Listopia > Joan Opyr's votes on the list The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK (8 Books)
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The Shining (The Shining, #1)
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"No film is more terrifying than Kubrick's version of this story."
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The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
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"The book is clunky. The film is not"
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Brokeback Mountain
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Starship Troopers
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"Paul Verhoeven has Heinlein's number. I love the Dutch sense of humor. American's seem to completely miss the outrageous, audacious, ridiculous and over-the-top in Verhoeven's movies. A shame, that."
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To Have and Have Not
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"Lauren Bacall. You can't look at her in the book."
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Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
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"C. S. Lewis was no great shakes at consistent allegory. The films are much better than the books."
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About a Boy
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"I don't know -- this one might be a toss up. I enjoyed the book and the movie about equally well. Leaning slightly toward the movie."
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Herbert West: Reanimator and Other Stories
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"Lovecraft was a terrible writer, but his stories are great fun. Reanimator is the best adaptation of any of Lovecraft's work. Very smart, very funny."
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