Get Gone – 5 Reasons to Love the Gone Girl Adaptation

October 6, 2014 by Caitlin

It’s rare that you see a movie that truly does justice to a book, and even more rare that a movie is slightly better than the book. Gone Girl, in my humble opinion, is one of those rare, rare gems that outshines its source material. David Fincher’s adaptation of this psychological thriller opened in theaters this past weekend, smashing it at the box office with a cool $38 million. The movie follows Nick Dunne (played excellently by Ben Affleck), a […]

Categories: Adaptations • Tags: "The book is better than the movie", adaptations, Ben Affleck, Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl, Rosamund Pike

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1- New Trailer!

September 15, 2014 by Caitlin

Today, Lionsgate dropped the first full length official trailer for the third Hunger Games installment, Mockingjay Part 1! Check it out: While we at Ladies On The Shelf agree that this is the weakest book in the Hunger Games series, based on this glimpse of the film, it looks like this is going to be a hell of a fun movie. It will be interesting to see where they make the split for part 1 and part 2, but if I […]

Categories: Adaptations • Tags: "The book is better than the movie", Hunger Games, Mockingjay, movies, young adult

We’re Preparing Ourselves for The Fault in Our Stars Movie – Film Fest Friday

June 6, 2014 by Ladies On The Shelf

The Fault in Our Stars premiered today, and it’s already generating some excellent reviews – almost all of which mention uncontrollable sobbing and an abundance of feels. Because none of us will be able to see the movie until later this weekend, Jessi and Caitlin are substituting this week’s Film Fest Friday with a discussion of their excitement/anxiety over the adaptation of one of their favorite YA books, ever. Look for our group review next week! Why do you love TFIOS? Jessi: Caitlin recommended this book to me […]

Categories: Adaptations • Tags: "The book is better than the movie", Film Fest Friday, john green, teenage romance, YA

So Our Prediction Wasn’t Spot-On – Divergent Movie Review

March 24, 2014 by Ladies On The Shelf

Maybe it was because we were hopeful that the movie would breathe some life into a flat first person narrative, or seeing the action on the big screen would somehow make this weird ill-conceived dystopian government finally make sense, but the Divergent film didn’t provide respite from the faults we found in the book. (Pssst… Generic spoiler alert!) Let’s talk about some overall reactions – was there any improvement over the book? Caitlin: Theo James’ lips. Erin: Theo James is YUMMY. […]

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On The Graveyard Book and Comic Book Adaptations

February 12, 2014 by Caitlin

While I often have a bone (or several) to pick with film adaptations of my favorite books, I find that I am generally more forgiving of comic renditions of my favorite literature. I get that this might sound a little ridiculous and/or biased (comic book fan here). In both movies and graphic novels, you are getting a visual interpretation of the written word. However, I feel that comic variations generally stay closer to their literary parent than movies do, and, […]

Categories: Adaptations • Tags: "The book is better than the movie", adaptations, graphic novels, Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman