Monday, 3 September 2012

The Best Movies Adapted From Books/Novels

 The best Movies adapted from Books and Novels
JOHN CARTER
John Carter is a science fiction movie that tells a story about the adventures of John Carter on Mars.It's based on the book"A Princess of Mars"(Available for free download on Wattpad). The book dwells in details on John carter's experiences on mars(Barsoom), where he fights the fearless and emotionless four-armed giant warriors called 'Tharks' and where he later falls in love with the Princess of Helium"Dejah Thoris". John Carter dies several times in the book as opposed to the movie, and He is said to have lived many years without aging a day.There is a second sequel to Book called "Gods of Mars", where Carter fights with flesh eating Mars gods called 'Therns' (also available for free download on wattpad)
The Movie John Carter is directed/written by Andrew Stanton whose previous works include: Finding Nemo (2003) and WALL-E (2008).

 BOURNE
The Bourne movies are a series of action/thriller spy movies based on the character Jason Bourne,who's a former CIA assassin suffering from extreme memory loss. The Movies are based on the Bourne Novels written by Robert Ludlum. All of the 3 Ludlum novels were adapted to movies, each featuring Matt Damon as the Jason Bourne character. The first Bourne Novel "Bourne identity" is Available for free download on wattpad. The Bourne movies include: The Bourne Identity (2002),  The Bourne Supremacy (2004),The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) and  The Bourne Legacy (2012).
Other Stars who were considered to take the role of Jason Bourne include:Russell Crowe and Sylvester Stallone.

THE HUNGER GAMES
The Hunger Games is a science fiction film directed by Gary Ross and is based on the novel by the same name written by Suzanne Collins. The Movie stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, and Donald Sutherland. According to the Hunger games producers, the last book Mockingjay, will be broken into Two movies.

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA
The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of films based on The Chronicles of Narnia novels written by C. S. Lewis. ...so far 3 novels have been adapted to movies, they include: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), Prince Caspian(2008) and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010). The movies are Set in the fictional realm of Narnia which is a fantasy world of magic with mythical creatures and talking animals.Books (yet to be adapted to movies) include;The Silver Chair (1953),The Horse and His Boy (1954),The Magician's Nephew (1955) and The Last Battle (1956).

SHERLOCK HOLMES
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Its about a London-based "consulting detective" whose abilities border on  his astute logical reasoning, his ability to adopt almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve difficult cases.The Sherlock Holmes books include: The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes 1927,The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes,. The Return of Sherlock Holmes, His Last Bow.(Some of the books are available for free download on wattpad and 4share.com)
The Movies stars Robert Downey Jr as Holmes and Jude Law as Dr.Watson.

THE TWILIGHT SAGA
The Twilight Saga is a series of five fantasy films based on the four Twilight series novels by the American author Stephenie Meyer.The Twilight saga series was adapted from the Novel "Twilight" which is a vampire-romance novel written by Stephenie Meyer.The novel is followed by other Meyer Twilight books_ New Moon,Twilight Eclipse and Breaking Dawn, which were all adapted to movies with Breaking Dawn Being Broken into  2parts.All the Twilight Movies star the teenage hearthrob Robert Pattinson as Edward and his lover(Now separated) Kristen Stewart _who is well Known for her unreadable pale face and coy lips.{In recent news, Kristen's parents are filing for divorce after 27 years of marriage}
 
Other Top movies based on books include: The Notebook, Lord of the Rings, Merlin/King arthur movies,The silence of the lambs, Bond  007 movies, No country for oldmen, Scarface, The GODFATHER,3.10 to YUMA, Children of Men, The Thing, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory.

[Information sources: Wikipedia and Imdb ]