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re: Movies That Are Better Than The Books
Posted on 12/27/14 at 5:15 am to south bama tiger
Posted on 12/27/14 at 5:15 am to south bama tiger
I usually don't like when Hollywood softens a movie from the book to give Americans a feel good ending. But, The Natural just worked better with the happy, Rocky-esque ending.
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Posted on 12/27/14 at 7:14 am to LuckyTiger
The Hunt for Red October
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park
Posted on 12/27/14 at 7:43 am to willeaux
The Silence of The Lambs
Mean Girls
Mean Girls
This post was edited on 12/27/14 at 7:44 am
Posted on 12/27/14 at 8:19 am to Sevendust912
Jaws
Posted on 12/27/14 at 8:23 am to SoFla Tideroller
quote:
I usually don't like when Hollywood softens a movie from the book to give Americans a feel good ending. But, The Natural just worked better with the happy, Rocky-esque ending.
I came here to say the same. I threw the book at the wall when I finished it
Posted on 12/27/14 at 8:58 am to lsumatt
Children of men
Mary poppins
Prizzis honor
The dead zone (bc no author could accurately describe the low terror of Christopher walken)
Mary poppins
Prizzis honor
The dead zone (bc no author could accurately describe the low terror of Christopher walken)
This post was edited on 12/27/14 at 9:01 am
Posted on 12/27/14 at 9:15 am to LuckyTiger
Fight Club
Posted on 12/27/14 at 9:44 am to Baloo
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No Country for Old Men and Fight Club are both great books by great authors. I think the movies are better.
No Country for Old Men lived up to the book, which, in an era where that doesn't often happen, may make me lean toward the movie. But the book is better.
Posted on 12/27/14 at 9:58 am to LuckyTiger
The Count of Monte Cristo, the last movie version.
Posted on 12/27/14 at 10:23 am to arcalades
The ones ya'll have said that I disagree with:
Lord of the Rings: Seriously? Must be ADHD mellinials with the attention span and intellect of a gnat. I love the movies but the books are genius.
Same for Game of Thrones
I agree with Blade Runner and Fight Club.
I'll add The Wizard of Oz.
Lord of the Rings: Seriously? Must be ADHD mellinials with the attention span and intellect of a gnat. I love the movies but the books are genius.
Same for Game of Thrones
I agree with Blade Runner and Fight Club.
I'll add The Wizard of Oz.
Posted on 12/27/14 at 10:31 am to TygerTyger
quote:
Lord of the Rings: Seriously? Must be ADHD mellinials with the attention span and intellect of a gnat.
Posted on 12/27/14 at 10:31 am to ZacAttack
quote:WTF? Also, to what movie are you referring?
Moby Dick
Posted on 12/27/14 at 10:33 am to LuckyTiger
There Will Be Blood
Posted on 12/27/14 at 10:34 am to Sevendust912
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The Silence of The Lambs
quote:Good ones.
Children of Men
This post was edited on 12/27/14 at 10:35 am
Posted on 12/27/14 at 11:24 am to willeaux
quote:you are the first person I have ever seen who prefers the movie and has actually read the book.
Jurassic Park
Posted on 12/27/14 at 11:47 am to CaptainPanic
I read the book and didn't think it was significantly better than the movie
Posted on 12/27/14 at 11:47 am to LuckyTiger
I thought the giver was on the same level as the book... The hunger games is a better movie... The Shawshank Redemption is my favorite movie of all time and it surpasses the book imo
Posted on 12/27/14 at 11:48 am to CaptainPanic
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you are the first person I have ever seen who prefers the movie and has actually read the book.
Crichton is a great writer - actually, I don't think I ever finished the book - I did read Andromeda Strain way after I first saw the movie - that film was fairly faithful adaptation of the story. He was so young when he wrote that, he must have started it in med school.
Timeline is one of my favorite books of the last 20 years. (I didn't think the movie was as bad as the critics thought it was - but certainly not approaching the quality of the book.)
This post was edited on 12/27/14 at 11:49 am
Posted on 12/27/14 at 11:55 am to Ace Midnight
Timeline movie was far inferior to the book. The movie felt cheap, like it was made for TV. Congo and Sphere are the same. Jurassic Park was a big budget movie and it showed. Even if the book was a little better, the movie did it justice.
Posted on 12/27/14 at 11:59 am to LuckyTiger
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Movies That Are Better Than The Books
Jaws is the one true answer.
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