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  1. 07-13-2010, 11:11 PM #16
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    Re: The Movie that was better than the book?

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    Re: The Movie that was better than the book?

    A Clockwork Orange. The movie is so much better than the book.
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    Re: The Movie that was better than the book?

    Quote Originally Posted by MWM View Post
    I love the movie the Godfather, but I have to disagree that it was better than the book. The book was pretty fantastic and the movie pretty much just foloowed the story step by step. I liked the book because it explored the conflicted nature of Michael Corleone so much deeper. Both are excellent, but I still prefer the book.
    I've heard that before, and I think (at least in that case) that it's definitely one of those things where I saw the movie first and then read the book. Whichever one I'd seen / read first would probably have won out, in that regard.
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    Re: The Movie that was better than the book?

    Anne of Green Gables. I loved the books as a kid, but I re-read the first one a few years ago and was disappointed to find that it's pretty flowery Victorian nonsense. The movie, however, is still great.
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    Re: The Movie that was better than the book?

    "Let the Right One In" is a fantastic movie, one of the best treatments of vampire myths ever.

    I haven't read the book it was based on called "Let Me In," but I've read some plot synopses, and apparently the book adds some really stupid elements to the story.
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    Re: The Movie that was better than the book?

    Quote Originally Posted by Johnny Footstool View Post
    "Let the Right One In" is a fantastic movie, one of the best treatments of vampire myths ever.
    Good to know, added it to my Netflix instant queue. Thanks!

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    Re: The Movie that was better than the book?

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    That was what I was going to say.

    Can't really think of any others sans Lord of the Rings but I have only read The Hobbit.
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    Re: The Movie that was better than the book?

    Quote Originally Posted by gonelong View Post
    Good to know, added it to my Netflix instant queue. Thanks!

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    I hope you like it. Be aware, it's subtitled.
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    Re: The Movie that was better than the book?

    Let the Right One In is a excellent; I hope you enjoy it.

    I'll add my voice to those saying Forrest Gump was better as a movie.
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    Re: The Movie that was better than the book?

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    I hope you like it. Be aware, it's subtitled.
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    Re: The Movie that was better than the book?

    Quote Originally Posted by Redhook View Post
    I don't think I've ever seen a movie where I thought it was better than the book.

    One example, The Firm, was a great book, but a terrible movie. Gresham and James Patterson are great writers, but the movies of their books don't tend to do them justice.
    My nephew, then in high school, walked out of The Firm. It was the worst adaptation of book that I've ever seen. Worst.
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    Re: The Movie that was better than the book?

    Angels & Demons immediately screams out. Thank god I watched the movie first because the book had all kinds of issues.

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    Re: The Movie that was better than the book?

    Woah woah woah....back the truck up.....

    LotR movies better than the books?

    Put down the pipe man.

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    Re: The Movie that was better than the book?

    Quote Originally Posted by Joseph View Post
    Woah woah woah....back the truck up.....

    LotR movies better than the books?

    Put down the pipe man.
    I was thinking the same thing.
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