Top Ten Tuesday (TTT) brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish.
You never know how a book adaptation is going to go. Sometimes, it’s a flop. (Percy Jackson, anyone?) Sometimes it’s better than the book (Jane Eyre was for me.) Sometimes you refuse to see it because you know it will ruin the books forever. (Tom Cruse as Jack Reacher? I don’t think so.)
Most of the time, I enjoy the film adaptations. They may not always follow the book perfectly, but they are fun to watch.
This week, I’ve split my top ten (eleven!) into three categories. Shall we?
Top Ten (er, eleven) Book To Movie Adaptations
…I’m Looking Forward To
- Through the Looking Glass
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- Inferno
…I Still Need to Watch
- Maleficent
- Cinderella
- The Fault in our Stars
- Perks of Being a Wallflower
…My All Time Favorites
- The Princess Bride
- The Lord of the Rings
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks
- Stand By Me
I love films. This was a tough list for me to narrow down. (Hence, the top eleven.) What did I miss? (My husband would say The Shawshank Redemption under all time favorites.) What’s up and coming that I need to watch? Comment below and link up to your TTT if you’ve got one!
Hidden Staircase 
I tend to like short stories made into movies. That way, there isn’t as much lost between page and screen. That seems to happen more with science fiction. – or maybe that is just where I pay attention! Minority Report and Paycheck both come to mind as quirky engaging stories that made the leap well.
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Yes! Stand By Me is a short story, what a great screen translation.
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I had to rack my brain to come up with 10, and you have Through the Looking Glass AND Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them, both adaptations I’m looking forward to! I missed them both. 🙂 Here’s my TTT.
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Well, I did cheat a little splitting it into three categories. 🙂
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Great idea… 😄
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I love The Perks movie! I really hope you’ll enjoy it! 🙂
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Through the Looking Glass looks like it’ll be even better than the first book! And I haven’t watched Cinderella too, although I really want to! My TTT.
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LOTR is amazing! One of my favorites ever. Maleficent was pretty good. I put the CInderella movie on my Christmas list but haven’t seen it yet. The Perks movie was great.
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks was one of my favorites growing up!! I never read the book though – oops!! I love The Fault in Our Stars movie. It really captured the book so well. I want to see Cinderella and how the live action worked. Great list!!
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I read the B&B book a few years ago and it’s one of the few that I can say I enjoy the movie better than the book. Cinderella has kicked off a huge live action craze – I forgot to add The Jungle Book and Beauty and the Beast to this list, which are coming next year I think? I really can’t wait to see Beauty – what an amazing cast!!
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Oh I love your list (as usual!) – The Princess Bride, LOTR, and Bedknobs are some of my very faves too!! And I’m so glad I’m not the only one left who still hasn’t seen maleficent or Cinderella lol. My TTT
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Thanks Carrie! Looking at another list I realized I totally forgot Sisterhood of the The Traveling Pants and the new Great Gatsby film. I haven’t seen those yet – should have had them on this list too. I read a spoiler on Maleficent, and since I know how it ends I haven’t been motivated to watch it yet.
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I still need to watch The Fault in Our Stars too! Nice list I realized that I forgot to add The Book Thief to my list this week too as I still have to read this book or watch the movie adaptation.
Here’s a link to my TTT post for this week: http://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2015/11/top-ten-tuesday-ten-book-to-movie.html
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Thanks! I don’t know if I’ll actually watch TFioS – I really need to be in a crying mood I think. 🙂
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I love the way you’ve set out your list. You’ve got some great choices too.
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Great movies on your list! There are quite a few on here that I want to watch myself. I am beyond excited for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and I really hope I end up loving it. Here’s my TTT.
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Nice list. I thought Cinderella was good, we liked it- not perfect, but not bad either. Ah, the PRincess Bride and Lord of the Rings. I’ve never read the Princess bride but the movie- just awesome. Bedknobs and Broomsticks was a favorite growing up, loved that movie.
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*cheers for the Princes Bride* I HAVE INFINITE LOVE FOR THAT MOVIE AND CAN FULLY QUOTE THE FULL THING. And omg you need to see Perks someday! It’s beautiful and sad and I think it was super faithful to the book, which is always nice. :’) Let’s just….not….talk about the Percy Jackson movie. *cringes* DID THEY EVEN READ THE BOOK? I DON’T THINK SO. Here’s my TTT!
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My boys and I quote The Princess Bride all the time! Such a great film. One of my all time favorites. I need to read the Perks book and then I’ll watch the movie. I’ve heard great things about both! And totally agree with PJ.
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I can’t wait to watch Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them! I really want to go to watch Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in theatres but it’s all sold out! 😦 You should watch Maleficent I really enjoyed it and my friends liked it too! 🙂
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She has always been my favorite Disney villain. I will watch it at some point! 🙂
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I wasn’t a fan of the other Dan Brown adaptations but I hope that Inferno will be better 😀 Happy reading/watching! https://ireadboooks.wordpress.com/2015/11/10/ten-book-to-movie-adaptations-i-want-to-watch/
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I really like Tom Hanks, so I was okay with the movies. BUT the books were definitely better.
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Great list! Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Inferno would have been on my list as well if we had trailers for them yet. I’m pretty excited for both. Oddly enough I haven’t read any of the Dan Brown books, but I loved the movie Angels and Demons.
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Thanks! Yes I loved the Dan Brown books. Da Vinci Code especially. I haven’t read Inferno yet, need to get on that before the movie comes out.
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Great list! Your favorites are all favorites of mine. Bedknobs and Broomsticks! Never gets old.
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Thanks! Yeah I love to watch Bedknobs. Angela Lansbury is so great. 🙂
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She is — and the scenes at the end with the armor coming to life get me every time!
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Fantastic list!! I still need to watch the 2 Disney movies too. 🙂
My TTT – http://wp.me/p4uAPW-22B
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I forgot about Inferno! The book was just heart-pumping and awesome! (though I must say I guessed how it would all end. Classic Dan Brown style!)
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I’m torn about Fantastic Beats and Where to Find Them. I’m sure I’ll see it, but I don’t want to be disappointed by it. I don’t want it to tarnish my love of Harry Potter.
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There are a ton of movies on this list that I still need to watch! Maleficent, Cinderella, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower just to name a few!!
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I saw Cinderella recently and it was better than I expected it to be, so now I have reason to try out Maleficent. 🙂
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I’d never seen Bedknobs and Broomsticks until my ex practically forced me to watch it. We never watched it growing up. Besides Stand By Me, I need to watch practically all of them.
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Oh, i forgot about Through the Looking Glass! I want to see that one too!
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