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re: Movies That Are Better Than The Book
Posted on 1/20/14 at 10:31 am to ZacAttack
Posted on 1/20/14 at 10:31 am to ZacAttack
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critics did not like it all when it first came out, I think Melville actually went into a depression over the general reception of the book
Book critics in the 19th Century have a lot in common with modern day movie critics. The pretentiousness is palpable.
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Posted on 1/20/14 at 10:36 am to thekid
was actually coming here to post this:
and that made me think of another...
dammit. screw you guys.
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Shawshank redemption...
The book is a Stephen King short story and the movie is better...
and that made me think of another...
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Stand by Me. Took a King short story and knocked it out of the park.
dammit. screw you guys.
Posted on 1/20/14 at 10:37 am to elprez00
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elprez00
Have you read Moby Dick? Not the Cliff Notes version, but the whole thing.
Posted on 1/20/14 at 10:42 am to WhoDats10
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lord of the rings
wow...the book must have really fricking sucked.
Posted on 1/20/14 at 10:44 am to ZacAttack
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Have you read Moby Dick? Not the Cliff Notes version, but the whole thing.
Of course I have. Read it the first time as a Junior in high school and wrote a report on it. Read it several times since. Yes its long, but I enjoy it. I'm sorry that you don't. I hated Great Expectations, but that doesn't mean I think its terrible and Dickens is a hack.
Posted on 1/20/14 at 10:48 am to elprez00
If it counts as "a movie", Boardwalk Empire and nothing else is close.
Posted on 1/20/14 at 10:50 am to magildachunks
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The Godfather is probably going to be a popular choice, but I can't comment because I've never read
book is 1000x better
The book is like a long Life magazine article. Lots of detail, no style.
Posted on 1/20/14 at 10:50 am to beachdude
I'm going with Fight Club as well.
Posted on 1/20/14 at 10:53 am to rondo
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rondo
Posted on 1/20/14 at 10:55 am to White Shadeaux
LoTRs is the worst three movies I have ever seen.
Posted on 1/20/14 at 10:58 am to rondo
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LoTRs is the worst three movies I have ever seen.
I've got a friend that is a Tolkien freak and hated the LoR movies the first time he saw them.
Posted on 1/20/14 at 11:02 am to shutterspeed
To Kill a Mockingbird. Classic book, Epic film.
This post was edited on 1/20/14 at 11:03 am
Posted on 1/20/14 at 11:07 am to Kafka
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The book is like a long Life magazine article. Lots of detail, no style.
Yep, I really like the book, but it's amazing how the movie frames my opinion oabout it. I just ignore all the Vegas stuff with the doctor and the maid of honor in the book that didn't make the movie.
Posted on 1/20/14 at 11:19 am to Cockopotamus
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No Country for Old Men
I can't agree with that and I like the movie a lot. But the movie is missing the back story for Sheriff Bell and the book is just exceptionally well written. My favorite audio book for sure.
I'll go with Star Wars. There actually is a book, written by a fairly well known sci-fi author and it came out before the movie. It's pretty bad.
Posted on 1/20/14 at 11:22 am to Tigris
I'll agree with Jaws. The movie is 100x better.
Posted on 1/20/14 at 11:23 am to Sus-Scrofa
Not neccessarily books, but in the same vein as the Stephen King short stories, Phillip K Dick wrote a bunch of sci-fi short stories that were eventually turned into some pretty badass movies. Total Recall, Blade Runner and Minority Report come to mind..
Posted on 1/20/14 at 11:24 am to Tigris
But was the book a licensing deal from the movie? Pretty sure Star Wars was original material.
Posted on 1/20/14 at 11:26 am to elprez00
One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. Nicholson owned McMurphy 
Posted on 1/20/14 at 11:35 am to Tigris
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I'll go with Star Wars. There actually is a book, written by a fairly well known sci-fi author and it came out before the movie. It's pretty bad.
Ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster. Was not an original work, it was based off of Lucas' original screenplay.
Plot differences are listed here.
Posted on 1/20/14 at 11:40 am to elprez00
I may go with Jurassic Park. Book was great, but that movie was superb
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