The 2015 Literary Fauxscars: The Results are In!
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Every year, the staff of Literary Traveler has a lot of fun watching and discussing the year's best (and not-so-great) literary adaptations. From contemporary fiction favorites such as Gone Girl to non-fiction juggernauts like American Sniper, it has been an exceptional year for adaptation.
While The Imitation Game took home Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars, besting American Sniper, Inherent Vice, The Theory of Everything and Whiplash*, how will it fare with our own LT Academy?
We rolled out the red carpet and donned our most elegant sweatpants for the occasion. Join us as we toast to this year's winners!
Best Character Portrayal by an Actor:
Nominees: Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing (The Imitation Game), Philip Seymour Hoffman as Günther Bachmann (A Most Wanted Man), 
Best Character Portrayal by an Actress:
Nominees: 
Best Portrayal of a Literary Love Story:
Nominees: Peter Lake and Beverly Penn, Winter’s Tale, Augustus Waters and Hazel Grace Lancaster, The Fault in Our Stars, Tris and Four, Divergent, 
Best Cinematography & Production Design:
Nominees: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part I, Guardians of the Galaxy, Noah, Divergent, X-Men: Days of Future Past
And the Fauxscar goes to... The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
"Making full use of the new variety of optics available to filmmakers, the theater experience was impressive and deserving of recognition. With this sixth and final installment of Peter Jackson's devoted Tolkien adaptions, the franchise was given a grand send off by its enthusiastic fans, outselling all other Lord of The Rings and Hobbit installments at the box office. " Haley Houseman, Contributor
Best “Young Adult” Adaptation:
Nominees: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part I, The Maze Runner, 
Best Non-Fiction Adaptation:
Nominees: Wild, Still Alice, 
Best “Guilty Pleasure” Adaptation:
Nominees: Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, The Best of Me, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part I, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, I, Frankenstein, Guardians of the Galaxy
And the Fauxscar goes to... Guardians of the Galaxy
"Quite possibly the most fun movie I saw last year. I went into Guardians of the Galaxy expecting to be bored (I admit, my boyfriend convinced me to see it) and left with a stomachache from laughing so much. I don't really even consider this a guilty pleasure. The characters are smartly done." Katy Kelleher, Editor
Best “Stand Alone” Film:
Nominees: 
Gone Girl
"The book and the movie are different entities, and whether you like one or the other more, they both work individually, as well as together. Coming into the film with knowledge of the characters from the novel will give you a different experience than someone who hasn’t met them yet. However, whether met on page or screen, Nick and Amy captivate us by taking on a complex and disturbingly provocative life of their own." Wesley Sharer, Contributor -- 
Inherent Vice
"Anderson’s film is a spot-on visual representation of Pynchon’s novel, successfully translating the mood and tone of Pynchon’s unique writing style while maintaining the dreamy illogical plotting of his narrative structure. Joaquin Phoenix’s Doc plays the accidental hero perfectly, his expressions capturing the unfettered nature of the stoner PI and translating Pynchon’s humor onto the big screen with ease. Inherent Vice is a must-see for anyone looking for contradiction. It’s an escapist film that makes you think – although your thoughts will take the shapeless, illogical form of dreaming." Amanda Festa, Editor -- 
Most Anticipated Adaptation of 2015:
Nominees: Dark Places, Fifty Shades of Grey, Macbeth, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2, The Martian
And the Fauxscar goes to... Fifty Shades of Grey
Prepare with this look at the mainstream appeal of Fifty Shades and the history of erotica in literature.
"When looking for hints of what the film Fifty Shades of Grey might hold, we can look at the many erotica film adaptations that came before. Fanny Hill, which began the fine tradition of writing pornography in English, was made into at least five adaptations. The lascivious The History of Tom Jones was made into four films and an opera. Roughly 300 year later, they fail to titillate in quite the same way as the books (probably because no one give NC-17 ratings to literature, however smutty)." Haley Houseman, Contributor --