And only fakkits that can't read say otherwise. They wont chime in. We safe. They can't read this.
The book is always better than the movie?
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NobodyReally
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Heh....I will say usually the book is better. Some exceptions I can think of though are:
1. Shawkshank Redemption was much better than the short story because it was a short story
2. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy - Tolkien is absolutely dreadful. Boring as fukk, way too much exposition and world building and way too many side stories. The movies are spectacular though and I can watch them again and again.
3. Silence of the Lambs- The Harris novel was good, but it wasn't great. Anthony Hopkins and the script writer made it a much more engaging story
4. Mel Gibson's Hamlet- I don't know who wrote this script, but they distilled all of the best parts and twisted some of the material so that it became something almost new. Still the best version IMO
5. Children of the Corn - This is one of the few King stories I couldn't get into at all when I read it, but the movie is a classic to me.
6. The Color Purple - yeah they left out the lesbian subplot, mostly, and added in a scene, but it was a great change and made the story much better, IMO
1. Shawkshank Redemption was much better than the short story because it was a short story
2. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy - Tolkien is absolutely dreadful. Boring as fukk, way too much exposition and world building and way too many side stories. The movies are spectacular though and I can watch them again and again.
3. Silence of the Lambs- The Harris novel was good, but it wasn't great. Anthony Hopkins and the script writer made it a much more engaging story
4. Mel Gibson's Hamlet- I don't know who wrote this script, but they distilled all of the best parts and twisted some of the material so that it became something almost new. Still the best version IMO
5. Children of the Corn - This is one of the few King stories I couldn't get into at all when I read it, but the movie is a classic to me.
6. The Color Purple - yeah they left out the lesbian subplot, mostly, and added in a scene, but it was a great change and made the story much better, IMO
I AM WARHOL
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Enders game. Movie was a joke.
Eragon. I could have made a better movie
Eragon. I could have made a better movie
NobodyReally
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I was so upset at what they did with Ender's Game. They completely gutted that.
Eragon isn't a good book, so it turned out just like it should have.
Grand Conde
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NobodyReally
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Moron.
Because I don't like Tolkien? LOL. K.
Google Tolkien and overrated, and see how many editors, publishers, authors and literary magazines agree. Books are a form of art. You can't force someone to like Mozart, Picasso, or freakin' Tolkien.
NoGutsNoGLory
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He is right tho. Lets describe this mountain and trees for 20 fukkin pagesMoron.
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NobodyReally
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He is right tho. Lets describe this mountain and trees for 20 fukkin pages
Especially if you're a writer. Why the fukk does it take 20 pages to describe landscape? And why do you think someone really wants to read that? I would never do that to a reader. Just like dikkens' dry ass.
This guy said it best:
10 Overrated Novels That Get Way Too Much Love
10. The Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien
We didn’t do our readers a disservice by putting ridiculous novels like Twilight or 50 Shades of Grey on this list; we know they’re awful, the people who read them know deep down inside they’re awful, and in time history will know that they…are…awful. No, we’re reserving spots on this list for texts that are generally well-received in most every sense, not just in the “Oh look, we turned this into a tween money making extravaganza” sense. That’s why we’ve included J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy classic The Lord of the Rings on this list. Sorry folks, we side with brevity, and it’s why The Hobbit will forever remain the superior tale of adventure from the renowned fantasy author. The next time we want to read three pages about a bug on a leaf though, we’ll dust off our copy of LOTR and get to work.
A few of the James Bond flicks would disagree with this idea. The spy who loved me is a much better book than movie. And I'd say casino royale is on par with the book but possibly a tad better because it's streamlined. Goldfinger is a much better movie than book.
The exorcist is a better movie than book as well.
The exorcist is a better movie than book as well.
I find Stephen King to be fair adaptations mostly. But none of that stuff is 5 star besides shawshank and the shining.
Especially if you're a writer. Why the fukk does it take 20 pages to describe landscape? And why do you think someone really wants to read that? I would never do that to a reader. Just like dikkens' dry ass.
This guy said it best:
10 Overrated Novels That Get Way Too Much Love
10. The Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien
We didn’t do our readers a disservice by putting ridiculous novels like Twilight or 50 Shades of Grey on this list; we know they’re awful, the people who read them know deep down inside they’re awful, and in time history will know that they…are…awful. No, we’re reserving spots on this list for texts that are generally well-received in most every sense, not just in the “Oh look, we turned this into a tween money making extravaganza” sense. That’s why we’ve included J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy classic The Lord of the Rings on this list. Sorry folks, we side with brevity, and it’s why The Hobbit will forever remain the superior tale of adventure from the renowned fantasy author. The next time we want to read three pages about a bug on a leaf though, we’ll dust off our copy of LOTR and get to work.
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Not the case with Starship Troopers.
Just like the director Paul Verhoeven, I stopped reading cause shyt was boring.
Just like the director Paul Verhoeven, I stopped reading cause shyt was boring.
Lol. The movie was trash too. Cult classic tho
