Comments on: The 10 Greatest Books Adapted Into Movies

By: Scooter

Scooter — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:25:47 +0000

What about Fight club… great book made into a great movie. I second Princess Bride also.

By: Sydney

Sydney — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:08:05 +0000

My husbands computer is now inoperable because of clicking on that link.. beware!!!! I have a computer tech working on it right now and we cant trace the virus. This sucks!!!

By: Lloyd

Lloyd — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:03:46 +0000

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest is the rare case when the movie is better than the book.

By: omsfriend

omsfriend — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:52:47 +0000

Have they heard of Stanley Kubrick…?

By: Ant Dude

Ant Dude — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:08:10 +0000

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By: Merinda

Merinda — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:48:42 +0000

I just read “The Road” in anticipation of the movie coming out. Great book, though since I’d already seen the trailer I kept picturing Viggo Mortnesen as the Man, not totally a bad thing.

By: Jill

Jill — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:18:05 +0000

Question: Why does Neatorama include a site with malware warnings/problems…..Please don’t do this.

By: blahblahblah

blahblahblah — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:58:06 +0000

i second A Clockwork Orange (despite the missing final chapter).

and i second Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

two of my all time favorite books and movies. the latter being as good of an adaptation as i have ever seen. like watching the visions of my mind while reading the book projected on screen.

also, a note on Cuckoo’s Nest. i read the book after having seen the movie and i was just dumbfounded when i realized the book was told from the chief’s perspective and not R.P.’s. that aspect i think really helped in the differentiating of the two works and strengthened them both.

By: jabberjaw

jabberjaw — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:45:14 +0000

Hey, can someone post the list in the comments so I don’t have to visit the malware site and then I criticize it along with the rest of you? Thx

By: mad hatter girl

mad hatter girl — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:32:13 +0000

Night at the Museum was a good storybook adaption….. I also enjoyed Phantom of the Opera

By: Jim Brown

Jim Brown — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:09:42 +0000

I advise the opposite, watching the movie then the book. I’ve found that both are enjoyable this way. It’s like the book is some super extended special edition of the movie. When I read the book first, the movie then seems chopped, you get disappointed that such and such scene isn’t in there and why is that actor playing that character and on and on and the whole experience is diminished.

By: Skipweasel

Skipweasel — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:40:16 +0000

I’ve noticed that adapatations of children’s books lately haven’t been very successful. The Narnia series appears to have shrivvled up. Inkheart doesn’t look like it’s going to have the sequels made, likewise Northern Lights/Golden Compass.

I suspect that the kids who love the books find the films rather hollow and those who haven’t read the books can’t understand what’s going on.

By: Dr Tremendous

Dr Tremendous — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:26:48 +0000

Hey Guys,

We really apologize for those ads and we’ve spent the last month personally combing through our ad codes trying to remove them and now they’re back. I can assure you that there is no malware or virus and the ads are simply an awful re-direct ad campaign gimmick that is trying to get people to download some ridiculous anti-virus software.

Not that it makes it any better and it sucks when ad networks turn a blind eye to the ads they serve on your site and damage the brand you work hard to build. We are terminating all of our current ad networks and signing on with a new network next week that personally monitors all ads served on your site so that none of those ridiculous ads are served on Super Tremendous ever again.

Thanks for bearing with us and you’re right… A Clockwork Orange should’ve made the list.

Nathan

By: Geoduck

Geoduck — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:28:28 +0000

“To Kill A Mockingbird” was overlooked as well. I would have tossed “Wiseguy” and/or “Jurassic Park”

By: Hoople

Hoople — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:07:45 +0000

cluck and swss are correct, I got some malware alerts too. Don’t recommend going to link.

By: Jen Hunter

Jen Hunter — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:50:59 +0000

I was sad not to see The Princess Bride. It’s one of my favorite movies, and it was quite true to the book (as true as it could be, given the time constraints).

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:17:34 +0000

Yup, I just spent 45 minutes soothing my machine’s security drones. Super Tremendous has done something like that before as well.

By: swss

swss — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:50:23 +0000

I can’t recommend the link – it tried to download some sort of software when I got there. Lame.

By: Dr.Gonzo

Dr.Gonzo — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:19:40 +0000

@ OddNumber,

Sadly yes and so is Michael Christon (SP)?

He is Dust in the Wind but least not in SPACE…

By: OddNumber

OddNumber — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:14:40 +0000

I hate to admit it, but Jurassic Park is the only book I have read from the list. The book was definitely better.

By: Dr.Gonzo

Dr.Gonzo — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:11:26 +0000

… What about Fear and loathing in Las Vegas!!!!

Hunter is… Gone in SPACE.

Why, O! Why.

By: Cluck

Cluck — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:05:27 +0000

The link provided sent off warnings from my security software that the site is a known location of serious mal software.

All be very careful when visiting.

By: brayden

brayden — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:03:10 +0000

This post gets a hueg FAIL for not mentioning A Clockwork Orange, one of the best books/movies ever.