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> Where the movie is better than the book, Can you think of any?
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Lucretia Borgia
post 04/01/2013, 07:27 PM
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DH and I were just discussing this.....I have two:

The Shipping News ...I liked the book, but I found the prose heavy going...loved the movie.....

High Fidelity ....LOVED the movie....I thought it rocked

Snow Falling On Cedars ....I absolutely adored the book, and I thought the movie was at least on par.....

WDYT?
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Faradaye
post 04/01/2013, 07:30 PM
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Forrest Gump.

One of my favourite movies.

The book is utter tosh.
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post 04/01/2013, 07:32 PM
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Children of Men. The movie was brilliant. The book was pretty flawed.
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post 04/01/2013, 07:32 PM
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Trainspotting - had more humour than the book which I found a bit more grim, also the characters were much more likeable in the movie

Fight Club - The book was good, but the movie had Brad Pitt looking at his absolute best
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post 04/01/2013, 07:34 PM
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The lovely bones.

Thought the movie was really good. Book was crap!
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post 04/01/2013, 07:36 PM
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Lord of the Rings.

And ( ph34r.gif ) Twilight. I'm well aware that the movie or books are no masterpieces, but if we're talking about which one is better, the movies were far less painful.
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post 04/01/2013, 07:36 PM
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QUOTE (strawberrypie7 @ 04/01/2013, 07:34 PM) *
The lovely bones.

Thought the movie was really good. Book was crap!


I thought I was the only person in the world who didn't enjoy the book!!! happy.gif . Not that I have seen the movie yet.
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post 04/01/2013, 07:37 PM
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Miss Smilla's feeling for snow. Liked the book but there was a big boring chunk in the middle that was fast tracked in the movie.

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The lovely bones.

Thought the movie was really good. Book was crap!


ohmy.gif See I adored the book, thought the movie was ok.

Also the Hours. Adored the movie.

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post 04/01/2013, 07:38 PM
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Dexter (TV show) is better than the books it was loosely based on, although I'm not a huge fan DH loves the show.

I think some film/tv/stage adaptations make the stories a lot more accessible - for example the book Les Miserables is really heavy going and hard to read, but the musical and film versions are pretty popular.
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post 04/01/2013, 07:38 PM
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QUOTE (♥~Bodhichitta~♥ @ 04/01/2013, 08:36 PM) *
I thought I was the only person in the world who didn't enjoy the book!!! happy.gif . Not that I have seen the movie yet.



I haven't seen the movie because I hated the book. I am the same with The Slap. Everyone keeps telling me the TV series is excellent but the book was awful (and I think I'm the only person in Australia who hated the book).
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