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Subject: "Cmon. The short story better."
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bignick
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Tue Nov-11-08 05:28 PM
14. "Cmon. The short story better."
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Outside of Marcia Gay Harden, that movie was pretty laughable.
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Movies that were "better than the book" (im sure its been done)
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Tue Nov-11-08 12:51 PM
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Jaws and Shawshank Redemption
stylez dainty
Nov 11th 2008
1
Godfather was pretty equal, imo
lexx3001
Nov 11th 2008
6
The Godfather was the most honest adaption of a book...
iboycottedimdb
Nov 11th 2008
18
Yeah, I'd love to see The Fourth K or another version of The Sicilian
SoulHonky
Nov 12th 2008
36
I still scratch my head after that Lambert casting....
iboycottedimdb
Nov 12th 2008
40
pretty equal??!? did we read the same book? movie waay surpasses
celery77
Nov 11th 2008
20
well, I liked the book for what it was.
lexx3001
Nov 11th 2008
23
exactly...had alot of soft-core porn scenes
The Analyst
Nov 11th 2008
25
wow lol
BarTek
Nov 11th 2008
33
i just rubbed one out to that
Oak27
Nov 12th 2008
43
FAPFAPFAPFAPFAPFAPFAP
The European Miracle
Nov 12th 2008
54
hahahahahahaha. no way.
B9
Nov 13th 2008
59
great book great movie
ondagoodfoot
Nov 11th 2008
27
man, no lie -- you gotta read more books
celery77
Nov 11th 2008
30
The movie definitely elevated the book
SoulHonky
Nov 12th 2008
37
FFC did the smart thing and avoided all of the Santino BM stuff...
iboycottedimdb
Nov 12th 2008
42
RE: FFC did the smart thing and avoided all of the Santino BM stuff...
sithlord
Nov 12th 2008
49
Santino BM = Lucy Mancini. Sorry, should have clarified...
iboycottedimdb
Nov 13th 2008
60
Fight Club? no way...
Orfeo_Negro
Nov 19th 2008
69
Stanley Kubricks- The Shinning
crow
Nov 11th 2008
2
thats funny, it was gonna be my #2
lexx3001
Nov 11th 2008
3
ur insane - The shining was shit compared to the book
spades
Nov 11th 2008
7
It's been a while since I read the book
crow
Nov 11th 2008
11
They're both completely different animals
mrhood75
Nov 11th 2008
9
^^^^
Deebot
Nov 11th 2008
12
they're both different?
natural
Nov 11th 2008
17
Cmon. The book better.
bignick
Nov 11th 2008
13
Yeah, that's always been my problem with the movie
mrhood75
Nov 11th 2008
16
Kubrick did a nice job with the all times as one idea though
Deebot
Nov 12th 2008
47
I didn't think either were very good
will_5198
Nov 11th 2008
15
ooh man, the shinning is one of my favorite movies.
crow
Nov 11th 2008
35
RE: Stanley Kubricks- The Shinning
Tiggerific
Nov 17th 2008
66
21 (The book Bringing Down the House)
EmDub
Nov 11th 2008
4
if the movie was better, the book must have SUCKED
lexx3001
Nov 11th 2008
5
The Mist
spades
Nov 11th 2008
8
you are not right. he is.
cheapskeight
Nov 13th 2008
64
I never saw all the 'unintentional comedy' everyone else complained abou...
spades
Nov 19th 2008
71
that movie was horrible n/m
mykonsept
Nov 19th 2008
72
Last of the Mohicans
walihorse
Nov 11th 2008
10
no WAY! The book MURKS the film!
lexx3001
Nov 11th 2008
19
the book is almost unreadable
40thStreetBlack
Nov 12th 2008
55
lol i read it when i still lived in russia, they translated it.
lexx3001
Nov 13th 2008
61
V for Vendetta ... yup, V for Vendetta
celery77
Nov 11th 2008
21
yup...unless......
lexx3001
Nov 11th 2008
22
they shoulda kept "Vicious Cabaret", but outside of that
The European Miracle
Nov 11th 2008
28
Nah dukes, the movie turned V into a soft, rhyming nancy-boy
mrhood75
Nov 11th 2008
32
You got it a little backwards.
The European Miracle
Nov 12th 2008
39
RE: V for Vendetta ... yup, V for Vendetta
Brother_Afron
Nov 12th 2008
48
Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
Frank Longo
Nov 11th 2008
24
cmon. not even close.
will_5198
Nov 11th 2008
26
3 movies, 8 endings.
bignick
Nov 11th 2008
34
same thing in the books.
40thStreetBlack
Nov 12th 2008
56
was Fern Gully a book by any chance? n/m
dgonsh
Nov 11th 2008
29
The Color Purple.
SoWhat
Nov 11th 2008
31
!!!!!!!!
iboycottedimdb
Nov 12th 2008
41
that was a difficult movie to adapt but i wouldn't say it's better
jasonprague
Nov 12th 2008
45
I'm reading it for the first time now
The European Miracle
Nov 12th 2008
53
No. Far too sanitized as far as the lesbianism is concerned.
Nukkapedia
Nov 13th 2008
62
Hitchcock owns this post
SoulHonky
Nov 12th 2008
38
Psycho was going to be my contribution.
Nukkapedia
Nov 13th 2008
63
Out of Sight
WarriorPoet415
Nov 12th 2008
44
Carrie
Damali
Nov 12th 2008
46
The Ten Commandments.
andrewX
Nov 12th 2008
50
LOL
40thStreetBlack
Nov 12th 2008
57
casino royale
gluvnast
Nov 12th 2008
51
"Children of Men"
disco dj
Nov 12th 2008
52
cosign... but
MfDash
Nov 19th 2008
68
High Fidelity
Mageddon
Nov 13th 2008
58
hell no
dunk
Nov 13th 2008
65
FUCK no.
Orfeo_Negro
Nov 19th 2008
70
aka The Godfather post...
Bridgetown
Nov 17th 2008
67
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