Adaptations you thought were actually better than the book?

[Amanda’s counting the days 🐾]

Atonement by Ian McEwan - I love the book, but the entire middle part during the war is waaaay too long and unnecessarily descriptive. The movie keeps things moving, obviously.

[M.]

I didn't care for the novel "Gone Girl" but I liked the movie.

[nour]

divergent, though i still hate four

[Ellie]

The 100 was a MUCH BETTER tv series than the books!!

[Papaya572]

The Vampire Diaries

[Micaela_Melnik]

Love, Rosie

[Pamela]

I love the Practical Magic movie but did not care as much for the book. It did lead me to Alice Hoffman. Her subsequent books about the Owens family have been great. I enjoyed them and believe they could be good movies.

[Pamela]

M. wrote: "I didn't care for the novel "Gone Girl" but I liked the movie."

I had to force myself to finish that book and have avoided reading Ms Flynn ever since. I will give the movie a chance based on your post. I didn't watch the movie because I disliked all the characters in the book. I was once lambasted on Goodreads when I said I could not relate to the book. The poster accused me of preferring boring Agatha Christie. What could I say. That's a correct statement.

[Cle]

probably the fifth wave

[Janine]

Pamela wrote: "I was once lambasted on Goodreads when I said I could not relate to the book."

That's just rude of whoever did that. Goodreads is supposed to be a place where readers can offer their honest opinions to other readers. I just don't get going off on a reader because they didn't like a book you loved.

[Dimi]

Coppola's Dracula for me is better than the book

[Sandra]

Phantom of the opera

[Clara 𐙚 🇵🇸]

Definitely not Percy Jackson 😂

[Pamela]

Janine wrote: "Pamela wrote: "I was once lambasted on Goodreads when I said I could not relate to the book."

That's just rude of whoever did that. Goodreads is supposed to be a place where readers can offer thei..."

Honestly, the way it read, I thought it was the author, publisher or friend of either.

[Katelyn]

Honestly, Good Omens

[Janine]

Pamela wrote: "Janine wrote: "Pamela wrote: "I was once lambasted on Goodreads when I said I could not relate to the book."

That's just rude of whoever did that. Goodreads is supposed to be a place where readers..."

Well that sucks. I have author friends who would never do that nor would I do it on their behalf but I know what you mean, there are some who do. Not cool IMO.

[Priscilla]

Phantom by Greer Rivers a retelling of The Phantom Of The Opera.

[Pamela]

Katelyn wrote: "Honestly, Good Omens"

My husband and I loved the series. I haven't read the book but am tempted. Must be Crowley tempting me.

[Cottonball]

100% agreement on Jaws! I went to Martha's Vineyard to see some of the filming locations.

Also, "2001: A Space Odyssey". The visuals in the film are outstanding, and still hold up today. Granted, the book is sort of a novelization, but I'll let that slide. :-)

[Sam]

Normal people and Me before you, both such great adaptations but personally didn’t enjoy the books as much

[Kindle Jenner]

The only movie I’ve ever liked better than the book was Gone Girl.

[roguereader]

a lot of the fantasy because of the special effects

[Khalid]

The film "Soylent Green" was superior to the book it was adapted from (the book is called "Make Room! Make Room!" by Harry Harrison)

[Madison]

I personally preferred the movie for “The Longest Ride” by Nicolas Sparks over the book.

[Emma]

I don’t know about better, but the 2020 Emma with Anya Taylor Joy is phenomenal. It’s just as good as the book, and definitely the best Austen adaptation :).

[Maia]

I just watched the movie for Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. It was so good, and stayed so true to the source material. I definitely love the book. but the movie did a really good job portraying their beautiful love story, honestly staying true to the characters.

[Filip]

Fight Club by far..

[Kelsey]

How to Train Your Dragon

[Krissi]

The Lord of the Rings. I love the series, don't get me wrong. Tolkein's writing style can just be a bit 5 they did such a great job with the movies

[Alex]

Normal People, Anne With an E ( loosely based on the original books)

[nour]

@ Kelsey httyd is a book?

[sarah]

"The Help" the movie made it so much more heart warming.

[Shawna]

the Narnia movies

[Kirsten]

Scrublands. Enjoyed the tv series more than the book.

[Nikita]

Hunger Games

[Maja]

Tarynla☾ wrote: "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."

Definitely loved the Divergent series movies more than the books, however I really enjoyed Four's book.

[Lucy]

i love the little women book, but the 2019 movie is honestly even better to me because it brings the characters alive SO well. i still love he book though!!

[Susan]

TLOTR hands down...the books dragged. Forrest Gump was also better as a film and Tom Hanks nailed the character. I wish they would a film sequel to follow the books though. The sequel Gump & Co. was funny as heck!

[Niangelix]

Heartstopper the movie was a okay but I can say the books were better