Movie better than the book.

andrema · Post by **andrema** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 9:56 am

The Color Purple

moishlashen · Post by **moishlashen** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 10:36 am

Good call on Silence of the Lambs JB-both very good.

cdnwatchguy · Post by **cdnwatchguy** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 12:53 pm

JBZ wrote: Read and saw Fight Club. Hated both. Really hated.

Glad you mentioned that. Thought I might be the only one. I hated that movie.

JBZ · Post by **JBZ** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 1:17 pm

cdnwatchguy wrote:
JBZ wrote: Read and saw Fight Club. Hated both. Really hated.

Glad you mentioned that. Thought I might be the only one. I hated that movie.

Yeah - I know that both the movie and Chuck Palahniuk have huge followings. I just don't get it - not my thing.

Post by **toxicavenger** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 1:18 pm

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (European version)

mechnut · Post by **mechnut** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 2:19 pm

Not necessarily better, but just as good: The Hunt for Red October

FlyPenFly · Post by **FlyPenFly** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 2:45 pm

mechnut wrote:Not necessarily better, but just as good: The Hunt for Red October

Read a lot of Tom Clancy when I was a teenager. Re-reading it now it's a little painful how poorly edited it was.

Movie was a lot better.

T.R. · Post by **T.R.** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 3:53 pm

moishlashen wrote:Jaws.

Likely one of my favorite flicks ever but I have to say.....the book was / is awesome.

T.R. · Post by **T.R.** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 4:00 pm

I liked American Sniper more at the movies than I did the book. The book was a great read but I found the visual impact of the movie to be incredibly awesome.

I will say that I rarely find a movie to actually be better than the book.

kfalk · Post by **kfalk** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 4:53 pm

Good idea for a thread, Moisty. I'm getting some ideas for reading - I've seen most o the movies.

moishlashen · Post by **moishlashen** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 5:08 pm

Yeah-I just started reading "The Shining" -another top 10 movie of mine. It's pretty good so far.

marchone · Post by **marchone** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 5:12 pm

In my experience books and resultant movies are mutually exclusive.

Sidheguitarist · Post by **Sidheguitarist** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 7:17 pm

I'd muse aloud that many of the Marvel Universe movies (eg. Iron Man, and especially Thor) are a lot more fun than their dorky comic progenitors. I'd personally say the same of Craig's 2006 Casino Royale vs the ancient novel.

JBZ · Post by **JBZ** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 6:08 am

FlyPenFly wrote:
mechnut wrote:Not necessarily better, but just as good: The Hunt for Red October
Read a lot of Tom Clancy when I was a teenager. Re-reading it now it's a little painful how poorly edited it was.

Movie was a lot better.

I agree with this. When I was in high school, I loved Clancy. A couple of years ago I picked up one of his books I had never read, and I couldn't believe how poorly edited, poorly researched, and hackneyed it was.

His stories make much better movies.

moishlashen · Post by **moishlashen** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 7:03 am

I pick and choose Clancy. One of my favorite books is "Red Storm Rising" with "Hunt" a close second. Hunt was a great great movie and when I went back to read the book my memory inserted (some homo) Sean Connery as Ramius as well a few of the other dudes and it made the book even better.

JBZ · Post by **JBZ** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 7:10 am

Here's a tangent.

Better Jack Ryan, Alec Baldwin or Harrison Ford? I actually think Baldwin was better, especially since I didn't know who he was when THFRO came out. Harrison Ford was already famous when he got the roll, so all I could see was Indiana Jones playing Jack Ryan.

marchone · Post by **marchone** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 7:53 am

Candy

The book was better. Ringo sucked in the movie. Marlon Brando said it was the worst film he'd ever done.

moishlashen · Post by **moishlashen** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 8:38 am

JBZ wrote:Here's a tangent.

Better Jack Ryan, Alec Baldwin or Harrison Ford? I actually think Baldwin was better, especially since I didn't know who he was when THFRO came out. Harrison Ford was already famous when he got the roll, so all I could see was Indiana Jones playing Jack Ryan.

Totally agree. Same reason Spielberg used the relatively unknown at the time Liam Neeson to play O Schindler. 3 people tried out for the roll-Warren Beatty, Kevin Costner, and Mel Gibson. Beatty actually had a script but Spielberg didn't want him over shadowing who Schindler was.

Bradley_Goodchil · Post by **Bradley_Goodchil** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 6:26 pm

They say you should never Judge a Book by its Movie!

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Bob1035 · Post by **Bob1035** » Wed Nov 15, 2023 2:30 am

"Without Remorse" has always been my favorite Clancy, especially since I live near a large part of the story takes place.

The recent movie....was not good...

gwells · Post by **gwells** » Wed Nov 15, 2023 3:12 pm

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pbj204 · Post by **pbj204** » Wed Nov 15, 2023 8:00 pm

First Blood (Rambo)

Movie was better

Post by **CGSshorty** » Thu Nov 23, 2023 1:34 pm

pbj204 wrote:First Blood (Rambo)

Movie was better

I’m not sure I agree with this. Both are excellent, though.

Bob1035 · Post by **Bob1035** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 6:29 am

Im with shorty on this. Book was significantly different, both were good but book was better

Moris24 · Post by **Moris24** » Wed Apr 03, 2024 5:55 am

"The Godfather"
this is my best answer.

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