My Book to Movie Adaptations! What books need new movies? 🎬

I love books but I also love movies! Today I'm playing director and I'm deciding what book adaptations need a redo, which adaptations are NEEDED for the culture, and which books would be difficult to adapt.
If you love movies and books (and you hate the 2014 version of the "The Giver"), you're in the right spot.
Oh, and follow me on Letterboxd 🥸 @chealey
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[@meredithmas]

Love the Steppenwolf/Stepmom shout out :)

[@theeconstantreader]

I think about it 🎶allll the tiiiime 🎶

[@vivastory6425]

Great video! Completely agree with you on House of Leaves. I saw an adaptation of The Monk w/ Vincent Cassel at a film fest many years ago. I haven't watched it again but having read the book years before I recall enjoying the adaptation. Love your idea for Moby Dick.

[@theeconstantreader]

I’m going to scour the internet looking for that version of the Monk!

[@ATruthUniversallyAcknowledged]

I couldn’t get through the Rebecca Hall version of Wide Sargasso Sea so I’m definitely on board for a remake. I love your idea for The Monk!

[@theeconstantreader]

I could just tell from the trailers that it was not what I needed 😂

[@thisisveryannoying]

Such an excellent video! I wish more people saw it xx

[@theeconstantreader]

Thanks! You’re free to share it so more people see it 🥰

[@JessBookgirlTV]

I read 'The Bridges Of Madison County,' years ago.

[@theeconstantreader]

At this point, me too, but I’m leaving it in the past 😂

[@jamesarthurkimbell]

- The Hearing Trumpet: sounds pretty sick. I'll have to check it out. - House of Leaves: would be sad to get a perfectly-fine version that lacks all the magic. Like (imo) what happened with Emma Donoghue's Room, where the movie does everything right and still fails to capture what made the book great, which was its representation of Words and Thought. - Infinite Jest: one good "adaptation" is the Kindle version where you can click footnotes as links, search for names, hit the back button, etc. I wonder if someone could nudge that a step beyond and really make the hypertext hyper. - Needs another shot: Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels. The movie had a bad case of "gotta hear both sides" and is mostly famous for being long. Whereas when I think of the book I think of its strong point of view, even to the point of inserting a character to stop and say hey guys, this is what the theme is. - Impossible to film: most Clive Barker stories. When he's pulling you along on pure poetry, and you stop to think about how the scene would actually look in physical space... it's awkward. Maaaybe Julia Ducournau could do something with the awkwardness.

[@theeconstantreader]

I still have to read “Room” but I imagine a lot was lot in translation. I’ll have to read some Clive Barker stories, if they’re impossible to film then I’ll want to read them lol

[@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk]

The comic 2000AD would be a great source of movies. Best wishes.

[@theeconstantreader]

Ooh good tip, thank you!

[@jill9will]

Interesting idea to make John Dollar a play. Also, I think that’s your mothers copy

[@theeconstantreader]

Nope, this one’s mine 😂

[@smallplatesyt]

First

[@theeconstantreader]

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