The Roots of AdaptThis
AdaptThis started as a book to film adaptation review website. A rough estimate of 50 movies over 2015-2020 were released by Hollywood based on popular novels. Lord of The Rings, Hunger Games, Divergent, and more. Check out the reviews from our 5 writers.
Book2Film Reviews
Book to film adaptations are published books that are made into movies by hollywood.
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Maggie Grainger, Timothy Meyers, Martin David, Kimberlee Hicks, Katherine Thomlinson, and Rotimi the Founder of AdaptThis
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2012
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In the crowded world of fantasy films, “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” stands out with its familiar charm and grandeur. Directed by Peter Jackson, the film is infused with the same sense of folklore, humor, and thrilling action that fans
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2013
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“It’s a dangerous business Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” – Bilbo Baggins Bilbo speaks from experience; nominated by
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2011
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A hologram is produced when a single beam of light is split into two. One beam is then reflected off an object to be photographed, while the other beam is reflected off mirrors until it re-collides with the first beam.
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2011
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How would you react if the Rapture suddenly struck and you were one of the poor souls left on Earth to sort out the mess? Would you lose all hope for mankind or vehemently hold onto your faith? Would you
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2007
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THE MONUMENTS MEN, Clooney’s latest directorial endeavor, improves marketably on the formula established in the non-fiction book (of the same name) on which it is based, but does manages to suffer from a handful of its own unique pitfalls. Adapting
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2007
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Certainly, there are as many ways to write engaging and immersive literary non-fiction as there are to write engaging and immersive literary fiction. Oftentimes, the best subjects for such works are the strange corner-cases of history, unexplored lacunas that public
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2013
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A Private Little War
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Jason Sheehan
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In a universe where man finds life on nearly every planet, it is easy to believe that human mercenary companies would be sending militant groups to every corner of the universe to pacify native life forms and plunder local resources.
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2012
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In the crowded world of fantasy films, “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” stands out with its familiar charm and grandeur. Directed by Peter Jackson, the film is infused with the same sense of folklore, humor, and thrilling action that fans
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2013
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“It’s a dangerous business Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” – Bilbo Baggins Bilbo speaks from experience; nominated by
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2013
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Mitty is the greatest man in the world according to his lucid day-dreams where he picks up on his love interest, saves a dog from a burning building and more. What’s great about this film is that it could be
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1983
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In Mark Helprin’s novel Winter’s Tale, a thief in love with a doomed heiress looks for a way to turn back time and ushers in a new millennium in the process. The book begins somewhere in Brooklyn when a beautiful
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2006
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How do you rebuild the world after a zombie apocalypse? How does the human race move forward when the images of an unimaginable war are imprinted on the brains of every survivor? What lengths would you go to in order
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2013
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A Private Little War
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Jason Sheehan
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In a universe where man finds life on nearly every planet, it is easy to believe that human mercenary companies would be sending militant groups to every corner of the universe to pacify native life forms and plunder local resources.
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2003
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His mother swears he was named after a Czechoslovakian uncle, but there was an error on his birth certificate. His father claims they’d always intended to name him Odd and furthermore, he has no Czechoslovakian uncles. However he came by
Ten years ago Shinichi Goto was kidnapped and locked away in solitary confinement with only a television set for company. To keep from going mad, Shinichi has devised his own workout program and his body, underneath his shapeless clothes, is
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2006
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How do you rebuild the world after a zombie apocalypse? How does the human race move forward when the images of an unimaginable war are imprinted on the brains of every survivor? What lengths would you go to in order
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2014
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The basic premise of the book is that Tris, the main character played by Shailene Woodley is a Divergent and does not fit into any of the movies five factions which is a big no-no punishable by death. Even still
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2015
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Why all the funny titles of blogs, because they want you to think they are a trilogy that keeps going on and on. We have seen multiple book to film adaptation trilogies released all have serious sounding titles and could
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2012
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This movie was nominated for many awards from Oscars to Golden Globe awards. Jennifer Lawrence won best actress in a few of the award circles. The movie, like the book follows Pat on his escapades after a short stint in
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2014
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I found this movie on a chance encounter with redbox while wanting to reward myself after a full week of working till 2am. The first thing I will say is that it has made me want to read the book,
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2014
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Thomas Pynchon
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Inherent Vice is a book to film adaptation of a book by Thomas Pynchon. The film is a long and arduous detective tale with a lot of drug use. Doc is the main character who is a child of the
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2012
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This movie was nominated for many awards from Oscars to Golden Globe awards. Jennifer Lawrence won best actress in a few of the award circles. The movie, like the book follows Pat on his escapades after a short stint in
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I’m going t o come right out and say it , the Book Thief is a literary masterpiece, and should be nominated for the Noble Prize in Literature. It’s that good. The author, Mark Zusak uses a simple approach, with
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2014
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When I first saw the previews for “The Fault In Our Stars” I dismissed it as just another teen romance, with the word cancer inserted, for what I thought was just for dramatic effect. I couldn’t have been more wrong
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2014
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Your going to know as soon as the movie “Gone Girl” begins that you are watching a David Fincher production. The atmosphere, the musical score, and every nuance of the cast work together to deliver exactly what David wants you
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2014
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Thomas Pynchon
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Inherent Vice is a book to film adaptation of a book by Thomas Pynchon. The film is a long and arduous detective tale with a lot of drug use. Doc is the main character who is a child of the
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2013
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Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish
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The infant, named Margaret, had hair on her headThink and wild as a fire, and three times as red.The midwife, a brawny and capable whelper,Gave one look and crossed herself. ‘God about help her,’She whispered, but gave the new mother
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2008
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This book is a teenage Young Adult Novel and it revolves around Sutter Keely who resides in Oklahoma. He is not narcissistic nor spiritual nor a social butterfly. He is a social magic maker. He makes up witty words to
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2013
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THE SPECTACULAR NOW examines the lives of high school teens in a manner that doesn’t trivialize, sexualize or demean them. At times, the film may succeed in sentimentalizing high school and cannot quite decide precisely how its audience is meant
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1983
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In Mark Helprin’s novel Winter’s Tale, a thief in love with a doomed heiress looks for a way to turn back time and ushers in a new millennium in the process. The book begins somewhere in Brooklyn when a beautiful
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1978
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“Humanity, you never had it from the beginning. That was my motto.” – Henry Chinaski Women by Charles Bukowski reintroduces a recurring, yet hardly beloved character in Bukowski’s works, Henry Chinaski. Chinaski established himself in Factotum, Post Office, and Ham
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2008
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Author Sally Kempton once said, “it’s hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.” This concept is made readily accessible in ‘Silver Linings Playbook’. Not to be defeated by his stay in a neurology hospital after catching