Carrie. It was Kings first book and, although good, there was emotion and depth in Sissy Spacek’s portrayal that went far beyond the character in the orig story.

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I feel like the Princess Bride was better as a movie.

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I love both. Goldman obviously has chops as a screenwriter, because it’s a classic film with funny dialogue, fabulous set pieces, good characters, and a plot that keeps moving. But his book allowed for more detail, and slightly more bite in the humour.

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Godfather.

The book was obviously a best seller but it had some really - REALLY — cringe side plots (involving huge d***s and huge vags; Puzo seems to have had a fetish about outsized sex organs) which Coppola wisely dropped in the film.

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I love seeing Vito playing with the young cat. He's this ruthless mob boss yet he can enjoy the antics of an innocent creature. I also love that the cat just wandered in and Brando picked it up and started playing with it. The cat wasn't in the script!

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Forrest Gump. The book was … something.

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100% agree. The book was incredibly incredibly awful. And a complete waste of time.

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Shawshank Redemption is a great movie. Book is good, as well.

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No way! In the book the main carakter is cold distant and introvert... Tim Robbins is not that in the mowie. But I LOVE both! The book and the film give very different impressions...

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Jaws, in my opinion. The book is not bad, don’t get me wrong, but the characters in it are extremely unlikeable. I think Spielberg was right to eliminate some of the subplots and to buff the characters up to be more likable/relatable. Also, the end of the book kinda sucked. I won’t spoil it, but compared to the movie it’s extremely anti-climatic.

I still like both, the book is still a very good read and I understand why it was such a phenomenon, but I’ll always say the movie was better.

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You're going to need a bigger boat.

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Silence of the Lambs. Of course it followed the book almost exactly.

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This for me was the first time I couldn't tell which I liked more. The book offered intimate details the movie couldn't exactly portray, but the movie did an excellent job of portraying all the details visually. I decided it was a tie. First time in my life.

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How to train your dragon franchise.

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Yup. I tried the books after the movies and that was an enormous letdown.

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Who Framed(Censored) Roger Rabbit.

The books plot is very different, and the characters are all unlikeable. Eddie isn't a tragic character who's dealing with his brothers death by drinking his life away and alienating all the toons he used to befriend. He's a hard bitten, hard drinking a*****e just because. Roger is dead, and the character who k*lled him doesn't really make any sense. The producers of the movie took the idea of a world with toons and humans and threw away the plot. They made the right choice; the movie turned out amazing.

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I didn't even know this movie was based on a book!!

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Stand By Me (based on Stephen King’s “The Body”)… I loved the book too! But the movie is a classic to me, just perfect rendition.

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Same principle as Shawshank it's a novella and in the same collection too. Different seasons

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Goodfellas (based on the novel Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi). Wiseguy is actually pretty interesting, it’s basically Henry Hill telling his own story. But Goodfellas is a masterpiece.

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Just FYI, the book Wiseguy is not a novel, it's not fiction.

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American Psycho.

The book really goes deep into Patrick's obsession with fashion and dining culture. It gets a little tedious.

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The book is not meant to be an easy read like Harry Potter. A lot is being said in Patrick's various obsessive tirades. It puts you a lot deeper into his chilling view of himself and humanity.

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MASH. it was a mediocre novel, but one heck of a movie and a very good TV series.

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Even the author of the novel M*A*S*H said the movie was much better.

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The Martian.

The book was excellent, but after a while Mark Watney started to feel like Wile E Coyote with things constantly falling on him. The movie kept just the right amount of adversity to keep the story moving along and never got too bogged down in the details the way the book sometimes did.

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I disagree too... the book was gripping. If it had been adapted 1:1, it wouldn't have made a good film, but it works as a book where you read it bit by bit. I liked that he had problem after problem

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Jurassic Park is a good book, but an all-time great movie.

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That's not a scene from Jurassic Park.

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The Children of Men. Book was good. Movie is top 20 all time.

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The first time I found a book inferior than its movie adaptation.

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Matilda. Danny DeVito k*lled it.

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Disagree. Maybe this is a cultural thing. I'm from the UK and Roald Dahl is a national treasure here... his work feels very British. I hated the American adaptation when I was a child. It didn't feel right at all. As an adult I can appreciate the cast and the work that went into it, but culturally it still doesn't feel like Dahl's books felt to me.

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No Country For Old Men is the best literal film representation of any book I’ve ever read. Both are masterpieces.

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Couldn't agree more, Javier Bardem was terrifying

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I am an avid Stephen King fan, but I have to admit, the movie version of **The Shining** was very good, and better IMO than the book. However, in most cases SK's books are much better than the movies / shows / miniseries.

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I liked the book better. But there was a lot changed for the Kubrick movie it's hard to compare. This tv miniseries with Rebecca De Monay was closer to the book and not bad.

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The Devil Wears Prada.

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Meryl Streep's performance was iconic!

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Shrek.

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I didn't even know it was a book...

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The top answer should be "Paddington."

That movie had no business being as good as it is. The sequel too. Brings that bear to life like no book could.

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TBH the movies bear (haha) little or no resemblance to the books, or the 1970s children's TV shows made out of them. Yes, I liked the films, but to say they're "better" is kinda missing the point of the orignal books.

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Casino Royale - the improved Felix Leiter character makes it infinitely more interesting, buttressed by an amazing performance from Jeffrey Wright.

First Blood - the book is just violence p*rn.

LOTR - ok I know this one is going to p**s a lot of people off. Tolkien never intended to write a story in the way we think of a novel/movie. I get that. He did what he was going for very well. But I find the movies more enjoyable. Sue me. That said, The Hobbit movies are garbage. Peter Jackson reached George Lucasian heights in making a prequel trilogy that’s so bad it diminishes the quality of the original. If you don’t have time to read the book and want to see it on screen, watch the Rankin Bass cartoon from the 70s.

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I'm in the lotr camp too. I read the books far too many times and honestly can't get through them anymore. There is just a ton of dead space on the books. Innovative and good still but the movies were amazing.

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The original text is a depressing short story of a guy dreaming of being greater than his actual tedious life. I love that movie even though it isn't terribly popular.

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I actually love this movie

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The Mist. The book is better for most of it, but the ending in the movie knocks the socks off the book ending.

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Steven King said the way he wrote the ending, the main character (the dad) suggested the movie's ending is something he might potentially do. Pay attention in the book and it's there. I also have The Mist as a Stereo Sound Dramatization. It's awesome. It sounds like you are in the middle of all the action and, if you use headphones or stereo speakers, you only hear certain sounds only one or the other side. It's one of my favorite King short stories.

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Fight Club.

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Nope, because the book has some WONDERFUL scenes that didn't make it into the film, including a very good epilogue. "Don't worry Mr Durden. We'll get you out of here"

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Stardust

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Stardust was an incredible movie!

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Coraline. The book was all right, but the movie was iconic.

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While Laika studios does amazing animation, the tone of the film was so different to the book. I much preferred the book. It felt creepier, and Coraline was all alone, except for the cat, who was impossible to rely on. In the film they added that random boy, who was totally unnecessary, and they ramped up the action, which changed the tone a lot.

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Both Fight Club and LA Confidential are much better movies than books.

Sometimes taking a second pass through the narrative to tighten it up for a two hour movie can tighten up the mistakes.

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Yeah, but most books are not written in a "tightened up" style with a 2 hours movie in mind?

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I feel like a lot of it depends on the order one reads/watches initially. That said...

I prefer the film *Memoirs of a Geisha* to the book.

And *Howl's Moving Castle*. I didn't like the books at all.

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Memoirs of a Geisha is a brilliant book. Like so many of these I've read it but never felt inclined to watch the movie - didn't even know there was one TBH.

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