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Danielle Darmstadt (41 KP) rated Brain on Fire (2016) in Movies

Jun 27, 2018  
Brain on Fire (2016)
Brain on Fire (2016)
2016 | Drama
9
8.2 (10 Ratings)
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As someone with an autoimmune disease, this movie (and the book) are so important to me.
  
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Konturo (1 KP) rated Ready Player One (2018) in Movies

Dec 11, 2018  
Ready Player One (2018)
Ready Player One (2018)
2018 | Sci-Fi
7
8.0 (254 Ratings)
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I initially watched the movie before reading the book, and I loved it enough to buy the book and read it all the way through. Reading the book showed me the changes they made, and made me not like the movie as much. I would still be willing to watch it again.
  
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Jeremy King (346 KP) rated Ready Player One (2018) in Movies

May 6, 2019  
Ready Player One (2018)
Ready Player One (2018)
2018 | Sci-Fi
8
8.0 (254 Ratings)
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A good Gen X movie
This is a great movie to bad it did not meassure up to the book. Now saying that i gave it an 8. If it followed the book to a tee you could have had 2 or 3 movies easy from it. As a child of the 80s this movie hit home. It had both the feel of the 80s and the since of a dystopian future. I highly recommend watching the movie and reading the book, do it that order.
  
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Jen Morrison (0 KP) rated The Girl on the Train in Books

Sep 30, 2017  
The Girl on the Train
The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins | 2016 | Mystery, Thriller
8
7.6 (173 Ratings)
Book Rating
Hard to put down book!! (0 more)
The movie!!! (0 more)
Enjoyable read
Loved the book - characters are likeable but easy to dislike at same time!! Hard to put down book as you want to find out how it's going to turn out. Ruined by making the film tho!!!
  
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Sawyer (231 KP) rated How to survive a horror movie in Books

May 13, 2018  
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How to survive a horror movie
seth grahame smith | 2007 | Reference
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Awesome attracting cover (1 more)
Really cool Crisp images
Should be required reading
Really fun book for movie lovers especially horror movie lovers full of funny self aware advice how to survive in a horror movie situation
  
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Cumberland (1142 KP) rated Forrest Gump in Books

Oct 4, 2018  
Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump
Winston Groom | 1994 | Humor & Comedy
9
9.2 (5 Ratings)
Book Rating
Outrageous
I watch the movie version of this multiple times growing up, but I had never read the book. After reading the book I must say that it and the movie are both wonderfully told stories. The book differs greatly from the movie, but Forrest adventures could never be contained in the short time frame of a single movie.
The great thing about this book is that it is not contained to a single adventure. Even after reading it I don't understand how so many stories manage to fit into a single novel. Each of Forrest's stories flows nicely into the next. This causes the ridiculousness of each adventure to make perfect sense in the overall story.
Anyone who enjoys the movie needs to read this book. It is an easy to read masterpiece that stands far above other stories of its kind.
  
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Alison Pink (7 KP) rated The Host in Books

Jan 15, 2018  
The Host
The Host
Stephenie Meyer | 2013 | Fiction & Poetry
8
7.4 (43 Ratings)
Book Rating
This book needs to be made into a movie. I cried so hard at the end! Great read. :)
  
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Imogen SB (4507 KP) created a poll about in Smashbomb Council

Nov 13, 2019  
Poll
SMASHBOMB AWARDS

Do we have overall category winners? i.e. Best Book, Best Movie...

Do we have sub-category winners? i.e. Best Sci-Fi Movie, Best Contemporary Book...

Feel free to sound off in the comments :)

Overall Category

2 votes

Sub-Category

1 votes

Both

6 votes

Vote
  
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Erika (17788 KP) created a post in Bookworms

Mar 1, 2019  
Ok: A book to movie adaptation question
Do y'all ever avoid the movie adaptation because you didn't want to ruin the book you love? If so, which films have you avoided?
For me, I've never seen The Notebook or The Lovely Bones because I loved those two books so much.
   
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KittyMiku (138 KP) Apr 12, 2019

I will try that next time cori.
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Kaz (232 KP) May 16, 2019

I find that if I read the book first, I hate the film adaptation and vice versa. I hate when important plot points from the books have been left out, or things have been added in, which weren't necessary .The only film adaptations which I enjoyed both the films and the books, were 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Harry Potter.'
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BookwormMama14 (18 KP) rated Ready Player One (2018) in Movies

Dec 30, 2018  
Ready Player One (2018)
Ready Player One (2018)
2018 | Sci-Fi
9
8.0 (254 Ratings)
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One of the Best Movies of the Year
This book-to-screen story is like candy to my nerd girl heart. After watching the movie I immediately read the book. #bookwasbetter but the movie is incredible. It's visual effects and cinematic elements will leave viewers captivated and begging for more.