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Old 08-17-2004, 10:37 PM   #7 (permalink)
Journeyman
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LotR gets obvious props for being exceedingly top-notch in both book and movie form.
Fight Club, I think the movie did a fantastic job of translating a lot of the book into the big screen (Thank you, David Fincher).
The World According to Garp: Great book, but there's just too much to accurately translate into a movie. And well... yeah, the movie sucked regardless.
American Psycho, interesting book of a style and content I've not read before it and haven't read since (outside of Brett Easton Ellis' own works), and it made an ok movie. There were some monologues of Patrick Bateman's in the book that gave insight to his motives, and weren't in the movie, though.
Along Came A Spider, I thoroughly enjoyed as a book, and thoroughly hated as a movie.
Red Dragon, I actually saw the first film (named Manhunter, but the same story) made from it and hated it with a passion. Then, when they went to produce an Edward Norton flick out of it, I read the book and enjoyed it, and the movie was another nice Hannibal Lecter chronicle.
HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy: You know it's a fucking great book, and you know it made a horrible TV series. Utterly horrible. But I'm still looking forward to the upcoming movie.
Jesus' Son: I liked the book. Even my dad liked the book. The movie was a little plodding at some points, but ok.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: I've gotta say, the movie I liked better than the book. I enjoyed the book, but not nearly as much as I enjoy the movie.
Leaving Las Vegas: Good movie, great book. The author really communicated the depravity of a downward alcoholic spiral.
1984, was a good movie, but just couldn't express the emotions garnered from the text. I'm thoroughly glad they made a movie of it, though, if only to bring Orwell to a wider audience.

I'm sure there's more I've gone through, but it's late.
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