jack ketchum has a few books made into movies

red
the girl next door
offspring

they were all good, offspring the book was better then the movie

Just watched the movie for the first time, after reading and really liking the book. They did a REALLY GOOD job making that movie! It was just like the book! That is so rare in movies based on books, that it surprised me as I watched it, because I was actually expecting them to change it, haha.

What are y'all's opinions of the book vs. the movie? I'd love to hear what everybody else thinks.

There were two movies, Sahara and Raise the Titanic, based off of books written by Clive Cussler. I thought that the movie Raise the Titanic really stunk. It had none of the thrills and action of the book, and none of the characters were anything like the characters in the book. Even Cussler himself called the movie "terrible", and it means a heap more coming from him. However, the movie Sahara, while very different from the book, was still very good in my opinion. The characters actually acted how you would expect them to act, although they looked nothing at all like how the characters in the book looked. Did anybody else here watch either of the movies? What are your opinions of them?

When I read book 1 I felt that the schadenfreude for the pre-clearasil set was a bit over the top and that the book sort of appealed to our baser natures.

However the Jim Carey movie put it squarely in the comedy camp. A sort of literary slap-stick. While this was somewhat understated in book 1, I felt that the movie accentuated the comedic elements and kept the overall story lighter and somehow more enjoyable.

It's one of the first times in a long time that I genuinely felt that the movie was better than the book.

Ben-Hur, by William Wallace

Wm. Wallace was a Union general during the Civil War, after the war he became the Governor of the New Mexico Territory, and it while he was at that post in the 1880's that he wrote Ben Hur: A Tale of Christ.

William T. Poulos

Huge dissapointment! In the book you connected with the truck driver, so you didn't blame him. In the movie it was all his fault! Alternate ending, What was that!? I had to go back and re-read the book to restore my faith in the author!

One of my favorite books, Neil Gaiman's Coraline, has been made into a movie. Whats more, while they left out my favorite part of the book (the story that Coraline writes) they didn't ruin the story. In fact, I actually liked the movie a lot.

I saw this movie when I was about 13 and really loved it. Usually you read a book first, then see the movie, but this movie helped me discover a love of Anne Rice. I would save my allowance and buy one of her books every few weeks. Interview with the vampire as a movie was very well done, with Kirstin Dunst as an amazing Claudia. Even though she was much older than Claudia in the book, i feel that she brought the character nicely through the innocence of childhood into womanhood. Brad Pitt as Louis was heartbreaking at times in his internal conflict and Tom Cruise as Lestat brought a great aristocratic flair. Even though a few elements were removed such as Lestat's father living with him, and the death of Louis's brother, all in all it doesnt stray far from the book. Having the author write the screenplay doesnt hurt either

I've heard relatively little about the adaptation for Sara Gruen : Water for Elephants, starring Christolph Waltz, Reese Witherspoon, and Robert Pattinson. I really enjoyed the book, so I'm looking forward to it. Will this book make a good movie?

As a rule, I will not both read a book and watch the corresponding movie. I am almost always disappointed. There are few exceptions: the Harry Potter books/movies would be one and I enjoy both. I read 'Cold Mountain' and thought it was pretty good. I then decided to watch the movie because of all the award buzz...MAJOR MISTAKE. This movie was such a huge disappointment. I cannot even begin to describe what a pathetic movie it turned out to be. I think the screenwriter put the book in a blender, dumped the shredded pages on a table, pushed the mess around a bit, copied the result and called it a screenplay...horrid.
I was also disappointed with the movie result of 'Fried Green Tomatoes'.