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"Film: Apocalypse Now - Francis Ford Coppola Book: Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad" Good shout | |||
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"A tiger came to tea" I loved that book, when I was 9 | |||
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"Jaws Film. Jaws by Peter Benchley book. You can watch the film and read the book but there are quite a few differences between them both. Characters deaths, affairs etc… However I think the film has the perfect three act/ structure storyline. I would add … The Godfather film is better than Mario Puzo book. " Sacrilege regarding the godfather. The book adds so much more depth to the characters. The book is much better imo. | |||
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"Jaws Film. Jaws by Peter Benchley book. You can watch the film and read the book but there are quite a few differences between them both. Characters deaths, affairs etc… However I think the film has the perfect three act/ structure storyline. I would add … The Godfather film is better than Mario Puzo book. Sacrilege regarding the godfather. The book adds so much more depth to the characters. The book is much better imo." You do have a point as I remember reading the book and immediately wanting to read Godfather pt 2. Then I discovered it didn’t exist so I read the Sicilian instead. I just watched the films and got more out of them than just the original book. Both are high quality but the film(s) (for me) just pip the book.  | |||
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"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang " So true. Practically different stories. Plus Roald Dhal (screen play) was far better writer than Ian Fleming | |||
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"Film: Apocalypse Now - Francis Ford Coppola Book: Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad" Great shout! The book is not much more than a short story. The film is even more amazing considering the chaotic circumstances under which it was made. Great documentary here about the making of Apocalypse Now if you haven't already seen it? https://youtu.be/pFYzVsrrPjE?feature=shared | |||
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"Back door sluts 3" I liked the picture book | |||
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"So glad noone had said the Great Gatsby. Although i enjoy both films made nothing compares to the beauty of the words in the book. " I'm certainly not going to  | |||
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"Have ever come across a situation where you've found the film adaptation is better than the original book? My starter Film : Angel Heart (1987) Book : Fallen Angel - William Hjortsberg Film : L.A. Confidential Book : L.A. Confidential - James Ellroy" jaws | |||
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"A tiger came to tea I loved that book, when I was 9" You'll love the film then! | |||
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"Film - Blade Runner Novel - Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick" Totally agree with this | |||
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The book was and still is shit though. The film on the other hand is pure geniius. | |||
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"Jaws Film. Jaws by Peter Benchley book. You can watch the film and read the book but there are quite a few differences between them both. Characters deaths, affairs etc… However I think the film has the perfect three act/ structure storyline. I would add … The Godfather film is better than Mario Puzo book. Sacrilege regarding the godfather. The book adds so much more depth to the characters. The book is much better imo. You do have a point as I remember reading the book and immediately wanting to read Godfather pt 2. Then I discovered it didn’t exist so I read the Sicilian instead. I just watched the films and got more out of them than just the original book. Both are high quality but the film(s) (for me) just pip the book. "I recommend the TV series The Offer about the making of The Godfather it's great viewing too | |||
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"Silence of the Lambs" I disagree about this one I read it and Red Dragon before I saw the films they are terrific books and I was racing to find out what happened next. In the film of Silence of The Lambs they miss out a whole strand of the investigation and fail to explain how the cavalry arrives to rescue Clarice at the end | |||
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"Film - Blade Runner Novel - Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick" It's probably true for many PKD books turned into movies. His novels are good but usually don't go much deeper into the concepts he touches upon, giving lot of scope for the movie script writers. | |||
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"Stardust. I preferred the ending in the film, and Robert De Niro was just perfect. " Strongly disagree, although the original text doesn't have DeNiro's performance the film sucked the worst of the bad bollocks. The film didn't have twenty percent of the magic or imagination the graphic novel had. A shocking cheapskate telling of a beautiful magical story. | |||
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"Stardust. I preferred the ending in the film, and Robert De Niro was just perfect. Strongly disagree, although the original text doesn't have DeNiro's performance the film sucked the worst of the bad bollocks. The film didn't have twenty percent of the magic or imagination the graphic novel had. A shocking cheapskate telling of a beautiful magical story. " For clarification Stardust was originally a non graphic novel. I enjoyed the movie and the book for different reasons. I seldom enjoy Ricky Gervais so it did well to overcome that with me | |||
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"The Lord of the Rings…..an amazing series of films…..the books…..no, they’re too slow and boring to read " OMG! Sacrilege!!  | |||
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"The Lord of the Rings…..an amazing series of films…..the books…..no, they’re too slow and boring to read OMG! Sacrilege!! "The books are so much better than the films. I wouldn't watch them again and I've not seen "the hobbit" movies either. | |||
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"The wolf of wall street...the book is trash...but Scorsese made a hell of a film out of it. " Really?! | |||
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"Silence of the Lambs I disagree about this one I read it and Red Dragon before I saw the films they are terrific books and I was racing to find out what happened next. In the film of Silence of The Lambs they miss out a whole strand of the investigation and fail to explain how the cavalry arrives to rescue Clarice at the end"  It's a close call, both are brilliant but for me the movie is a definitive telling of the story and one that has gone down in history as a true classic, which is one of the big reasons it's considered to be greater than the book.
The film brought Hannibal to life in a way that Thomas Harris could only have imagined when he penned the story.
Movie had fans on the edge of their seat throughout, with an incredible amount of tension from start to finish. Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins were both excellent in their performances, and the fact it dominated the Academy Awards is a real showcase of how good the movie was.
In general, we know books are much more detailed than films. Film last approx. 2 hrs whilst a book can have hundreds of pages of description. In my opinion, the movie is among the most faithful adaptations ever written. | |||
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"American psycho " Couldn't face the film after I'd read the book | |||
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"Film: Apocalypse Now - Francis Ford Coppola Book: Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad Great shout! The book is not much more than a short story. The film is even more amazing considering the chaotic circumstances under which it was made. Great documentary here about the making of Apocalypse Now if you haven't already seen it? https://youtu.be/pFYzVsrrPjE?feature=shared" Two shout outs … ‘Smells like … … Victory’ If I was going for the double, my other choice would be: Book: Gone with the wind - Margaret Mitchell Film: Gone with the wind - Victor Fleming | |||
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"Forrest Gump. The book is bonkers! " Yes, and if I remember rightly really short too. Like the Green Mile someone also mentioned. | |||
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"Forrest Gump. The book is bonkers! Yes, and if I remember rightly really short too. Like the Green Mile someone also mentioned." That's similair to the Secret Life of Walter Mitty, it's a little short story too, spawned two good films, obviously the first being the better, good old Danny Kaye. I don't think Jungle Book is a fair comparison of film/book, Rudyard Kipling is a fantastic writer but not a well known song writer and there are some great tunes in the film. | |||
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"Silence of the Lambs I disagree about this one I read it and Red Dragon before I saw the films they are terrific books and I was racing to find out what happened next. In the film of Silence of The Lambs they miss out a whole strand of the investigation and fail to explain how the cavalry arrives to rescue Clarice at the end It's a close call, both are brilliant but for me the movie is a definitive telling of the story and one that has gone down in history as a true classic, which is one of the big reasons it's considered to be greater than the book.
The film brought Hannibal to life in a way that Thomas Harris could only have imagined when he penned the story.
Movie had fans on the edge of their seat throughout, with an incredible amount of tension from start to finish. Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins were both excellent in their performances, and the fact it dominated the Academy Awards is a real showcase of how good the movie was.
In general, we know books are much more detailed than films. Film last approx. 2 hrs whilst a book can have hundreds of pages of description. In my opinion, the movie is among the most faithful adaptations ever written."Considered greater by who? It's certainly a good bit of work but it does rather skew the focus of the original work. Anthony Hopkins is not the only Hannibal it's unfortunate that Brian Cox's portrayal didn't get the acclaim it deserved in the earlier Red Dragon film | |||
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"The rather factual Monty Python's Life Of Brian, loosly based on that fictional book The Bible "You're a very naughty boy! | |||
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"The Godfather parts 1 and 2" Have to agree....book was good...but films took to another level | |||
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"Shawshank Redemption - Steven King Definitely ! "I’ll admit to not having read a lot of Steven King, but I guess through the movies I’ve see a few of his stories. Carrie and Misery I thinking? | |||
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"Jaws films I adore the book I struggled with as knew characters well from yrs watching favourite films and way dealt with events and situations were very different so felt like two separate views of same story. The Meg books are different the films are fun popcorn yet the books are amazing and terrifying " I never found the Meg books terrifying, but immensely enjoyable, and that's coming from someone who's not a big reader. The author is a fascinating guy. | |||
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