The book you like most discussion
Adaptations you thought were actually better than the book?
The Green Mile was an emotional roller-coaster movie but l felt the book was stilted and a little turgid prose-wise. The fact that l read it in its original form as a 6 part serialisation separated l think by a month for each subsequent part, made it hard for me to keep the thread. I read it again when it was re-issued as a whole volume and it was slightly better, but the punch of the film was still lacking imo. The Shawshank Redemption was a brilliant film too, but its source material was a mete short novella, and was fleshed out wonderfully by the scriptwriters into the classic King adaptation we all know and love. Probably the best of his oeuvre.On the other side of the coin, Apt Pupil was a horrendous film but the short story was among my favourites of King's short tales. It has a menace that the film lacked. I don't know if it was the fault of the actors or the scriptwriters, but it failed on all levels to convey even 1 tenth of the tension the book had. Kings' books are either hit or miss when it comes to adaptions though, don't you think?
Many adaptations of Philip Dick's Novels. The books were great, but the adaptations, including Man in the High Castle, Minority Report, and Bladerunner, took the stories and made phenomenal adaptations.
Christine wrote: "TimeFliesAway wrote: "The hunger games, i think? But maybe only bc i barely remember the books. Though it was a good decision that they made 2 movies for the last book.Heartstopper, too, i think...."
TimeFliesAway wrote: "The hunger games, i think? But maybe only bc i barely remember the books. Though it was a good decision that they made 2 movies for the last book.
Heartstopper, too, i think. While I'm not happy a..."
No, Heartstopepr the graphic novel by Alice Osman
Actually there are many books that when adapted to series/movies, it become more better. As per me,1.Purple hearts,
2.The Vow,
3.Love Rosie,
4.A walk to remember,
5.The Summer I turned pretty,
6.The viscount who loved me,
7.Charlie & the chocolate factory,
8.The last song,
9. Kissing Booth,
10.Thirteen reasons why
11.Me before you etc.
After seeing the trailer of 'All the light we can't see', I hope it will be better than the book. The book is a bit boring.
Larry The Lobster! wrote: "Christine wrote: "TimeFliesAway wrote: "The hunger games, i think? But maybe only bc i barely remember the books. Though it was a good decision that they made 2 movies for the last book.Heartstop..."
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Lord of the Rings. I had to slog thru some parts of the books. There was just so much extraneous and unnecessary material that it often dragged. The story itself was excellent. The telling wasn't always.
I thought the movies did a great job of pulling out the best parts and condensing it into a great story. It cut out extra material that went nowhere, connected storylines together and made it much easier and enjoyable experiences. Even though they're some of the longest movies ever. They were great.
Until the very end- I could have done without the slo-mo Hobbits reunion in bed.
The Handmaid’s Tale series was actually better than the book. (But I loved the sequel “The testaments”)
Jojo Rabbit! Loved Taika Waititi's interpretation of it!
Sandra wrote: "The Handmaid’s Tale series was actually better than the book. (But I loved the sequel “The testaments”)" I think the series successfully builds on the book for three reasons. First, Margret Atwood was heavily involved in the series, helping it stay true to her original content through the first season, though she does update the tech from the 1980s and changes the fate of the commander (a bit). (She appears in the background as one of the Aunts in an episode in the first season.) Second, the subsequent seasons extend the action beyond the end of the original book, explaining what happens to June next. And third, it acts as a bridge to "Testaments." I understand that before the pandemic hit, they were preparing to begin some of the character transformations and introduce the Pearl Girls. This combination of media, the book and television series, has been a brilliant melding and may have given Atwood, a woman whom I admire for many reasons, a bridge to create Testaments without the jarring changes and bogged-down details she would otherwise have needed.
The Notebook - that book was just awful. Silence of the Lambs is a magnificent movie - I didn't find the book worse, I found it enhanced the movie by delving deeper into the personality of the characters. For me they worked well together.
Georgina wrote: "The Notebook - that book was just awful. Silence of the Lambs is a magnificent movie - I didn't find the book worse, I found it enhanced the movie by delving deeper into the personality of the cha..."
YES! I didn't care for the book at all, but the movie was wonderful IMO.
Howl's Moving Castle. I love the book, but the film is perfection.
Confessions of a shopaholic.
The Shawshank Redemption IMO one of the only decent movie adaptation of a Stephen King novel there has ever been
Arrival was a much better movie than short story
The first season of The Leftovers is soo much better than the book.
Precious by Sapphire, the spelling and grammar errors ruined the flow of the book. I understand why it was written that way but ugh! The movie was much easier to get through and enjoyable.
L.A. Confidential. A terrific movie but I couldn't get into the book at all.
Agree! Last of the Mohicans for sure!Also:
The Hunt For Red October
The Exorcist
Shawshank Redemption
The red white and royal blue movie.
The Maze Runner series. Specifically The Death Cure.
Oliver wrote: "The Maze Runner series. Specifically The Death Cure."Yes! I do wish that they made the Fever Code into a movie
"Practical Magic" by Alice Hoffman was a great novel, but the movie was so enchanting! Perfect casting, I believe, sealed the deal!
The Flight Attendant. The show had a lot more humor than the book.
divergent is a show/movie???
Graveyard Shift by Stephen King. The 1990 film was much better than the 1970 short story.
Honestly? The Hunger Games movies. I found Katniss in the books to be the most annoying main character in possibly any book I've ever read. In the movies, you're not constantly in her head so she was a lot more bearable as a character.
Normal People, which was a very fine novel indeed, became remarkable in its adaptation.
Mark wrote: "Knock a the Cabin was a decent movie but way better than the book (Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay)Also I liked the Magicians trilogy by Lev Grossman but the TV adaptation was just..."
I liked the ending to the movie so much better than the book.
I actually though the Looking for Alaska show was extremely well done.
Hally wrote: "Divergent (but only the first one) i just love theo james so much"I love Theo James too LOL. I loved the Divergent ending in the movie over the books.
sky ~miss.littlereader~ wrote: "This is a good topic.I honestly thought that, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 is way better than books especially the first book it's kinda boring but I like 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬3.
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I saw the film and read the book. Personally, I liked both. Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, and Ted Levine brought their characters to life. Again with the prequel, "The Red Dragon," I enjoyed both. However, I thought the movie of "Hannibal" butchered the book (pun intended). The book gave so many insights into the character that were just lost in the movie.
The book you like most
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