Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Top 10 Best/Worst Book to Screen adaptions

Best
1.Game of Thrones: I think that the show follows the books pretty well over all and all of the actors are fantastic and the production values are really high which makes the show even more enjoyable. I overall love both the tv and book series and I'm glad that this series has such a good adaption.
2. Perks of Being a Wallflower: Perks of Being a Wallflower is my favorite book and it's told through letters so I was really nervous about it being made into a movie although I did feel a bit better once I heard it was going to be an indie film and I saw the trailer. In the end it turned out my fears were unfounded and the movie was almost as good as the book and I have no really complaints about this film which makes me very happy.
3. The Hunger Games: While I'm not a huge fan of the series I think that the film stayed pretty close to the book and I thought that the acting was great through out the film as well.
4. Cardcaptor Sakura: While the anime added a lot of things to series and the ending was quite a bit different as well I thought that it overall kept the series basically the same and I enjoyed pretty much everything that was added in the anime. I love Cardcaptor Sakura it's my favorite anime of all time and recommend it to everyone even if anime isn't usually your thing.
5. 10 Things I Hate About You: This movie is an updated version of Taming of the Shrew and while I think this movie is just a plain great movie in general I'm also amazed that they were actually able to make Taming of the Shrew funny rather than just really unfunny and out dated like the original play. I also think that the movie has a great cast as well and it makes me laugh a lot.
6. Bridge to Terabithia: This is another case were I love the movie but I hated the book but with this movie it sticks really close to the book but the movie just worked for me in a way that the book never did. I loved the movie because it made me really emotionally invested in the characters and it's the reason I'm a fan of Anna Sophia Rob and Josh Hutchson as well.

Worst
1. Percy Jackson: I don't think the movie is bad but I think it's a terrible adaption since it doesn't really follow the plot of the book at all, leaves out a few important characters as well as change others personalities and ages up all the characters by quite a bit. It looks like the second movie will follow the book more closely which makes me happy since Percy Jackson is one of my favorite book series but the first movie really disappointed me so I'm a bit hesitant to believe that the second will be better.
2. A Series of Unfortunate Events: I actually really love this movie but it doesn't follow the books all that well and it combines the first three books and doesn't even completely keeps what happens in the books in order with having the play with the wedding happen after they Violet, Klaus and Sunny had lived with Monty and Josephine. Although I really loved Emily Browning as Violet and Liam Akin as Klaus and I loved the audio commentary with Lemony Snicket which is hilarious and you should watch if you haven't already so I'm in no way unhappy that the film was made and the thing that actually makes me sad about this film is that they never made a second one. Although I would love if there was someday a film that followed the books much closer.
3.Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle: I love the manga it's one of my favorite series of all time even though the end of the series is hell a confusing I still love it but the anime tv series is just so bad the art isn't very good and it doesn't really follow the storyline all that well and adds in quite a few filler worlds. In all honesty the best thing that came out of the anime was the soundtrack which was amazing sadly the show wasn't.
4. Twilight: The movies were some of the worst made films that I have ever seen, the acting was horrible even though I had seen the majority of the cast in other things in which they were good, the writing was awkward, makeup and lighting were just weird and the directing wasn't good either. There is really nothing nice I can say about this movie because it was just badly made.

21 comments:

  1. Yes for Cardcaptor Sakura!! I haven't finished watching it because I don't want it to end haha!! I also wish I had the subtitled version because the English one cuts out so much. I love 10 Things too. I never read Taming of the Shrew though.

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    1. I'm glad to hear you love Cardcaptor Sakura and I completely understand the whole never wanting the series to end feeling. I'm pretty sure you can find the English sub version on youtube. 10 Things I Hate About You is great and Taming of the Shrew isn't worth your time and isn't even funny. Thanks for commenting.

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  2. 10 Things I Hate About You! Totally forgot this came from the Taming of the Shrew, love that film :) Really great list!

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    1. Thanks for the comment and I too I almost forgot about 10 Things I Hate About You.

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  3. Oh I really want to read/watch Perks of Being a Wallflower! Glad to see you liked them both so much :)

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  4. I've heard the Series of Unfortunate Events movie is awful compared to the books. I've only seen the movie once and it kind of creeped me out. I still need to read the books though.
    I'm the same with PJ. I really like the movie, but as an adaptation... it sucks.
    Great list :)

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    1. I wouldn't say that A series of Unfortunate Events movie sucked just that it was nothing like the books which I do like better but I still really like the movie. Thanks for the comment.

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  5. Good call on the Percy Jackson flick...what a disappointment.

    ~of Ka'u Hawanawana

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  6. omg I looooved Cardcaptor Sakura! And agreed, Tsubasa was a bit of a let down.
    Let's see if the new PJ is a better adaptation than the first...

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    1. I'm glad to see another Cardcaptor Sakura fan and I agree that the Tsubasa anime was pretty bad but I absolutely adore the manga. I really want to be optimistic about the second Percy Jackson movie but they already let us down once. Thanks for the comment.

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  7. I still need to see The Perks of Being a Wallflower. It's one I meant to get to. I have heard such horrible reviews of the Percy Jackson movie that I doubt I will ever watch it. I hope the next one is much improved.

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    1. Perks of Being a Wallflower is great and I'm sure it won't disappoint and I think it's a good call to stay away from the Percy Jackson movie. Thanks for the comment.

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  8. Great list! I didn't include 10 Things I Hate About You in my own list because I don't consider The Taming of the Shrew its book version, but oh well XD

    Thanks for dropping by my TTT! :D

    - Kazhy @ My Library in the Making

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  9. Woah, I just realized I have seen almost none of these movies and haven't read the books, either! So sad - but I'm not a big movie person anymore. I always plan on reading the book on time so that I can watch the movie...but I still haven't read The Perks of Being a Wallflower and it's been almost a year :) Anyway, I really didn't like the Twilight series, either but I'm dedicated to start Game of Thrones before 2013 is over :)

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    1. I'm actually not a big movie person either I prefer TV, books, manga and anime but that doesn't mean that there aren't plenty of great movies out there. I'm glad your planning on reading Perks of Being a Wallflower it's my favorite book but I think that it's okay to watch the movie first because if you really love the movie it might motivate you to finally read the book. Game of Thrones is a great series but it's also one that I'd recommend you start with the TV show because it makes reading the books much easier since there's a lot of characters to keep track of. Thanks for commenting.

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  10. Good list! I'm just about to start reading Perks of Being A Wallflower, will have to watch the movie afterwards!

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  11. Oh my gosh, I didn't even think of 10 Things! So great. Now I just want to make a list of the best Shakespeare adaptations. Great list!

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    1. I almost forgot about 10 Things I Hate About You and I would be very interesting in reading a list of the best Shakespeare adaptations. Thanks for the comment.

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  12. I love 10 Things I Hate About You and Hunger Games! I haven't read Perks of Being a Wallflower (yet) but the movie was freaking fantastic!
    Thanks for stopping by yesterday :)

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    1. Perks of Being a Wallflower was a great movie but an even better book. Thanks for the comment.

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  13. I agree with almost your whole list, only the hunger games was a bit of a disappointment to me.. thanks for stopping by:)

    evelinesbooks.blogspot.nl

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