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I really want The Secret History to be made into a movie, but I’m also so worried that it would be bad, that maybe it’s best that it remain “unfilmable”.
i feel like if it were to be made into something for the screen it would have to be a series or a mini series, like condensing donna tartt's mammoth of a book into a 90 minutes feature would be impossible and i feel like there is nothing throwaway in the book
After watching Red, White & Royal Blue I'm really hoping for more of my favorite romance novels to be turned into silly little rom-coms. It's just so much fun!
@srebnoeva really? You think so? My friend read the book & watched the movie and said a few very big plot points from the book were lost in the movie (I have only watched the movie) /lh
Someone should adapt The Song of Achilles into a film. Seeing the relationship of Achilles and Patroclus progress, while the epic story unfolds, on the big screen would be a delight
I finished the invisible life of Addie Larue after a hold at the library- I then 1) bought a copy for re- reads because I liked it so much, then 2) googled if it would be a movie because I thought the exact same thing as Jack. I can’t wait for it to come out. I’m sure the book will be better, usually is.
Reading Bunny by Mona Awad felt like watching an A24 film. I'm really curious to see how someone would adapt it for the screen and if done properly I think it could be amazing
I thought about Piranesi too but at the same time I feel everyone who’s read it has probably such a strong image in their mind that a movie would just destroy that. It just feels like a book you have to read instead of watch
Love the movie discussion, BUT! The main point here is the bookshelf. You've organized it! The clothbounds are of course stunning, looks great. Now, I desperately need a video where you talk about your current setup. I realize I'm way too invested in your home library, please excuse the unhinged nature of what is to follow. Seeing you build it had a strong parasocial impact, like I feel your bookshelves are also my bookshelves, and not knowing what's going on with them is lowkey stressful. Your book collection is my Paul Mescal. I only want good things for it, even though it doesn't know I exist.
List of Books 1:50 The Girls by Emma Cline 2:35 Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers 3:26 The Invisible Life of Addie Larue’ by V.E. Schwab 5:49 Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie 6:55 Less by Andrew Sean Greer 8:24 The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Daré 9:16 Magpie by Elizabeth Day 9:50 Elena Knows and A Little Luck by Claudia Piñeiro
I really disliked that book but I would be interested to see it turned into a movie. If the script was well written I think it could be an example of the adaptation exceeding the original.
Ahh we missed you, Jack! We know you’re busy, though. Guess who’s hosting this year’s Booker Prize livestream? 👏✨ Seeing you winning at life also makes us giddy, I hope you don’t mind. We’re also your friends (against your will lol)
Jessie Buckley is the queen of literary adaptations. And she narrates Dickens' audio books. I wish she was my friend. 😊 Can't wait to see Hamnet. If Small Pleasures is made into a film I hope the script ignores the last few pages.
I honestly cant believe movie producers and script writers keep reheating old stuff again and again when there are soooo many great books and serieses are just right there waiting. I am an avid sci-fi reader as well as literary fiction, and there are so many amazing sci-fi book series that havent seen any screen time yet.
I'm dying to see One Last Stop by Casey Mcquinston as a film, especially after seeing her other book, Red White and Royal Blue being turned into a film so brilliantly!!!
There is in fact an amazing movie based on one of Claudia Pineiro's books. The movie and book are called Thursday Widows (Las viudas de los jueves). It's an Argentinian movie from 2009, and it's about four couples living in a luxurious private neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, the secrets they keep and the price they have to pay to keep the facade of a perfect life. It is in Spanish, but i'm sure there must be subtitled versions.. I hiiighly recommend it!
I think Piranesi would be awesome, but idk if the scenarios would be as cool as they are in the book. The seven death of Evelyn Hardcastle could be a cool mini series
Jack if you're looking for a show that depicts its protagonists in different time periods and is also done really well you should totally check out good omens!! also it's adapted from an amazing book
I would love to see Our Wives Under The Sea adapted for the screen. I felt like I could see it playing out in my mind and I hope to see it on screen someday!
jack in the books has really become Jack, in the books with the bookshelves. it really does look like you live in a mystical book cave i love love love!!
I REALLY need to read Home Fire. I did my bachelor's capstone project on Antigone and retellings/reimagining stories, so it sounds SO up my alley. Thank you for the reminder!!
There's a book called America is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo. It's about several generations of a Filipino family living in the Bay Area in the 90s. It delves into history, immigration, family, love, and it features a lot of music too. The whole era and setting would make for an amazing TV series with a banging soundtrack. Its also an amazing book in its own right.
i would LOVE to see drive your plow over the bones of the dead as a film. The way scenery is described is so vusceral and i think it would just be incredible to see the polish mountains on screen in this way
Obsessed with the thought of Hamnet being turned into a movie oh my god. Fun fact, it was one of your videos that made me want to read that book, and now it’s one of my favourites!! Not even finished the video yet I’m just hyped about that already
I totally never got the hype surrounding Hamnet, I never liked it much but I’m happy for the author it’s so popular. I can imagine Small Pleasures being a great Wes Anderson film… it needs to happen! Lessons in Chemistry is on Apple TV?! If only I had a subscription to that *sigh*. Love this new filming location Jack! Just so on brand and amazing
I really want Hollywood to hurry up and make Hail Mary (Andy Weir) into a movie already! I believe Ryan Gosling is already linked to it, which would be awesome! Also Home Fire is a GREAT shout, cant believe nobody has done that yet, especially because its based on a play.
I was really surprised when I learned that The Hollow Man by John Dickson Carr has never been adapted, it's one of the best mystery novels I've ever read ! It could have been such an awesome 50's vintage movie for example, but I don't know if the film industry would do it justice nowadays.
I haven’t made it to the end of this video yet BUT ATLAS SIX!!! if netflix don’t mess up the special effects and make it look stupid then it has their name ALL OVER IT!! Think shadow and bone but modern day new york and london meets umbrella academy. diverse characters, character development driven as well as plot- ugh in love! it would HAVE to be a series though with like 20 episodes each season
I’d love to see the American Royals series as like a Netflix show or something. Like it’s just such a good series, and there are already shows like it, like The Crown
i don't know if you're aware but Lie with me has been turned into a movie and it's AMAZING. I bawled my eyes out even though I knew the story because I had read the book
I just finished reading Not Forever, But For Now by Chuck Palahniuk, and the whole time I kept imagining what that would be like as a movie. Seems like it would be entertaining. I also could picture The House On The Borderland and Glamorama as pretty adequate movies as well. Maybe Blood Meridian as well, but that's such a great book it could easily be botched, most movie versions probably wouldn't do it justice.
i'm sure someone has told you this already, but the autogenerated captions say "welcome to jacking the books" which uh you may or may not want to embrace
the girls would be a PERFECT movie with such a cool casting opportunity. I have personal beef with small pleasures but it gives that Therese from Carol vibes for me. Would loveeee to see Bunny by Mona Awad, Brutes by Dizz Tate, and Stargazer by Laurie Petrou would be amazing
I haven't read The Invisible Life of Addie Larue yet, but every time I hear the plot, I'm reminded of the movie The Age of Adaline. I recommend it wholeheartedly.
really funny the way you see paul mescal, i live in the town he's from and when he was nominated for the oscar one of the pubs put up a huge banner with his face on it on the main street and everyone thought it was ridiculous 😅
another book by v.e. schwab that i'm dying to see on screen is "a darker shade of magic"! i think it would be a very great mix of harry potter (if it wasn't written by a f8cking terf) and blade runner 2049 in the visual sense of it.
this is a little backwards but if you've seen the movie "Blindness", it was based on a book written by a Portuguese novelist called Jose Saramago, who is actually the only Portuguese novelist to ever win a literary Nobel Prize (with this book). Not only is his writing itself incredibly unique, so are his stories, so interesting too. I really think you'd enjoy most of his books
