Week 5: Weekly Challenge

I love Anne of Green Gables (who doesn't?) and I really appreciated how the captured Anne's spirit in the Anne with an E show. The cast is great, and although it got cancelled, it's still a great show.

Sarah Polley took Miriam Toews novel and added nuance. Both the book and the film were wonderful - hear wrenching, real, funny… full of life on the subject I’d depression - not an easy task. I am a fan of both the book and the film, of the author and the producer. 

Sarah Polley took Miriam Toews novel and added nuance. Both the book and the film were wonderful - hear wrenching, real, funny… full of life on the subject I’d depression - not an easy task. I am a fan of both the book and the film, of the author and the producer. 

In general, I quite like the movies that have been adapted from Neil Gaiman's work (can't speak to the American Gods tv series, I never watched it). Coraline is a really beautiful movie and also scary as anything - I don't love the addition of a primary male character but the Otherworld is fantastic. Coraline reads as older in the movie, which gives it a different vibe, but she's very likeable.

I also like Stardust. I think it's so interesting - it's a pretty faithful recreation of the book for the first half and then goes in a wildly different direction. I kind of think of them as two different stories and I love them both for what they are (I can see why Gaiman found the movie frustrating, though!).

I absolutely love everything about Little Women (94). Winona Ryder is perfect as Jo and Christian Bale is the most charming Laurie. I still get upset when Amy throws Jo’s work into the fire and I am always heartbroken for Laurie when Jo rejects him. I enjoyed the newer version too, but it does not have the magic of the 94 film. (Amy played by the same adult actress all the way through was ridiculous!) 

I really enjoyed Alias Grace (2017 mini series). I think they did a great job with the casting, and those fraction of a second flashbacks were great! Fun to see Kingston as the film background for this, and Atwood is always a winner.

Special mentions for The Reader and The Shipping News, both of which made better movies than books, in my opinion.

A case of the movie was better than the book. I am of the thought that Kevin Kwan would be an amazing screenwriter. Some of the parts of the book (the notes, the characters, the abundance) translated so well to the screen. I watch it when I need a grand gesture of love and that mahjong scene says so much in few words. 

My favorite book is Divergence by Veronica Roth(in fench). And the movie as well. I choose it because the film has to respect almost the entirety of the book. Being able to see everything of the book in the movie is important for me. Seeing the movie change things that did'nt happen in the book bothers me.

exemble, I like Bridgerton by Julia Quinn in book. I like Bridgerton on netflix, but I don't like the 2 together because they didn't respect the book. They changed history.

i really enjoy Arthur Adventures cartoons; D W and the other characters remind me of my school days, when everyone was energetic and curious .

In compare of Arthur's book ,it's cartoon is so fascinating

I absolutely love the TV show adaptation of The Summer I Turned Pretty and would almost say the screen adaptation is better than the novel! The show includes significantly more diverse representation that the novel did, and the relationships (friend and romantic) have significantly more depth.  Overall I would definitely recommend watching the show! 

I have a short list of movies which turned out better than the book they were adapted from.  In most, the plotlines were more relatable in the movie and the overall flow worked better to draw one here.  If you've read these books and weren't a fan - give the movies a go!

• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
• Austenland
• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

I’ll never forget how much I loved the first movie of the Hunger Games when it came out! The movie adaptation of the books was my favourite thing because it perfectly captures the games the way I imagined it. Even though I imagined some things differently it was a really good capture of the books!! 

I love reading books and watching tv series or movies and comparing and contrasting between the two. Some of my favourite book to tv/movie adaptations have to be:

- Harry Potter Series

- Lord of the Rings Series

- Gossip Girl Series 

- P.S. I Love You Series 

I am looking forward to watching the movie adaptation of 'The Book Thief' soon.

I haven't read that many books that were adapted to screen, especially not recently. One I remember really enjoying was The Shining. Although Jack's descent into madness happens more gradually in the novel, Jack Nicholson really sold it in his performance. The movie is iconic for a reason!

I particularly enjoyed the first movie adaptation in the series, i.e., of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. One of the most enjoyable aspects of the first book was vicariously living through Harry's excitement and awe at discovering a world of magic and castles, and the movie did a great job portraying that! I also enjoyed some of the great artistic liberties that the filmmakers took, e.g., the house scarves, the robe lining colours that helped us to distinguish between the houses. 

Normally I would say the book is always better, but I have learned that I can still appreciate screen adaptations if I go into it with the idea that it's almost a separate thing with some of my favourite characters. A couple that I have enjoyed lately:

Along for the Ride - Sarah Dessen. LOVED this book. It's YA and one of my favourite summer reads. They recently released a movie on Netflix that did a pretty good job. It just made me happy to watch it. 

Shadow and Bone - Leigh Bardugo. They adapted her series of books for Netflix, and what's quite cool here is they mixed and matched characters from 2 of her series (Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows) and switched up the storyline to make this work. Although I maintain the books are better, it's still really fun and well done. 

Stardust & Good Omens - Neil Gaiman. I love both of these screen adaptations, but I think that largely comes from the cast. David Tennant and Martin Sheen in Good Omens are spectacular. 

I will say with my dying breath that the book was better than the movie and everyone should read the book. The movie was not bad by any means but the nature of the book is a deep look into the main character's thoughts. He goes on Monologs for pages and pages. That is all missed in the movie. The actual events are all covered but that is only half of the story

I think one of my favourite movie adaptations was Crazy Rich Asians. I loved how they were able to represent each character and the culture so well. It was one of my favourites to watch with friends and family. Absolutely loved it!