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Chuvok
Joined: 25 Jan 2009
Location: Russia
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 Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:14 pm Post subject: Book or Movie? |
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Can you think of any examples where the MOVIE was better than the original BOOK?
And I mean real books adaptations, not like the Super Mario Bros movie, or some equally crappy thing that was based off a comic book or video game...
I can't think of any. Although I thought the Lord of the Rings movies were pretty damned good, but didn't top the books.
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Insidejohnmalkovich
Joined: 11 Jan 2008
Location: Pusan
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| Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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Harry Potter movies are definitely better than the books. The first two books are silly, but the movies make them cute and fun. The next books are long-winded and sophomoric, but the movies are short and snappy and gorgeous to look at.
David Lynch's Dune butchers the plot and philosophy of the book, but its vision of what Dune's universe should look like is better than the books. Compare the guild navigators in the movie to the descriptions in the books. |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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| The Godfather. |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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almost every movie is better than the book!
moving pictures and sound! come on!! you can't beat it!! |
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cobright
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Rochester Hills, MI
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| Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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| while not exactly a book. the Film adaptation of Glengarry Glen Ross trumped the stage version every time I've seen it performed (4 times now). |
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greedy_bones
Joined: 01 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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| The Les Miserables with Liam Neeson and Geoffrey Rush was better than the book, in my opinion. The book was great, but it was 500 or so pages too long. There were so many tangents in the book that were completely unnecessary. There was one part, for example, that spent 50 or so pages on the history of some convent, and then in two pages, a character is there and then leaves. |
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GreenlightmeansGO
Joined: 11 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| I think 'High Fidelity' was a good attempt. Some things in the movie were better than the book and the film was very faithful to the original (despite moving it from England to America). |
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mises
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| Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Fight Club. |
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blackjack
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Forest gump
the book was just silly |
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Missihippi
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| Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 5:32 am Post subject: |
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Charlotte's Web  |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
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| Gone with the Wind- I found the book overly long because of so many lengthy descriptions of things. A picture really is worth a thousand words, at least in this case |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 6:57 am Post subject: |
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Underwaterbob
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| "Stand by Me" and "Shawshank Redemption" are two mediocre Steven King short stories/novelettes that made better movies. |
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FMPJ
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| GreenlightmeansGO wrote: |
| I think 'High Fidelity' was a good attempt. Some things in the movie were better than the book and the film was very faithful to the original (despite moving it from England to America). |
Does it still count if they're both awful? |
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BreakfastInBed
Joined: 16 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Underwaterbob wrote: |
| "Stand by Me" and "Shawshank Redemption" are two mediocre Steven King short stories/novelettes that made better movies. |
Good call. I'd add that The Shining is a fun book but a great movie. Could even say the same of Carrie.
You could make a case for lots of detective/crime/noir stuff of the Raymond Chandler/Dashiell Hammett variety. Though for me the books are often as enjoyable as the movies, films like The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep have become iconic. The Thin Man and The Long Goodbye are great too.
Haven't read du Maurier's Rebecca but Hitchcock made it into a dandy of a film. Come to think of it, many of his films were based on novels or plays which are mostly forgotten but for the life given them by Hitchcock.
Disagree with InsideJohnMalkovich on the Harry Potter stuff, particularly on the first two films which were totally soulless.
Jurassic Park? Blade Runner? The Magnificent Ambersons? |
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