The only movie I saw that was better than the book was Contact. The book just went on and on, and wasn't nearly as inspiring as the movie. Do you have a different one?
2006-08-02 07:25:16 · 12 answers · asked by powhound 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
There are some choices here where I havn't either read the book, or watched the movie, so maybe I will need to do that.
I hadn't thought about Jurassic Park or Bourne Identity. Both of those movies are at least as good as the book, if not better. Thanks guys and gals!
2006-08-02 08:38:43 · update #1
I thought the Bourne Identity made a better a movie.
2006-08-02 07:29:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jurassic Park
2006-08-02 15:35:39 · answer #2 · answered by boukenger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. it took me a second to think of it, but the 90's film FRANKENSTEIN with robert de niro as the monster was really great. it was a ton better than the book. i was so bored by that book, it's confusing and not the least bit scary. the frankenstein film is faithful, mostly, to the book , and adds interesting spins on parts of the original plot.
a movie being better than the book is a rare thing, but Frankenstein is definitley an exception
2006-08-02 14:39:14 · answer #3 · answered by Riddler 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no movie that is better than the book. The movie tend to miss out a lot of details that a book would have.
2006-08-02 14:31:34 · answer #4 · answered by Dark Knight 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't necessarily know if the movie was better than the book, but I saw Cujo so many times before I tried to read the book that I couldn't finish it. Which reminds me, yes, Firestarter was better as a movie than a book...could barely finish reading that one.
2006-08-02 14:38:37 · answer #5 · answered by ♥ Luveniar♫ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't think of a particular movie, but I know that the Broadway production of Wicked is better than the book it was based on. However, I can safely say that the vast majority of books are better than the movies based off of them.
2006-08-02 14:33:23 · answer #6 · answered by no such user 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tuck Everlasting
2006-08-02 14:29:44 · answer #7 · answered by orangeomg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, any of the harry pothead movies.....the movies stayed so close in detail to the books that i opted for watching over reading because of the length of time it took to finish the books...plus they were soooo good and i didnt have a whole lot of time so the movies just wrapped it up for me....most of rowlings text is descriptive anyways
2006-08-02 14:37:07 · answer #8 · answered by cookiesmom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Postman
2006-08-02 14:30:34 · answer #9 · answered by Darian D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the English Patient
2006-08-02 17:34:33 · answer #10 · answered by Ellen N 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋