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Old 05-15-2016, 07:53 AM  
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Name some examples where the movie is better than the Book!
I like to read, and after I finish a book I like to watch the movie based on the book if it exists.

At this point, I'm sure I've watched more than a hundred movies based on books, and I can't think of many that were better than the book.

The only one I can think of, off the top of my head, is Shawshank Redemption. But that was only a novella.

Forrest Gump is a pretty damn good movie, and it's based on a book. I might guess that it's better than the book, but I haven't read it, so I can't be for sure.

You guys got any examples of the movie being better than the book?
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Old 05-15-2016, 08:04 AM   #2
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None that I can think of. Ditto for tv series based on books. It's impossible to match the level of detail and internal monologue is almost always lost. Not that the movies can't still end up good in their own right.
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Old 05-15-2016, 08:25 AM   #3
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I do generally prefer books to movies but there are plenty of exceptions.


Lonesome Dove is a slightly better movie (mini series) than the book.

Warlock (1959) is better than the source novel by Oakley Hall.

Sleepers (1996) was a better movie than book.

The Prestige (2006) was based an a pretty weak novel.

The novel "Jaws" also kinda sucked.

Misery (1990), The Shining (1980), Stand By Me, and The Shawshank Redemption (1994) were much better than the original King stories.


Red Dragon, In a Lonely Place, Marathon Man (1976), Blade Runner (minus the god damn unicorn) The Godfather and on and on and on.
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Old 05-15-2016, 09:17 AM   #4
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Feel like books can sometimes make it hard to show action or the extraordinary. Jurassic Park is a good example of that.

And sometimes you leave the book with an incredible script and directing. Apocalypse now, the godfather, and fight Club... All better than the book.
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Old 05-15-2016, 09:39 AM   #5
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Apocalypse Now is not better than Heart of Darkness.

Last of the Mohicans is a better movie to modern audiences than the book is.
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Old 05-15-2016, 10:17 AM   #6
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Old 05-15-2016, 11:28 AM   #7
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Old 05-15-2016, 12:13 PM   #8
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Someone already mentioned it, but I've always loved the film version of Jurassic Park more than the book.

I'd even rather watch The Lost World than read it, although it's been over a decade since my last read-through.
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Old 05-15-2016, 12:28 PM   #9
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Someone already mentioned it, but I've always loved the film version of Jurassic Park more than the book.

I'd even rather watch The Lost World than read it, although it's been over a decade since my last read-through.
Really? They're not particularly close. Especially TLW. You owe yourself a re-read.
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Old 05-15-2016, 12:31 PM   #10
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The main one that comes to mind for me is Exorcist III. I loved the movie and the book (forgot the name) was just strange.

I saw Misery mentioned and I have to disagree. The movie, while really good, felt like the book on training wheels. With King, the best you can hope for is for the movie/tv show to be as close to as good as the book. I thought Shawshank, Green Mile and Stand by Me were about the same as the book.
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