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Novel Roots: Best & Worst Films Based Off Of Books

May 20th, 2008 11:17am EDT Post a comment

Many filmmakers are taking on the challenge of turning classic novels into feature films. It's a challenge because many people have fallen in love with the books

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Tue May 20 2008 15:30:38 By: xxjdxx (

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I pretty much agree with the lists, except i thought Blood & Chocolate was a good movie.

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Tue May 20 2008 16:26:26 By: Bitchywitchy969 (

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I Think Harry Potter is such a great movie...wonderfull cast... is better the book....

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Tue May 20 2008 16:32:13 By: Bitchywitchy969 (

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the lord of the rings, is very Large story...is a leyend it cant be perfect in just 3 movies...i hope see soon The Hobbit, listen everyone this is better than the other three

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Tue May 20 2008 21:49:00 By: daluckynumba6 (

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i agree with the list...the sisterhood of the traveling pants was a good movie too that was based off a book

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Wed May 21 2008 01:21:20 By: xAngiex (

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Bitchywitchy, I was happy to hear they were going to make the hobbit, but if Peter Jackson doesn't direct it, I won't see it. I just can't see anyone else making that movie but him. I do agree about the books being to big to fit into just three movies.

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Thu May 22 2008 14:54:49 By: lucy pucy (

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I LOVE MOVIES. Keep making them movie makers!

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Sun May 25 2008 16:28:55 By: Aquanewt (

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I agree with most of the good movies and almost all of the bad ones. It was not the material it was just that the movie was poorly done. I have noticed that with the Harry Potter movies that a lot of stuff has been cut to make them fit time frames (2 to 2 1/2 hours per flick) and the movie suffers. "The Sum of all Fears" based on the Tom Clancy novel of the same title was so chopped up anddisjointed it was a completely different story.

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Mon Jun 2 2008 01:32:15 By: xAngiex (

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Aquanewt, I completely agree.. that's why I kept LOTR & HP on the good list because, even though a lot was kept out, they weren't completely different from the books.

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Sat Jul 26 2008 13:36:44 By: Werewolf Girl (

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I agree with the lists completely.
I love the Harry Potter series, The Notebook, and The Devil Wears Prada. The Chronicles of Narnia was better than the book, if you ask me.
Eragon sucked.
However, they changed Blood and Chocolate completely. The book was much different. But I like the movie so much better! If anything they helped Blood and Chocolate. It's my favorite movie of all time.

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Mon Apr 20 2009 14:00:15 By: kutiekimani (

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all these movies are sort of chick flicks but are really good!?1

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