Books that SHOULD be made into movies....

[SacredCow]

With all of the re-makes that come down the pipe, you'd think that there aren't any books that haven't been put on film.

My choice would have to be Carl Hiaasen's "Lucky You." That would be a wild flick, but I've no clue how to cast it!

[hedgehog]

1. Left Hand of Darkness with Wlll Smith playing Genly Ai

and Tilda Swinton playing Estraven

Years ago I wanted James Earl Jones and David Bowie, but they've aged out of the roles.

[nomorenomore08]

2. Call me crazy, but how about Faulkner's 'Go Down, Moses' as a 4-hour epic? A TV ministeries perhaps?

On the condition, of course, that they wouldn't have Morgan Freeman playing Lucas Beauchamp *or* Sam Fathers. :P

Or how about one of Derek Raymond's "Factory" novels? I think that would be the perfect source material for a bleak, nihilistic, but artful twenty-first-century crime thriller. I would suggest Tarantino as the director, but then the movie would probably have too much of his stylistic fingerprint on it.

[sniffa]

3. "Have A Nice Day" by Mick Foley

[nomorenomore08]

4. dupe

[charlie and algernon]

5. Stephen King's "Cell"

a sudden, massive zombie apocalypse in the middle of downtown Boston would make for a great movie. There is lots of potential for a three hour epic or a miniseries.

[zingaro]

26. I agree. The Happening so WANTED to be that movie

but so wasn't.

[charlie and algernon]

28. I thouught the movie "pulse" WAS that movie

then they decided to fight back with red duct tape, lol.

I'd love to see Clive Owen and William H. Macy in the lead roles

[LBJDemocrat]

39. It's being made into a movie

By Eli Roth.

[soleft]

41. If that's the Hostile guy I'm afraid it will be excessively gory

Like 28 Weeks later - not that he directed that, but I enjoyed 28 Days later because it was scary as hell with not too much gore. The sequel was just over the top.

[charlie and algernon]

67. is it official now?

I had heard he was attached, but that he was waiting to make a decision on what his next movie will be.

[rucky]

6. along those lines... Stephanie Plum

Marisa Tomei?

[yellowdogintexas]

40. definitely. Marisa Tomei would be perfect as Stephanie! nt

[Numba6]

7. Just edit this a bit, move things around, like all scriptwriters & directors would do anyway

[RagAss]

8. Catcher in the Rye.

[geardaddy]

11. I second that.

That is one of my favorite books.

[WinkyDink]

12. It would never be done right.

[RagAss]

17. Yes..I agree..but it does cry out to be tried.

[geardaddy]

19. You're probably right.

n/t

[SacredCow]

42. Yeah, I kind of wonder how that one never was done...

but agreed it would be a tough one to do justice to the book...

[XemaSab]

9. None of them

Film adaptations of books usually suck.

[bigwillq]

10. The Burke Novels by Andrew Vachss

I love those books.

[WinkyDink]

13. The Quran.

HAHA!

[Strong Atheist]

14. The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan

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Bridge of Birds, by Barry Hughart

Emergence, by David R. Palmer (cried)

The whole Cordielia/Miles/Barrayar series by Lois McMaster Bujold

Buck Godot, Zap gun for Hire, by Phil Foglio

Girl Genius, by Phil Foglio

Barry Ween, Boy Genius, by Judd Winick

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Frumpy the Clown, by Judd Winick

Order of the Stick, by Rich Burlew

A night in the Lonesome October, by Roger Zelazny

Doorways in the Sand, by Roger Zelazny

The Elfquest series, by Wendy Pini

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The Fionavar Tapestry, by Guy Gavriel Kay

Bone, by Jeff Smith

Journey, by Bill Loebs

Dork Tower, by John Kovalic

Ps238 by Aaron Williams

The Dark Knight, by Frank Miller

The Magics Pawn series, By Mercedes Lackey (cried)

The Wizards Tale, by Kurt Busiek

User Friendly, by Illiad

Eyebeam, by Sam Hurt

Snarfquest, by Larry Elmore

Nodwick, by Arron Williams

Erfworld, The battle for Gobwin Knobb, by Rob Balder

Fineous Fingers, by JD

[fishnfla]

15. water for elephants

peace like a river

[Sequoia]

63. That was a great novel !

In the spirit of "Little Big Man".

[MorningGlow]

16. The Ramona series by Beverly Cleary

I'm reading the books to MG Jr. right now (Beezus and Ramona, Ramona the Pest; up next: Ramona the Brave), and he's loving them. As we've been reading, I started wondering why nobody ever made a movie around this character before--Ramona is like a female Dennis the Menace, and her adventures are pretty crazy, but she's quite lovable. I looked it up on IMDb, and apparently there was a Canadian TV series in 1988...and lo! A movie is set for 2010! I hope it's good!

[fizzgig]

18. i loved the ramona books growing up

i think that could be a great movie

[MorningGlow]

20. I have to admit I was wondering if I was wrong for reading a "girlie" series

to my son, but Ramona transcends gender. She's simply a spastic kid--sometimes naughty, sometimes overwhelmed by life. I'm fascinated by how "real" she is--her adventures aren't overly sugarcoated. But the stories are so fun and funny.

[Aristus]

24. I'm a guy, and I never had a compunction about reading the Beverly Cleary books.

I loved the Ramona books, but I secretly fancied that I was Henry Huggins, and Sandra, the love of my life from 3rd through 5th Grade, was Beezus.

[elshiva]

35. The Canadian TV series was great. I saw some videos.

I love the actress who played Ramona and the rest of the cast was good. I hope the movie will be good.

[sarge43]

21. Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination.

Hugh Jackman as Foyle.

[Fire Walk With Me]

25. Get Aronofsky to head it, and you've got a deal.

[sarge43]

29. Let's do lunch.

If Jackman isn't interested, what about Downey?

[Orrex]

31. Isn't he the Pi guy?

[Fire Walk With Me]

32. (Cloaking subthread)

:hide:

[MajorChode]

22. Vital Signs

http://www.bookfinder.com/dir/i/Vital_Signs/0932238203/

[MrSlayer]

23. Anything with Drizzt Do'Urden in it.

Would probably be best animated. But it would have to be done correctly or it shouldn't be done at all.

[Nevernose]

46. Did you see the Dragonlance movie? With Kiefer Sutherland as a voice actor?

It was so bad I wanted to cry. It made the live action Dungeons and Dragons look like a Kurasawa masterpiece by comparison.

Just leave DnD alone, not unless Guillermo del Toro gets the idea in his head and 200 million in his pocket.

[MrSlayer]

48. No I didn't. I suspected it would be dreadful.

I just finished the Chronicles and Legends again and they would be fantastic in animated movie form if done correctly. The problem is they're never going to be done correctly. D&D movies could be such a brilliant longrunning franchise if someone would just make the proper effort. It's frustrating.

Sutherland played Raistlin, yes?

[XemaSab]

27. I'm surprised nobody has done

The Secret History by Donna Tartt or Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.

Both of them could easily be TRULY horrible, and CoD would probably be too racially questionable to do according to the book in this day and age. Not to mention the homophobia and Italian and anti-Semitic stereotypes. That book pretty much takes shots at everyone. :D

I'm not saying they should be done. I'm saying I'm surprised they haven't been done.

[Strong Atheist]

53. .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8358611#8477503

[likesmountains 52]

30. The Blind Assassin...Margaret Atwood

[Xipe Totec]

33. Red Mars - Green Mars - Blue Mars

By Kim Stanley Robinson.

That would be an absolutely awesome epic trilogy.

[Sequoia]

64. Sounds interesting. Is it science-fiction?

[Xipe Totec]

71. Think of it more as a space opera

The Mars trilogy is a series of award-winning science fiction novels by Kim Stanley Robinson, chronicling the settlement and terraforming of the planet Mars through the intensely personal and detailed viewpoints of a wide variety of characters spanning almost two centuries. Ultimately more utopian than dystopian, the story focuses on egalitarian, sociological, and scientific advances made on Mars, while Earth suffers from overpopulation and ecological disaster.

Red Mars - Colonization



Red Mars starts in 2026 with the first colonial voyage to Mars aboard the largest interplanetary spacecraft ever, the Ares, with a crew of the "First Hundred" colonists, composed for the most part of Russians and Americans. The book details the construction of the first settlement on Mars, called "Underhill". A debate among the colonists breaks out about the advisability of terraforming the planet, focusing on the two extreme views personified by Saxifrage "Sax" Russell who believes their very presence on the planet means some level of terraforming has already begun and it should be continued, a viewpoint held by "the Greens." Ann Clayborne represents "the Reds" viewpoint that mankind does not have the right to change entire planets at their will and Mars should be left in its original state. Hiroko Ai represents a middle ground, believing that a new way of living could evolve on Mars, a philosophy referred to as "Areophany".

The Greens eventually win out, through direct intervention in some cases, and the first steps to terraforming Mars start during the book.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_trilogy

[Xipe Totec]

34. Documentos Cortesianos

In particular, The Trial of Hernan Cortes.

I have never read a more riveting real life story.

[elshiva]

36. The BFG by Roald Dahl

I think an animated version would be best. The BFG stands for Big Friendly Giant. The BFG befriends an orphan girl and they protect humanity against evil, human eating giants. The BFG is a vegetarian, too.

[arcadian]

37. 'Everyone Poops'

[foxfeet]

38. Geek Love by Katherine Dunn.

[Inspired]

51. That would be one crazy movie if done right.

[Sequoia]

65. I've never forgotten that strange novel.

I think of it from time to time. I thought about it day before yesterday when a gal told me she had an extra bone in her vertibrae. Aqua Boy!!! Cat Tail Girl! That mom who'd drink thinks that could kill you just so she could have a freaky baby for the circus act.

[Inspired]

82. I wonder how would they handle the dismembering of limbs.

What a strange, cool movie this could be!

[Bennyboy]

43. The Elecric Kool Aid Acid Test!

man that movie would be fun as a fuck. Think about all the famous people that are mentioned or have starrring roles in that one....

[begin_within]

62. That would be a groove and a gas.

I don't see how they could capture the impressionistic, hallucinatory writing style Tom Wolfe used for that book but it would still be great fun to watch... too bad Ken Kesey passed away already.

[blondeatlast]

44. "Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes"; a great teen novel by Chris Crutcher.

Hysterically funny and tragic but could never be made since the main characters are a fat male competitive swimmer and a girl whose face was hideously burned.

I read it for an adolescent lit class post-graj and reread it about once a year.

[Strong Atheist]

54. I read a couple of his books and

liked them ...

[NanceGreggs]

45. "Time and Again"

by Jack Finney.

[jobycom]

47. Foucault's Pendulum, by Umberto Eco

Kind of a smarter counterpoint to The Da Vinci Code.

[HughBeaumont]

49. House of Leaves. Too bad it's never going to happen . . .

And yes, it'd be PERFECT for a film. How could it not be? The complex plot, the labyrinthine house that expands on the inside, the feeling of hopelessness while trying to find your way back and survive . . . Cronenberg or Cuaron would have a field day with something like this.

[SKKY]

50. "The Alienist" by Caleb Carr

[Phillycat]

58. Seconded! What a great freaking book!

My husband told me about it and I was skeptical, then I started reading it and couldn't put it down. Brilliant book and would make a great movie!

[SKKY]

77. I read that book in one sitting...

...I was on watch on the USS Theodore Roosevelt, and could not put it down.

[JCMach1]

70. Excellent movie fodder

in my mind's eye I see Edward Norton as the main character... might even win an Oscar for it!

[Common Sense Party]

74. Yes! I never understood why that never made it to the screen. n/t

[Inspired]

52. The Devil in the White City.

[Sequoia]

66. I think a movie is being made about that.

Great scary but true story.

[Inspired]

81. It has great potential for the big screen. If they don't screw it up!

[PassingFair]

55. "The Book Thief"

I smell OSCAR!!!

Also, "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QAYM6FADL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU01_.jpg

His first novel, "Everything is Illuminated" was an almost perfect movie.
This one would be SADDER.

[bmbmd]

56. Ringworld.

Gateway. Alas Babylon.

[Strong Atheist]

59. I like Larry Niven and the first Gateway book also. nt.

[Auggie]

57. The Shock Doctrine

[Blue_Tires]

60. "The Best of Letters to Penthouse Forum, vol. I-XX"

[azmouse]

61. The Terror by Dan Simmons

The Plot Against America by Philip Roth

[TheCentepedeShoes]

76. Another vote for The Terror n/t

[jpak]

68. "Silas Marner"

:evilgrin:

[tekisui]

69. Life of Pi

[kimmerspixelated]

72. Oh GOD YES!!!

That book just absolutely stunned me!...

[kimmerspixelated]

73. THE POISONWOOD BIBLE!

I can see Meryl Streep as the mother!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

75. "The Navidson Record" from House of Leaves.

Not the whole book itself, that'd be impossible.

But the film within the book within the book would make a great film.

[deucemagnet]

78. The Stainless Steel Rat books by Harry Harrison.

I'd love to see Slippery Jim on the big screen.

[NewJeffCT]

79. I've read a bunch of Carl Hiaasen books and loved them, but

I think they're really difficult to turn into good movies because of the way they are written.

My favorite of his was "Skin Tight"

[tigereye]

80. Hyperion - but it would have to be hours and hours long...

Simmons writes so well that I can picture most of it...