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 Ever seen a movie that was better than the book? |
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 25/11/2011, 10:42 AM
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I have never seen a movie that was better than the book it was based on.
I read Water for Elephants and loved it and then I watched the movie and I was like nooooo, its all wrong! I didnt like it. Why do you think that books seems to be always better than the movies they base them on? Have you ever seen a movie that was better than the book? |
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25/11/2011, 10:44 AM
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da vinci code. could not get into the book, but really enjoyed the movie
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25/11/2011, 10:45 AM
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I think that the Harry Potter movies are just as good as the books if you allow for the fact that they leave half of the book out!
An old one I can think of is Dr Zhivago. I found the book very hard to read but the movie is just beautiful. |
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25/11/2011, 10:46 AM
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TV series, not movie. I am finding the series, The Slap, to be far more nuanced and enjoyable than the book.
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25/11/2011, 10:47 AM
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Lord of the rings extended editions.
I loved the books but the movies were just superb. |
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25/11/2011, 10:47 AM
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I thought the Harry Potter movies were better than the books. I found all but the first book a bit slow.
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25/11/2011, 10:48 AM
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That Night with Juliette Lewis. Neither was great, but I distinctly remember the movie being better.
edit to add, I don't even remember what it was about, just that movie was better  This post has been edited by greenthumbs: 25/11/2011, 10:49 AM |
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25/11/2011, 10:50 AM
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OK, embarrassed to admit it but:
Twilight. I actually managed to sit through the entire first movie. I hated it but I watched it. I tried really hard to read the book but it was so woefully bad that it was all I could do not to drop the damn thing in the shredder. Otherwise, no I can't really think of anything else. There's bound to be something though. |
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25/11/2011, 10:53 AM
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I loved reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy but preferred the movies. I felt there were some "silly" bits in the books that were left out of the movies.
I think I felt the same about Memoirs of a Geisha. |
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25/11/2011, 10:53 AM
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Shawshank Redemption. Great short story by Steven King, but the movie is truly superb.
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