Jueves 12 Feb 2009, 15:40

Anthony Burgess' book A ClockWork Orange brings you to a new society with its own rules, its own language and its own identity. Reading the book, you create your own world for the droogs to roam but Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation illustrates the ultraviolence in such a graphic way that it will shake up whatever Clockwork Orange world you knew before.

JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy was in no doubt a masterpiece but Peter Jackson's films were an homage to the books. The films could never truly capture the magic of the Middle-Earth but the awe factor is always intact especially during the extravagant battle of Helm's Deep and the sheer and utter hairiness of the hobbits.

Fight Club as a novel and a film manages to keep you on your toes until the very end. A story of schizophrenia and chaos, the book unhinges something in your own head as you create your own conclusions. However, the stellar performances from Brad Pitt and Edward Norton in David Fincher's film version caught the attention of legions of other fans.

Ian McEwan's Atonement is a love story propelled by fear and captured by using lyrical language. The film released last year with Keira Knightly transported the beauty of the words into a visual feast of indulgent landscapes and costumes. The cast was picked to perfection with Irish actress Saoirse Ronan as Briony earning an Oscar nomination.

Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass bring us to a land so far removed from ours that it could only be translated into picture with the creative team of Disney. It is only in cartoons that you can run complete riot with colours, characters and constant chatter without being accused of a fondness of narcotics.