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[@nyelbaig]

Why do you sound drunk at the beginning of the video

[@jhonjay11]

Wheres star wars?

[@wyattleske7487]

@@jhonjay11 Not an adaptation. Marvelous. Brilliant. But not an ADAPTATION.

[@dragoncat3499]

*puts Narnia in D, hesitates on Eragon* Me: *inwardly screaming*

[@lilithmotherofmonsters6055]

Hesitating with dragon was enough to get me riled up. That adaptation is one of the greatest betrayals I've experienced

[@timothylueth5700]

They somehow managed to make an adaption even worse than the books I'd say it was impressive

[@JJMB27]

@@timothylueth5700 The books aren't genious, maybe mediocre. The movie is an abomination.

[@timothylueth5700]

@@JJMB27 I meant the books were terrible and the movie was worse lol

[@il6315]

@@timothylueth5700 I wouldn't call it terrible. It's just star wars in middle Earth. At the end of the day it's just kind of inoffensive.

[@GraveFable25]

Game of Thrones is clearly S tear, too bad they stopped at season 5 and didnt finish it though...

[@matthewc5747]

Denial of it's eventual downfall.

[@GraveFable25]

@@matthewc5747 I have no idea of what you're talking about.

[@HAngeli]

ahahahahaha indeed

[@anaiglesias9972]

You are wrong, they stop at season 4. It is such shame.

[@hamzaorakzai3490]

Yeah it was kind of weird that battle at Hardhome was lit. Was looking forward to the Night King wreaking more havoc. Wonder what happened to him.

[@reubenorange7660]

"Every moment in LOTR is beautiful". *Imagines Denethor monching tomatoes*

[@ninaniles3184]

That’s one of my favorite scenes, our good hobbit boy is singing, and it cuts to his riders going to their certain death… the red can symbolize the fact he is the cause of his riders being bloodied, then cut… silence, red tomato juice on Denethors hands I loved that scene bruh

[@starwarsfan729]

@@ninaniles3184 he isn’t saying it’s bad, he’s saying it’s a bit disgusting.

[@altoguy16499]

Ah Percy Jackson and Eregon. I've seen fun things about these adaptations. For Eragon, I saw recently an ask reddit thread about worst movie of all time and Christopher Paolini showed up on a comment mentioning Eragon going "yeah....yea..." or something along those lines. And for percy jackson, theres a letter or email that Rick Riordan sent to the movie makers going "uhh guys. This isnt good. I can help fix this, but you're not making anything good here." Both authors knew the movies would be bad at the script phase and they were forced to watch the train wrecks happen.

[@IcoKirov]

no adaptation is worse than Dragonball Evolution.

[@august4471]

But hey, during december Rick Riordan had meetings with disney executives asking for another adaptation! Im hope they do it as an animation series, kinda Avatar TLoA/TLoK

[@supremeleadersmeagol6345]

What Eragon movie? There is no Eragon movie.

[@therandom58]

Suncho Dragon Ball Evolution never happened

[@reneaclark7689]

Both of these are case and point to why authors need a strong voice in adaptations of their work. Otherwise, you get complete smut that hurts the genre. Especially in fantasy IMHO.

[@sheyslibrary]

The fact that Eragon and the Chronicles of Narnia ended up in the same tier makes me cry. Narnia is iconic imo and deserves an A tier (only bc of it not sticking to the source material in some areas

[@MrGameControler]

I know this list is subjective but there's no way the Narnia movies are D tier, more like B or C

[@meris8486]

Yeah he may not like them but they are quite faithful

[@emersonlee5146]

Yeah even if you don't care for the books the Battle of Beruna is easily one of the best shot battle sequences ever. The score is epic and the epicness of the scene imo rivals what we seen in LOTR.

[@meris8486]

@@emersonlee5146 It's pretty cool I like how both sides have plenty of animals which makes it more dynamic as that's not something you see usually. But overall it's a bit generic, I prefer the fight in Prince Caspian

[@katsimon1252]

@@emersonlee5146 🤨 rivals LOTR?

[@emilymcculloch7745]

Harry Potter movies: A tier adaptation A Very Potter Musical: S tier adaptation

[@bryanbaker6040]

The Princess Bride is actually the only example I can think of where the movie was better than the book.

[@anaiglesias9972]

The Godfather is another one.

[@eo6435]

The bible

[@leonmayne797]

The bible has very few good adaptations in my opinion.

[@Omega-fb9ji]

Stardust movie was much better than the book.

[@SJPace1776]

Fight Club, even the author thought the film was better.

[@lorechief6365]

Am I the only one who loves the Narnia movies? I mean their far from perfect, but I would put them in B tier

[@yinnyonline]

dude i absolutely love the first movie. it's not perfect and it's not groundbreaking but man if it isnt just a solid, well-made, comfy movie

[@hayleybartek8643]

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is B tier. The ones after that were disappointing. Not as infuriating as Eragon, though.

[@JJMB27]

They are solid adaptations.

[@Jay-of9py]

I loved the both The Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe, and Prince Caspian the movie but Dawn Trader wasn't that good the book was better. To me I give it an A.

[@kavanpuranik98]

Same, I loved the first movie. Prince Caspian was eh. The voyage was kinda nice

[@HeyMarysh]

For Harry Potter: You can dislike the source material, but you can’t deny a good adaptation. For Narnia: Eff it, D. Haha from what I remember, The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe at the very least was a faithful adaptation

[@brendan9868]

HeyMarysh I’ve never read Narnia books, but I gotta say those movies were pretty weak imo

[@Jegfil]

​@@brendan9868 But 'D' (the lowest rating) is a little bit too low IMO

[@theflickchick9850]

1st Narnia is an awesome adaptation because, in my opinion, it doesn’t cut out the Christian allegory and that’s what keeps it afloat...unlike “A Wrinkle In Time”.

[@TLhikan]

Daniel, I like your content and appreciate you as a creator but every time you talk about Narnia it makes my soul hurt.

[@kacperszafranski2983]

Tru.

[@VicRibeiro777]

Yeah, not just talk, talk about it in such a dismissive way. That is what hurts the most. The series has its flaws, it is def more geared towards children, and that is fine. Certain themes are very on your nose, but it was for children, for crying out loud... I don't get the hate people throw at it (Looking at you mr Greene, you are usually much more objective).

[@Law-of-EnTropy]

@@VicRibeiro777 being a Tolkien's fan, it's understandable why Daniel doesn't like Narnia. There was once a debate between Tolkien and Lewis about what stories should tell. For Lewis, it should teach a lesson. For Tolkien, it is to let the story tell itself to its readers. And I think that's why Daniel doesn't like Narnia. He mentions from time to time that Narnia is just a bit too allegorical for him. Honestly, I don't see this as dismissiveness. He explained himself a lot about Narnia before this video, and usually when you do that, you get tired of explaining and just go on your day.

[@galacticjoey6350]

Agreed. Daniel is the man and is spot on with everything. We only disagree on Narnia and dune. Give them a second chance daniel u won't regret it !

[@coryhartley6135]

When does he talk about Narnia? Like what videos? I’m curious cause I haven’t seen his take on it

[@BigfootBryce]

"when you offend Tolkien..." Me: *Furiously nods head in agreement*

[@masterprocrastinator225]

I don't like Narnia either, but the adaptation was pretty spot on. It deserves an A/high B

[@coffeedude]

@Domagoj Čović chill

[@cybersketcher1130]

I enjoy the writing style. But yeah, it's pretty lame for an adult.

[@dv4975]

The first one is good

[@carlwilliams9642]

Me: Oh how nice, a tier list based on faithfulness of the adaptation Daniel: Slaps Narnia in D tier with no thought or explanation other than "I don't like it." Me: Eh, what do I know?

[@Mhidraum]

Lost in Adaptation by Dominic Noble does that really well. He talks about what the adaptation included, what it changed, and what was left out. I also love History Buffs for accuracy in historical movies (his reviews of Mel Gibson movies are hilarious).

[@carlwilliams9642]

@@Mhidraum I wasn't expecting an in depth analysis of adaptation faithfulness with it being a tier list and all but, silly me, also wasn't expecting personal biases to play such a prominent roll in the vid. Also, as Narnia fan and as someone who appreciates the Christian themes of Narnia, It's a little depressing and tiresome that Daniel doesn't give Narnia the time of day. The other films in D tier, he at least gave an explanation as to why he put it there but with Narnia it was like, "lets put you here where you belong and move on". BTW, I love History Buffs and I have seen the Lost in Adaptation video about Narnia.

[@burner27]

@@Mhidraum yes! So great!

[@supremeleadersmeagol6345]

I know. It’s such BS. They’re still good adaptations and they are pretty much universally beloved books. Like they are legitimately great.

[@carlwilliams9642]

@@supremeleadersmeagol6345 I thought Lion, Witch, Wardrobe was a really good adaptation. Prince Caspian took some liberties to try and compensate for the non linear narrative of the book. And personally I thought Voyage of the Dawn Treader was a garbage adaptation.

[@supremeleadersmeagol6345]

I love Narnia. Damn that really hurts. Like even if you don’t like the source material, still a well made movie and a good adaptation for the first two. I really hate how you hesitated for c for the Eragon movie (which doesn’t exist) but immediately went to d for Narnia. Damn. D is really too harsh. I loved those books.

[@studentfromalaska]

Supreme Leader Smeagol +1 for name and comment

[@LordMangudai]

I guess it depends on whether you are judging them as movies or as adaptations, and I think Daniel is mostly judging them simply as movies. The Narnia films are decent adaptations (the first two anyway), but if Daniel doesn't care much for the story in the first place, that's not exactly going to help.

[@omkargurav8992]

@@LordMangudai Then maybe dan shouldn't have included narnia in the list instead of just tossing it in D without any thought.

[@ibrahimassem8563]

The Lord of The Rings should be in a tier of its own like S+ tier

[@bruh3128]

Lotr sucks

[@shawn6745]

@@bruh3128 If you have awful taste

[@bruh3128]

@@shawn6745 if I had an awful taste I would love lotr

[@shawn6745]

@@bruh3128 you have a video saying LOTR is one of the top films..are you just a troll or something?

[@bruh3128]

@@shawn6745 I made on lost based on what people think. Hypocrite

[@CarlosRosales-ds8xn]

With Game of Thrones you should have judged its adaptations of the five books not D&D fan fiction S7 and S8.

[@noroxtaere1816]

they only really adapted 3 books, it went downhill fast starting with season 5

[@Grimscribe732]

@@noroxtaere1816 Yep, agreed. After Season 4 the only good parts of the show were standout episodes like The Door and Battle of the Bastards. The characters all fell flat and D&D shoehorned one cheap Hollywood cliché into the show after another. S5's cringey Dorne scenes and S8 as a whole being the worst offenders.

[@pretendtheresaname9213]

S5-S8* Is pure garbage.

[@ReallyGoodandKind]

We do not kneel

[@supershinigami1]

and seasons 5 and 6

[@TonberryV]

No love for Stardust? I thought it would make a high B or a solid low-mid A. Wonderful adaptation of Gaiman's work.

[@Ialliac]

Gaiman's Stardust felt like a novel that Gaiman just got tired of writing one day. I really liked the movie because it felt like a complete story...not the whole "Hey, how's the leg? Wanna stay off it while plot-lines get coincidently resolved around us?"* Liked the movie, but maybe its not the best adaptation...to be a faithful adaptation of Gaiman's Stardust, 2/3 of the way into the movie, the film crew needs to start breaking down the sets...then roll credits.** *btw, its been like 10+ years since I read Stardust, so this is kinda how I remember the ending **still bitter

[@TonberryV]

@@Ialliac Oh, the ending of the book was a solid "meh" on a good day for sure. His endings are the bitter pill that remind me not to fanboy too hard. They always kinda leave off in a way that's not satisfying. Looking at you American Gods...

[@ladylizcreates7719]

And American gods

[@mancubwwa]

@@TonberryV Neverwhere has an excellent ending And Anansi Boys is pretty solid. But with others I must agree.

[@ChristmasLore]

And The Last Unicorn!

[@thatbadmuthafucka2626]

After I realized how much stuff was being left out, the Harry Potter movies moved lower for me. I would put them at an A at the highest. I like most of your other rankings but I would rather watch the Narnia movies than that awful Dungeons and Dragons movie.

[@DeeSnow97]

Agreed. Lifelong Harry Potter fan here, and I wouldn't put the movies higher than A. Wouldn't put them lower either, they're good movies, they do their job, the visual design they added to Harry Potter is just incredible, but they aren't perfect, and wouldn't put them next to Lord of the Rings.

[@125Epsilon]

I would have bumped Harry Potter down to A solely for how they handled Ron’s character!

[@elliemoon88]

Same. I'm a hardcore Potterhead who hated the movies lol. I also like Narnia a lot. :)

[@sawyer7973]

The child acting was just too... Child actingish

[@mr.teekanee9750]

@@DeeSnow97 Exactly. Visual representation of HP can't get any better. I grew up on these movies and then read the books which are much much better than already very good movies but when I read the book I see the actors and I don't complain.

[@gardenhead92]

S - Sexy tier A - awesome tier B - blah tier C - c'mon... tier D - disgrace tier

[@sigfrednavasquez5632]

6:49 "Oh my beautiful sweet summerchild. Uhmm sweet baby little angel" This was better than all of those throwing book sounds.

[@filipstellberg8280]

Having seen the LotR Trilogy recently (all Extended Editions), I think that might deserve a tier of its own.

[@christopherlucas9118]

watch it now in 4k eye candy good sir

[@Mistborn_San]

God dang Beowulf brings back so many uncanny memories... Edit Also, I think the witcher sits fine at B at the moment, it had problems but it also showed a lot of promise.

[@Jeneric81]

San A better Beowulf adaptation is the 13th Warrior, one of my top guilty pleasures.

[@Mistborn_San]

@@Jeneric81 Thanks for letting me know, I'll deffo check it out!

[@MrEgorXXX]

For me as a witcher fan it was painfull to watch adaptation(

[@BartasRapowanie]

When you said you can dislike HP but it’s a good adaptation my mind just went: WTF? Same should apply to narnia? You should judge the quality of adaptation not if you liked the movie lol (This is coming btw from a guy who dislikes both Narnia and HP, just seems unfair)

[@FadiAntwan]

I woulda thrown hands with Daniel if he put LOTR any lower than S. :P Narnia deserved better though. The first one is really charming.

[@runningcommentary2125]

Philip Pullman would be furious to see an adaptation of his work put in the same tier as Narnia.

[@ballisticbread]

Am I the only narnia fan that likes the first movie?

[@aliciasorenson3807]

I love it!

[@joannaholden943]

Loved the movies! Watch them regularly for writing inspiration. The snowy scenes and the great acting by four young and inexperienced actors. It's such a fun escape from real life!

[@Sofia-ne1tl]

as an adaptation, harry potter should get a B at the highest. changing the principal caracters, missing very important plots...

[@robertdullnig3625]

I'd say A or B as well, but for kind of the opposite reason. Too loyal to the source material, especially in later installments.

[@captainwordsley]

It's a solid A at least

[@David-gj9qr]

Ahhhhh that's the hate that I'm used to I'm not saying you are hating on it, I'm just used to people hating on it and the OP saying that it's a good adaptation was a nice change of pace. Your comment is a actually fairly reasonable compared to other people who hate or dislike the harry potter movies, it's just I was looking for someone to correct him on harry potter and I came across your comment

[@fantasynerd3695]

No no! Harry Potter has one of the greatest adaptations ever

[@markandreychernetskiy6893]

Nuh, in many ways the movie was even better than the books

[@Yazerhoun]

I'll say it once: Harry Potter does NOT deserve S tier. The first three movies were great, after that, the directors and composers changed for each film, and although they're all good/interesting the constant change of atmosphere is ridiculous. You just can't put it in the same league as Lord of the Rings. (Btw, the first Narnia movie wasn't THAT bad. I'd understand a C, but D seems way too harsh for me. It's way better than Eragon). I love your videos, though, keep going, lots of love

[@yoelhorwitz3118]

First off the first two films had the same director and the third and fourth film had different directors each and the 5-8 films had the same director, and also I don't know what change in atmosphere you are talking about- the first 3 have a light atmosphere and so do the movies and the four through eighth take a dark turn just like the movies which is 100% reasonable and the movie were all amazing with great reviews

[@hayleybartek8643]

I’d demote it one tier for Ron’s character assaasination and one more tier for all the important stuff they threw out. B, or a high C.

[@buzzwithdrip6347]

No one is saying it's as great as lotr but both are grear adaptations, i think the movies stayed consistent and never went lower than a 7 and went as high up as 9.5 or maybe even 10. Although lotr movies definitely are cinematically better

[@ayaankhan7576]

@@buzzwithdrip6347 can we please stop comparing the 2

[@ayaankhan7576]

@@buzzwithdrip6347 and none of the HP films were 10/10 and GOB and HBP were about 5/10

[@SJPace1776]

Even as someone who enjoyed the HP movies I'd be perfectly fine in about ten years for someone to make a high budget television adaptation. Each season would be the amount of episodes each book requires. Obviously would love "A Song of Ice and Fire" definitive version in 2040 after the books are done.

[@tulkdog]

SJPace1776 I don’t think George will be able to finish them before he . . .

[@masonkolaski]

Winds of winter and a dream of spring 2040? You got high hopes😂😂😂

[@spacejunk2186]

> after the books are done lol

[@Luke-jo4to]

Lion Witch movie is an A for me, Prince Caspian is a C, and Dawn Treader is a D.

[@zyonhenderson67]

Percy Jackson series should be a F tier if were all being honest

[@deanryanmartin]

The production wasted Logan Lerman as the protagonist. Lerman is the Percy Jackson himself but the story, where did it go?

[@zyonhenderson67]

@@deanryanmartin Ive noticed that. He plays him really well!

[@deanryanmartin]

@@zyonhenderson67 Yep, that is the exact look of Percy Jackson in my imagination.

[@iriya3227]

You should see Emerald City, It will boost your opinion of Percy Jackson.

[@thurmanstevenson5692]

Iriya what’s emerald city?

[@pretendtheresaname9213]

I hope Rick Riordan's conversations with Disney end up becoming something, we need another big franchise in geek culture and Percy Jackson is perfect for the role. Edit: Harry Potter is an A/B adaptation, not S tier, they left out and messed up a lot of plot and characters.

[@jatzi1526]

Poor Ron

[@DeeSnow97]

@@jatzi1526 Poor literally everyone besides Harry, Hermione, Snape, and maybe Luna. It's kinda sad that the filmmakers could only think in male lead, female lead, and specialist quirky characters.

[@jatzi1526]

@@DeeSnow97 Well I saw an interview between Rowling and the director of the movies or at least the 1st one and he said his favorite character was hermonie. So that's why she gets better treatment than Ron

[@pretendtheresaname9213]

@@DeeSnow97 Poor Hermione as well, considering she's a better characters in the [edit] books. In the books she's a smart girl who had to learn to be confident on her abilities and dedicate herself a lot to her studies in order to be someone is this new world she found out she's part of, but she could fail and panic when her talent was needed, due to internal and external factors, turning her interesting. In the movies, however, she was turned into a perfect, fearless girl with no character except “I'm smart and my boyfriend is dumb”.

[@archivesofjustinian9090]

I never really liked the harry potter movies as a kid when I was reading them maybe I should go back and read/watch them

[@CPTZK11]

Hobbit movies was S tier for me, probably the best and 'funnest' adventure on screen and Smaug himself best dragon on screen. Maybe because i haven't read the book... But as a stand alone trilogy it was an amazing adventure

[@maelleth1]

The Sword in the Stone is so underrated! You argued that The Golden Compass is D tier because they didn't follow source material and changed the ending. But then Harry Potter is S tier, even though they changed and left out many things from the books? I don't get the logic here...

[@Keira_Blackstone]

I love the sword in the stone as a kid's movie, but the actual book it's based off of (the first half of Once and Future King) is a literary masterpiece. Also really not a story meant for kids. So good movie, not a great adaptation.

[@LordMichaelRahl]

Dude, I disagree with the first Narnia movie being in D. I would easily put it in B.

[@Squidxx-fg7ih]

Honestly all 3 of them are pretty solid B teir I enjoyed them

[@fuzzyninja8788]

You can give me Jeremy Irons playing a ham-tastic villain any day. He was hilarious in D&D

[@Exxel91]

You needed an F tier specifically for Eragon. I went to see it on my actual birthday when it came out because I had loved the books so much. I still have never left a movie so completely disappointed.

[@hasltisl]

I can never get over how they failed the KEY arc of Harry Potter. In the first book, the love of Harry’s mother protects him from Voldemort. And in the last book, Harry’s love protects everyone at Hogwarts. What an incredible way to booked the series...AND THE FINAL MOVIE FAILS TO DELIVER THAT BOOKEND! What?????? By the way, be prepared to shoot your reaction/review video within one hour of reading Jim Butcher’s Changes! Can’t wait.

[@janhavi1977]

Mark Alexander Yes, I hated how the movie failed to mention that Harry’s sacrifice saved pretty much everyone who was fighting Voldemort. He basically did for all the people, what his mother had done for him. Which makes Fred, Lupin, and Tonks’s deaths all the more tragic. If Harry had only known and gone to Voldemort a little sooner, they would have been under the protection as well, and wouldn’t have died.

[@omkargurav8992]

Harry potter adoptions should be in A tier.

[@jbrock7394]

Neil Gaimans’ “Stardust” - Movie... I think eventually over the coming decades will go down as an S tier - rating. Presently an easy A. IMO it’s all about the acting and believability of the characters - here it is done well; fun entertainment!

[@aessedai23]

My favorite too! Better than the source material!

[@ArthaCel]

Haven't read the book, but I loved the movie. If it's faithful, it should be an S. If not, easily an A.

[@ChristmasLore]

So will The Last Unicorn!

[@dgray7537]

Hobbit animated S tier Return of the King animated A Tier (with STier songs)

[@ChristmasLore]

Also, Excalibur and The Last Unicorn!

[@GremlinBones]

Sorry but Narnia films are great adaptations' (for us who like the books). I don't think I know anyone who likes the books who doesn't enjoy the films. And even for someone who doesn't like the books, the films were decently made on their own (sequels were changed a lot but were still pretty good quality-wise, to me). Taking into account your personal feelings about the series, I still think they should be at least B tier. They are not even close to the same level as Eragon orThe Golden Compass film (which I personally like but only saw like once and haven't read the book so not gonna say too much there). And there is no way that Beowulf is better in any way than the Narnia films. I would even be okay with the Narnia films being in C tier with D&D, as long as it isn't in the same tier as those truly terrible films. I also want to make a note that, even though we the people enjoy the Neverending Story film, it is actually a terrible adaption. It changed almost everything from the book and the author tried to sue the company for improperly using his material/name, but the company went on to make the sequels kind of as a "F you" to the author. I would absolutely love to see a proper adaptation of the Neverending Story. If any film deserves a remake, it is that one.

[@jennerlee4547]

I haven’t started the video yet but if LOTR isn’t S their I’m ready to throw hands.

[@levisimpson516]

Good for you putting D&D right there. That movie is always just a silly joy to watch. I would rank GOT higher because while the series did drop off, which does happen to series, I tend to try and not dwell to much on that when thinking about it, and remember how EFFING good the start was. It was so damn good it captivated the world into a grim dark fantasy world and will be the reason we have other fantasy stories being made, and being treated seriously with serious budgets. And I want to give it props for doing that.

[@HikingPhalkawn]

Well - while I usually enjoy your tiered list videos, and can gain some useful insights into the items being ranked, this one is a bit of a mess for me. There is no consistency between how you are evaluating them, and it seems to come across more of an I liked/disliked these movies/series instead of a (at least somewhat) objective evaluation of what is being ranked against some sort of established criteria. For this one, it could have been something like faithfulness to the source material and quality of production/acting/script. Instead somethings are ranked high for 'hey I liked it' reasons ignoring shortcomings in areas that are then explicitly called out as reasons for low rankings of other things, or the ones that are just low because 'I didn't like it' despite the quality of what was produced and how well it stuck to the source. Then there is the question of 'adaptation'. Some items on this list (while being fantasy) are not adaptations (e.g. Dungeons & Dragons). And another is marked lower because the quality took a serious nosedive, but only after what was being produced ceased to be an adaptation (i.e. Game of Thrones). Overall, I would rank this Tier List video as a D tier for lack of clarity and over abundance of subjective opinion influencing the ranker.

[@animefreakazoid01]

A pretty evened out list, hopefully WOT will find itself on the higher end 🤞🏼

[@calebmauer1751]

We can only hope.

[@Agustin_Leal]

Well shit.

[@atharvadeshpande6907]

This aged like milk💀 It's a decent (?) show but a god-awful adaptation that makes my eyes hurt.

[@stanleydoolittle2470]

I am a Narnia fan and although the movies weren't great, I at least give them credit for the cinematography and the cgi which I found to be enjoyable

[@AJ222012]

The animated Hobbit movie should have been ranked here! One of my favorites since I was kid! Same with the Last Unicorn! Totally fair not to love Narnia, but I'm a big fan. The Disney movies were a little meh after the first one, but the BBC adaptations are EVERYTHING. They're so hilariously, wonderfully staged.

[@AMAR9933]

My ranking would be: S: LOTR... that's it xD A: Harry Potter, Hobbit (I love them), Princess Bride (havent read the book though), Sword in the Stone B: Witcher (have high hopes), GOT, first Narnia movie, C: Narnia (the rest) D: Eragon, casting was solid enough for me, it looked nice and i did enjoy it but as an adaptation it was no good

[@johnwharton3436]

How long until we get a "Daniel Greene tier lists" tier list

[@minaDesuDesu]

How the hell did Beowulf get a higher place than Narnia. Besides I thought you would rate the adaptation aspect not the movies/shows themselves xd. Although Harry Potter movies defined the characters, they weren't the best of Adaptations, since stuff were left out. Also going with that idea, only seasons of GoT shouldve been rated, that were adapted.

[@rodrigo3732]

The hobbit trilogy is my guilty pleasure. Also,the percy jackson movie makes me sad.

[@jasonthedave6140]

They deserve B Tier. There were a few things that they totally nailed.

[@rodrigo3732]

@@jasonthedave6140 yeah. The first one is preety great.

[@insanedragongirl]

On the Narnia point I have to wonder if you’re rating these based on your enjoyment, or as an adaptation. As an adaptation it’s probably a or b.

[@hanb2499]

When The Neverending Story appeared I was immediately singing the theme song, hahaha

[@aliciasorenson3807]

I have to come back and say this. This list is completely bogus and nobody can trust it because you use completely different criteria to judge each one. Nobody can trust you when you say this is an adaptations list when really it's just your personal preference list. You need to use the same criteria for everything. Not behind the scenes problems for one, cultural importance for another, nostalgia for one, and your religious preferences for another. It's hard to watch. I'm sorry, I do really enjoy your channel and will keep watching. Just hoping for more consistency.😄

[@Nimroc]

Almost wanted to see Legend of the Seeker on here just to see you crap on Sword of Truth some more. lol

[@richardthecowardlylion5289]

I agree, Sam Raimi can ruin ANYTHING. The pilot episode got me intrigued, found the books and torn through all 13 books and loved them. And then hated the Zena wannabe series.

[@MeTaLISaWeSoMe95]

@@richardthecowardlylion5289 yeah you haven't seen how much Daniel hated it have you?

[@richardthecowardlylion5289]

@@MeTaLISaWeSoMe95 I found his review later. And I agree, after I grew out of my Libertarian phase I starting looking back on that series and cringed.

[@NoMereRanger73]

Love the intros! My wife and I say “Hoooly Moooly. This book! This book!” Nearly every day. Thanks for all you do, man. 💕

[@djsuth7727]

"I'm going to rank this a floater .." - sheesh, that's harsh. Rank A to D would suffice, Daniel !

[@QE-cv7ti]

Hearing about all these old animated adaptations brings me back to Treasure Planet... haven’t thought about that movie in years

[@Sameranth]

I agree with all of your rankings for the movies that I’ve seen other than Narnia. It’s been a while since I’ve seen them, but I didn’t think they were quite D tier. Also I’m really glad that you acknowledged Eragon if for no other reason than more attention might get a remake.

[@emmaelizabeth3373]

As much as I enjoy the Harry Potter movies, I get angry every time I think about the way they handled Ron and Hermione’s characters. I would knock it down to A tier for that alone, although I know for a lot of people it doesn’t bother them. While I agree with other commenters that Harry Potter would probably be better suited for a one-season-per-book TV series, in the pre-GoT era big-budget fantasy shows weren’t really a thing. So I don’t think it’s entirely fair to fault the producers for going the film franchise route, or for making all the plot cuts that such a medium requires.

[@Marie45610]

I watched Neverending Story recently, G'mork is still scary. Scared me when I was 4, scared me 30 years later.

[@UncleBerty]

I’d put Eragon in C Tier just because Jeremy Irons is PERFECT casting for Brom. I saw the movie years before I read the books and when I read them I saw Jeremy Irons and not the Gandalf like man Paolini described.

[@supremeleadersmeagol6345]

He was great, but everything else in the movie is absolute garbage. It doesn’t deserve to be acknowledged.

[@misticsword7561]

To be fair, Jeremy Irons is perfect in every movie he makes.

[@dancegregorydance6933]

Not even Jeremy Irons could save that dumpster fire.

[@tristandukes5548]

I personally find the Lion Witch and The Wardrobe movie to be the best version of the story

[@coldermusic2729]

... narnia was my childhood, i just can’t rate it without nostalgia getting in the way. 😔

[@JediWreith]

I mostly agree. I'm most offended(jk) by the placement of Narnia. It was an 'ok' movie that was at least true to the source material, unlike everything else in 'D' I wouldn't put Harry Potter in top tier. Some deviations from the source are too hard to ignore (Dumbledore's reaction in GoF; lack of reference to Neville's potential as chosen. etc.) There's just a little too much that a cringe at going through them. Eragon I'm on the fence about. Yeah,it's not really true to the source and leaves out a lot of good stuff, but I always thought it was a pretty good movie just to watch. The ending is less satisfying than it could be, but there was obviously supposed to be a sequel, so that doesn't feel like the movie's fault to me. I'm pretty sure all of the problems I had with the movie were also problems I had with the book. P.S. I really liked the Dresden files TV show, but I had the advantage of seeing it before I had read the books. Since it was my intro to the characters, I can go back and watch and still like it even though they behave differently than their book versions.

[@brendan9868]

Game of Thrones seasons 1-4 were perfect, seasons 5-6 were great, 7 was “good”, but was starting to fall off quite a bit and 8 was a complete train wreck. Personally I would’ve put it in S or A tier for just how good the show was before they passed the books. Even though it bombed spectacularly in the end, it was still one of the best shows ever made.

[@theskyisteal8346]

I actually kinda liked the Narnia movies. They probably would be A or B tier for me. I thought they actually improved Voyage of the Dawn Treader even if Dragon Eustace looked a little off.

[@TheJordanK]

I can’t believe the never ending story is higher than GoT. I’m honesty offended. I don’t care if the end was lackluster, it’s still so damn good up until then. Never ending story is so hard to watch.

[@troikas3353]

> Daniel "Harry Potter was a good adaptation. Fans of the books were happy.." > Somewhere Lost in Adaptation's The Dom feels the sudden onset of a migraine and an uncontrollable urge to rant about child acting but he doesn't know why.

[@BeccaFaye]

Having never consumed the books or the games for The Witcher, the show is at least an A, if not S tier for me. I've ordered The first few books because of the show, and maybe they'll bump the show lower down in the rankings, or maybe I'll like the show better. Or maybe I'll love both and think they're both A/S tier in their own ways! We'll see :) Super excited to read them tho, they come on Friday ^-^ I also think Harry Potter is A tier for me. I love HP with all my heart (I even have a deathly hallows tattoo on my wrist) but idk the movies leave so much out. Any time I watch them with someone who hasn't read the books, I get bombarded with questions. I can answer them, because I've read the books like 20 times each, but there shouldn't be THAT many questions. The movies just leave so much out from the books (WHY is the longest book the 2nd shortest movie?!)

[@juanche978]

The problem is that the people who have read the books are kinda dissapointed with some stuff.

[@BeccaFaye]

@@juanche978 yeah and that's understandable. And that could change my feelings about the show after I read them, for sure. But also I'm the type of person that likes having more of things I like, even if they're not that great (except the last airbender movie. That's the one exception) so idk I'll probably still love the show anyways loool

[@GandalfGreyhame]

I think Game of Thrones deserves an S or atleast an A since the early parts that actually are an adaptation are truly amazing. It wasnt until they stopped using source material that the show crumbled

[@SiddarthaTB]

I think season 1 is a great adaption but after that it falls apart, not due to quality but in a sense of adaption, season 2 and 3 are good adaptions there are stuff they didnt allow that they should have but after season 3 many BIG plot points are absent from the show that are in the books

[@thesmuli83]

Lord of the Rings-SSS Tier. HP-A Tier and GOT Seasons1-6 S Tier S7-8 B Tier. Witcher-S Tier.

[@deanryanmartin]

LoTR Director's Cut is without a doubt a god-tier.

[@vaportrail85]

Dresden files show: it's okay as a sci-fi show. It's bad as an adaptation.

[@brittany9233]

As a diehard His Dark Materials fan (it's my favorite fantasy series, fight me) I couldn't agree more about your Sam Elliott comment. And that the lead actress just cant act. Coulter was ok but shes supposed to be a stunning blond, just a nitpick. I hated James McAvoy as Asriel, Daniel Craig had much more of the gravity and smouldering arrogance that I always imagined during my many re-reads but the original movie was a well-cast shell that imploded on itself so I kind of get why those actors didnt want to come back for it. Such a beautiful story that may never see a true and satisfying adaptation.

[@kaitlync1787]

seeing Narnia in D tier hurts 😂

[@Blizzic]

I have never read or played anything from the Witcher series. I know the books and games are supposed to be good. But I am a bit concerned that the TV show may have ruined the entire series for me. I could barely get through 4 episodes.

[@FedouBC]

GoT with is highs and lows is at least an A bc it set up the bar so damn high for everything else, the highs are way up S tier, only match with TLoTR. This show was a game changer. And the part that was adapted is S tier

[@ladyreverie7027]

Are you kidding me with the Narnia movies? They're great! No way do they deserve to be in D tier!!

[@Frozensniper92]

I enjoyed Dresden files. Turned me onto the books which are certainly different and much much better.

[@KArchine]

Great video and to be honest I feel your points are spot on for the most part. A suggestion for an interesting book adaptation tier list would be Steven King books to film. There are just so many and they are so diverse, would be great to see the discussion following that 😊.

[@morgoth9680]

S Tier: Lord of the Rings, Princess Bride, Harry Potter, Neverending Story A Tier: Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, His Dark MAterials, Witcher B Tier: Sword in the Stone C Tier: Hobbit and Narnia D Tier: DnD, Beowulf, Eragon, Percy Jackson, GOlden Kompas, Dark Tower Movie

[@spngrl101]

Narnia was definitely better than Eragon and Percy Jackson. Also, as a huge Harry Potter fan I think it's an A.

[@ellah2411]

Agreed! (I'm a huge Potterhead too btw :p)

[@wolfdragonhorse]

Omg! I'm actually awake early enough to see this shortly after it goes up!

[@godimlarge]

I’m with you on Witcher. Everyone I know thought the first season was THE BEST THING EVAAAAARRRRRR. It was alright. Not horrible, not amazing

[@dylanashcroft890]

The Dungeons and Dragons movie isn’t a direct adaptation of anything. I feel like it doesn’t belong here.

[@joethehobo89]

Thank you for not pretending Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter don't belong in S tier. It's always trendy to hate on the big dogs, but both adaptations were able to overcome the extremely high expectations the fans were putting on the adaptations, and even managed to turn people unfamiliar with the books into big fans of both series.

[@Manuel-px9lc]

I'd love to see one of those tier videos with Stephen King's novels!

[@sarahstearns2968]

Oh man, I wish you had included The Last Unicorn! I feel that was a really good, balanced adaptation and I would have loved to hear your opinion.

[@hope2dust]

GoT is S tier. Fight me. Lulz. Even if the last two seasons were frustrating (I'm stating that without trying to lose my temper), the first six were the best of any tv series ever made. No show comes close to that level. As an adaptation, yes, a B is probably accurate, but if judged purely on being a tv series, it has no equal... yet.

[@ayaankhan7576]

I’d say a few shows are better, but GoT is still a masterpiece of television.

[@sayuriwickramasingha1560]

true

[@mattyb3780]

LOTR and Princess Bride almost need their own S+ tier

[@alihamer5099]

I’d put Harry Potter at Low S to Mid B personally, I think that for those who haven’t read the books they are great but they reaaaally butcher some characters. Ron is so much more... more? In the books. He feels just like the comedic punchbag in the movies where it’s luke, something’s bad needs to happen let’s pin it on Ron. Ginny is completely wasted. Enough said. Hermione is just too perfect, and in the book she’s more floored and less amazing at everything. But I think the movie makers needed a female Harry in a way so girls and guys can get behind a character of their own gender. My two cents anyway I think the movies were good just a shame that some characters felt alittle betrayed

[@dhruvbharija172]

Except Ginny All your arguments makes me a laugh so hard

[@jennywilliams1455]

I'd love to see another Fantasy Adaptation tier video, especially with more campy stuff! The first Wheel of Time pilot, Mortal Kombat, and the Dark Tower movie come to mind.

[@xEsaul]

The difference between Lord of the Rings and Hobbit always breaks my heart. Yeah they had some significant changes from LotR - but it’s so understandable. But I can’t grasp at why they did what they did for the Hobbit. Like come on.

[@mayeastrise]

No time to plan. Jackson admitted that he basically winged most of the movies after del Torro was let go.

[@mayeastrise]

If you are interested in what went wrong Lindsay Ellis has made three excellent videos about that

[@spacejunk2186]

They tried to turn the Hobbit into a Lord of the Rings prequel trilogy. With how the book is written, an episodic format would fit much better.

[@chelseaandrews200]

Thanks for waking my kids up Daniel!! I was watching this as I was getting ready for the day. I laughed so hard at the "That's What She Said" that my kids woke up. I blame you. 😂😂

[@EmethMatthew]

Beowulf does not deserve C tier and Narnia is at least on par with the Hobbit movies in terms of not being a great adaptation or great movies but not trash...

[@EmethMatthew]

Otherwise I agree with everything else on this list other than the suggestion I'm seeing for Game of Thrones and taking it higher based on the actual adaptated seasons and not the expanded ending with no completed source material. Good tier list!

[@NerdsBehavingBadly]

At least that Golden Compass film really leaned into the bear fight, which the current show definitely failed to do

[@Linayus]

I'm working through the "His Dark Materials" show and you basically nailed that one. I love Lin-Manuel but geez that was not a good casting choice. Mrs. Coulter (Ruth Wilson) though is phenomenal and I adore Dafne Keen. P.S. I have not read the books so this is purely based on the television show's own merits. Is it following the story and should I endeavor to read them?

[@sayakchoudhury9711]

It's a late reply, but hope you notice my comment. You should absolutely read them. The story so far glosses over the structure of magisterium and the nature of Dust. Also, some of the character deaths are different. Not to mention Sir Philip Pullman's excellent prose ( it's good literature) and deep ideas often don't shine through the TV show. You should absolutely read the books and the follow up series the Book of Dust (which is being currently written and published) as well. Btw, the show introduces a main character early, who is actually in the second book.

[@erikaserika]

Also thinking of Coraline, Stardust, The Dark Tower, and A Wrinkle in Time. Studio Ghibli also came out with Howl's Moving Castle, Arrietty, and Earthsea, all beautifully animated but unfaithful to the source material (especially Earthsea. What a gorgeous mess.)