Nick and book mega-fan Katy Betz, talk about book adaptations in anticipation of "Ready Player One". We discuss lack of creativity in Hollywood, and what some of the best movies adapted from books have done right, as well as some that fell short.
00:00 - Avengers Infinity War Giveaway!
01:31 - Intro
02:03 - Welcome and Guest Host
06:04 - Have you seen anything good recently?
'Black Panther'
'Game Night'
Noticing things you didn't before
Moviepass drops to $6.95/mo
'The Men Who Made America' on History
14:18 - Book Adaptations!
14:47 - Some book adaptations throughout history
16:09 - Lack of creativity in Hollywood?
19:26 - Writing adapted screenplays
21:57 - Good acting vs good writing
24:30 - Favorite adaptations from books
'Lord of the Rings'/ 'The Hobbit'
26:47 - 'Pride and Prejudice' (not the Kiera Knightly version)
28:02 - 'Sherlock Holmes'
29:13 - 'To Kill A Mockingbird'
30:01 - Dan Brown Novels
32:25 - 'Silence of the Lambs'/ 'Memoirs of a Geisha'
33:50 - 'Life of Pi'/ 'The Alchemist'
37:40 - Dan Brown novels (yes, again)
39:02 - 'Forrest Gump'
39:29 - 'Harry Potter' series
40:26 - Read the book first, or see the movie?
43:01 - Adaptations that we would like to see?
'The Thirteenth Tale'
43:38 - Maeve Binchy books
44:36 - 'Wheel of Time' series
45:49 - 'Redeeming Love'
46:04 - 'Micro' by Michael Crichton/ 'Dragon Teeth'
48:13 - 'Armada' by Ernest Cline
49:10 - 'The Alchemist' by Paulo Cohelo
49:35 - Authors whose work is adapted a lot:
Elmore Leonard/ John Grisham/ Robert Ludlum/ H.G. Wells
53:49 - Most adaptations by author:
Shakespeare/ Stephen King/ Philip K. Dick/ Michael Crichton
55:23 - 'Ready Player One' book review
01:04:26 - Katy's plea to read a book
01:06:49 - Nick's trophy books
01:08:27 - What are you looking forward to?
'Outlander' series
'Avengers Infinity War'
01:11:29 - Sign off
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