So it is time to think about November my dear Geeks, and that got me thinking. There are so many Geeky movies that we love and watch during the colder months, and many of those movies are based on books. What is your favorite geeky movie that was based on a book? Let's put together some ideas, and we will vote soon.
Unleash the Geek ideas!
Ooo...for that all important Yuletide glee:
ReplyDeleteA Muppet Christmas Carol
Scrooged
Starship Troopers!!! Bugs & boobs! What more could you ask for?
ReplyDeleteI don't know if this is considered a geek movie but my all time fav is JAWS!
1]Dune (thinking of either the 80s movie or the Syfy mini-series)
ReplyDelete2]The Time Machine (either movie)
3]A Scanner Darkly (I'm still needing to watch and read this one)
4]Journey to the Center of the Earth (I prefer the new version)
5]A Clockwork Orange (classic)
6]Frankenstein (any version...Kenneth Branagh is my favorite)
7]The Island of Doctor Moreau (um...movie is a bit off...???)
8]I, Robot (book of short stories)
9] Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (yes!)
10]The Chronicles of Narnia (always good, even in those British miniseries)
Old books that have movies that are hard to find, but I love them:
Anna to the Infinite Power, Logan's Run
You all rule. So many good suggestions. Voting will be brutal!
ReplyDeleteI'm just gonna post as I think of them...
ReplyDeleteBlade Runner
Total Recall
My husband seconds "Blade Runner". I've never read a Phillip K. Dick novel, so that or "Total Recall" could be interesting.
ReplyDeleteFor my part, I've gone kind of classic:
1) Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
2) War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
3) The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
4) The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
5) The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
Happy to add to the chaos! ;-)
Um..I'm back!
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Akira
Jonah Hex
Sin City
Battlefield Earth (nobody said the movie had to be good did they?)
The Bone Collector
Angela's Ashes
Sherlock Holmes (mmm...Robert Downey Jr.; also I heart Sherlock)
Catch 22
Eragon
Alice in Wonderland
Peter Pan
Gone With The Wind
Lord of the Rings (duh!)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians : The Lightning Thief (again, didn't say the movie was good)
Schindler's List (cry much?)
Godfather
Aack! Someone stop me! Of course other than Gone With the Wind, I've already read all these. *sigh*
Great suggestions! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteTHERE ARE TOO MANY :(
ReplyDeleteThe Princess Bride is the best for cuddling up, though :)
Also a HUGE fan of Return to Oz - closer to the actual Oz books than anything else :)
i second everything Mythell said, especially Blade Runner or Starship Troopers and Stephanie's A Scanner Darkly. we geek girls haven't had a nice, hard-core sci-fi outing yet.
ReplyDeleteWill compile all the most requested titles from FB, blog, email, Twitter and Goodreads and we will vote starting next week!
ReplyDeleteLord of the Rings and Princess Bride
ReplyDeleteLove your read guys .
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