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re: Do you think it's possible to make a movie better than the book?
Posted on 9/4/23 at 6:03 pm to A Menace to Sobriety
Posted on 9/4/23 at 6:03 pm to A Menace to Sobriety
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No Country for Old Men
Figured that would show up here. No.
I love the movie. The book is still better, and I've read it at least 8 times because it is that good. The book isn't all that long. It was written as a screen play by Cormack McCarthy, and took a while for the Coen's to get to it. Almost every word in the movie is from the book. But the book has two important parts that had to be left out. The first is the hitchhiker - the other woman found at the motel with Llewelyn. Great dialogue in the book, it had to be left out for brevity I guess, OK, but this is why books are better. Second, Sheriff Bell's WWII backstory. That was important for understanding the ending and should not have been left out, period. So no, NCFOM book is better than the movie; and the movie is great.
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Posted on 9/5/23 at 8:39 am to Tigris
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The book isn't all that long. It was written as a screen play by Cormack McCarthy, and took a while for the Coen's to get to it. Almost every word in the movie is from the book.
This is they way I feel about the book Wiseguy and the movie Goodfellas. I initially thought Goodfellas was one of the best movies ever made but its best lines are drawn verbatim from the book. They are too different to compare though.
Posted on 9/6/23 at 10:27 am to Tigris
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Figured that would show up here. No.
I love the movie. The book is still better, and I've read it at least 8 times because it is that good. The book isn't all that long. It was written as a screen play by Cormack McCarthy, and took a while for the Coen's to get to it. Almost every word in the movie is from the book. But the book has two important parts that had to be left out. The first is the hitchhiker - the other woman found at the motel with Llewelyn. Great dialogue in the book, it had to be left out for brevity I guess, OK, but this is why books are better. Second, Sheriff Bell's WWII backstory. That was important for understanding the ending and should not have been left out, period. So no, NCFOM book is better than the movie; and the movie is great.
I'd almost put these par with each other for me. It's one of the very few instances when a movie is equally as good as a good book. There are numerous cases where good movies came from average books.
The only instance I'd say where a movie is better than a great book, is Blade Runner. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is a great book, and the greatest book title of all time, but I like the movie better. Obviously you get more character/crisis depth with the book, but I find Dekker to be more interesting in the movie and I like the ending better in the movie.
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