{"id":2555,"date":"2018-07-11T16:30:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T08:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/?p=2555"},"modified":"2018-07-11T18:04:07","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T10:04:07","slug":"my-favourite-three-book-to-movie-adaptations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/?p=2555","title":{"rendered":";my three favourite book-to-movie adaptations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-893 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/bookworm-things.jpg\" alt=\"bookworm things\" width=\"500\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/bookworm-things.jpg 500w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/bookworm-things-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On-screen adaptations tend to be a hit or miss with people. They either love them or they hate them. Sometimes they hate them before they even see the finished products.<\/p>\n<p>Bookworms, after all, tend to be very passionate creatures. We hold books close to our hearts, and if what ends up on screen isn&#8217;t what we imagined, well, then, we&#8217;re going to talk about it. A lot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2556 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/my-three-favourite-book-to-movie-adaptations.jpg\" alt=\"my three favourite book to movie adaptations\" width=\"500\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/my-three-favourite-book-to-movie-adaptations.jpg 500w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/my-three-favourite-book-to-movie-adaptations-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I will admit, I tend to be very critical about adaptations. I can and will watch them! But you can bet that I will be nit-picky when I break down what was done right and wrong. I&#8217;m no expert, but I have Opinions, and I am not afraid to share them.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, there are still adaptations that I adore. Some movies I can watch and remind myself that different medium mean approaching the story in a different way. Some movies I can take as a separate entity from the book it is inspired by.<\/p>\n<p>Some movies I can watch over and over again because I adore them almost as much, if not as much as, I adore the book.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2557 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/july-2-graphic-novels.jpg\" alt=\"july 2 - graphic novels\" width=\"540\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/july-2-graphic-novels.jpg 540w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/july-2-graphic-novels-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First thing to admit? I have not read the book <em>Stardust<\/em> is based on. I want to, but I haven&#8217;t been able to find a copy at the library. I will admit that I adore the movie though I&#8217;ve heard it&#8217;s quite different from the book. There&#8217;s just something about the movie that makes me want to watch it over and over and over&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>I adored <em>Matilda<\/em> as a kid. Both the book and the movie and Matilda as a character. She resonated with me so much in how much she loved reading. My extended family never quite got my bookworm tendencies but Matilda, to some extent, was the one person who did. It was great to see a bookworm at the heart of such a story. I still quote this movie, and I am definitely adding both the book and movie to my shelves for my daughter.<\/li>\n<li>I watched <em>The Princess Bride<\/em> before I read it. I loved both versions of it. It is perhaps one of the most faithful adaptations I have ever seen. It is fun and not a little ridiculous, and more than a little timeless.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2558 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/july-21-favourite-book-adaptations.jpg\" alt=\"july 21 - favourite book adaptation(s)\" width=\"540\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/july-21-favourite-book-adaptations.jpg 540w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/july-21-favourite-book-adaptations-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are other adaptations I&#8217;ve enjoyed, for sure, but none so much as these. Maybe some day in the future there will be adaptations that I enjoy as much or more, but for now, these are my favourites.<\/p>\n<p>Which adaptations have you enjoyed? Which ones do you wish you could scrub from your memory?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1143\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/signoff-300x148.jpg\" alt=\"ara\" width=\"300\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/signoff-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/signoff-768x379.jpg 768w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/signoff-1024x505.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/signoff-1200x592.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On-screen adaptations tend to be a hit or miss with people. They either love them or they hate them. Sometimes they hate them before they even see the finished products. Bookworms, after all, tend to be very passionate creatures. We hold books close to our hearts, and if what ends up on screen isn&#8217;t what we imagined, well, then, we&#8217;re going to talk about it. A lot. I will admit, I tend to be very critical about adaptations. I can and will watch them! But you can bet that I will be nit-picky when I break down what was done right and wrong. I&#8217;m no expert, but I have Opinions, and I am not afraid to share them. Of course, there are still adaptations that I adore. Some movies I can watch and remind myself that different medium mean approaching the story in a different way. Some movies I can take as a separate entity from the book it is inspired by. Some movies I can watch over and over again because I adore them almost as much, if not as much as, I adore the book. First thing to admit? I have not read the book Stardust is based on. I want to, but I haven&#8217;t been able to find a copy at the library. I will admit that I adore the movie though I&#8217;ve heard it&#8217;s quite different from the book. There&#8217;s just something about the movie that makes me want to watch it over and over and over&#8230; I adored Matilda as a kid. Both the book and the movie and Matilda as a character. She resonated with me so much in how much she loved reading. My extended family never quite got my bookworm tendencies but Matilda, to some extent, was the one person who did. It was great to see a bookworm at the heart of such a story. I still quote this movie, and I am definitely adding both the book and movie to my shelves for my daughter. I watched The Princess Bride before I read it. I loved both versions of it. It is perhaps one of the most faithful adaptations I have ever seen. It is fun and not a little ridiculous, and more than a little timeless. There are other adaptations I&#8217;ve enjoyed, for sure, but none so much as these. Maybe some day in the future there will be adaptations that I enjoy as much or more, but for now, these are my favourites. Which adaptations have you enjoyed? Which ones do you wish you could scrub from your memory?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[389,59],"class_list":["post-2555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discussion-post","tag-my-favourite-three-book-to-movie-adaptaions","tag-writings"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2555"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2571,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555\/revisions\/2571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}