Book Blogger Hop
This prompt was submitted by Cheryl @ I Heart Fictional People:
What is your favorite movie adapted from a book?
Immediately, I thought of The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II, then Goodfellas jumped to mind. Those three have to be contenders, right? Stardust is a lousy adaptation, but a movie I can’t get enough of. There’s Jurassic Park, of course. I loved the first three of Jackson’s Tolkein adaptations, and I think it’s best if we don’t talk about the others. To Kill a Mockingbird is practically perfect. I was trying to decide among all of these, and wasn’t getting very far. I could talk about great movies that are adapted (I could really talk about movies of various qualities that are bad adaptations), but my favorite? That’s hard to narrow down.
And then I glimpsed a cover…a stupid, ugly, movie tie-in cover of a book I’ve read so many times that the cover could fall off it the next time I open it. I love the book, and the movie is one I can watch and enjoy at the drop of a hat. And how can I not? It’s got a little of everything…fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles…
William Goldman is one of the best screenwriters of the 20th century, and his novels were pretty good, too. His adaptation of his own novel is just fantastic. I could go on for a bit here, but who has that kind of time?
I’d be remiss while talking about this movie to not mention As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes with Joe Layden. Fans of the movie need to read this.
What’s your favorite adaptation?
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