What movie adaptation is the most faithful to the original book? We discussed remakes in our last fight and Little Women took the prize. This week perhaps the March girls can win again, depending on the version. But not if the Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, or Jane Austen fans have anything to say about it.
Struggling with the "most faithful" part here, since there are many book adaptations I remember loving but not whether they were sufficiently faithful. So I'll just mention a book to movie I'm particularly fond of, "What's Eating Gilbert Grape," which may have given some characters and storylines shorter shrift but benefited so enormously from the performances of Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio as to make up for it.
Pride and Prejudice — the good one, obviously, with Colin Firth. 😏
But was that a movie or a miniseries? Thought it was the latter.
It’s a miniseries, which counts according to the rules. (Rules are posted at the bottom of every week’s question.)
Ah, shoot, I have done an unfaithful adaptation of the written rules. Good to know, though!
Struggling with the "most faithful" part here, since there are many book adaptations I remember loving but not whether they were sufficiently faithful. So I'll just mention a book to movie I'm particularly fond of, "What's Eating Gilbert Grape," which may have given some characters and storylines shorter shrift but benefited so enormously from the performances of Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio as to make up for it.