Mine was the Shining. Hands down.
2006-07-26 18:50:46 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Very often good books make a bad movie and bad books make a good movie.
For instance Robert Bloch's poor novel Psycho vs. Hitchcock's masterpiece. While I've never seen an adequate movie version of Pride and Prejudice (the BBC has produced a TV mini series, starring Colin Firth, though, that comes close to the genius of the book).
Stephen King's best novel It resulted in a dull film and Kubrick made a piece of art out of King's rather cheap Shining (King didn't like the film). Greene's Third man isn't exactly his best book but Carol Reed's version (starring Orson Welles) is impressive.
There are exceptions to the rule, of course, Hitchcock turned Highsmith's Strangers on a Train into a brilliant film.
2006-07-26 21:29:10 · answer #1 · answered by msmiligan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The shining is probably the closest. Any other movies I've seen have never been better than the book.
2006-07-27 01:55:04 · answer #2 · answered by Krn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I LOVED the movie version of The Last Unicorn much better than the book.
That's really a hard choice overall because I love reading so many books. If you ask next week I'll give you a different answer. ^.~
2006-07-27 01:53:45 · answer #3 · answered by avalon_jdh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
funny you say the Shining mine is Dolores Claiborne..the Movie was so much better.
it is definitely rare when that happens
I think most directors translate Stephen King novels into better films as long as he doesn't work with them on the scripting..in his wrtings he adds too many absurd storylines and actions...but has the base foundation of a good scary story or novel
2006-07-27 01:53:29 · answer #4 · answered by Wheels 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wuthering Heights (the Ralph Fiennes version)... I read it when I was about 12 and didn't understand it very well, so when I saw the movie I reread the book - the movie is much better.
2006-07-27 01:57:35 · answer #5 · answered by krissydahs93 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None. In my experience I have always enjoyed more the books than the movies, so far no movies better than books!
2006-07-27 01:58:10 · answer #6 · answered by muskrat_susy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From my experience, the book has pretty much always been a bit better than the movie.
2006-07-27 01:55:18 · answer #7 · answered by Manda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Dead Zone (by Stephen King) with Christopher Walken was better than the book.
2006-07-27 01:53:55 · answer #8 · answered by Paris Flea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One can't compare books to movies !
Books are far better coz they are original by the time movie releases we already know it's story !
2006-07-27 04:14:13 · answer #9 · answered by Avinesh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't say that any movie I have seen is better than the book.
2006-07-27 11:08:53 · answer #10 · answered by Bullchit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋