Hey, guys!
Welcome to another entry for Thursday Movie Picks.
It’s a series hosted by Wandering through the Shelves, so if you want to join the party, head over to her blog! It’s pretty easy: check out each week’s topic and come up with 3 to 5 movies that fit the theme.
This week I’ll talk about some of my favorite book to movie adaptations!
#1 It (2017)
Well, I wasn’t thrilled by the first It adaptation, but the new one is certainly haunting! Definitely one of the best Stephen King films out there.
#2 Room
Everybody loves Brie Larson now that she’s Captain Marvel, but let me tell you how brilliant she was in Room. This movie is frightening and will get under your skin.
#3 Trainspotting
I tried to read the Trainspotting book. It’s written in Scottish dialect, so everybody who isn’t a native English speaker might have a hard time. I soldiered through but didn’t enjoy it as the iconic 1996 movie with Ewan McGregor. That one is a must-watch!
What’s your favorite adaptation? Let me know in the comments!
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Room was so, so brilliant! Brie really did a fantastic job on it 🙂
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Agreed!
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Oh man, I never thought I would get over the trauma of watching Room. It was so good and yet I’ll never be able to bring myself to watch it again!
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I know what you mean, it was so intense!
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I love all three of these movies! The only book I didn’t read was Trainspotting but the other two I thought did really well adaptation wise.
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It just isn’t my kind of film and I doubt that anything could ever induce me to see it. Stephen King adaptations are so wildly variable. I loved Dolores Claiborne and Stand by Me and liked the TV mini The Stand (my favorite of his books back when I read him) but the list of misfires is long.
For me Room was all about that young boy. Brie Larson was fine but I don’t get the Oscar win she didn’t rivet me.
I HATE, HATED Trainspotting!
I went with three adaptations of my favorite author John Steinbeck as a way to narrow the vast field of choices.
The Moon is Down (1943)-During WWII a Norwegian mining town falls under Nazi domination because of its strategic location. The commandant attempts to bring the townspeople to his mindset through gentle persuasion, instead the citizenry form a clandestine underground to combat the enemy.
Of Mice and Men (1939)-Two migrant workers, the clever George (Burgess Meredith) and the strong but feeble minded Lenny (an exceptional Lon Chaney, Jr.) drift through Depression era California relying on each other’s friendship to get them by until a turn of events leads to tragedy.
The Wayward Bus (1957)-In a remote California backwater a collection of downtrodden people-chief among them hard luck bubble dancer Camille (Jayne Mansfield), traveling salesman Ernest (Dan Dailey), bus driver Johnny Chicoy (Rick Jason) and his insecure alcoholic wife Alice (Joan Collins) embark what starts as a routine bus trip but ends up being a journey of discovery both good and bad.
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Steinback is one of those authors that have been on my rader for ages but I just never got around picking their books up.
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I looooooved IT! I almost put this on my list too!
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I definitely like the Chapter 1 better, although Chapter 2 was pretty decent it had quite a few flaws 😦
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I loved Room and Trainspotting (I’m yet to read both books though). As for It, I loved the book and hated part 1. I still haven’t bothered with part 2.
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I acutally quite enjoyed part 1 of It, but had some issues with the second one.
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Trainspotting is good, disgusting, but good and you never ever want to know these people.I will see IT one day and Room and but Room is one I do really want to see. BTW this is Birgit
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Room is soooo good but it really hurts while watching. So be sure to prepare some tissues!
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No way will I ever watch IT but The Room should be in the realm of possible 😉
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Room is such a brilliant film, I’m sure you’d like it!
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Fucking love Trainspotting. I also love The Room.
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I wish the second It movie was better but it does have the same flaws as the first one, only this time the story wasn’t as strong. The first one is so entertaining and flows much better than the second, even though the second is imho way funnier
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Agreed!
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Trainspotting – I think I actually have the book, but have yet to read it.
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