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What is your favorite movie/tv show based on a book? (self.bookclub)

submitted 2 years ago by markovianparallax to c/bookclub

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Is there a movie you think really nails the book, or maybe even improves on it? Is there anything you were shocked to learn was based on a book?

My roommate recently read Jaws and he said he can't believe it was made into a movie, and I attempted to read the first book in the Dexter series and felt the same way.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

The obvious answer is The Lord of the Rings. The books are better, but the movies were probably the best you could hope for. I did like Blade Runner more than Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, though it was a very loose adaptation.

[–] Wolfiexo 1 points 2 years ago

His Dark Materials! I loooooved the books but the show is even better, cried my eyes out so many times watching.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I mean it's Game of Thrones for me. I absolutely adore that series of books, and whilst the final 10 episodes of Thrones absolutely sh*t the bed, I still adore the show, worts and all.

Only issue is that I've not read the books in a good 11 years (since the release of Dance), so a lot of my memory of them is bound to be somewhat skewed by what I witnessed in the show. I'm hoping to fix that soon with a re-read over the next year or two.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I was super glad to learn that "The Expanse" was adapted from a book series.

I love the show and it's concept of hard sci-fi. The book (I have only read "Leviathan Wakes" but have the second book lying around here) is just as good and I definitely recommend both.