50 Best Book to Film Adaptations

I’d have to say my favs are A Clockwork Orange, and American Psycho…the movies didn’t shy away from the controversy that the books created, and became extremely controversial themselves…not to mention they were good movies

The Learning Tree was great due to the fact that the author made the movie, so I’d have to argue it for being #1 simply for that reason. Also kind of a nod to the author and director, R.I.P. Gordon Parks.

American Psycho the novel isn’t actually creepy at all, and if you pay close attention to the the movie, the plot is laced with humor. The film or book weren’t really meant to be creepy or horrific, the story is a satirical look at the 80’s. The book is awesome and the movie follows it very well if you look deep enough.

Chuck Norris’ tears cure cancer…too bad he’s never cried

In Amistad the main white person was President John Adams. Not evil scum of the earth in my book. I know not every white person is racist, anyone who thinks that is retarded. But alot of the big players in Hllywood definatly seem to be. As to your second point I didn’t say that they do maybe you should reread my post. As a parent it sure gets tiresome going to all these whitewashed kids movies have you seen the preview for ‘Hoot’ it’s like that MadTV skit about Dawsons Creek called ‘Pretty white kids with problems’. My point is proved constantly I mean look at People magazines most beautiful people in america, see anything missing???? Look at the cover of the new Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue, notice anything missing?? As for your “fake as situation being that way due to a movie” that movie wasn’t on planet Krroozyyyk was it?? No, it was on earth and it wasn’t a fantasy flick either so why not put people of color in it?? I’ll tell you why because you can only make a fighting movie where the white guy wins if you either, a.) make it before people of color were allowed to box (like that contender crap) or b.) completely leave people of color out of the movie. We all saw ‘the longest yard’ and we all knew that Sandler’s team would only win if ……….., I won’t even say it you know what goes there. Please, I’m trying to be completely honest and objective here can you do me a favor by not kidding yourself??

“Not every movie has to include a white person” true, but can you name a single hollywood movie that doesn’t???? Good luck.

Roots is about slavery, slave owners are the scum of the earth, I’m not sure what you were trying to prove there. Rosewood, Malcolm X, Mississippi Burning and other such movies are historical pieces if you don’t like the things that people used to do, then that is an amazing reason for you to take it upon yourself to never let it happen again. If you thinkl this is an argument that you can win, then more power to you but I think the evidence is so stacked in my favor that your task is heculean. Again, Good luck. I’m not a racist, I’m mixed myself so there are whites in my family and I love and cherish everyone of them, but I do take every opportunity to educate them on reality. Thanks for listenin, no hard feelings on this side and I hope that it is the same on yours.

Yeah I agree to an extent. I just think that in america in 2006 no one should have to go to the movies and come out like “well, what about me???”. It’s acting that means anyone can act like anyone else and if it was fair already than I’d have no problem with anyone playing anyone else. You may find this hard to believe due to my other posts but Eli Wallach did an amazing job playing a mexican in the Good, the Bad and The Ugly and also in The Magnificent Seven, in case you didn’t realize, he’s a Jewish cat, but he’s a great actor. So if an elementary school can have the Pevensies as one white kid, one black kid, one hispanic kid, and one asian kid, I think hollywood can too. I broke my heart taking my son to that movie and having to explain to him why the absense of brown people, because kids have the sweetest most innocent look on their face when they ask you things like that, and I couldn’t help but feel like I’m tainting his view by trying to explain our exclusion. You’re right I like the term discussion better.

yeah, mine too. :) Probably why I like the site.

Ummmm…I like Fight Club because of the psychology of the narrator and all of his neurotic one liners, not because I’m thrilled about the fact there are no actors of color. The narrator could have been played by Chris Rock or John Leguizamo for all I care, but then inevitably someone would have been like “Why do black/latino/asian people gotta play crazy characters?” That has nothing to do with anything at all.

Minorities are severely underepresented in Hollywood, and when they are cast, it’s in stereotypical roles. However, I’m not going to dislike a movie just because all of the main characters are white, unless it’s a movie by the KKK in which case the movie can burn in hell. It would be nice to see more minorities in starring roles, but only if it is done naturally and not accompanied by a plethora of hype because then it just kills the mojo of the movie, in my opinion…like when everyone was hyped about seeing Halle Berry’s boobs in Swordfish. They didn’t have to focus on making it a fantastic movie because they knew they’d sell tickets on Berry’s boobies alone. I just wish people would be cast based on their skills and not the color of their skin so nobody would make a big deal about it. (Idealistic naiviete, I know, but a girl can dream, can’t she?)

“However, I’m not going to dislike a movie just because all of the main characters are white” I understand that, and I agree with Neil, well said. However, maybe your attitude would change if you went to see a movie like the Narnia one with a group of brown children and had to field questions like the one I mentioned my son asking. It is easy to seperate yourself from something that doesn’t directly affect you.

“I just wish people would be cast based on their skills and not the color of their skin so nobody would make a big deal about it. (Idealistic naiviete, I know, but a girl can dream, can’t she?) ”
By all means dream away, but, it is just that, a dream and a naive one at that, white people outnumber everyone else like 8 to 1, so there needs to be an effort made to include people of color in the movies that hollywood is expecting us to purchase admission to. And yes even if it means taking a role from an actor that may be more qualified, those are the sacrifices that must be made to promote EQUALITY. When the numbers are so stacked in one sides favor, then yes others need to be included at the expense of the “majority” ( i put that in quotations due to the fact that it only applies in this country, and maybe Europe and Russia too).

It was real nice when I got out of high school and was applying to Washington, I got in because of my mind, but I will not deny that my skin color had alot to do with it. I’m sure there was a white applicant with the same or better grades, I took his/her spot, and I didn’t lose 1 second of sleep over it and shed not a tear. The way that my people were treated as recently as 40yrs ago lets me sleep so damn good at night, as I think it is more than deserved, shit, I’m still waiting for my 40 acres, they can keep the mule.

I don’t know how he could have forgotten to put Lord of the Rings on that list. Or is it too obvious?

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