I Want to See This Made Into a Movie

We always hear one of two things about books and movies:

"The movie/book was better." And, "This should be made into a movie!"

As I watch more movies lately and I scan the upcoming titles in my Netflix queue and the major releases, I find myself saying, "Yeah, I read the book" or "That was based on a book, too." I didn't realize how often I said it until the last few weeks.

So when MSN Movies did a piece about books that SHOULD be made into movies, I paid attention.

The basic gist of the piece is 10 novels not currently in production that should be.

The first book mentioned is one of my favorites and one that plays like a movie in my head every time I read it: THE LONG WALK by Stephen King (as Richard Bachman). It's psychologically gruesome and portraying that on screen could be a problem. I have also long thought that RAGE (of the same Bachman books) would be an excellent movie, but he was too ahead of his time with the school rampage thing (though the ending is not quite like in the news).

Other books include GEEK LOVE by Katherine Dunn, RINGWORLD by Larry Niven, THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER by Octavia Butler, and a twofer: NEUROMANCER by William Gibson and/or SNOW CRASH by Neal Stephenson, both of whom I would love to see write for the big screen. Lush and lyrical, I bet their movies would be horrifyingly beautiful - or beautifully horrifying, I'm not sure.

I think the authors were brave to include George R.R. Martin and Robert A. Heinlein on their list, since both authors are often polarizing. You either hate them or you love them, but few can find an inbetween.

I am thrilled to see TIME TRAVLER'S WIFE coming out (finally) and hope they made it just as thrilling and interesting to watch as it was to read. I am sure there are lots of kids excited to see CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS.

What are you excited to see in theaters? What do you think SHOULD be in theaters? What should be left alone? Let me know!

Nicole