Film Adaptations from Books

By Natalia Dang

Fifty Shades of Grey

Fifty Shades of Grey is a 2011 erotic romance novel by British author E. L. James. It is the first instalment in the Fifty Shades trilogy that traces the deepening relationship between a college graduate, Anastasia Steele, and a young business magnate, Christian Grey. Fifty Shades of Grey has topped best-seller lists around the world, selling over 125 million copies worldwide by June 2015.

Fifty Shades of Grey is a 2015 American erotic romantic drama film directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson with a screenplay by Kelly Marcel. The film is based on the 2011 novel of the same name by British author E. L. James. It stars Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele, a college graduate who begins a sadomasochistic relationship with young business magnate Christian Grey, played by Jamie Dornan.

The “Fifty Shades of Grey” movie adaptation stays close to the book, however the relationship between the two main characters became more confusing on-screen, and it’s difficult to tell why and how they even like each other as it is not shown clear and many important situations were deleted.

Pretty Little LiarsPretty Little Liars is a series of young-adult novels by Sara Shepard. Beginning with 2006's initial novel of the same name, the series follows the lives of four girls – Spencer Hastings, Hanna Marin, Aria Montgomery, and Emily Fields. The novels have appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list.

Pretty Little Liars is an American teen drama, mystery–thriller television series loosely based on the novels debuted on June 8, 2010, on ABC Family. A great success of the first episodes prompted the book series to be extended beyond the initial eight novels.

As most of the adaptations of books, film directors have changed many things in a plot as well as characters, the show have captured the spirit of the characters’ personalities perfectly.

Pretty Little Liars Script of Opening

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Dark KnightThe Dark Knight is a 1986 four-issue comic book miniseries starring Batman, written by Frank Miller, illustrated by Miller and Klaus Janson, and published by DC Comics.

The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero thriller film directed, produced, and co-written by Christopher Nolan. Featuring the DC Comics character Batman.

Christopher Nolan has spearheaded a Batman revival with his Dark Knight trilogy, Nolan has opened up a bit about his approach adapting a never-ending comic series to the big screen. Speaking to Hero Complex, Nolan explained the difference between writing Batman for comics and film. The biggest change? Unlike the comics, Nolan said he hopes to give his series a sense of finality, with a true ending to his Bruce Wayne arc."Without getting into specifics, the key thing that makes the third film a great possibility for us is that we want to finish our story," Nolan said. "And in viewing it as the finishing of a story rather than infinitely blowing up the balloon and expanding the story ... unlike the comics, these things don't go on forever in film, and viewing it as a story with an end is useful."

Game of ThronesA Game of Thrones is the first novel in A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin. It was first published on August 1, 1996. In January 2011 the novel became a New York Times bestseller and reached #1 on the list in July 2011.The plot: While a civil war brews between several noble families in Westeros, the children of the former rulers of the land attempt to rise to power. Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. The series premiered on HBO in the United States on April 17, 2011In some occasions, major events have gone down differently than they do in the novels. And while the sixth season was the first to outpace the books, there have been plenty of other occasions when showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have made changes and strayed from a plot that’s intensely familiar to book fans. Sometimes, they do it to condense plot lines and keep the show’s story moving. Other times, they seem to do it to keep fans on their toes

Harry PotterHarry Potter is a series of fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the life of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Since the release of the first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, on 26 June 1997, the books have found immense popularity, critical acclaim and commercial success worldwide.Harry Potter is a British-American film series based on the Harry Potter novels by author J. K. Rowling. The series is distributed by Warner Bros. and consists of eight fantasy films, beginning with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and culminating with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011).

The adaptation didn’t change many events from the book. Whether because they split the final book in half or it's just one of the easiest to translate to the screen, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 is the movie most loyal to the book it's based on, replicating many scenes moment to moment and line for line.

HobbitIn 1989 The Hobbit was adapted in a three issue comic book series, published by Eclipse Comics. The story was adapted from the original by Chuck Dixon, and illustrated by David T. Wenzel.The Hobbit is a film series consisting of three high fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson. They are based on the 1937 novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, with large portions of the trilogy inspired by the appendices to The Return of the King, which expand on the story told in The Hobbit, as well as new material and characters written especially for the films.

The Devil Wears PradaThe Devil Wears Prada (2003) is a best-selling novel by Lauren Weisberger about a young woman who is hired as a personal assistant to a powerful fashion magazine editor, a job that becomes nightmarish as she struggles to keep up with her boss's grueling schedule and demeaning demands. It spent six months on the New York Times bestseller list and became the basis for the 2006 film of the same name, starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, and Emily Blunt.The Devil Wears Prada is a 2006 American comedy-drama film based on Lauren Weisberger's 2003 novel of the same name.

Again the movie have changed some details from the book. The changes actually had positive reviews by the fans and the movie have been called much better :The book didn’t really have an over-reaching plot arc other than me wondering how much more Andy was going to put up with before she called it quits. Where the film’s characters manage to be likable in spite of their behavior, in the book it’s hard to like any of them, since they range from rude to full-blown elitist snob.”

Romeo & JulietRomeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers.

Romeo and Juliet is a 1968 British-Italian romance film based on the tragic play of the same name (1591–1595) by William Shakespeare.

TwilightTwilight is a series of four vampire-themed fantasy romance novels by American author Stephenie Meyer. Released annually from 2005 through 2008, the four books chart the later teen years of Isabella "Bella" Swan, a girl who moves to Forks, Washington, and falls in love with a 104-year-old vampire named Edward Cullen.The Twilight Saga is a series of five romance fantasy films from Summit Entertainment.There are inevitable changes when a book moves onto the big screen.Summary:1.Both the book and movie of Twilight remained true to the basic ideas of creator Stephenie Meyer.2.The movie moved faster than the book because the great casting and stunning visuals eliminated a hundred pages of description found in the novel.3.The changes that were made in the movie to make it more cinematic, such as special effects and romantic moments generally took the viewer out of the story.

The Da Vinci CodeThe Da Vinci Code is a 2003 mystery-detective novel by Dan Brown. It follows symbologist Robert Langdon and cryptologist Sophie Neveu Abraham after a murder in the Louvre Museum in Paris, when they become involved in a battle between the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei over the possibility of Jesus Christ having been a companion to The Marciana. The title of the novel refers, among other things, to the finding of the first murder victim in the Grand Gallery of the Louvre, naked and posed similar to Leonardo da Vinci's famous drawing, the Vitruvian Man, with a cryptic message written beside his body and a pentagram drawn on his chest in his own blood.The Da Vinci Code is a 2006 American mystery thriller film directed by Ron Howard and written by Akiva Goldsman, adapted from Dan Brown's 2003 best-selling novel of the same name.„I was surprised how similar the book and the movie were. The movie and book both start out exactly the same"