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A Just One Daughter wonders what the greatest book to become a move pairing might be? An obvious candidate would be Gone With The Wind, but other book/movies are strong contenders. An example of a non-candidate would be "Casablanca", which was based on a play that no one saw or cares about.

And for the process geeks, one might argue about what metrics could be employed to deliver an "objective" ranking. Clearly this is a question for the FiveThirtyEight crew.

Comments

[hrtshpdbox]

First. Jeb!

[maryrose]

Harry Potter movies close to the books and just how I imagined it

[maryrose]

Any movie Spencer Tracy was in

[maryrose]

The Killing Fields

[maryrose]

My son says The Godfather

[maryrose]

My daughter says The Wizard of Oz. The Crucible. Jane Eyre

[maryrose]

Son also Likes Goodfellas

[hrtshpdbox]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Clockwork Orange, The Godfather, To Kill a Mockingbird, Doctor Zhivago.

[maryrose]

Well I am having fun with this post
What is the record for most consecutive posts

[maryrose]

2001 A Space Odyssey

[hrtshpdbox]

Probably not six.

[maryrose]

Come on people Everybody Now. Ragtime

[maryrose]

A Place in the Sun

[Pepé Le Pew]

do comic books or graphic novels count?

[henry]

Dr No.

[narciso]

interesting about 2001, the novelization, included
much background about dr. floyd and other characters, that made the story make more sense,

[maryrose]

Dad says Tale of Two Cities and Les Miserables Three Musketeers

[maryrose]

Exodus

[Threadkiller]

The Odyssey / Oh Brother, Where Art Thou

:-/

[daddy]

Is every post on this thread going to be only 1 sentence long?

[maryrose]

The Christmas Carol. Nicholas Nickleby Little Women Great Expectations
Wuthering Heights
Come on you slackers I am posting on two threads

[maryrose]

Narciso
Thank you I wondered why that movie always left me a bit confused

[daddy]

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[maryrose]

No daddy
You can expand on your choice

[narciso]

kubrick went for the visual presentation, which belied some of the characterization,

[daddy]

.

[Pepé Le Pew]

Constantine based on the comic Hellblazer (although the character predates the Hellblazer title by a few years).

[narciso]

that's another film, where Ridley Scott by choosing the future noir, redeemed what would probably be an unfilmable script.

[maryrose]

Hubby says Ben Hur

[rich@gmu]

damn it.

[rich@gmu]

Posted by: narciso | August 22, 2015 at 08:13 PM

which film?

[maryrose]

Narciso
Character development is a key factor for me

[narciso]

blade runner, the original was set in a post atomic wasteland, hence the artificial animals,

[maryrose]

Thread choice
Trash Hillary or
Talk about Movies
Decisions Decisions...

[daddy]

Hubby says Ben Hur

Hubby's smart:)

[maryrose]

TM
Thank you for bringing my family together on this lovely Saturday night
We are all movie buffs who also love reading

[narciso]

no cleopatra, which I imagine was derived from plutarch, was interminable, to the dissapointment of the studio,

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Seems to me the controlling phrase is "greatest book" which would seem to eliminate about 90% of the suggestions so far.

[hrtshpdbox]

"Greatest book to become a movie" is the operative phrase. I think the ones I chose were all great books. It's interesting to look at it another way, too - which movies are far, far greater than their source novel? There I'd pick Barry Lyndon and
The Shining (in fact, Kubrick was usually miles ahead of the authors he "reworked").

[rich@gmu]

yeah I was thinking the same thing ... did Bugs ever star in a Loony Tunes based on a book ...

[narciso]

Mick Farris reasonably adapted Steven King's the Stand, a sprawling tale of apocalypse,

[maryrose]

hrtshbox
My daughter yelled out The Shinig
Iggy
What book/movie would you suggest

[Janet]

"Greatest book to become a movie" is the operative phrase.

Good books to movies...True Grit, Hunger Games, Never Let Me Go

[sbwaters]

I keep coming back to “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

But that is because I see it as a great read, entertaining, beautifully acted and filmed, taking the measure of a generation, and informing the next gen.

Others were entertaining.

[maryrose]

Greatest book is in the eye of the beholder

[hrtshpdbox]

"..did Bugs ever star in a Loony Tunes based on a book ..."

You bet!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbitson_Crusoe

[rich@gmu]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2o5y7d_bugs-bunny-rabbit-of-seville_shortfilms

i'm missing the point of the thread.

[Moby Dick.]

Heh, 'Kim'.

[Janet]

The Black Stallion

[narciso]

yes, the hunger games, all through out, have been well adapted, they telescoped something from the first books into the next,

[Rick Ballard]

Moby Dick and Anna Karenina come to mind, as does Dr. Zhivago.

[rich@gmu]

hrtshpdbox for the win!

[maryrose]

Rich
Just name a favorite book that was made into a movie
I have liked Pride and Prejudice
Also Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn but the movies were so so

[daddy]

Good choice, SBW.

[maryrose]

National Velvet and How Green Was my Valley

[daddy]

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[DebinNC]

The two Anne of Green Gables mini-series with Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, and Richard Farnsworth have a special place in our family.

[daddy]

This entire thread is going to become moot of course as soon as Jame's D's 1st Novel hits the big screen:

[narciso]

making the ring cycle much more accesible,

http://www.spike.com/video-clips/i8ftl4/whats-opera-doc

[DebinNC]

All the Poirot episodes with David Suchet.

The early seasons of All Creatures Great and Small when James Herriott was single.

[henry]

Well if you go multiple books into one movie, "Master and Commander" should be a JOM special award winner.

[daddy]

And now if you'll excuse me, I have a date with Larry Kudlow.

[maryrose]

Henry
I was waiting for someone to post that one
Deb in NC
I have the Anne of Green Gables Mini series of tape and CD
The TV show Avonlea was great to watch with the kids when they came home from school

[maryrose]

daddy
I love Woody Allen movies

[Wm. Tyroler]

The Searchers (1954 Alan Le May novel; 1956 John Ford movie).

[Jane on Ipad]

American Sniper. (Was it a book?)

I'm so sick of Trump

[narciso]

yes, it was I guess we were thinking classics, and
Eastwood rather faithfully adapted it, there were some quibbles,

[James D.]

Thanks, daddy! Here's hoping!

[rich@gmu]

Posted by: Jane on Ipad | August 22, 2015 at 09:23 PM

we ought to try to make this a No Trump Zone!

D'oh.

[rich@gmu]

so Janet and JamesD and FTL want to get together for coffee tomorrow afternoon. thinking a bit later say around 2PM or so and we can make it over in Arlington.

[James D.]

Rich, not sure. Church & grocery store for Mom are on the schedule for tomorrow.

[Miss Marple]

Everyone has already contribvupted movies I could suggest, so I am heading toy bed.

Nytol!

[Janet]

I'll meet you Rich! 2 is good. I want to give you that surprise...it's kinda cool. :)

[rich@gmu]

thanks, I'll give you a call when I'm heading that way.

[Janet]

Excellent!
The surprise isn't a Gadsden flag...everyone is probably sick of me handing out Gadsden flag stuff. Hah! Those flags are part of my tea-vangelism ministry.

[rich@gmu]

hahahahaha can't wait.

[Sandy "I stand with Walker - 2016" Daze]

The Heart of Darkness, and a short film by Coppola...

[boatbuilder]

Does "Lonesome Dove" count?

[Threadkiller]

The Rebel Outlaw:Josey Wales/Gone to Texas/The Outlaw Josey Wales

[clarice]

I'm back--relaxing time in Glacier Park. No column tomorrow.. XOXO

[narciso]

lol, Sandy, Apocalypse was a little long winded,

[Centralcal on iPad]

OMG. When does maryrose ever find time for JOM with all her books and movies?

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Iggy
What book/movie would you suggest--

The Ten Commandments comes to mind.
It was a TV movie, but Jesus of Nazareth.
I know it wasn't authored by Margaret Mitchell or AC Clarke but is there a greater source book?

[narciso]

point taken, reliance on the text is key, otherwise you end up with Exodus or Noah

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Gad, that picture of Grace Jones at Drudge is making me second guess my libertarian leanings.

[Leadandgold_cdh]

Maltese Falcon
Longest Day
Day of the Jackal

Decent movies. Each book defined a new genre

[narciso]

yikes what is that carbon freezing,

[henry]

Thanks Iggy. Now I can't sleep.

[narciso]

'the horror, the horror'

[Janet]

Years ago when we lived in DC there was a old guy with his pants pulled down at the exit from the subway.
Nobody cared. We all just walked past him. One person said, "Put your pants on" in a bored voice.

It was kinda funny really.

Put your shirt on, Grace.

[Janet]

How stupid are the reporters?

"Ageless: She showed impressive form when she arrived on stage barefoot and topless"

"Memorable: She delivered a suitably memorably festival performance on the day"

"Her form was particularly impressive at 67 and she looked confident with her super-toned limbs on show."

[narciso]

it's like the reviewers for that occupy muddle, mr, robot, agonizing dreck, which sneakers did better 23 years ago,

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

To help henry sleep.

[GUS]

Iggy, I KNOW HENRY, that pic won't help him sleep, it will KEEP HIM UP.

Hehehehehehehehee.

[GUS]

Henry, I saw TED today. Ted of shaven Head.

Hey that rhymes. We chatted about you for a minute or 2. ANOTHER RHYME.

He told me to say HELLO.

Hello!!!

[henry]

Gus, has he taken up tootsie rolls yet? I think that's his destiny.

[narciso]

haven't seen the latest hitman film,

[GUS]

Tootsie Pops!!! Who loves ya Baby!!!!!

Btw. Ted thinks very highly of you Henry. He's a good dude. And he's right about you.
I enjoy his company.

[GUS]

Henry, Jeff/Hit, shared the Cheap Trick video.

!!!!!

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

I was wondering about Lonesome Dove too, bb. I think it was significant that McMurtrey was on the set for it and I don't think a movie has ever been better cast than that one. Every portrayal of a character was pitch perfect.