Die hard
2001 - A Space Odyssey
Watching it in the cinema on my own when I was fourteen was, as one might imagine, a pretty startling experience!
#mindblown
The Road made such a powerful impression on me that for the first time in my life I was actually reluctant to watch a film adaptation, in case it didn't live up to the book. However I thought they made a pretty good fist of it.
I enjoyed the Trainspotting movie, but for me, the way they adapted it didn't do justice to the scabrous energy of the book.
The Road made such a powerful impression on me that for the first time in my life I was actually reluctant to watch a film adaptation, in case it didn't live up to the book. However I thought they made a pretty good fist of it.
I had the same feelings, no book has effected me like that. The film was good but the horror of the cellar was diminished having read the book first.
I've not taken to his other books though.
The Road - agree with C-d - film cellar was 'lighter(phew)' than the book.
The Mist - the ending of the film 'horrid/better' than the short story.
Fear & loathing in Las Vegas
The 39 Steps - Hitchcock version. Others are available, but a bit lame
Much more developed than the book (short story).
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Loved the book and the film was a good interpretation of it. I watched it for the first time in decades with my 9 year old. I still loved it - she didn't.
Winters Bone - Is it a "classic" book? bloody good anyway, and a really good film too.
And +1 for Fantastic Mr Fox
I suspect I'll be in a minority, but...The Hobbit.
I adore the book, perhaps because (as mentioned above) it's a children's story so it has that perfect simplicity especially when compared to the Lord of the Rings and it's sprawling, overly epic scale - especially the songs.
When I heard that the book had been made into a trilogy of films I was expecting them to be tedious, over-extended and self-indulent. But they weren't. I found them perfectly in tune with the spirit of the book, and didn't even notice the length. Not the expected let-down in any way.
To kill a mocking bird.
Into the wild.
apocalypse now.
If you mean Heart of Darkness it's hardly based on it is it? More 'inspired by'.
To Kill a Mockingbird and Fear and Loathing are good calls. I'd also suggest Solaris, the Tarkovsky one although the Clooney remake is better than you might think.
