Books I Love Made into Movies
This is for my favorite books made into movies, some good as movies, some not.
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Cold Mountain (2003, R)
Read the book! One of the saddest endings in history in this movie. |
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Pride and Prejudice (, Unrated)
My favorite version of P&P. Colin Firth IZ Mr. Darcy and we all love Mr. Darcy, don't we? |
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Pride and Prejudice (1940, Unrated)
The classic! Laurence Olivier is a real dreamboat. |
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Pride and Prejudice (2005, PG)
The sweaty P&P! I love that name for it. |
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Bride and Prejudice (2004, PG-13)
Fun version. Lots of spacy music. Good rendition with a twist. |
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Emma (1996, PG)
Jane Austen Flick |
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Wuthering Heights (1939, Unrated)
Most excellent rendition of the classic book. |
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Pride and Prejudice (2003, PG)
The Mormon P&P -- very unusual edition... |
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Wuthering Heights (1992, PG)
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Sense and Sensibility (1995, PG)
A good rendition of one of my favorite books/authors. |
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The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986, R)
The movie was pretty sappy but the book remains a favorite. |
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Schindler's List (1993, R)
Wonderful book! |
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Fahrenheit 451 (1966) (1966, PG)
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Big Bad Love (2002, R)
Southern tale, from a favorite writer. |
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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004, PG)
Loved the books, the movie is only so-so |
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Lonesome Dove (1989, Unrated)
One of my favorite books. Okay presentation. Read the book tho |
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The Maltese Falcon (1941, Unrated)
Classic Humphrey movie from a good book by D. Hammett. |
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Persuasion (1995, PG)
A really fine version of the book. |
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What Dreams May Come (1998, PG-13)
All about death, a bit disturbing but valuable. |
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Topper (1937, G)
Classic about death and comedy |
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Local Hero (1983, PG)
An all-time favorite. Apparently one of the few pictures Peter Reigert starred in. Excellent book as well. |
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Practical Magic (1998, PG-13)
I rather liked this one -- book was mighty fine too. |
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The Sheltering Sky (1990, R)
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The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999, R)
6.10.07.dvd. w/Sam. Saw this one today as a follow up to the other Mr. Ripley movie. It's really not dated at all. And very good on a 2nd viewing (I saw it when it came out). |
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Timeline (2003, PG-13)
So'kay but the book was bettah. |
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True Grit (1969, G)
I can't help loving this old one. It's one of most fav Wayne movies. Loved the book as well. |
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The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (2001, PG-13)
I saw all the LOTR movies with my kids. I was really pleased with the way this series came out as the books are long time favorites. |
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Little Women (1949, Unrated)
Adore Little Women. |
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The Cider House Rules (1999, PG-13)
John Irving's book about the abortion issue. |
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The Dollmaker (1984, Unrated)
Rural tale of hardworking mama. Enjoyed the book. |
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My Name Is Modesty (2003, R)
Pretty lame-o movie that tried to follow one of my favorite cheep thrills book series, Modesty Blaise. Read the books and save this movie for the dumpheap of history. Perhaps someone will someday translate the energy of the books to the big screen. |
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