In today’s filmmaking world, the harder job is adapting a book rather creating a new idea. You have to see the opinions of fans, make the tough choices of removing a chapter or changing the outcome. All these decisions have to be made and you can never have a satisfied customer, but the main goal of movie-based-on-books is to successfully adapt the core and sincerity that made the book. So here are some of the movies based on books that are releasing this year.
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2
The finale of the penultimate series is finally coming to the big screen and if you see grown men (like me) and grown women shamelessly crying, it won’t be because of the amazing storyline, the heartbreaking sacrifices (Oops! Spoiler Alert) and the Kiss that every Harry Potter fan has been impatiently waiting for ten years. No, it will be for the reason that this is the end of an era; the one that started in 1997 and now fourteen years later is coming to an end. Be sure to not miss this cultural event, whether you love it or hate it.
WINNIE THE POOH
Winnie the Pooh, a cute and cuddly character has always touched the hearts of kids and adults for over 50 years now and is still one of the biggest children’s franchises out there. Disney is producing the movie and is a return to hand-drawn animation after their amazing The Princess and the Frog. Many of the voiceovers for the characters are reprising their roles and besides the lightning scar hero, this movie looks to engage and enlighten the younger generation.
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER
Ok. It’s not a book, but rather a graphic novel, but this iconic character is known worldwide. The character was created in the 1930’s by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby to show the spirit of America against Hitler. The movie does have the World War II era and also the villains are Nazis, actually they are the Nazi Deep Science division called HYDRA, the character does come to the present. But how he does, well you have to watch the movie in order to find out.
COWBOYS AND ALIENS
One of the newest ideas and a bestseller, this graphic novel brings two of the most common and oldest characters, Cowboys and Aliens, into one thrilling ride. The movie is about a Cowboy who has lost is memory and has some kind of device attached to his wrist. We find out that later he is a wanted man for murdering his entire town, but before he could be locked up, we get a otherworldly visit from some very unfriendly and majorly pissed off aliens.
THE TWILIGHT SAGA – BREAKING DAWN PART 1
This franchise has sky rocketed vampires and werewolves to drooling status and having Robert Pattinson playing a vampire and Taylor Lautner as a werewolf made all the girls screaming with joy. It has created a whole new fandom and many TV series (looking at you True Blood) have taken this advantage. The movie is based on the epic supernatural love story between Edward Cullen and Bella Swan. The series was created by Stephanie Meyer and now she is being classed on the levels of the one J.K. Rowling. The movie has also taken some parts from the Harry Potter series, as such as dividing the final book into two parts in order to include everything from the book. So look forward for screaming fan girls and some paramedics to help the unconscious ones.
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
This series has a very tragic past to it. The author of the series, Stieg Larsson, had died of a heart attack before any of the books in the ‘Millennium Series’ trilogy could be published. But once it had been published, it spread like wildfire. Many are already calling it one of the greatest crime novels ever written and there has already been an amazing Swedish (where the author is from) adaptation to the series. So, Hollywood is bringing their flavor of the series to the big screen with David Fincher (The Social Network, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) in the director’s chair and starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara.
ADVENTURES OF TINTIN
Tintin might not be known that well in the States but internationally he is an icon. Tintin always had two quirky sidekicks, one was his ever-faithful dog Snowy and the other was the loud-mouthed, temper-tantrum Captain Haddock. This hero-journalist was created by Belgian artist, Herge, and now adapting this character is none other than Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson (Blistering Barnacles!!). Two legendary directors are producing and directing two of three planned movies based on the characters.
So which adaptation has got you excited?
( Courtesy: The Plot, a blog run by BIG Cinemas)
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