(All of) My Favorite Films From Books
Warning: I am not a movie person, and my exposure to film is very limited; but I assure you that what I listed here, I love - sometimes even more than the book.
Doctor Zhivago
Howards End
North and South
Pride and Prejudice
The Great Gatsby
Out of Africa
Such great choices!! I've seen a lot of these. I love that adaptation of the tale of two cities too. (Sorry for the lowercase. On my phone at school and too tedious to fix it.) :) x
ReplyDeleteAs I've been looking at other blog posts on this topic, I see I left off a lot of other films that I did like. I guess I have watched more than I originally thought.
DeleteOoh, I seriously need to watch The Scarlet Pimpernel again. Love that movie!!
ReplyDeleteMe, too. But I keep telling myself that I need to read the book. Duh! I heard the book is even better than the movie.
DeleteI definitely agree with you on TKaM and GwtW. I'm not a fan of that Gatsby version, or P&P. I prefer the A&E versions of both. P&P with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle is especially good. I needed a good recommendation for ATo2C, so thanks. A few other of your recs I haven't seen either...but I need to read the books first.
ReplyDeleteLast I saw, you could watch ATo2C on Youtube for free. But that may have changed.
DeleteI believe I have watched only 4 out of your list. But I have definitely heard good stuff about the others! If I were still into movie-watching, I really think I'd have liked to give them a go too! The Great Gatsby was probably one of the last movies I watched. So well done! My husband was quite floored by it.
ReplyDeleteGreat list! North and South is such a wonderful adaptation, I think they did a fantastic job adapting Gaskell.
ReplyDeleteAgree wholeheartedly.
DeleteMy major motivation for starting a War and Peace read is so I can see that Hepburn movie!
ReplyDeleteOh, yes. Such a wonderful adaptation of the movie. But the novel is pretty awesome, too.
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