(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.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Doctor Zhivago
Unbroken
Last of the Mohicans
Howards End
North and South
Pride and Prejudice
Gone With the Wind
The Great Gatsby
Out of Africa
Far From the Madding Crowd
A Tale of Two Cities
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Crucible
A Tale of Two Cities
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Crucible
I'm adding this late . . .
War & Peace
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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