Top Ten Tuesday 54 - Book to Movie/TV adaptations

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Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
This week's theme: Top Ten Movie/TV show adaptations of books I've read
Sometimes movies and TV shows do a great job of portraying the spirit of the books they're based on, and sometimes they really don't. Here are a few adaptations I loved and some that I felt were lacking.

Great Adaptations

1. The Hunger Games/Catching Fire/Mockingjay
     

Stunning visuals, pitch-perfect portrayal of the characters, and just enough new changes to keep the movies fresh.

2. Harry Potter


The movies captured the spirit of the books so well, and again, all the actors did an amazing job of portraying the beloved book characters. Some movies did better than others, but I'm generally really happy with these!

3. The Book Thief   
I was really nervous about watching this because The Book Thief is one of my favorites. I shouldn't have been worried, because this movie captured the mood and the beauty of the book so well. The actors who played Leisel and Rudy looked exactly like I'd imagined them in my head!

4. Sherlock
   
This series takes all the little details that made the books so clever and interesting and spins them into the modern age. The cinematography is beautiful, and I love how they revamped this classic for the modern age!

5. The Princess Bride

I still find the book a lot funnier, but I really liked this classic adaptation of a beloved book. It's just as poignant, eccentric, and vivid as the book.
6. V for Vendetta
  
This one is adapted from a graphic novel, and the movie is one of my favorites ever! A few scenes really evoked the feeling of a comic book without making it over-the-top. The movie was just as dark and intriguing as the graphic novel.

7. The Prestige
One of my favorite movies, hands down. This is one of the few cases where I'll say I liked the movie far more than the book. The movie was breathtaking, and the book was just puzzling and tiresome.

Not-Great Adaptations

1. Eragon
I don't remember anything about this movie other than the fact that pre-teen me was very upset with it. So upset that I apparently blocked it from my memory haha

2. Ender's Game
Okay, it's not absolutely terrible, but I felt like it didn't do the book justice.

3. Ella Enchanted
This movie was such a trainwreck! A random evil uncle was added to the movie and a lot of fun things from the books were taken out...I think childhood me actually stomped off in a huff when it was over.
(I sense an E theme here...hmmm)
4. The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies
 
Don't even get me started on the 2.5 hour pointless fight scene that was this movie...

Adaptations I want to see but haven't gotten to yet:


1. Outlander
2. Divergent/Insurgent/Allegiant
3. Game of Thrones, maybe...
4. Gone Girl

Agree? Disagree completely? Any other adaptations I should try?

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