Tired of hearing about "the book was better"? In this report you will find a must-have library of literary adaptations.
Following my previous Post, here you will find the following 5 movies based on novels:
20. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
The book: The third adventure of our favorite magician with glasses.
The film: Alfonso Cuaron brings his creativity to the Potter's Universe, offering us a much darker panorama than that of the first two films.
The big difference: The story of Sirius Black (Gary Oldman) and the anecdotes about his gulf past at Hogwarts are drastically cut.
21. We need to talk about Kevin (2011)
The book: A High School Massacre serves as Lionel Shriver's pretext for analyzing a mother's pain. The lady already knew her son was a psychopath.
The film: Without dodging the essential horror of the story, this Lynne Ramsay film benefits from the presence of Tilda Swinton, who is always an angular figure.
The big difference: As on other occasions, the novel is written in epistolary form, whereas in the film no one writes a letter.
22. Howls (1981)
The book: A pulp novel about werewolves written by Gary Brandner
The film: While his colleague John Landis was stubbornly making us laugh at An American Werewolf in London, Joe Dante was unabashedly going on about terror, but also with a lot of (hairy) irony.
The big difference: The section set in the camp does not appear in the novel.
23. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
The book: This is actually a short story signed by Annie Proulx, first included in her book Close Range.
The film: Prepare the handkerchiefs and chocolate ice cream, because the story of forbidden and mountainous love between Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath LEDGER is one that hurts.
The big difference: "I'm the first writer in America whose book goes to the screen unchanged," Proulx said after the release.
24. Children of Men (2006)
The book: Crime novelist P. D. James takes a break in the form of a dystopian science-fiction story.
The film: Clive Owen tries to protect the only fertile woman in a world where no children have been born for 25 years. Behind the camera, once again, Alfonso Cuaron.
The big difference: The book has a strong religious background, barely hinted at in the film.
