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Movie Better than the Book?

Started by Voros, October 19, 2017, 04:04:52 PM

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Omega

#90
August 18, 2018, 02:13:55 AM
Mentioned this one over in the movie thread.

The Lady in the Lake, a 1947 film noir movie shot totally in POV of the main character. Based on the book of the same name by Raymond Chandler. Pretty good movie really and as good as the book its based on. YMMV of course but I enjoyed the movie especially for being innovative and trying such challenging filming method and pulling off pretty darn good.

Warboss Squee

#91
August 18, 2018, 05:42:36 AM
Quote from: kosmos1214;1053276sadly they ended BC the network would not commit to more then one movie at A time.

For which I am extremely disappointed.

nightlamp

#92
August 19, 2018, 05:04:29 PM
Michael Caine's German accent notwithstanding, I thought the film version of The Last Valley was better than the book.  

I enjoyed The Dead Zone as a book, but I prefer the film version with Christopher Walken by a narrow margin.

Warboss Squee

#93
August 19, 2018, 09:00:09 PM
Quote from: nightlamp;1053439Michael Caine's German accent notwithstanding, I thought the film version of The Last Valley was better than the book.  

I enjoyed The Dead Zone as a book, but I prefer the film version with Christopher Walken by a narrow margin.

I actually liked the mini series because it got more in depth. Don't think it was finished though.

Omega

#94
August 22, 2018, 01:14:01 PM
I definitly like the original movie of The Poseidon Adventure more than the book. The book is not very pleasant and I particularly didnt like the big fuck you ending of the book.

Lurkndog

#95
April 01, 2019, 09:27:08 PM Last Edit: April 01, 2019, 09:29:55 PM by Lurkndog
The Peter Jackson Hobbit movies were not better than the book, and not even particularly faithful to the book, but the MUSIC was great! I could never put Tolkien's verse to music in my head, and they did a great job of that in the movies.

The book of A Clockwork Orange is better than the movie because it contains the last chapter, which was omitted in the movie and some American editions of the book. In the last chapter, Alex grows up and repents of his misspent youth, looking back on it with the perspective of middle age. It's the actual moral and ending of the story.

The original graphic novels of Valerian are much better than the movie. I didn't hate the movie, but it doesn't really do the characters justice. The art in the comics is also superb.

Omega

#96
April 01, 2019, 11:23:48 PM
I prefer the Finnish TV rendering of the Hobbit. I especially like their Gandalf. It is also a little more faithful to the book. Pretty impressive for what was a stage play.

Omega

#97
April 08, 2019, 05:37:54 PM
I like Bert I. Gordon's adaption of Hephaestus Plague into the movie Bugs, a bit more than the book which plods along. Though the book had a more interesting ending. And at the time I did not know it was one of Mister B.I.G's movies. Saw it at the drive-in. He also adapted Food of the Gods (twice) and Empire of the Ants.

Omega

#98
April 12, 2019, 11:08:59 PM
And another one reminded of as I pack things. I very much prefer the Thundarr animated series over the book. They share very little though. The original book was more like a sort of John Carter story except flung into a distant post apoc setting rather than Mars.

nightlamp

#99
July 11, 2019, 02:58:15 PM
The film of The Last Valley was much more interesting than J.B. Pick's novel, Michael Caine's ridiculous German accent notwithstanding.

I liked both the movie and the film versions of The Dead Zone, but the movie wins on account of the performances by Christopher Walken and Martin Sheen.
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