![50 Best Book To Movie Adaptations
32. Drive (2011)The Book: John Sallis’ book of the same name, which follows Driver, a morally ambiguous lead who drives for a living – and then some.The Movie Version: Supremely stylish and starring a swaggering, on-the-brink-of-something Ryan Gosling. Sure, the plot feels vaguely inconsequential, but this is gorgeous stuff.Biggest Difference: Sallis’ novel has no linear plot, jumping around in time. This conceit was not used in the film.[FOR THE OTHER 49 BEST BOOK TO MOVIE ADAPTATIONS, CLICK ON GOSLING OR FOLLOW THIS LINK]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lueltggTxj1qcga5ro1_500.jpg)
50 Best Book To Movie Adaptations
32. Drive (2011)
The Book: John Sallis’ book of the same name, which follows Driver, a morally ambiguous lead who drives for a living – and then some.
The Movie Version: Supremely stylish and starring a swaggering, on-the-brink-of-something Ryan Gosling. Sure, the plot feels vaguely inconsequential, but this is gorgeous stuff.
Biggest Difference: Sallis’ novel has no linear plot, jumping around in time. This conceit was not used in the film.
[FOR THE OTHER 49 BEST BOOK TO MOVIE ADAPTATIONS, CLICK ON GOSLING OR FOLLOW THIS LINK]
![40 Most Violent Movie Fights
9. Gangs Of New York (2002)
The Fight: The Dead Rabbits and the Natives meet on the battlefield. Daniel Day-Lewis’ Bill the Butcher lives up to that name by slicing his way through swathes of his enemies.
Look Away When: Bill comes face-to-face with Priest Vallon (Liam Neeson) and digs a blade right into him. Shucks.[FOR 39 MORE VIOLENT MOVIE FIGHTS, CLICK ON BILL THE BUTCHER OR FOLLOW THIS LINK]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrvdjsGWcQ1qcga5ro1_500.jpg)
40 Most Violent Movie Fights
9. Gangs Of New York (2002)
The Fight: The Dead Rabbits and the Natives meet on the battlefield. Daniel Day-Lewis’ Bill the Butcher lives up to that name by slicing his way through swathes of his enemies.
Look Away When: Bill comes face-to-face with Priest Vallon (Liam Neeson) and digs a blade right into him. Shucks.
[FOR 39 MORE VIOLENT MOVIE FIGHTS, CLICK ON BILL THE BUTCHER OR FOLLOW THIS LINK]
![39 Actors & Directors On Their Best Movies
CHRISTIAN BALE ON THE DARK KNIGHT
So what new physical challenges did you face for The Dark Knight?
We’ve gone a bit further with Keysi, the martial art we learned for the first one.
I’m actually learning how to do it more realistically than ever before, though it’s such an extremely violent way of fighting; there are literally moves where you tear someone’s cheek away from their face, or rip their nose off – every part of you becomes a weapon. It’s formidable.
Batman doesn’t kill, so we can’t have him doing that: we modify it.
[FOR 38 MORE INTERVIEWS WITH CINEMA GREATS SUCH AS WOODY ALLEN, ROBERT DOWNEY JR, NICOLAS CAGE AND MANY MORE, CLICK ON BATMAN OR FOLLOW THIS LINK]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr79n1CyBT1qcga5ro1_500.gif)
39 Actors & Directors On Their Best Movies
CHRISTIAN BALE ON THE DARK KNIGHT
So what new physical challenges did you face for The Dark Knight?
We’ve gone a bit further with Keysi, the martial art we learned for the first one.
I’m actually learning how to do it more realistically than ever before, though it’s such an extremely violent way of fighting; there are literally moves where you tear someone’s cheek away from their face, or rip their nose off – every part of you becomes a weapon. It’s formidable.
Batman doesn’t kill, so we can’t have him doing that: we modify it.
20 Coolest Movie Teaser Posters
In honour of the Dark Knight Rises building-crusher… 20 tantalising one-sheets.
