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"Movies that were "better than the book" (im sure its been done)"
Tue Nov-11-08 12:52 PM by lexx3001

  

          

The only movie I can think of that was clearly better than the book would be "One Flew over the Cukoo's Nest". And I think it was mostly due to jack's performance.

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Movies that were "better than the book" (im sure its been done) [View all] , lexx3001, Tue Nov-11-08 12:51 PM
 
Subject Author Message Date ID
Jaws and Shawshank Redemption
Nov 11th 2008
1
Godfather was pretty equal, imo
Nov 11th 2008
6
      The Godfather was the most honest adaption of a book...
Nov 11th 2008
18
      Yeah, I'd love to see The Fourth K or another version of The Sicilian
Nov 12th 2008
36
           I still scratch my head after that Lambert casting....
Nov 12th 2008
40
      pretty equal??!? did we read the same book? movie waay surpasses
Nov 11th 2008
20
           well, I liked the book for what it was.
Nov 11th 2008
23
           exactly...had alot of soft-core porn scenes
Nov 11th 2008
25
           wow lol
Nov 11th 2008
33
           i just rubbed one out to that
Nov 12th 2008
43
           FAPFAPFAPFAPFAPFAPFAP
Nov 12th 2008
54
           hahahahahahaha. no way.
Nov 13th 2008
59
           great book great movie
Nov 11th 2008
27
           man, no lie -- you gotta read more books
Nov 11th 2008
30
                The movie definitely elevated the book
Nov 12th 2008
37
           FFC did the smart thing and avoided all of the Santino BM stuff...
Nov 12th 2008
42
                RE: FFC did the smart thing and avoided all of the Santino BM stuff...
Nov 12th 2008
49
                     Santino BM = Lucy Mancini. Sorry, should have clarified...
Nov 13th 2008
60
                     Fight Club? no way...
Nov 19th 2008
69
Stanley Kubricks- The Shinning
Nov 11th 2008
2
thats funny, it was gonna be my #2
Nov 11th 2008
3
ur insane - The shining was shit compared to the book
Nov 11th 2008
7
It's been a while since I read the book
Nov 11th 2008
11
They're both completely different animals
Nov 11th 2008
9
^^^^
Nov 11th 2008
12
they're both different?
Nov 11th 2008
17
Cmon. The book better.
Nov 11th 2008
13
Yeah, that's always been my problem with the movie
Nov 11th 2008
16
      Kubrick did a nice job with the all times as one idea though
Nov 12th 2008
47
I didn't think either were very good
Nov 11th 2008
15
ooh man, the shinning is one of my favorite movies.
Nov 11th 2008
35
RE: Stanley Kubricks- The Shinning
Nov 17th 2008
66
21 (The book Bringing Down the House)
Nov 11th 2008
4
if the movie was better, the book must have SUCKED
Nov 11th 2008
5
The Mist
Nov 11th 2008
8
Cmon. The short story better.
Nov 11th 2008
14
you are not right. he is.
Nov 13th 2008
64
I never saw all the 'unintentional comedy' everyone else complained abou...
Nov 19th 2008
71
that movie was horrible n/m
Nov 19th 2008
72
Last of the Mohicans
Nov 11th 2008
10
no WAY! The book MURKS the film!
Nov 11th 2008
19
      the book is almost unreadable
Nov 12th 2008
55
           lol i read it when i still lived in russia, they translated it.
Nov 13th 2008
61
V for Vendetta ... yup, V for Vendetta
Nov 11th 2008
21
yup...unless......
Nov 11th 2008
22
they shoulda kept "Vicious Cabaret", but outside of that
Nov 11th 2008
28
Nah dukes, the movie turned V into a soft, rhyming nancy-boy
Nov 11th 2008
32
You got it a little backwards.
Nov 12th 2008
39
RE: V for Vendetta ... yup, V for Vendetta
Nov 12th 2008
48
Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
Nov 11th 2008
24
cmon. not even close.
Nov 11th 2008
26
3 movies, 8 endings.
Nov 11th 2008
34
      same thing in the books.
Nov 12th 2008
56
was Fern Gully a book by any chance? n/m
Nov 11th 2008
29
The Color Purple.
Nov 11th 2008
31
!!!!!!!!
Nov 12th 2008
41
that was a difficult movie to adapt but i wouldn't say it's better
Nov 12th 2008
45
I'm reading it for the first time now
Nov 12th 2008
53
No. Far too sanitized as far as the lesbianism is concerned.
Nov 13th 2008
62
Hitchcock owns this post
Nov 12th 2008
38
Psycho was going to be my contribution.
Nov 13th 2008
63
Out of Sight
Nov 12th 2008
44
Carrie
Nov 12th 2008
46
The Ten Commandments.
Nov 12th 2008
50
LOL
Nov 12th 2008
57
casino royale
Nov 12th 2008
51
"Children of Men"
Nov 12th 2008
52
cosign... but
Nov 19th 2008
68
High Fidelity
Nov 13th 2008
58
hell no
Nov 13th 2008
65
FUCK no.
Nov 19th 2008
70
aka The Godfather post...
Nov 17th 2008
67

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