Wed May 11, 2005 9:08 am

Or the BIBLE and "The Greatest Story Ever Told"!

One I Froggy · Post by **One I Froggy** » Wed May 11, 2005 1:43 pm

We did Sherlock Holmes in our last presentation...and we showed a clip from the movie. Good suggestion

Frank · Post by **Frank** » Wed May 11, 2005 1:44 pm

Tuck Everlasting! *sighs*

The Top Crusader · Post by **The Top Crusader** » Wed May 11, 2005 2:40 pm

Spider-man!

dancer02248 · Post by **dancer02248** » Wed May 11, 2005 2:48 pm

umm i had to do that once and i did A Walk To Remember

StupendousMan · Post by **StupendousMan** » Wed May 11, 2005 4:41 pm

How about jurassic park, both the book and the movie are good. Though I'd suggest princess bride first

One I Froggy · Post by **One I Froggy** » Wed May 11, 2005 6:13 pm

dancer02248 wrote:umm i had to do that once and i did A Walk To Remember

That is the one I am leaning towards. I have the movie and the book and the book on tape...can you tell I love that book/movie?
Im a little wary of doing such a girly/lovey-dovey/sad book though. I dont want to guys to get bored.

Tuck everlasting is also a good book, but that was required reading a few years ago...and we arent allowed to do it again. Plus, its really short and I dont think my teacher would count it.

I started re-listening to A Walk to remember though, just in case.

Thank you to everyone with suggestions...I still want to hear more, so keep dishing em out!

dancer02248 · Post by **dancer02248** » Wed May 11, 2005 7:19 pm

frogalwyz wrote:
dancer02248 wrote:umm i had to do that once and i did A Walk To Remember
That is the one I am leaning towards. I have the movie and the book and the book on tape...can you tell I love that book/movie?
Im a little wary of doing such a girly/lovey-dovey/sad book though. I dont want to guys to get bored.

Tuck everlasting is also a good book, but that was required reading a few years ago...and we arent allowed to do it again. Plus, its really short and I dont think my teacher would count it.

I started re-listening to A Walk to remember though, just in case.

Thank you to everyone with suggestions...I still want to hear more, so keep dishing em out!

yeah, my teacher made that comment to me cause we had two books to read at two different times that we could choose on our own
one i read a walk to remember
and second i read The Notebook
my teacher siad i read the sappy books...oh well
the boys will have to deal haha (jsut kidding) A walk to remember is a great book/movie

Thursday Next · Post by **Thursday Next** » Wed May 11, 2005 7:59 pm

My sister did something similar except it was the other way around. She was in a cinamatography class and she watched movies based on books.

Much Ado About Nothing (shakespeare) really good.

Clueless (based on Emma by Jane Austen)

Then there's Emma with Gwenyth Paltrow (that's a really good movie)

An Ideal Husband and the Importance of being Earnest (both by Oscar Wilde)

LoTR (of course)

Jane Eyre

Pride and Predudice

Mansfield Park

Harry Potter (of course)

Tale of Two Cites

Niclolas Nickolby (Charles Dickens)

Hitchhiker's I wouldn't do because there was stuff taken out and written specifically for the movie

James and the Giant Peach

Princess Bride

My Fair Lady is based off of the play Pygmailion

Midsummer's Night Dream

Richard the III (with Ian McKellen is great)

Sense and Senseability (very good this has Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, and Kate Winslet in it)

Kiss me Kate (based of of Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeaere)

Taming of the Shrew (with Elizabeth Taylor in it is really good)

Depending on when this project is due War of the Worlds

I know there are some more, but at the moment this should give you enought. 95% of my movie collection are movies based off of books.

The Top Crusader · Post by **The Top Crusader** » Wed May 11, 2005 8:52 pm

dawningoftime wrote:
Depending on when this project is due War of the Worlds

Or just use the older version.