QOTD: adaptation

question of the day: what has been the best book to movie adaptation?

i have two: to kill a mockingbird and memoirs of a geisha (and that's mainly cause it was beautiful and artisitic)

godfather

A Time to Kill

I never read the books, but I'd have to say Lord of the Rings

Worst was the shining with Jack Nicholson...Best was the Shining that was made for TV...

I haven't read a book since elementary school and I'm pretty sure that they never made a movie out of the Encyclopedia Brown series.

The Princess Bride.

"10 Things I Hate About You" is supposedly based on William Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew." I'm gonna go with that.

That's a trick question....'cause they all lose so much in the translation...now if you were to ask the reverse question What movie to book has been the best adaptation...I would have to say without a doubt "The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension" Ok it's true I never read the book, but it's got to be better than the movie right? Here is a brief review I found...you decide you will agree. Buckaroo Banzai is a rock-star/brain-surgeon / comic-book-hero/samurai/ etc who along with his group, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, must stop evil creatures from the 8th dimension (all named John) who are trying to conquer our dimension. He is helped by Penny Pretty, who is a dead ringer for his ex-wife, and some good extra-dimensional beings who look and talk like they are from Jamaica.

Hannibal. Excellent book!! Great movie!!

i guess "snow falling on cedars," or "the green mile." both have their crap moments though.

matchstick men

The Bridges of Madison County and the Horse Whisperer were probably the best adaptations. I really think it will be the DiVinci Code, but I havent' seen it yet.

Certainly not The Da Vinci Code. Don't waste your money.

To Kill A Mockingbird