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A girl stuck between life and death, another that ignited a revolution, and a couple burdened with cancer discovers a love story. Though the four people may not seem to have a lot in common, they all have, or will hit, the big screens in a few mere months.

The movies, all based off of books, If I Stay, Mockingjay-Part One, and The Fault in Our Stars have been gaining the attention of Fremont High School students lately.

Like it or hate it, according to FHS students, there are many good book-to-movie adaptations and here are a few of them.

“The best book-to-movie series, in my opinion, is Harry Potter because they tried to keep a good percentage of the book in the movies,” said senior Lindsey Schissel. “I’m looking forward to Mockingjay-Part One in November. I have read the Hunger Games series three times and each movie gets better.”

Many movies that have been released since June include Gayle Forman’s If I Stay, John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, James Dashner’s The Maze Runner, Lois Lowry’s The Giver, and Nicholas Spark’s most recent romance book-to-movie adaption The Best of Me.

The types of the movies differ, and depending on the genre, some movies have a higher popularity, such as the popular spell-binding world of the Harry Potter series. It classifies under fantasy, but it includes elements of mystery, adventure, romance and thriller.

“I like fantasy and Sci-fi. Normal things are boring; put your imagination into it,” said senior Kallin Fisher. “The best movie is The Hobbit.”

According to Schissel, book-to-movie adaptations are hard to keep everyone happy, making finding a decent movie hard.

“When making books into movies the movie writers should try to stay true to the book,” said Schissel. “Movie’s biggest challenge is time. They cannot fit every detail from the book in a two-hour time slot.”

Movies yet to be released include Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games: Mockingjay-Part One, S. J. Watson’s Before I Go to Sleep, and The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies, the last of three movies based on The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien.

From pages to the big screen, FHS students believe good book-to-movie adaptations are hard to come by, but easy to love. Story by Allie Gamache

THE FAVORITES AT FHSEveryone has heard someone say, “The

book is better than the movie.” Unfortunately, for many book-to-movie adaptations, this is definitely the case. Whether the script does not match the book, or the acting was just plain bad, there are many things that can turn a favorite book to a not-so-favorable film.

According to many Fremont High School students, bad book-to-movie adaptations are not hard to come by.

“They usually turn out bad,” said senior Cari Leick. “The movies are never the same as the books. You can’t make everyone happy. The books have more details.”

Of course, when talking about terrible book-to-movie adaptations, the famous four-part vampire romance novel, Twilight, pops into the minds for many.

“It’s not technically a bad book-to-movie adaptation,” said senior Kristen Cottier. “The movie is atrocious, but so is the book, so I think they worked well with what they had and don’t get me started on the acting.”

Even those that are die-hard Twilight fans were disappointed with the film. Those that have never read the book were confused with the lack of detail and explanation.

“I don’t think Twilight is awful,” said Leick. “At the time it came out I liked it, but now

THE LEAST FAVORITE AT FHS

FHS sophomore Cheyenne Mahnke is in the midst of reading The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green. “TFIOS” was published in January of 2012, and soon became a well-known and loved film in 2014. It was rated four-and-a-half stars out of five by Barnes and Noble. Photo by Rachel Gibbs

FHS sophomore Mollee Adamson is reading The Last Song. The author, Nicholas Sparks, published it in 2009 and the movie, starring Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth, was released in late March of 2010. Sparks has had many books published and adapted into movies. Photo by Molly Schiermeyer

FHS senior Gessica Gdowski is in the middle of reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The book was published in 2003, to later come out in 2007, as a well-liked film. J.K. Rowling’s series consisted of seven books and eight movies from 1997 to 2007. Photo by Molly Schiermeyer

I don’t think it’s good. The acting definitely isn’t great. I thought the movie followed the book well, but books always have more detail.”

Twilight isn’t the only disappointment to the teen-readers of FHS. Sometimes film-makers aren’t cautious of giving away details of book sequels.

“The City of Bones was probably the worst book-to-movie adaptation I’ve seen,” said senior Amy Ellis. “They didn’t follow the book at all and gave away part of the second book.”

A few readers said they may end up enjoying the movie, although it may not match the book

very well.“I enjoyed the book and movie The Last

Song, but the movie is absolutely nothing like the book,” said Leick. “The details that the book describes aren’t in the movie.”

Some of the other worst book-to-movie adaptations include: The DaVinci Code, The Lovely Bones, The Cat in the Hat and The Scarlet Letter.

Even though there are some terrible book-to-movie adaptations, FHS students believe there are some good ones as well.

“They can sometimes turn out decent,” said Cottier. “Obviously, some turn out worse than others.” Story by Jenny Davis

Gess Gdowski @gessgdow14 9/6/14

I’ve never cried because of a movie as hard as I did tonight during If I Stay

Alec Karr @aleckarr 6/14/14

For anyone that hasn’t seen “The fault in our stars” I recommend seeing it

Ty Hansen @BiginDependence 3/31/14

Retweet for Lord of the RingsFavorite for Harry Potter

olivia @livwalters10 12/8/13

I still cry in the perks of being a wallflower because it’s just that good

Jenny DavisAllie GamacheMolly SchiermeyerFremont High SchoolIn-Depth Newspaper CoverageOctober 2014