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re: Movies That Are Better Than The Books
Posted on 12/27/14 at 12:07 pm to south bama tiger
Posted on 12/27/14 at 12:07 pm to south bama tiger
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To Kill a Mockingbird
no fricking way. I'll give you it's close, but that book is phenomenal.
I'll liked Jurassic Park as a book better as well.
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Posted on 12/27/14 at 12:07 pm to biglego
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The movie felt cheap, like it was made for TV.
I don't agree with this - Richard Donner is a fine director, they had an $80 million budget in 1999 (adequate), and the cast was solid - if not spectacular (Butler was virtually unknown then). I think script issues and translating the layered story from print to screen doomed the effort. I'm a big fan of the book, and I give the film a C+.
Posted on 12/27/14 at 12:10 pm to south bama tiger
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Hell no. The movie was great, but the book was even better.
Posted on 12/27/14 at 12:17 pm to LuckyTiger
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Not a knock on the boo, which is great, but this movie did a really good job imo of capturing everything about the book.
Not a knock on the boo, which is great, but this movie did a really good job imo of capturing everything about the book.
Posted on 12/27/14 at 1:19 pm to Ace Midnight
You're right then. Didn't know the budget was so high. Didn't feel like a high budget movie to me. Wasn't awful, just could've been better.
Posted on 12/27/14 at 1:21 pm to Rex
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Jaws is the one true answer.
Good one
Posted on 12/27/14 at 3:22 pm to biglego
The Running Man, which is notable because it's the opposite of most other Stephen King stories where the movies are atrocities compared to the books.
Posted on 12/27/14 at 3:26 pm to CrazyTigerFan
Running Man--the Swarzeneggar movie? I think it's a terrible movie, at least now. Doesn't hold up well at all. I'd think the book would be better but I never read it
Posted on 12/27/14 at 6:07 pm to BlackleafBaller
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Well this is a TV series, but Game of Thrones
No. The books are fantastic.
Posted on 12/27/14 at 6:10 pm to Paul Allen
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The Hobbit
Posted on 12/27/14 at 8:24 pm to LuckyTiger
The man with the Golden Gun (although not a great bond film).
Casino Royale
Casino Royale
Posted on 12/27/14 at 8:28 pm to Pettifogger
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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.
I agree with that. The movie is so good mostly because the Coen's stuck with the dialogue from the book, pretty much word for word throughout the movie. The film version does have an advantage in being able to show the scenery of west Texas. But the Coen's chose to leave out the story of the hitchhiker and Sheriff Bell's backstory. It would have been nice to include the hitchhiker in the movie but it was much more important to tell Bell's background. That omission makes the book clearly better than the movie.
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