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What books do you think deserves to be made into a film?

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Hey all, what books do you think deserves to be made into a film which will be great? :?:
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Maybe books that offers a great deal of thoughts and feelings and in most cases, probably popular.

I really like want to see a director to try Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. Let's see how good he is.
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Butterbescotch wrote:Maybe books that offers a great deal of thoughts and feelings and in most cases, probably popular.

I really like want to see a director to try Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. Let's see how good he is.
I hope Steven Spielberg will heard! :lol:
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Even if does, he can't. The rights of the book is not allowed to be adapted to a movie. Salinger declared it himself.
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I tend to think the opposite way. I hope none of my favorites ever get made into movies.
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Jp1978 wrote:I tend to think the opposite way. I hope none of my favorites ever get made into movies.
Interesting! Why??
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Because almost movie tie-ins, if not all, are a disgrace and disappointment to the book.
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Butterbescotch wrote:Because almost movie tie-ins, if not all, are a disgrace and disappointment to the book.
@ Butterbescotch .... I'll second that
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Butterbescotch wrote:Because almost movie tie-ins, if not all, are a disgrace and disappointment to the book.
Thats a bit generalized. Its impossible to please all book fans when making a movie but there are many critical successes that have remained faithful to the book, The Road and The Shawshank Redemption being two prime examples. Others include The Client, Misery, Lord of the Rings trilogy etc.

As for books i would like to see made into movies:

1. Digital Fortress by Dan Brown, i think this would make a great movie in my opinion

2. A Thousand Splendid Suns

3. The Winter Ghosts

4. The Shack

5. The Graveyard Book

6. Duma Key
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I'm not all that fond of literal adaptations, to be honest. Personally, I really like it when filmmakers just take one concept from a book or short story and roll with it, creating something different entirely. In such instances, the resulting film (when well-made of course) has more of a value and merit than when they were just adapting a story that already existed. It often seems redundant when they do that.
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I feel like Brave New World or 1984 could make interesting movies
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Pigs on the Wing wrote:I feel like Brave New World or 1984 could make interesting movies
1984 has been made into a movie, not once but twice. It was originally made into a film in 1956, and the latest version which was made in 1984 :) starring John Hurt and Richard Burton. It received mixed reviews from the press.
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Gannon wrote:1984 has been made into a movie, not once but twice. It was originally made into a film in 1956, and the latest version which was made in 1984 starring John Hurt and Richard Burton. It received mixed reviews from the press.
Rarely does a filmmaker reproduce a book faithfully, capturing all its nuances and subtleties, to satisfy the reader. LOTR apparently came close but JRR Tolkien was not available for comment. I often hear of readers who will watch the movie but it’s uncommon for movie-goers to rush out afterwards and buy the book.
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Wow why have I never known that, I have a movie to watch now!
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Because almost movie tie-ins, if not all, are a disgrace and disappointment to the book.
Yup, same reason. While there are exceptions as mentioned by Stephen Kingman, there aren't enough to convince me.
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