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Posted: Apr 26 2010 10:43 am

My favortie: The Princess Bride.

William Goldman did a great job adapting his own book into a screenplay. He removed what couldn't have been done well from the book (Such as Prince Humperdink's "Zoo"), and the movie is to this day, a classic that is loved by multiple generations.

Posted: Apr 26 2010 10:54 am

lordsathien wrote:

Adding another film, which I don't think anyone would have thought of (or possibly cared for) is Howl's Moving Castle by Hiyao Miyazaki (based on the book by Diana Wynne Jones).

i love Howls Moving Castle, but i never knew it was based on a book.

Posted: Apr 26 2010 01:49 pm

SoldierHawk wrote:

Oooh, super-props for it. Aside from the ending, the movie is awesome.

This. I heard the ending was bad but watched it anyway, I was hooked for pretty well the entire movie, and then the end lost me. I was expecting a bad ending but that was worse than what I was expecting. Now I kind of want to read the book.

I didn't read the book so I'm not sure how it compared but I really like No Country For Old Men.