BEST OF ALL TIME
This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time.By far the best movie book adaptation of all time is without a doubt, Fight Club. Not only does it have Brad Pitt but the messages and originality of the movie and book make it the best of all time. The rest of the list follows 2. Dexter 3. Shutter Island 4. Its Kind of a Funny Story 5. Inception. I found These movies to be all amazing adaptations and also individually well done because of idea, presentation, casting, and the emotions they make you feel.I think first of all what makes the adaptation good is the casting, you have to already assume the book is an original idea, for example, any movie with Brad Pitt is a good movie. Solid lead roles that are on par with the book or better make amazing movies. When you think of a movie you think of that person so for most people Fight Club you think Brad Pitt, Shutter Island you think DiCaprio etc. On the other hand though you can have books like Dexter or Game of Thrones that are better suited for T.V because of time restraints or the stories are just better told that way. I suppose though that most reasons why someone likes something is because they tend to sway towards certain genres anyways. A serial killer that only kills bad people with a morbid thriller feel to it sounds like a good show to me. I think that is the genre I sway towards, thrillers that really make you think about things in a different way. Shutter Island blew my freakin mind, the plot twists and the final result of those twists just, man, blew my mind. Not going to spoil anything but, the last line of the movie describes it perfectly. "I'd rather die a hero than live as a monster", then walks off with nurses.....Pfft what?!? Awesome, the same could be said with Inception, the idea on top with plot twists and an amazing lead actor just makes for an amazing movie, although I don't think it was a book first. The other thing that is also very important in making good adaptations is using perspectives in movies that you can't in books that give you more emotion and can make you understand what is happening better/more artistically. The movie It's Kind of a Funny Store is one of those movies where the movie was better because characters and perspective that weren't in the book made the already good story, better.
I agree that casting is a huge part of what makes a movie a good or bad adaptation. A great cast is what will attract audiences and I completely agree that any movie with Brad Pitt is a good movie!
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