Have you ever read a book and seen the moie and thought the movie was as good as the book?
I can personally only think of one example, usually the book is better... right?
2006-12-11 07:23:24 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Hey, Arrrgh, thats exactly the example i was thinking of good answer...
2006-12-11 07:33:52 · update #1
Yup. It's very seldom a movie beating the book it's based on.
2006-12-11 15:03:12 · answer #1 · answered by Ms. Pelled Babby Schmidt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, usually the book is better. I know I have an example or two, but I can't think of them just now.
*Although I want to say that Stephen King's 'Firestarter' was a better movie, but that may be because I saw the movie too many times before I read the book. That can happen.
2006-12-11 15:27:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The book is usually better, but there are a few movies that are just as good as the book, even though a lot of stuff gets left out, like The Lord of the Rings movies.
2006-12-11 15:26:14 · answer #3 · answered by lucy_diamond66 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Book is always better, but I recall that the movie "Angel Heart," based on William Hjortsberg's "Falling Angel," relocated part of the action to New Orleans, which did work better. Even Hjortsberg thought so.
But the film still couldn't cover the full breadth of ground that the novel could.
And, of course, the same could be said for untold numbers of other movies made from books.
2006-12-11 15:40:48 · answer #4 · answered by x 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The book is ALWAYS better. The only exception I think is the "Harry Potter" series. I don't think the movies are AS good as the books, but I think the movies are very good. You just have to remember going in that it's impossible to fit 1,000 pages of text into a 2 hour movie and that it's inevitable that things that you may think are important to the plot get cut out.
2006-12-11 15:28:31 · answer #5 · answered by sommerluvn77 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most of the time the book is much better. I've seen a couple of Steven King movies that followed the book pretty closely. One of them was Night Flier. Cool, bloody movie.
2006-12-11 15:26:25 · answer #6 · answered by The Nana of Nana's 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree the book is usually better, that's why it's more fun to see the movie first,if you never read the book.Two exceptions (I feel) are The Exorcist and To Kill A Mockingbird, I thought they were true to the book.
2006-12-11 15:39:35 · answer #7 · answered by Redda 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, usually the book is better, but I favored the movie Clockwork Orange over the book.
2006-12-11 15:29:49 · answer #8 · answered by ARRrrgh! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I actually enjoyed the movie Jane Eyre with Susan York more than the book, but it's a rare thing. Clockwork Orange was another, but I think that's because I saw the movie first.
2006-12-11 15:45:52 · answer #9 · answered by Baby'sMom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When it comes to a full length book you are absolutely right. However many of Steven Kings short stories make great movies because the story is short enough yet detailed enough to make the movie the same as the story.
2006-12-11 15:27:02 · answer #10 · answered by WitchTwo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I never have seen a movie that I would consider better than the book itself.
2006-12-12 15:11:15 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋