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vermin · 04-22-2003, 07:17 PM

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Has anyone seen a movie and read the book it was based on and thought the movie was better?

I fall into an excitement/dread cycle when I find out a book I liked is being made into a movie. I usually find the book to be far more interesting and entertaining.

Examples:
Every Tom Clancy novel that was made into a movie
Most of the Stephen King novels that were filmed
The Lord of the Rings
Dune

Consequently, there are a few movies I've seen that I thought were just OK, read the book it was based on, and found an interesting author who's other work was good too.

Examples:
Flight of the Intruder
The Keep
Starship Troopers
(with all of these there is so much difference between the movies and books that it's hard to tell what influence the book had on the script)

Whaddaya t'ink?

04-22-2003, 07:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
vermin Indifferent to anti-matter Location: Tucson, AZ	Movies vs. books This'll be a blank thread. Has anyone seen a movie and read the book it was based on and thought the movie was better? I fall into an excitement/dread cycle when I find out a book I liked is being made into a movie. I usually find the book to be far more interesting and entertaining. Examples: Every Tom Clancy novel that was made into a movie Most of the Stephen King novels that were filmed The Lord of the Rings Dune Consequently, there are a few movies I've seen that I thought were just OK, read the book it was based on, and found an interesting author who's other work was good too. Examples: Flight of the Intruder The Keep Starship Troopers (with all of these there is so much difference between the movies and books that it's hard to tell what influence the book had on the script) Whaddaya t'ink? __________________ If puns were sausages, this would be the wurst.