Best Adapted Screenplay. It’s always a favorite category of mine, as I’ve tried my hand at adapting several novels and comics to screenplay, often with hilariously disastrous results that I shan’t dare share with you. Also, talking about adaptations is sort of a hobby of mine, so naturally, I’m enjoying writing this up. An adaptation can elevate its source material (see almost any adaptation of a Stephen King short story) or mire it in crap-nuggets (see any adaptation of a full Stephen King novel).
This year was a particularly good batch of adapted screenplays. From stories of meth-addled country communities to a tale about a dude that cuts his own arm off, there was good material for the adapted screenplay aficionado.
So who will take home the coveted Flixie, an award name I just made up right now with no one else’s knowledge? Check out the lucky contestant below the jump!
Best Adapted Screenplay. It’s always a favorite category of mine, as I’ve tried my hand at adapting several novels and comics to screenplay, often with hilariously disastrous results that I shan’t dare share with you. Also, talking about adaptations is sort of a hobby of mine, so naturally, I’m enjoying writing this up. An adaptation can elevate its source material (see almost any adaptation of a Stephen King short story) or mire it in crap-nuggets (see any adaptation of a full Stephen King novel).
This year was a particularly good batch of adapted screenplays. From stories of meth-addled country communities to a tale about a dude that cuts his own arm off, there was good material for the adapted screenplay aficionado.
So who will take home the coveted Flixie, an award name I just made up right now with no one else’s knowledge? Check out the lucky contestant below the jump!{{page_break}}
The Social Network features one of Aaron Sorkin’s best scripts to date. Along with David Fincher’s masterful direction, it manages to take a story mostly revolving around legal battles and college kids sitting around computers and coding madly and turns it into a freight train of a story. Sorkin’s script jumps into it early and doesn’t slow down. This is something being written about a movie about the founding of f***ing Facebook. Granted, the filmmakers are open about how deeply people’s characterization differs from the real people and real events, but in this case, it’s certainly an improvement upon history.
So that’s Best Adapted Screenplay! Below, you can see our other nominees, as well as how your Flixist editors voted. Have a different opinion? Chime in below and let us know! Tune in throughout the day to see the winners of Best Original Screenplay and Best Director!
- The Social Network (Aaron Sorkin) – 10 votes
- True Grit (Joel and Ethan Coen) – 4 votes
- Winter’s Bone (Debra Granik & Anne Rosselini) – 2 votes
- Shutter Island (Laeta Kalogridis) – 1 votes
