Okay, not film exactly this week, but a TV adaptation – same diff! I’ve been catching up on television lately, which means I’ve only just got round to the BBC’s recent adaptation of Apple Tree Yard. (If you haven’t seen it yet, you can buy the box set, HERE). Apple Tree Yard was a five…
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BOOK VERSUS FILM: Check Out This Cool Interactive Graphic!
What’s better: The Book or The Movie? Have you ever gone to the cinema filled with anticipation to see the movie adaptation of your favourite book, only to be bitterly disappointed? Or, after watching, did you think the film was much better than the book? Well, Vouchercloud has analysed 2,275 books turned movies, and created…
Continue ReadingBOOK VERSUS FILM: Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children
I loved Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children when we took the kids to see it; so much so that I rushed out to buy the book to enjoy the original story. There were, of course, many changes made during the adaptation to film but, I hear you cry, which is best? Book or Film?…
Continue ReadingINFOGRAPHIC: 32 Differences Between Children’s Books And Their Movies
Since I’m both an author and a script editor, I find TV and movie adaptations absolutely fascinating. It seems everyone else does too – because the ‘Book Versus Film‘ feature on this blog is one of the most popular! Normally we’d only be able to cover one property from book to film, but this fabulous infographic…
Continue ReadingBOOK VERSUS FILM: Story Of Your Life AKA Arrival
Story of Your Life Versus Arrival ARRIVAL is written by veteran Hollywood scribe Eric Heisserer and directed by director of the moment, Denis Villeneuve (Sicario, Prisoners). It’s adapted from the short novella, Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang. Warning – SPOILERS!!! Do not read on if spoilers bother you The Book Ted Chiang’s stories…
Continue ReadingBOOK VERSUS FILM: An Epic Study of FIGHT CLUB
Fight Club is an interesting and unusual example in the book versus film debate. Here is a cult novel that received an incredibly faithful, big-budget adaptation. The movie version then underperformed at the Box Office but found a following through home entertainment. Chuck Palahniuk is on record as applauding the adaptation, particularly the way it…
Continue ReadingBOOK VERSUS FILM: I Am Legend Showdown
I first read I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson, when I was in my late teens and I thought it was brilliant. At the time of reading, and I think this is important to keep in mind, I was coming off the back of Isaac Asimov and Philip K. Dick, Robert Heinlein and Kurt Vonnegut,…
Continue ReadingBOOK VERSUS FILM: Fahrenheit 451 – 5 Ways The Book Is Better
Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, was the first Dystopian novel I ever read. I was fascinated with the world Bradbury created, the idea that Firemen set fires to control the populace and that books were ILLEGAL was bizarre but fascinating. It opened my eyes to the control that government systems force upon society, plus that society…
Continue ReadingBOOK VERSUS FILM: Which Is The Greater Gatsby?
Warning: the following article contains spoilers. And alcohol. Drink responsibly! When The Great Gatsby was published in 1925, it did what any self-respecting classic does: it bombed. Today it has a claim for the title of Great American Novel. Hollywood, bless ‘em, saw its potential early, and Gatsby’s been made to suffer for our entertainment…
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The Book Versus Film section on this blog is one of the most popular features – so far we’ve had the likes of dystopian YA classics like Divergent, The Maze Runner and The Hunger Games, not to mention Stephen King’s Misery. Plenty more where that came from, too! So this infographic showing people’s perceptions of…
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