Book to Movie

[buystoys]

Has anyone seen the new version of The Stand?  Is it better or worse than the first version?

[flan327]

Dec 23, 2020 14:49:17 GMT -5 buystoys said:

Has anyone seen the new version of The Stand?  Is it better or worse than the first version?

I think only one episode has dropped

I can't wait to start watching

Here it's on CBS

[buystoys]

I keep seeing ads for it.  I hope to see it when it all drops.

[NoNamePerson]

Dec 23, 2020 11:05:25 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

Dec 22, 2020 20:28:37 GMT -5 Opti said:

The Shining - the movie was good as long as you realized they made some changes for filming. This is true for many movies, but its still hard for me if I read the book close to when the movie came out.

There are some Sci-Fi and fantasy books I'd love to see what they would do with them.

Misery and The Mist movies were pretty good adaptations of the books.
Loved The Mist ending......not everyone lives happily ever after.

I have a hard time reading Stephen King or any books of that type. But the genre is one of my favorite types of movie. Go figure.   

[oped]

I read a review that the new stand missed the mark. I assumed it was all out though? Not sure how it’s reviewed on one episode. I wasn’t sure this was the best time for it? Or maybe it is...?

[flan327]

Dec 23, 2020 18:32:41 GMT -5 oped said:

I read a review that the new stand missed the mark. I assumed it was all out though? Not sure how it’s reviewed on one episode. I wasn’t sure this was the best time for it? Or maybe it is...?

I haven't read any reviews yet

Did it say HOW it missed the mark?

[billisonboard]

Dec 22, 2020 17:51:38 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

(Thank you oped for the idea for this thread)

I will start with a couple that show how old I am.

The World According to Garp

I had read the book and then heard they were doing a movie. I had serious doubts but was impressed by the movie. It was a very long book and thought they did a great job hitting the high parts.

Fletch and Fletch Lives

I had read the book(s) and was very disappointed by the movies. Chevy Chase is a genius of physical comedy. I. M. Fletcher of the book was a verbal genius.

See Jon Hamm as 'Fletch' in the first trailer for 'Confess, Fletch'

Hamm told The Hollywood Reporter in 2020 that he has no plans on copying Chase's version of the role, saying, "No one can touch Chevy's portrayal of that character."

He continued: "The character in the book's a lot different than Chevy's portrayal, and so when Bill Block at Miramax came to me and said, 'You know, we own this and we think you'd be a good fit,' I agreed, but I don't want to imitate Chevy. I'm not interested in that and I don't think anybody else would be."

Yeah, I wouldn't be interested but am looking forward to seeing this one.

[haapai]

Does anyone else here remember buying the book with the same title as the movie from Scholastic Book Club because it was either cheaper than the tickets that you would have had to buy or because it was never gonna come to any screen near you?  I've read something on paper titled The Last Dragon but never seen the flick whose trailer compelled me to buy the book, with my own money, and wait for weeks for it to arrive ( via book rate), and wonder ever afterwards whether the book or the movie came first.  Usually the book comes first, but every once in a while, at least back then, the movie came out first and then something else appeared in the SBC list that sure as <deleted> looked like it was derived more from the movie than the other way around.

[Tennesseer]

I read 'A Man Called Ove' around 2016. A very good read.  I knew Sweden made a movie based on the book in the same year (written by a Swede and about a Swedish man).  

Finally got around to watching the movie the other night on Amazon Prime.  Very good movie and what I can remember about the book pretty much followed the book story.   If interested in finding out what the book/movie is about and maybe interested in watching the movie, don't Google it to find out the plot.  Just know this:

'Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbors.'

The movie language is Swedish but has English subtitles.  Easy to read and follow.  I believe you won't regret watching the movie.

[billisonboard]

Aug 26, 2022 15:09:51 GMT -5 haapai said:

Does anyone else here remember buying the book with the same title as the movie from Scholastic Book Club because it was either cheaper than the tickets that you would have had to buy or because it was never gonna come to any screen near you?  I've read something on paper titled The Last Dragon but never seen the flick whose trailer compelled me to buy the book, with my own money, and wait for weeks for it to arrive ( via book rate), and wonder ever afterwards whether the book or the movie came first.  Usually the book comes first, but every once in a while, at least back then, the movie came out first and then something else appeared in the SBC list that sure as <deleted> looked like it was derived more from the movie than the other way around.

I had a non-reader student tell me once he would read the book Young Guns because he loved the movie so much. Unfortunately the book didn't exist. I think that is a part of the rationale for converting a kid movie into printed form.

[anciana]

Aug 26, 2022 15:25:38 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

I read 'A Man Called Ove' around 2016. A very good read.  I knew Sweden made a movie based on the book in the same year (written by a Swede and about a Swedish man).  

Finally got around to watching the movie the other night on Amazon Prime.  Very good movie and what I can remember about the book pretty much followed the book story.   If interested in finding out what the book/movie is about and maybe interested in watching the movie, don't Google it to find out the plot.  Just know this:

'Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbors.'

The movie language is Swedish but has English subtitles.  Easy to read and follow.  I believe you won't regret watching the movie.

Had no idea there was a book but did watch the move few years ago and just loved it. It was funny, at times sad, also heartwarming, as much as I remember. Really liked it!

[Tennesseer]

Aug 26, 2022 15:59:00 GMT -5 anciana said:

Aug 26, 2022 15:25:38 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

I read 'A Man Called Ove' around 2016. A very good read.  I knew Sweden made a movie based on the book in the same year (written by a Swede and about a Swedish man).  

Finally got around to watching the movie the other night on Amazon Prime.  Very good movie and what I can remember about the book pretty much followed the book story.   If interested in finding out what the book/movie is about and maybe interested in watching the movie, don't Google it to find out the plot.  Just know this:

'Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbors.'

The movie language is Swedish but has English subtitles.  Easy to read and follow.  I believe you won't regret watching the movie.

Had no idea there was a book but did watch the move few years ago and just loved it. It was funny, at times sad, also heartwarming, as much as I remember. Really liked it!

It was on the NYT's best seller list around 2015 for most of the year. That might be where I read about the book and purchased it. Glad I read the book and watched the movie.

Now the bad news (in my opinion) Tom Hanks is remaking the movie and will play the role of Ove though the movie will be titled 'A Man Called Otto'. Personal opinion is Hanks is wrong for the role. The movie needs an unknown face to play the lead.

[Deleted]

Magic. Book was so good. Movie was also very good. Starred Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret and Burgess Meredith.

[Happy prose]

The first that comes to mind is The Kite Runner. I thought both book and movie were excellent.