Books to Movies

Recently the hubby and I had a movie night at home. We watched three films that evening, two of which were based on books.   Imagine that! A movie based on a book.  It only seems like most films these days are based on a novel, especially teen ones.

The movies we watched were The Host: A Novel (link to the book, by Stephenie Meyer) and Warm Bodies: A Novel (link to the book, by Isaac Marion).  I have read the first book, but not the second.  The hubby hasn’t read either.

I was looking forward to watching The Host (link to  movie).  While I’m not a huge fan of the Twilight series, I thought The Host was a better written novel.  I was a little worried, though, on how it would translate to the big screen.  I was not impressed with the film.  While some parts were neat, it just wasn’t as engaging as the novel.

Warm Bodies (link to movie), however, was a great movie.  I don’t know how it correlates with the book, but the film version was entertaining.  I might even buy it.  I was a little perplexed on how a zombie romance would not be, well, disgusting.  The storyline works this issue out, making for a delightful zombie romantic comedy.

There are a lot of films coming to theaters that are based on books.  Here is a short list of some that have been recently released or set to hit the theaters:

The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2) (Rick Riordan)

City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, Book 1) (Cassandra Claire)

The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)

Ender's Game (The Ender Quintet) (Orson Scott Card)

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Max Brooks)

Austenland (Shannon Hale)

The Spectacular Now (Tim Tharp)

Horns: A Novel (Joe Hill)

Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)

Carrie (Stephen King)

Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins)

The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug (J.R.R. Tolkien)