By the Bel: Books to Film

Belinda’s new column for 2014!

There has been a huge rush for film makers to create fresh content rather than reinventing the wheel. Please, god, no more Herbie Movies!!! One of the richest sources for new and inspiring premises for movies is the young adult book market. What’s not to love? The books can range from contemporary love stories to post apocalyptic tales of survival… not to mention some serious supernatural stuff.

Things had been slow for years then in the late 90’s suddenly everything kicked up a notch with the Harry Potter books being made into films, Spiderwick, Lemony Snickets, and Twilight had the Hollywood treatment. More recently it has been The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and in the near future Divergent by Veronica Roth.

Among other films to be adapted to screen are, John Green’s The Fault in our Stars, John Dashner’s The Maze Runner, and The Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. This is seriously just off the top of my head and after a simple google search.

So then the big argument starts. Which to consume first… the book or the movie?

I look forward to doing comparisons between books and their film adaptation during 2014, you’re welcome to read and watch along with me during the year and give your opinion on either book or movie or both.

Remember to give me suggestions of other book to film adaptation you think we’d all enjoy making comparisons on.

Here’s the first 4 months attack plan:

January: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

February: Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia

March: Divergent by Veronica Roth

April: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K Rowling