Books into Movies

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Which book was best adapted into a movie?

  • The Lord of The Rings 31%
  • The Hobbit 3%
  • Harry Potter 17%
  • Twillight 6%
  • Inkheart 3%
  • The Hunger Games 25%
  • The Hannibal Movies 8%
  • The Book Thief No votes
  • Percy Jackson No votes
  • Other (please specify) 8%

Total votes: 36

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Apricity
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Tue May 27, 2014 6:53 am
Apricity says... · Tue May 27, 2014 6:53 am
I don't know actually, I consider all movies to be annoying inaccurate to the book and somehow, the character are always different. But hey, I know a movie that was way better than its book.

Bridge to Tarbithia. (sp)

The book was meh..really meh but the movie was pretty good in comparison to the book.
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Tue May 27, 2014 6:57 am
Snowery says... · Tue May 27, 2014 6:57 am
SubtleSanity wrote:I don't know actually, I consider all movies to be annoying inaccurate to the book and somehow, the character are always different. But hey, I know a movie that was way better than its book.

Bridge to Tarbithia. (sp)

The book was meh..really meh but the movie was pretty good in comparison to the book.


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Tue May 27, 2014 7:03 am
Apricity says... · Tue May 27, 2014 7:03 am
O.o Guess I'm not the only one who thought so, eh? I really want to see the Book Thief because I enjoyed the book so much but when I saw the trailer my first thought was.

They've got it wrong, they've got the clothing wrong but I will admit the rest looked very appealing.
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Tue May 27, 2014 12:22 pm
Dutiful says... · Tue May 27, 2014 12:22 pm
Duuuuuude Bridge to Terabithia, the movie was just fantastic!!!
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megsug says... · Sat Jun 07, 2014 8:20 pm
I chose other because I think Forest Gump is great choice. The fact that hardly anyone knows it's a book because the movie is so great should be a good hint.

I'm just glad no one has voted for The Hobbit xP
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Tue Jun 10, 2014 9:44 am
Snowery says... · Tue Jun 10, 2014 9:44 am
I'm actually quite surprised that Harry Potter has only gotten three votes so far. I'd thought it would be one of the front runners.

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Tue Jun 10, 2014 10:29 am
Pompadour says... · Tue Jun 10, 2014 10:29 am
I love Harry Potter, I really, really do. But every time I watch the movie I'm all *cringes*

ZE BOOK BE BEST. <3
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Tue Jun 10, 2014 4:53 pm
ThereseCricket says... · Tue Jun 10, 2014 4:53 pm
Hunger Games hands down!

I loooooooovee Lord of the Rings, but I felt that they changed the movies too much, so my vote goes elsewhere.
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Cole says... · Sat Aug 02, 2014 3:09 pm
You forgot the classics! What about Quo Vadis? Gone with the Wind? Ben-Hur?
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starstories says... · Thu Aug 07, 2014 4:16 am
Ice age series also must be included in this list as it is one of must watch movies.
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Mon Dec 15, 2014 8:38 pm
steampowered says... · Mon Dec 15, 2014 8:38 pm
Hunger Games was a great representation of the book (dare I say I actually enjoyed the films more than the books... a definite first for me) :D

Harry Potter on the other hand... I didn't like the films anywhere near as much as the books, and the last 2 films relied way too heavily on the books for them to make any sense. It would still have been my second choice though.

As for the others... I either didn't watch the films, didn't like them, or never read the books - so no comment. :)
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TheStormAroundMe says... · Wed Jul 15, 2015 3:08 pm
If anyone picks Percy Jackson, I'm going to hurt someone.
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