Lord of the Rings was one of the best book adaptations into a movie. Like Liked by 1 … Which works by Haruki Murakami would like to see adapted into film? Tolkien had an awful lot of talking in the books that the movie thankfully cut out. Even so (and maybe it’s just nostalgia), the version I’ll always go back to is the one with Winona Ryder’s Jo, Claire Danes’ Beth, and Susan Sarandon’s Marmee. Every reader knows those mixed feelings of excitement and dread when a book to movie adaptation is announced. If you liked this post about the book to movie adaptations in 2020, you might also like: 17 Books You Can’t Put Down Once You Begin; 20 Books Becoming Movies in 2019; Best Books 2019: The Year’s Most Popular Books No matter how many times you’ve read Pride and Prejudice, you’re still going to get excited each time a new Jane… Bustle. 15 of the best book-to-movie adaptations you can stream right now ... Woody Harrelson and Tommy Lee Jones, each exquisite in their own way. Of course, there are also those movie adaptations that share the book’s title … and that’s about it! The 2017 mini-series of Little Women is so beautiful to watch. It is impossible to satisfy everyone. While they may not be entirely true to the original work, all of these works are important in their own right and will prove to be entertaining for fans of Haruki Murakami. Have you seen any of these adaptations? When you read a book or a comic book, you unwillingly portray and project your own voices, traits, moments into the creation. My favorite novelist is John le Carre, and the only good adaptations I've ever seen of his books were The Spy Who Came In From The Cold and that miniseries of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. I find the fiction I like to read doesn't usually translate well to movies well. As you may have noticed, over the past few weeks, we’re been looking back at the best books from the decade, from novels to poetry to nonfiction.As a sort of coda to that project, I’ve also polled the staff about their favorite literary adaptations of the decade, on both the big and small screens. The theme of gender-switching can be found in many of Shakespeare’s comedies and “As You Like It” tells the story of Rosalind, the daughter of a duke, who is banished to a forest where she finds love. Movie Adaptations That Are Better Than the TV Version Little Women. I’m joining Top Ten Tuesday this week to share my 10 Best Book to Movie Adaptations. Why film adaptations rarely stay faithful. Here, the Guardian and Observer's critics pick the 10 best Culture > Film But it's nothing like the book! Lawnmower Man Hobbit and Forrest Gump - movie adaptations completely different from the books.jpg.