Favorite book-to-movie or book-to-TV adaptation

Translating a book into film or television is a, no doubt, difficult and labor intensive process. One must choose the passages that are of deepest relevance to the plot while still keeping the watcher's attention span engaged. Many an adaptation have flopped due to the balance of these being off, even slightly. Yet others will be wildly successful even if crucial elements are changed or removed entirely. Below are two of my personal favorite book to screen adaptations.


Holes

This film was absolute perfection. From casting to editing; the flow and feel are authentic to the original story. Starring Shia Labeouf, the movie follows Stanley Yelnats. He gets pinched for stealing expensive sneakers and sent to kid jail, where our story unfolds. The film did not miss a beat when it came to bringing these characters to life.







Bones
Bones, while it lasted, was spectacular in creating engaging fare for the consumer while still hero-ing the original story. the characters used in the TV show do differ from those in the novels. This ends up making the story much richer in depth rather than taking away from it. The show is not solely based on the books, however, it is also drawing from the life of the books creator. The show was on the air for 12 seasons and only ended due to irreconcilable differences between the book author, the show's title actors, and the producer over back pay owed.





Those are two of my favorite book to screen adaptations. What are some of yours?