Movies that are better than the Book

[Biff Tannen]

The World According to Garp?

 

[Go]

(not a movie) Band of Brothers

Its a great book, but damn they nailed it on the small screen.

Good thread, USUALLY movies are worse than books but great examples so far I think. So many times I am disappointed by movies based on books.

Lord of the Rings is really really well done, its a classic book too, maybe that's a wash?

 

[Deacfreak07]

LOTR is not as good as the book. Tom Bombadill or GTFO.

 

[DirtySouthDeacon]

My initial reaction was No Country for Old Men, bc I thought the movie was very well done and well acted, but I changed my mind. The book was badass.

 

[ImTheCaptain]

pff no, LOTR is not as good as the book

 

[Brangus]

First my serious response:

The Godfather

(Although the book is worth reading for character depth, especially with Sonny and Johnny Fontaine).

 

[Brangus]

(Movie is much better)

 

[Fuck Your Couch]

The Shining.

 

[IAppreciateIt]

am I the only one who thought this thread about a horrible movie called "the book" where people would post pictures of other horrible movies?

 

[CDeacMan]

I love both actually. JP is one of my favorite movies and one of my favorite books. I wouldn't really say one or the other is necessarily better. The book is quintessential Michael Crichton.

 

[DeacHead]

My initial reaction, without putting much thought into it, is 2001: A Space Odyssey. That's no disrespect to the book, which I think is great, I just think the movie is greater.

 

[ChicdeaC]

The Shining.

No way.

 

[Fuck Your Couch]

No way.

Kubrick >>> Stephen King

 

[ChicdeaC]

Kubrick >>> Stephen King

I'm not saying the movie isn't good or that Kubrick isn't but that book is definitely better than the movie.

 

[marquee moon]

The Shining, the film, has aged well.

 

[Fuck Your Couch]

I'm not saying the movie isn't good or that Kubrick isn't but that book is definitely better than the movie.

I'm not saying the book isn't good, but the film is considered a classic and one the greatest horror films in history. I don't think the book is held in that high of regard.

 

[ChicdeaC]

I'm not saying the book isn't good, but the film is considered a classic and one the greatest horror films in history. I don't think the book is held in that high of regard.

Meh, horror movies for me just aren't as scary as horror books. Power of the imagination and whatnot. Maybe it was just the time in not life or whatever but you will never convince me the book isn't better

 

[wakephan09]

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

A Clockwork Orange

Oh man, I disagree with both of these. Both films were fantastic, but the novels are works of art.

 

[wufu bufu]

pff no, LOTR is not as good as the book

First sensible thing you've said on this thread.

 

[marquee moon]

http://www.salon.com/2013/10/01/what_stanley_kubrick_got_wrong_about_the_shining/