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  • JPkempo
    Permanent Member
    • Jun 17, 2001
    • 4334

    Movie better than the Book

    I can only think of one move that was better than the book. "The natural" in the book the guy was a real jerk.

    Can anyone think of another?
  • AUSSIE-Rebooted-AMM
    I was NEVER here!
    • Jun 22, 2008
    • 1188

    #2
    Clifford the Big Red Dog

    The Grinch

    NOT - Cat in the Hat. . .Mike Meyers just reminded me of Herman Munster,. . .and not in a good way!

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    • ctc
      Fear the monkeybat!
      • Aug 16, 2001
      • 11183

      #3
      Hmmmm....

      Fight Club. The movie was MUCH better strctured than the book, and they fixed one of the weird problems of the book. (In the book Tyler is trying to destroy history.)

      ...BUT the book has extra chapters that explain stuff from the movie. Like where Tyler got the idea to use human fat for the soap, and who the tall guy with the trenchcoat was. (He's the mechanic.) There's also an extra chapter after the point the film ends.

      Don C.

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      • toys2cool
        Ultimate Mego Warrior
        • Nov 27, 2006
        • 28605

        #4
        It's hard

        I know the book is great and no one will agree with me,but I like the Da Vinci code better in movie then the book
        "Time to nut up or shut up" -Tallahassee

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        • Vortigern99
          Scholar/Gentleman/Weirdo
          • Jul 2, 2006
          • 1539

          #5
          The Talented Mr. Ripley. The book depicts Tom as a cold-hearted, uncaring sociopath, while the movie shows us he feels remorse for his misdeeds and that he only commits them when his back is against the wall. The movie also raises the stakes to the point that he is compelled to commit one more grisly crime at the end.

          I want to ask CTC what happens in the last chapter of Fight Club?? "You met me at a really weird time in my life...."

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          • Mawni
            Veteran Member
            • Aug 11, 2007
            • 338

            #6
            I thought "Blade Runner" was better than "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" and I also thought "Children of Men" was better than the book.

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            • misterdroid
              Banned
              • Jan 10, 2008
              • 561

              #7
              Planet of the Apes. The original novel is way different than the movie, and in my opinion doesn't work as well.

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              • theantiquetiger
                Fra-gee-lay Thats Italian
                • Nov 12, 2005
                • 3435

                #8
                I would have to say "Forrest Gump".

                In the book, him and Jennie sat around and did drugs and had sex alot. He became a wrestler and a NASA astronaut in the book. He was more like "Rain Man" in the book when it came to his mind.

                The book had nothing to do with the "History" of the USA for the last 50 years.
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                • Vortigern99
                  Scholar/Gentleman/Weirdo
                  • Jul 2, 2006
                  • 1539

                  #9
                  Wow, I much prefer Forrest as a ping-pong player and cross-country runner.

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                  • Captain
                    Fighting the good fight!
                    • Jun 17, 2001
                    • 6031

                    #10
                    Logans Run.

                    The book...heck, the whole series of books, are ok....but I still prefer the movie's take on things.
                    "Crayons taste like purple!"

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                    • apes3978
                      Talkative Member
                      • Nov 19, 2005
                      • 5112

                      #11
                      Originally posted by misterdroid
                      Planet of the Apes. The original novel is way different than the movie, and in my opinion doesn't work as well.
                      You beat me to posting this one, and I agree with you... The film is superior.

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                      • garagesale
                        Dept. of Mego Studies
                        • Aug 8, 2006
                        • 1142

                        #12
                        American Psycho. Weird read. It was good... accidentally, I think. Not great lit, but I couldn't put it down. Somehow Easton Ellis' style (?) fit right in with the character's psychosis. But the movie accomplished the goal of the book -- depicting an '80s corporate raider as the true bloodthirsty monster he actually was -- much better.

                        JamesD

                        http://www.libarts.uco.edu/english/adjunct/dolph/

                        THANKS!

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                        • The Bat
                          Batman Fanatic
                          • Jul 14, 2002
                          • 13412

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Mawni
                          I thought "Blade Runner" was better than "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"


                          BINGO!! I HATED the Book! It was God-aweful! I've give Ridley Scott a lot of credit for turning it into a truely great Movie! And the Producers...for having the smarts to take it away from Him, and have Harrison Ford do the "Voice over" narration...it made the Movie! Some times Directors can't step back and be objective...they're to close to it...and the need the Producers.
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                          • Bo8a_Fett
                            Pat Troughton in disguise
                            • Nov 21, 2007
                            • 3738

                            #14
                            2001:A Space odyssy....it was originally a short story and was lengthened wilst the film was being made by A C Clark in cohesion with Kubricks suggestions (alledgedly).
                            ENGLISH AND DAMN PROUD OF IT British by birth....English by the grace of God. Yes Jamie...it is big isn't it....

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                            • Mawni
                              Veteran Member
                              • Aug 11, 2007
                              • 338

                              #15
                              Quote:
                              Originally Posted by Mawni
                              I thought "Blade Runner" was better than "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"

                              The Bat said:

                              "BINGO!! I HATED the Book! It was God-aweful! I've give Ridley Scott a lot of credit for turning it into a truely great Movie! And the Producers...for having the smarts to take it away from Him, and have Harrison Ford do the "Voice over" narration...it made the Movie! Some times Directors can't step back and be objective...they're to close to it...and the need the Producers."


                              Yeah, Bat, I really liked the voice-over too. And as for Dekard being a replicant, I thought it was cool when Rachel was the only one……

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