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[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by bigrun

..movies of books always fail, except maybe The Godfather and The Exorcist...

Erwha?

Rosemary's Baby?
The Shining?
Misery?
Silence of the Lambs?
No Country for Old Men?
Jaws?
The Hunger Games?
Princess Bride?
Gone With the Wind?
Lord of the Rings trilogy?
Wizard of Oz?
Casino Royale?
The Shawshank Redemption? (okay, novella, whatever. So add Stand By Me, too)

What are your favorite adaptations?

However,I totally give you this- the films of The Exorcist and The Godfather are much, much better than the books. The list of movies better than the books is pretty short. Oh, Jaws. Move Jaws to this list. Much better than the book.

[cal828]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Erwha?

Rosemary's Baby?
The Shining?
Misery?
Silence of the Lambs?
No Country for Old Men?
Jaws?
The Hunger Games?
Princess Bride?
Gone With the Wind?
Lord of the Rings trilogy?
Wizard of Oz?
Casino Royale?
The Shawshank Redemption? (okay, novella, whatever. So add Stand By Me, too)

What are your favorite adaptations?

However,I totally give you this- the films of The Exorcist and The Godfather are much, much better than the books. The list of movies better than the books is pretty short. Oh, Jaws. Move Jaws to this list. Much better than the book.

I usually like both, but I think that sometimes the problem is that in movies they sometimes change something and put something in the movie that was not in the book. Sometimes makes it better, but sometimes not.

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Erwha?

Rosemary's Baby? scary movie
The Shining? very scary movie,scared the crap out of my son
Misery? good one
Silence of the Lambs? Love this one, watched many times
No Country for Old Men? Loved this movie,the villian was invincible
Jaws?..good one
The Hunger Games? Haven't seen
Princess Bride?..Love this one, Cary Ewes reminds me of my high school buddy
Gone With the Wind? Classic
Lord of the Rings trilogy? Not a fan
Wizard of Oz? another classic
Casino Royale? Yes, very good
The Shawshank Redemption?Watched this one many times, great movie (okay, novella, whatever. So add Stand By Me, too)

What are your favorite adaptations?

However,I totally give you this- the films of The Exorcist and The Godfather are much, much better than the books. The list of movies better than the books is pretty short. Oh, Jaws. Move Jaws to this list. Much better than the book.

Wow, don't get me started on movies..

The Cincinnati Kid book good - movie a little better
The Sting - great movie..
Gotta dig into my files for more...
I remember reading The Exorcist late at nite and looking out the window for ghosts..

[cal828]

Originally Posted by bigrun

Wow, don't get me started on movies..

The Cincinnati Kid book good - movie a little better
The Sting - great movie..
Gotta dig into my files for more...
I remember reading The Exorcist late at nite and looking out the window for ghosts..

You know, you have to have a pretty strong constitution to watch any movie taken from a book written by Cormack McCarthy like No Country for Old Men. The action parts of everything he writes is interesting and appealing to fans of action movies, but everything is also so depressing. Read one of his books entitled The Road, I think. Most depressing thing I have ever read. About a man and his son trying to survive after a nuclear war. A movie, I also did not care for was "Leaving Las Vegas." Stayed and watched it to the end, but a lot of people at the movie house, got up and left before it was over. Tough to watch someone drink themselves to death. Only good thing about it was Elizabeth Shue. What a fox she is.

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by cal828

You know, you have to have a pretty strong constitution to watch any movie taken from a book written by Cormack McCarthy like No Country for Old Men. The action parts of everything he writes is interesting and appealing to fans of action movies, but everything is also so depressing. Read one of his books entitled The Road, I think. Most depressing thing I have ever read. About a man and his son trying to survive after a nuclear war. A movie, I also did not care for was "Leaving Las Vegas." Stayed and watched it to the end, but a lot of people at the movie house, got up and left before it was over. Tough to watch someone drink themselves to death. Only good thing about it was Elizabeth Shue. What a fox she is.

Was nominated for Oscar in that movie..now on CSI, plays the blood specialist...not as foxy but wouldn't kick her outta bed

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by cal828

You know, you have to have a pretty strong constitution to watch any movie taken from a book written by Cormack McCarthy like No Country for Old Men. The action parts of everything he writes is interesting and appealing to fans of action movies, but everything is also so depressing. Read one of his books entitled The Road, I think. Most depressing thing I have ever read. About a man and his son trying to survive after a nuclear war. A movie, I also did not care for was "Leaving Las Vegas." Stayed and watched it to the end, but a lot of people at the movie house, got up and left before it was over. Tough to watch someone drink themselves to death. Only good thing about it was Elizabeth Shue. What a fox she is.

Oh God, The Road. I can never read that book again. Tore me apart too much. Though there's one where the movie, while very faithful, I think wasn't quite as good as the book, because you didn't have the "aha" moment I had around page 60 or so as to what the setting was (I would have yelled SPOILERS at your comment, but the book and movie have been out long enough. ).

Funny anecdote about Leaving Las Vegas- a friend of mine who was living in LA at the time Shue got nominated said that the story running around was, if she won the Oscar, the film's editors were going to get up and accept the award- that her performance really was put together in the editing room.