Revisited Stories: The Movie Editions

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Some movies based on books may not be as great as the books on which they are based but they still make good movies that are enjoyable and manage to capture at least some essence of the book (Scott Pilgrim). Some movies based on books are disappointing because they miss the point and/or destroy the plot arch so that the plot in the book sequels would no longer make sense (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief) or just suck in general (choke *Twilight* cough… eh- hem, sorry).

There are a few movie/book pairs that I like equally for assorted reasons (Gone with the Wind for example because I think they are both masterpieces in their own right). Then some movies that claim to be based on a book you wouldn’t have known if they hadn’t kept the same title and a few characters with the same name (Blood and Chocolate). But, though few, there are movies I liked better than the books on which they’re based (God protect me and forgive the sacrilege).

Truthfully, I spend far more time in front of a television/movie screen than is healthy for one person to spend, but I love looking for (sort of) modern day (or not so modern day) archetypes and retellings in television and film. I’m sure that this is related to my love of “twists on a tale” and “characters reinvented”. At any rate, I intend to take a few posts to examine just a few book/movie pairs that strike me for whatever reason I feel like at that particular moment.