Princess Bride. The book is good. The movie is a classic and beautifully done.
@susannariera
13 күн бұрын
I don't think the movie is better though, is really really good, but is also really different, the book is more ironic, less for kids.
@mayneric
12 күн бұрын
@@susannariera which is odd since the author wrote the story for his daughters.
@susannariera
12 күн бұрын
@@mayneric well, it depends on how the daugthers are/were.When I was a kid I used to read books that were supposed to be for older readers.I read children's books for an easy and fast reading (not that I didn't like them, I did). And, anyway, sometimes you enjoy things in a certain way as a kid and then, when you are an adult, you go back to these things and enjoy them in a different way, getting things that you missed as a kid. For instance, The little Prince was one of my favourite books when I was a kid, when I read it now I still love it, but for completely different reasons. (English is my third language, apologies in advance for any mistake).
@elenarodriguez7809
12 күн бұрын
Yeah. Even though they cut out a lot and changed Buttercups character a tad😅.
@_Chipster
12 күн бұрын
To me, i would say they were equally good, different yet good. The book was great and while the movie's script wasn't as good, the casting and acting just brought it all together.
@knightofthefallen7416
11 күн бұрын
When the author of the book confesses that the movie adaptation was better, it should be mentioned. And Stephen King himself said himself that the Stand by Me movie was better.
@scaper8
5 күн бұрын
He said similarly for _The Mist._ He's said that had he thought of the ending they used in the movie, he would have written it himself.
@DonMachado
Күн бұрын
@@scaper8 The book ending of The Mist didn't hold a candle to Darabont's movie ending. I mean you could feel his anguish at the end of the movie. Spectacular!
@anonymous891
Күн бұрын
But didnt Stephen say it's the best novel adaptation of his work....he didn't really say it was better than his book.
@aceofheartzxaver1366
20 сағат бұрын
@@anonymous891he also loved and overseered Dr sleep movie
@utope2
6 сағат бұрын
Stand by me was a short story. Same with Shawshank redemption; which is my vote for way better as a movie. But that was a great collection of short stories with 3 of 4 adapted for movies. The third was The Pupil, another great movie.
@ayanagreen5349
15 күн бұрын
I would argue that, Who Framed Rodger Rabbit? Is the best movie that is better than the book.
@Zozette27
14 күн бұрын
Even the author of the book agrees with you. He loved the movie and said it was better than what he wrote. I also agree.
@tman7470
13 күн бұрын
Esp considering that when he wrote sequals to the book he actually made the first book a dream and the events of the movie cannon
@jimfaust6342
10 күн бұрын
I didn't know it was a book
@JustWasted3HoursHere
9 күн бұрын
@@jimfaust6342 Yep, the book is called "Who Censored Roger Rabbit?" by Gary Wolf. It is WILDLY different from the movie.
@ayanagreen5349
8 күн бұрын
@@jimfaust6342 the book was called “Who censored Roger Rabbit?” It’s quite different from the film, in many ways, but yeah it was a book.
@hobbytan
10 күн бұрын
Who Censored Roger Rabbit. The ending of the book just fell so flat for me but Who Framed Roger Rabbit went off in a completely different direction with the characters and told a really fun noir story that has an excellently set up payoff. Easily the best example of a movie that's better than the book, imo. And that's without taking in to consideration how important the film was for the animation and practical fx industries at the time.
@Rocket1377
5 күн бұрын
The book was significantly different. The biggest change was having Roger not die (he is murdered in the book), and also in the book the toons are comic book characters come to life, not animated characters. They speak in literal speech bubbles (appearing out of thin air, which the humans have to read to understand them), and that would not work in a movie.
@hobbytan
5 күн бұрын
@@Rocket1377indeed! That script went through multiple treatments by several writers over the course of many years before it became what it is, and it shows. Every beat in the film feels earned, there’s so much well layered foreshadowing for the final act that really just doesn’t feel like it’s there in the book. The ending of the book, for me at least, felt rushed and disconnected from the preceding events. Heck, even Gary K Wolfe preferred the film in the end, choosing to base his sequels in the Disney Roger Rabbit universe rather than his own. Whether the plots are different or not, merely taking the two narratives at a base value of which is more enjoyable, the film is better.
@kadajsnightqueen
13 күн бұрын
The Princess Bride deserves a spot on this list. The original book is a good read, but it does get a bit boring at times in spite of the metafictional presentation. The movie has that fantastic framework of the grandpa reading the book to his grandson, and the commentary they provide help emphasize the fairy tale aspect of this movie as well as keep the comedic tone from getting too hammy. We’re also right there with the grandson when it starts getting dramatic, and really only notice how invested we’re getting when the grandpa points it out. It’s one of the best examples I’ve ever seen of a movie taking all the best parts of the source material and perfectly depicting them while simultaneously elevating the entire work.
@elizabethstump4077
15 күн бұрын
Terry Gilliam made an adaptation of 1984 without reading 1984, and made Brazil. Without reading 1984.
@ArcaneCowboy
12 күн бұрын
Doesn’t really count, but Brazil is good.
@nickbrutanna9973
12 күн бұрын
@@ArcaneCowboy I dunno, it's pretty much 1984, just a very dark comedy. Did you note, for example, that the little "Decision" toy that drops a weight onto "yes" or "no" always drops onto "no"?
@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan
2 күн бұрын
Starship Troopers!!!!
@dragonpjb
14 күн бұрын
Ok, there is a trick done in the book version of "Cloud Atlas" that a lot of people miss. The stories are nested the way they are to make the reader a part of the story. The reader opens the book, then the first character opens a book, then the character in that story opens a book, etc. Each character finishes the story they are reading and closes their book. Finally the reader finishes the book and closes it ending the chain. YOU are just another link in the chain of stories. It literally makes you a part of the of the book.
@CrisSelene
13 күн бұрын
No they don't. The novel opens on a beach. The first character doesn't read anything. Starting with the second character they read/see/hear the story of the previous character. It's a story but it's not always a book (in one case it's letters, in another it's a holographic recording device called an orison). Eweing doesn't end the novel by closing any book. I don't know what you read, but maybe you're mistaking it with Cloud Atlas
@gordonbrinkmann
13 күн бұрын
@@CrisSelene Yes, I agree. I don't know what dragonpjb read, but my version of "Cloud Atlas" resembles yours 😉
@gilbja01
12 күн бұрын
Are you telling me its like a "Never Ending Story" huh? huh? you get it right? Yeah, you get it!
@BarryHart-xo1oy
3 күн бұрын
That sounds fascinating.
@richardbale3278
7 күн бұрын
Rutger Hauer's "Time to die." speech alone makes Blade Runner better than the book.
@rossdax47
13 күн бұрын
The Princess Bride should be on this list for so, so many reasons.
@jenniewomack5113
13 күн бұрын
I'll put Westly's acid washed jeans at the top of the list.
@ericgjovaag7958
13 күн бұрын
"Holes". The book is terrific (it won the Newbery Medal), and tight and gripping and funny and suspenseful. But Louis Sachar also wrote the screenplay for the movie, and used it as a way to just add one more layer of gloss and sand a few more burrs off the story.
@nunezski54
18 күн бұрын
Jaws movie was MUCH better
@IanMcGarrett
16 күн бұрын
That only reflects how bad the novel was.
@Celebrindal333
16 күн бұрын
The movie is a classic for a reason. The book wasn’t able to capture the same tension that sharks eye view did in the film with that iconic score behind it.
@sigma80
16 күн бұрын
I saw (Yeah, I am definitely dating myself here. I was in grade school.) "Jaws" in a single theater at a local mall at the initial noon showing. It was before all the hype started. By the time the 6 O'clock news was on they had started talking about it. By the next day there was stories showing the huge lines to get in. It was one of the initial "Summer Blockbuster" movies and you "had to go see it" type thing. No home video yet. It blew me and my grade school friends away. We told everybody about it that afternoon, and it finished and we walked home about three PM. Yes, I got hold of the book later. It and "Battlefield Earth" (L. Ron Hubbard) are one of two books I couldn't finish. It was poorly written. It and "Carrie" (Original) were ten times better than the book. King's book was good, but DePalma knocked that one out of the park.
@Runner2000
15 күн бұрын
I agree. None of the characters except for Brody was likable. The ending was anti-climactic. Even Benchley said the ending of the movie was better.
@lisaahmari7199
15 күн бұрын
Really? I read the book and have not even been a pool ever since!
@toddharkey486
16 күн бұрын
Shawshank Redemption Benjamin Button Forrest Gump Princess Bride
@stevendeans4211
14 күн бұрын
I am not sure it is even fair to consider The Princess Bride. The William Goldman book was his sketch for the movie.
@DavenportR
13 күн бұрын
FORREST GUMP!!! Omg the book was aweful!!
@mjjoe76
13 күн бұрын
How _Shawshank Redemption_ isn’t on this list is beyond me. Also I disagree vehemently with the last two titles in this video, so taking one of those off to make room for _Shawshank_ would be super easy.
@philt2170
13 күн бұрын
@@mjjoe76 Shawshank and The Body (Stand By Me) are usually considered short stories. Perhaps that's the difference.
@indef2def
13 күн бұрын
@@philt2170 Yep, and the ending of the third story of that collection to be filmed (Apt Pupil) also put the film above the story.
@Lifeonbooks
14 күн бұрын
Straight up didn't know that Hellraiser was a book.
@FoxUnitNell
13 күн бұрын
It's called something else "The Hellbound Heart" and not Hellraiser. I was surprised too when I saw Clive Barkers name on a book and found out it was the novella that became the hellraiser film.
@0g0dn0
4 күн бұрын
Years earlier, they made a movie based on one of his other books, Rawhead Rex, and it did so poorly, and Barker allegedly hated it so much that when they decided to make on of The Hellbound Heart, he was like “fuck it, I’ll do it myself.”
@knittingnana2939
13 күн бұрын
One flew over the cuckoos nest. In the book, the Indian narrates the book, so you know he's cognizant, can see and hear and understand what's happening. In the movie, it's the big surprise.
@jeffm9770
10 күн бұрын
Yes, absolutely. I liked the book. I loved the movie.
@squashchefan
9 күн бұрын
And the movie has Jack
@michaelhall2709
7 күн бұрын
No, sorry, that’s not true at all. In the novel when we meet him the Big Chief is clearly insane (he’s convinced that Nurse Ratched can control the flow of time) and it’s only as the story progresses and he’s exposed to McMurphy’s lust for living that you see him come back to sanity.
@reneenyberg4832
3 күн бұрын
I agree with this.
@FairyRat
7 сағат бұрын
I hate this movie because it grossly misrepresents shock therapy and overall gives bad rep to psychiatric institutions, glorifying absolute scumbag of a protagonist.
@EilonwyG
12 күн бұрын
I have always said Jumanji the movie was better than the book. The book was a 20 page picture book.
@Stormcrow147
15 күн бұрын
"I cant remember who played pinhead" 1000 people at the same time: "Doug Bradley" 🤣
@A_YouTube_Commenter
14 күн бұрын
He is definitely not a horror fan
@gordonbrinkmann
13 күн бұрын
Yes, exactly - and I just commented on "the old man in the nursery home"... Jim Broadbent, anyone here?
@alibushell6762
13 күн бұрын
@@gordonbrinkmann Jim Broadbent seems to be under some kind of curse where people can't retain his name and he's referred to as "that old guy who's in everything" a lot. I don't understand the issue as I see him and instantly think "Oh it's Jim Broadbent".
@susannariera
13 күн бұрын
@@alibushell6762maybe, but if you are going to talk about them in a video.. do your homework!
@PhoenixHinds
12 күн бұрын
Not really relevant to what was being conveyed. @@susannariera
@bb6640
16 күн бұрын
The Godfather 1 & 2. Francis Coppola took an OK mafia melodrama and turned into something Shakespearean. The two movies that draw from Mario Puzo's book are so much better than their source.
@DanielOrme
14 күн бұрын
Even Mario Puzo admitted that he wrote "below his gifts" and that the book was written mostly because he needed the money and wanted something that would sell. It can't compare to the greatness of the movies.
@Welsh_Dragon756
9 күн бұрын
I agree, apart from pretty much anything that involves Luca Brasi. In the movie, you're told he's a scary guy, but all you see is him with the godfather and not long after he gets taken out. In the book you understand why everyone is so afraid of him.....he's a f@cking monster!!
@Anon54387
6 күн бұрын
Puzo was a newspaper writer and his style of writing in Godfather really was in that vein, it's an excellent story hiding in a mediocre book, Coppola really made it sing.
@ProfessorEchoMedia
5 күн бұрын
Totally agree. The book is very trashy.
@JamesMcMurray-si4og
4 күн бұрын
@@ProfessorEchoMedia What, you don't like the side story about a vagina that is too big and only Sonny can satisfy it. Until an ever worse side story about a doctor who can "tighten things up" gets involved.
@hardattackdj
10 күн бұрын
Fight Club. Book was meh and didn’t have the balls to follow through with the developing story the way the movie does. Also, David Fincher elevates the story with Easter eggs and killer cinematography
@ElvenTinuviel
2 күн бұрын
I personally loved the book. But I can't say that it's better than the movie, on that we agree.
@broceollomon
Күн бұрын
I can't agree with this one. The book is a criticism of toxic masculinity and "of course men can only feel emotions when they beat the shit out of each other". The book does such a good job of breaking down the image of the modern man down to the ending where the bombs don't go off because modern masculinity is a farce, it's all fake posturing, a show. I'm saying the movie is bad. Fincher did an excellent job and does translate some of the themes, but he didn't have the balls to say what the book is saying.
@sadrequiem
Күн бұрын
I liked the book ok but I agree that the movie was so much better
@reggiebannister4098
13 күн бұрын
Life of Pi was an excellent read, almost a masterpiece, but Ang Lee made it into a beautiful SFX movie that adapted the story word for word with great acting and wonderful cinematography.
@yoonahkang7384
11 күн бұрын
That movie changed my life😢
@michaelhall2709
7 күн бұрын
I’d agree (and in fact would say that the prologue set in India is better in the movie) right up till the twist ending, where the director made the choice of telling the audience what “really” happened as opposed to showing it to them. For my money it gave that version of events far less narrative weight, and much less impact.
@duncanmagee
6 күн бұрын
This film was almost spot on what i imagined when reading the book. The other notable one was fear and loathing in Las vegas
@kacperzajac14
5 күн бұрын
I really like the book. I think the movie is great, but I wish they have shown Pi's look on zoo from the begining of the book and pretty important encounter in the middle of the ocean. The biggest advantage of the film are the visuals
@businessburd2071
4 күн бұрын
I completely disagree, but for entirely stupid reasons. I didn't like the book because I found it utterly boring to read, but then I came to hate it when he kills a turtle. I fucking love turtles, I know it doesn't MATTER, it's a fictional turtle. But it still instilled such white hot rage in me I burnt the book when I was done reading it. And I didn't like the movie because I apparently have no sense of awe or wonder, and was just bored out of my skull watching a movie all about the beauty of nature.
@jasonflay8818
13 күн бұрын
The Prestige. The film removes the current day plot which includes the journalist having an affair with the Lady who owns the property and she is the ancestor of the magician and blah blah blah. The book is bad.
@octoberland1620
12 күн бұрын
I won't say the book is bad, but I agree the movie is way better. This may be my favorite Christopher Nolan movie.
@ozzymandius666
10 күн бұрын
I liked to book better.
@tracedowning1840
18 күн бұрын
Die Hard > Nothing Lasts Forever. The book was a cheap pulp novel with a mean streak narrative. The film is a classic of action adventure cinema.
@Mondomeyer
14 күн бұрын
@@tracedowning1840 NLF isn't exactly "pulp" (as least not technically); haven’t read it yet myself yet, but I did read The Detective, which NLF is a sequel to, and it is actually very good.
@esteeb67
13 күн бұрын
I definitely like the movie better, but I did find some of the themes in the book interesting. I liked how it is greed that kills the daughter and how the protagonist is not heralded as a hero in the end, which I believe was a Vietnam allegory.
@DozenDeuce
13 күн бұрын
The film is a classic -of action adventure cinema- Christmas movie
@kimbarbeaureads
13 күн бұрын
The movie is a classic. The book is a cheap paperback.
@bowtiesrcool86
5 күн бұрын
@@DozenDeuce I’d say it’s both an action and a Christmas movie
@CrimeFighterFrog
18 күн бұрын
My go-to for this has always been The Godfather. The book is excellent but bloated and the movie distilled it down perfectly while remaining supremely faithful.
@jenniferloring8112
13 күн бұрын
I agree! The book covered so much material. The movie streamlined the story without losing any of the tragedy, action or quiet menace.
@scotthamman2653
13 күн бұрын
And some of the book's side plots were bizarre.
@MoneyGist
2 күн бұрын
@@scotthamman2653Part of its charm.
@MoneyGist
2 күн бұрын
Enjoyed the book more than the movie tbh.
@lindybeige
14 күн бұрын
Dangerous Liaisons. They set it in an earlier period for more extreme costumes, they changed a couple of key lines, and most of all, they came up with a much better ending.
@kjaime7030
13 күн бұрын
First, the best part was, "Introducing Uma Thurman." Well, kidding, but also kinda not... Second, the book is fucking GENIUS in terms of literary structure. The ENTIRE novel is written as actual letters sent between the main characters. (At least in the French copy I read. First book i i ordered on Amazon... in 1996! It arrived from Paris to the US in six days, so I got sucked into the Bezos abyss EARLY.) Third, it's not really fair to add something like this to the list. The book was published 242 years ago! I'm pretty sure half the crappy Musketeer movies I've seen are better than Dumas in text. Okay, Frankenstein is amazing. Shakespeare and Jane Austen were brilliant. But literature in general has come a long way.
@matthiasschulz3569
13 күн бұрын
@@kjaime7030 Lordy be! Dumas' Musketeer novels being worse than 50% of the crappy movie adaptions? That is one take that, back in the day of the novels' setting, would be deserving of a challenge to a duel ;-) Regarding "literature has come a long way in the last few centuries": This is a very 19th century view, which gave rise to something we today call "Bowdlerization".
@CaenaGrey
13 күн бұрын
This movie is top 3 for me. The last scene! 😵 Cruel Intentions was also fantastic.
@pendorran
10 күн бұрын
"Earlier period"? The novel was written in the early 1780s.
@lindybeige
10 күн бұрын
@@pendorran And the clothes depicted are from earlier decades.
@hermiona1147
8 күн бұрын
Forrest Gump, The Devil Wears Prada and Bridget Jones Diary are great examples of a movie being better than the movie.
@John-Dennehy
10 күн бұрын
I am one of those heretics that often prefers films over the books. But, in my defence I realised relatively recently that most people can create the images from the book in their minds. That was wild to me! It turns out I have a condition called aphantasia (no minds eye), and it suddenly it all made sense why I always preferred character driven fiction over books full of overly descriptive paragraphs. A massive benefit of this though has been that I get to enjoy books even more after seeing the films.
@Kobsidian
9 күн бұрын
I don't have aphantasia, but what I've realized is that some directors simply have much better visual imagination than I do, and are able to bring to full, dynamic, colorful life, what in my own mind was the equivalent of vague and muted cartoon.
@johnswansen192
5 күн бұрын
Is that for real? I always thought it was a extreme exaggeration how people can see and imagine the characters in a book. I can enjoy a good book. But I could never do that. Nice to know that I am not a lone .
@deepashtray5605
3 күн бұрын
A good friend of mine has aphantasia. For me although I have a good imagination and "inner eye", I am always struck by how a movie such as Blade Runner or Dune are so visually mind blowing.
@pinkpolly88
Күн бұрын
I have that too. It's utterly wild to me that people can see stuff in their heads. I do love reading books, and get lost in the story, I much prefer watching a film or telly programme.
@matthewhood7844
14 күн бұрын
I kinda get tired of people saying "you have to read the book before you see the movie" and "the book is ALWAYS better than the movie". Goldfinger is my ultimate example of the movie being better. The movie became the template that later Bond films used and the book has a lot of problems.
@truevulgarian
14 күн бұрын
In their defence, they're almost always right. The book will have a lot more texture than you can pack in a 2-3 hour movie with rare exceptions. eg. As good as the most recent Shogun 2024 series is, it's still a portion of the intrigue and drama of the book.
@Mondomeyer
14 күн бұрын
@@matthewhood7844 I find Fleming's novels pretty tedious overall. I do prefer the Bond movies.
@H457ur
13 күн бұрын
@@Mondomeyeragreed. I read all the Fleming books because I’m married to someone whose last name is actually Bond, but many of those books are problematic for a variety of reasons .
@b.lloydreese2030
13 күн бұрын
Of the James Bond novels I've read the book was better every time. the movies are campy
@tcrpgfan
3 күн бұрын
@@b.lloydreese2030depends. Casino Royale is pretty much a straight upgrade over the book. Moonraker is an In Name Only adaptation. And Goldfinger is about on par.
@stevea2085
8 күн бұрын
"I didn't read the book before I made the movie." That's how Warner Bros. treats the live action DC universe. 😄
@johnswansen192
5 күн бұрын
Yes. Comic books have some of the greatest stories. If people didn't look down on them. One exception is EC Comics. Tales from The Crypt and so on. Mostly faithfully adapted.
@evanbelisle8464
11 күн бұрын
Jurassic Park is a fantastic read but the movie is just dripping with masterwork. John Williams work alone makes it better.
@vando6679
Күн бұрын
The movie was wonderful but the book was definitely better.
@aceofheartzxaver1366
20 сағат бұрын
I'll say the book is alot more scary
@Ashmo613
Сағат бұрын
The book was so much better. They toned down so much of the violence and suspense so that the movie would appeal to older kids. It's not a kids' novel in any way shape, or form.
@RJLiams
Күн бұрын
Most fans don't want an adaption. They want a page for page remake.
@stevencoghill4323
13 күн бұрын
The 13th Warrior is much better than Eaters of the Dead. Mainly because Crichton was on set to "fix" it to be better for a movie. The 13th Warrior is the first movie that caused me to read the book it came from.
@Laurielism
13 күн бұрын
I haven't read the book, but the movie is amazing.❤
@nealjroberts4050
13 күн бұрын
Apart from Jurassic Park all the films are better than his books. Probably because he increasingly became anti science.
@my5head
18 күн бұрын
Fight Club Can't personally confirm this one, but my grandma says Forrest Gump. The book is the only one in her life that she threw in the garbage.
@badlydrawn7476
18 күн бұрын
Even the author agrees with you on Fight Club
@NybergCarl
18 күн бұрын
"Forrest Gump" (the book) has lots of racism. It's not a tight story. And the flourishes that make the movie sly largely aren't there.
@my5head
18 күн бұрын
@@NybergCarl she'd mentioned that Forrest also had a monkey friend.
@DapperManDan
13 күн бұрын
@@badlydrawn7476 Chuck Palahniuk is a big fan of the film adaptation of Fight Club a lot, but he has been on record saying he liked the ending of the movie better than the ending he had written in the book.
@asbjrnandersen4222
10 күн бұрын
You beat me to it :)
@ztyran
14 күн бұрын
I'll be honest, I was expecting Forest Gump or The Princess Bride to be on the list.
@maxxcreese9911
Күн бұрын
Holt shit the forrest gump boook is something else the move classic
@pedrosantossinger
14 күн бұрын
Somewhere in Time is better than Bid-time Return. Richard Matheson wrote both the book and the script and I think he saw that as an opportunity to improve on the story and characters and cut some unnecessary things. I love that the movie is pretty clear about the truth of the time travelling and the spiritual meeting in the end, as the book makes it unclear if it's real or not because the protagonist has a brain-tumour in it. In the movie he has not. And Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour together with that beautiful John Barry soundtrack. What a masterpiece!
@Thagrynor
11 күн бұрын
Man .... Richard Matheson is such a weird figure when it comes to these things because you mention Somewhere in Time being better and I think about the beautiful journey that was What Dreams May Come and some of his other amazing work. But then I am brought low by the absolute abomination that is I am Legend, which ties with World War Z for me as the gold standard in how to absolutely ruin and horribly adapt a book into a movie. But Richard Matheson man .... some truly high highs but some mighty low lows.
@victoriahiggins5458
11 күн бұрын
Entirely agree, and I normally love Richard Matheson books and short stories. I enjoyed Jack Finney's Time and Again which is very similar. So much so I initially thought Bid Time Return was going to be a sequel or an homage! Instead it was the first Matheson story I couldn't finish. Maybe Matheson's type of heroes just aren't a good fit for a romance. Now, I'm leary of reading What Dreams May Come.
@talitafranco7230
Күн бұрын
I love that movie, I’ll have to check the book now!
@kyleboshoff2123
12 күн бұрын
Girl, Interrupted always comes to mind. I don't think one is better than the other, but they compliment each other beautifully.
@swissarmyknight4306
11 күн бұрын
"Jaws" is far better than the book. All of the characters are awful people in the book, and I found myself hoping that they would all get eaten by the shark. The movie wisely made Chief Brody and Matt Hooper into likeable, relatable characters and greatly expanded on Quint's backstory, which made Quint and the entire story make a lot more sense. The movie is a classic, the book is a bad novel that was made into a classic movie.
@VictoriaKimball
2 күн бұрын
I agree. Although I saw the movie before I read the book, which is rare for me. I wonder if that affected my opinion.
@talitafranco7230
Күн бұрын
Have to agree with that one too! They are so awful in the book, the affair was so unnecessary! And of course that music makes the movie even better!!! That score is perfect!
@seanicus2154
18 күн бұрын
One that immediately came to mind for me is Cormac McCarthy's The Road. There was something so haunting and beautify in Viggo Mortensen's performance. I've seen the movie and read the book, and I definitely rank the movie over the book.
@KlingonCaptain
16 күн бұрын
It's still one of my top five favorite books. Fictional, of course.
@gordonbrinkmann
13 күн бұрын
Hmmm, I thought the movie was okay but I liked the book a lot better. To each his own.
@asbjrnandersen4222
10 күн бұрын
Strangely, I found the movie incredibly dull But I couldn’t put the book down. I should definitely rewatch it…
@rmolloy1984
4 күн бұрын
I respect your opinion but you might be the only person I have ever heard say they liked the movie better in this case
@satorified1612
2 күн бұрын
All the Pretty Horses the movie was better than the book.
@Kellerwerks
14 күн бұрын
One of the problems people have with the Starship Troopers film is the omission of the Gundam-esque robot suits...
@dchivers9092
14 күн бұрын
The book was for adults, the movie for children.
@sheridanroad2001
13 күн бұрын
@@dchivers9092did you actually watch the movie and forget about the coed shower scene? If not, "STAY AWAY FROM CHILDREN!"
@Nevyn515
13 күн бұрын
“Come on you apes!” makes more sense if you read the book where the mech suits have long arms making them look ape-like in proportions. It’s still fine without context but it’s a fun “Ooh, I got that” feeling from the meta context.
@kylee6051
11 күн бұрын
@@dchivers9092 Made for children? It's political satire. Kids aren't gonna get that...
@ozzymandius666
10 күн бұрын
@@sheridanroad2001 Watched Zardoz with my dad at age 11.
@tomfoolery5680
5 күн бұрын
A Garfield Christmas is better than the book. Did you know Garfield likes lasagna?
@AnthonyStonechild
8 күн бұрын
Honorable mention: Brokeback Mountain. When I read it I thought no one could improve on that experience. Then Ang Lee made the movie with Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger. Combine brilliant direction with brilliant casting & performances, plus a perfect score.
@barrymoore4470
3 күн бұрын
I was going to cite 'Brokeback Mountain' as well. The original short story is masterful, but the film takes the characters and their story to a whole new level of poignancy. I respect the short story, while I love the film.
@charlesjrmoss2541
2 күн бұрын
Swift, clean, heartbreaking book.....but the movie had grandeur, grit and beauty.
@johnnykay9126
13 күн бұрын
The Princess bride is so much better than the book! 📖
@gazalan
16 күн бұрын
Hate to say it cuz I love Anthony Burgess, but for me Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange" is way better than the book.
@brigand13
14 күн бұрын
ABSOLUTELY!! 200% agree here. The book is a good read, but I don't care for the final chapter. I understand what Burgess was saying, but I think the cynicism of Kubrick's version which leaves that bit out is the perfect ending for the story.
@surfacematter2098
14 күн бұрын
Personally, just the fact that 3very other 2ord was babble and it having an appendix explaining the words made me crazy
@simonagree4070
14 күн бұрын
It's been a long time since I've read A Clockwork Orange, but I think I might agree with you. If I recall correctly, the ending of the book was changed before the movie was made.
@fisheyenomiko
13 күн бұрын
@@simonagree4070 IIRC, the book's proper ending wasn't in the US edition; the US publisher had the last chapter removed. Kubrick was familiar the US version, and based the movie off of that.
@blueishgreen76
13 күн бұрын
@@fisheyenomikoBurgess had presented the final chapter as an option to the publishers. Its not really clear that he preferred the extra chapter, and he certainly understood that the addition was considered weaker by contemporary literary standards. The US publisher went with the literary ending, the British one went with the ending easier to slip by the censors.
@calebperrin8270
18 күн бұрын
Doctor sleep is a better movie than the book for sure.
@ellagoreyshorrorstories7524
16 күн бұрын
@calebperrin8270 Agreed! The movie was really good, the book.... not so much, as much as I love King! Amazing cast, especially Rebecca Ferguson as Rose the Hat. Really tight story telling that somehow managed to bring together the Kubrick version of the Shining with both novels, in a way that didn't feel forced or outside of the story. WhennDanny says "I'm waking it up," it was such a chilling delivery! Ewan MacGregor is one of my favourite actors. And finally, it left out all the stupidest parts of the book, including the worst of the "battle of the minds" and the "twist" at the end, which was no better than Carrie 2 could do. I mean, Carrie 2 was a bad ripoff of King, which King turned around and ripped off, wtf?
@benjalucian1515
16 күн бұрын
Liked the book better. Didn't think Danny deserved the movie ending he got.
@silvercross1024
16 күн бұрын
@benjalucian1515 agreed, I loved the movie, but the book was much more satisfying to me.
@benjalucian1515
16 күн бұрын
@@silvercross1024 👌
@abramring2801
15 күн бұрын
Hard to argue against, friggin fantastic movie and book.
@trikebeatstrexnodiff
18 күн бұрын
There is a novel called ‘The Girl with the Red Scarf’ (original Kyrgyz title ‘Кызыл Жоолук ‘/ ‘Kızıl Jooluk’) first published in 1970. In 1978, a Turkish movie was filmed based on the book that is still watched and highly regarded today. The author of the book, Chinghiz Aitmatov, consideres the movie to be better than his own book. I highly recommend people to check them out both.
@mattschmitt4393
2 күн бұрын
I’d say the Battleship movie was better than the “How to Play” instructions the game came with
@joseantoniozarzosa7805
9 күн бұрын
The name of the rose, is the number one for me.
@johncloutier298
16 күн бұрын
I think you need to put Starship Troopers in the same category as The Shining; they might tell the same 'story,' but the meaning is so different the stories are different.
@tilmonhocutt8780
6 күн бұрын
Starship Trooper the book is 1000 times better than the movie. Just the fact they left out the powered armor doomed the movie.
@teabearchurchill5600
3 күн бұрын
Kubrick's The Shining is so different from the book that you could rename the characters and the location and it would be unrecognizable. It didn't help that Kubrick didn't read the book himself. According to his daughter Vivian, he had *her* read it and submit typewritten summaries of each chapter.
@grim1469
2 күн бұрын
@@tilmonhocutt8780 also left out an entire other race we were at war with. and that Juan (not John) Rico's father survives and joins up too.
@seanmalloy7249
Күн бұрын
Verhoeven took some of the themes from the book, twisted them until they screamed, and added enough cringeworthy details to make it a cartoon parody. The lack of powered armor, the utterly laughable military tactics, making the Arachnids a technology-free species that can somehow throw rocks across the galaxy... the list goes on. Finding out that the movie was originally "Bug Hunt at Outpost Nine" before they acquired the rights to the book, and that Verhoeven didn't even read the book told me it would be a "Nutri-Matic Tea" version of the book - something almost, but not quite, completely unlike the source material.
@grim1469
Күн бұрын
@@seanmalloy7249 that bit you mentioned about 'Bug Hunt at outpost nine' reminds me of the story with the 'I Robot' movie where they also bought to rights to the book just to slap the title on something else called 'Hardwired' that had nothing to do with Asimov's writing.
@josephmajor7761
18 күн бұрын
For me Gone Girl and No Country for Old Men were better films. They were awesome books, but the films were masterpieces imho.
@user-dj7lx9ec8j
16 күн бұрын
I'm reading Gone Girl now, and I agree that the movie is better.
@safetybeachlife
14 күн бұрын
Yes. I’m a big McCarthy fan, but. . . The Cohen Bros created lightning in a bottle.
@JohnDoe-g7i
13 күн бұрын
One of the best movies of all time. I remember looking for a dvd copy a number of years after it wasn't on the shelves anymore. I found it in this old used goods shop. I remember walking up to the counter and the guy stopped what he was doing and gave this stare. He knew. After a moment he goes, "That is an excellent movie, you have good taste. That's our only copy." He knew I found the gold in the shop.
@NaliaDanger
12 күн бұрын
Gone Girl is the one I always use as an example. That book was not as good as the movie.
@gabriellbraga7732
18 күн бұрын
Silence of the Lambs Coraline
@thezenlu
11 күн бұрын
So I was hoping someone brought up Neil Gaiman, cause he has this way about him where you take his ideas and put it to film and they just run away with themselves... it's not guaranteed to be better, but it'll definitely give his book a run for it's money. Stardust is one where I can't say it's better, but I can't say it worse... it is different and wonderful.
@AdamKyles
9 күн бұрын
I think the book Coraline was better because I found it scary. I was an adult when I saw the film, so I found it pretty mild, but the book frightened me as an adult.
@flaviodrusovalerio2825
6 күн бұрын
Gone with the wind.
@themarnacle
Күн бұрын
@thezenlu I love Neil Gaiman (one of my faves) but I didn't like stardust the book and loved stardust the movie. I think for me, the acting really helped bring the story to life in a way tbe book did not.
@thezenlu
Күн бұрын
@@themarnacle my only issue is there is a level of fantasticalness that the movie sidesteps like the bazaar that happens each year and the weird people who show up for it and the whole relationship situation for Tristan's Dad and his behavior after the night. The movie cuts through the fat to be a far more trim and pointed story, but part of the fun with Gaiman is the fat... as for characters being fleshed out, I think that speaks more to what version speaks most to you... some like the illustrated one more, others might go with the book, and others still the audio book... I'll tell you, the audio book is read by Gaiman, and his choices make for a fun experience.
@camilamonteiro4871
9 күн бұрын
I really liked Cloud Atlas, and yes using the same actors help you to understand the several reencarnations that they had...I was sad when I saw a lot of people hating it...
@tinderbox218
13 күн бұрын
The best example I can think of was Stephen King’s “The Dead Zone”. King ruined the book with a bunch of contemporary political sidebars. David Cronenberg and screenwriter Jeffrey Boam jettisoned all that for the film and accentuated what made the story great: Johnny’s acquisition of clairvoyant powers, what such a “blessing” did to him and where it led him.
@teabearchurchill5600
3 күн бұрын
The only contemporary politics in The Dead Zone was mentioning the various political figures in the 1976 election that Johnny Smith met and shook hands with. Kinda necessary, because that was how he found out about Greg Stillson.
@SongokuJidai
18 күн бұрын
I actually like the third category where the books and film are equally competent. Stephen King owns this with Green Mile and Shawshank Redemption - I have to watch the film after reading them every time. Literally perfect adaptations. Gary Sinise's Of Mice and Men also hold up here. I also think Bicentennial Man stands in this category, but there are differences in each version that pull it down from a 10/10.
@theskyisteal8346
6 күн бұрын
I'll add Jurassic Park and Moby Dick (1956) onto that pile too.
@spencesanders7879
16 күн бұрын
Starship Troopers -- "the movie is pretty much a carbon copy of the book". I just ended the video here. You should market what ever you are on, or at least read the book and watch the movie. Whether you like either, the biggest takeaway is that beyond a title and some character names they are no more alike than saying the TV series Little House on the Prairie is a perfect portrayal of Tolstoy's War and Peace. 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂
@hosswik
16 күн бұрын
Yup the movie got the same treatment as Monster Hunter and Children of Men…. Aka the director got a cliff notes summary and went with that instead.
@RobertSmith-nc9sd
16 күн бұрын
I completely agree. The book is so much better than the movie. I liked the movie, but IMHO it's not even close. How can you even think of making this movie and leave out the "mobile infantry" part? Without that, it's just a WWII movie with a new skin.
@spencesanders7879
16 күн бұрын
@@RobertSmith-nc9sd another thing to note. The book you buy today is not actually the original version. Find a printed version from before Heinlein passed. The newer versions have been edited to make them more accessible to modern readers. And it really changes after the movie.
@mangacomics1601
16 күн бұрын
@@spencesanders7879what did they do?
@RobertSmith-nc9sd
16 күн бұрын
@@spencesanders7879 Interesting. I didn't know that. My copy is about 50 years old so I'm probably good. 🙂
@peteallen8420
16 күн бұрын
I have one that I feel the movie is better than the book, the book is "Shoeless Joe" and the film is "Field Of Dreams". Here is my take I saw the film and loved it so much that I searched out the book. I don't want to give too much away, but when AI read the book it just didn't have a heart like the movie.
@indef2def
13 күн бұрын
Yeah. I knew the author personally through tournament Scrabble, and his ideas were large but his prose style lacking. It would have been interesting if J.D. Salinger hadn't sued himself out of the movie, but the stand-in was great.
@stevenmackay8053
Күн бұрын
Yes! Children of Men is also my pick. The film needs a massive release on 4K disc. I work in a college town and suggest it to every student who shows an interest in movies. I do warn them, "have tissues ready."
@JohnnyRecently
6 күн бұрын
The book The Shining is scarier than the movie. Better characterization. I've read it three times. However, the movie is different. Both are masterpieces. The movie is deeper than the book. I find it fun to chase down the hidden meanings of the movie. That said, I prefer the book because I love being scared.
@NybergCarl
18 күн бұрын
"Total Recall" is better than the short story.
@RockOfLions
15 күн бұрын
Completely different story.
@steffannicholson9959
15 күн бұрын
And yet the book of the movie still manages to be better than the movie 😂
@RockOfLions
15 күн бұрын
@@steffannicholson9959 i didn't even know somebody novelized the movie
@anastasiosgkotzamanis5277
15 күн бұрын
That has been the problem with a lot of Philip K. Dick source material, why mainstream success eluded him. Like i read once, "Dick was a great Sci-fi writer's writer." Stories full of great ideas that are mostly appreciated by other writers.
@jonathansteel8565
14 күн бұрын
The Woman in black. book is quite short and not great. The film version with Daniel Radcliff far superior, captured the creepy horror element much better. The sequal film was awful though .
@shukmanitu
15 күн бұрын
The World According to Garp was what I was expecting to be #1.
@ScubaDude1960
14 күн бұрын
What? The book was a masterpiece.
@carldamacion3740
14 күн бұрын
i was very disappointed by the movie at adaptation.
@ScottHess
14 күн бұрын
The movie was much better, because you reached the end in a bit over two hours.
@brucewilco
14 күн бұрын
Re Children of Men: The book scared the hell out of me. The supposed last generations of humanity slowly, quietly dying (granted, not so quietly in terms of the youngest) created in me palpable fear. Terrifying melancholia. When I saw the trailer for the film adaptation I could tell this film was well crafted and well acted (which it turned out to be), but…the in-the-moment horrors of chaos and death in the streets doesn’t for me hold a candle to what it would feel like to live a quiet life believing that in a few decades humankind would simply cease.
@wishmakr
12 күн бұрын
The book for Hellraiser, The Helbound Heart, was excellent, but it was a novella, not a full-length book. Barker expanded upon the novella. As far as the Shining...I have to say the movie was fantastic. The book was fantastic. They aren't the same though. S.K. changed so, many things in the movie, that I don't think it's fair to say that one is better than the other. The family in the movie, other than the names, isn't the same family as in the book. Jack Torrence is scary almost from the beginning of the movie, and I never get the feeling that he is really in love with his family. The Jack in the book, however, is all in, when it comes to Wendy and Danny, and loves them to death. Read/listen to the book/audiobook. You will learn so much about the hotel that you never knew. You will find out why King was so pissed at Kubrik for what he did to his book. Then, if you can find it, watch the Shining miniseries. With the exception of the appearance of Tony from time to time, the performances are incredible, and it's a much truer adaptation of the novel.
@dawnpowers7626
6 күн бұрын
I agree with you about almost everything except the mini-series. I didn't like Stephen Weber. He's always been lifeless to me. I don't know who should have been cast instead, but not him.
@MisterRlGHT
2 күн бұрын
Hah, I never noticed before that the book and the movie were both the work of S.K.
@Zorros2ndCousinTwiceRemoved
20 сағат бұрын
While the miniseries was true to the book (little wonder with King's heavy involvement), it was boring as hell. No, it redefined the meaning of the word boring. Did I mention how remarkably boring it was? The only good thing that's come of this miniseries was the Nostalgia Critic's hilarious in-depth crucifixion of it.
@Dusty78dk
13 күн бұрын
I'm soooo glad somebody finally see the good in the movie version of "Cloud Atlas". There are so many good scenes, funny, dramatic, even touching.
@atomicx9158
17 күн бұрын
So right about number one. I read the book first and thought, "Meh'. A year later I saw the movie and was blown away. It is a fantastic movie and the fact that it didn't clean up at the Oscars (barely nominated) shows what a joke the whole awards industry is.
@Too-Odd
14 күн бұрын
The industry awards industry was bad back then, but it is horrible now. Mediocre poorly edited films are winning best picture and editing nominations and wins.
@ShawnESharp1
14 күн бұрын
The first thing I thought when seeing the title of this video was, "Oh, I wonder if Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" is on his list. I didn't notice your shirt until you were discussing it. After the video I realized that I too was wearing an E;ectric Sheep shirt :) I'm a huge PKD fan too and totally agree.
@sallydragomir468
18 күн бұрын
Me before watching the video: "If one of this will be the shining I'm going to grow up." Me after the warning: Subscribed!
@eddiejc1
17 күн бұрын
Kubrick did a brilliant job filming it, but he saw Jack Torrence as a man who ALREADY hated his wife and son, and just needed a nudge by the Overlook ghosts to do WHAT HE SECRETLY ALREADY WANTED TO DO. This is RADICALLY different from the book, and considering that King based the Jack Torrence character on himself, I can't blame him for being offended. My biggest problem is the abuse that Kubrick heaped on Shelley Duvall during filming which I believe either contributed to or caused her mental health problems afterwards. He had no faith in Duvall's ability to portray a traumatized woman, so he had to traumatize her for real.
@debbiemassey7711
15 күн бұрын
Yep, read the book first. Liked the movie but was disappointed while waiting for events that were in the book that weren’t there. PS I was a teenager and saw The Shining in a theatre…was so looking forward to it.
@justincrane8825
14 күн бұрын
I think Kubrick’s The Shining is a masterpiece, but it’s less of an adaptation of the book and more of a reconceptualization. I personally prefer the movie, but I also get why people who really connect with the book would have a distaste for it, including King himself.
@stevendeans4211
14 күн бұрын
Sully sent Boo to grow up as well.
@arthurgphotography
10 күн бұрын
Princess Bride, Shawshank Redemption, Goodfellas come to mind
@satorified1612
2 күн бұрын
Wise Guy was a good book but Goodfellas was mind blowingly awesome.
@barlotardy
18 сағат бұрын
Unpopular opinion: Lord of the Rings; The films wisely cut out most of the singing, 300 pages of walking, and Tom f*cking Bombadil, and didn't feel like any of it was missed.
@RodneyGraves
18 сағат бұрын
Heresy...
@redcat9436
6 сағат бұрын
The movies were unwatchable.
@eddiejc1
17 күн бұрын
I would like to make another suggestion for an example when the movie is MUCH better than the original source material, and I'm a little surprised this didn't make the list. It may just be that Rammel isn't a big fan of cartoons or live-action/animation films, or he didn't feel a big need to read the original book. I'd like to throw out "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?". The movie is technically based off the book "Who Censored Roger Rabbit?" by Gary K. Wolf, but REALLY borrows a lot more from the Roman Polanski film "Chinatown". Anybody who has seen this movie knows that it is a loving homage to the Golden Age of animated short films by the major studios, and almost every notable cartoon character you've heard of makes at least a cameo appearance. The book has absolutely nothing to do with the movie except that that there IS a Roger Rabbit, a Jessica Rabbit, Baby Herman, and a detective named Eddie Valiant. The book instead of taking place in postwar Los Angeles instead is in the contemporary era which at the time the book was written was 1981. And the book isn't about the world of animation but rather newspaper syndicated strip cartoons like "Peanuts." You can buy the Kindle version real cheap, but there's a reason for this---the book isn't NEARLY as good as the movie. Instead of Gary K. Wolfe's book, I would recommend ordering the graphic novel "Weapon Brown" by Gary Yungbluth instead. This book does for syndicated comic strips what Roger Rabbit does for seven-minute cartoon shorts. The protagonist is a bald cyborg named "Weapon Brown" who travels with his faithful dog, a pitbul named "Snoop" through a post-apocalyptic world. The first part of the story focuses on the Peanuts universe, but then the story expands to every notable comic strip character you've ever heard of, culminating in an epic battle between "Chuck" and "Snoop" on one side, and Cal V.1n and H.O.B.S. on the other. (You can't order it through Amazon, but do a Google search and you'll easily find the author's web site---I most highly recommend it!)
@joeabernathy5402
18 күн бұрын
Not a movie but a TV show: the first season of Dexter is far better than the book it's based on. The books are embarrassingly bad to the point where the show ignores them after season 1.
@itssitcomstupid
18 күн бұрын
I had no idea it was based on a book series. What's it called?
@rammelbroadcasting
18 күн бұрын
I think the first one is called darkly dreaming dexter. I've never read it, but I always wanted to.
@joeabernathy5402
18 күн бұрын
@rammelbroadcasting yep, I read that one, and it's follow-up Dearly Devoted Dexter. They were rough. It goes supernatural with the concept where their dark passengers are entities, and Rita's kid can see them.
@TallicaMan1986
18 күн бұрын
@@joeabernathy5402 LMAO
@HeronCoyote1234
16 күн бұрын
I’ll add Longmire to the list. Loved the show; hated the books.
@simianinc
14 күн бұрын
The Shining and Blade Runner changed genre cinema. The books did not change literature. I loved Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep as a teen, but I tried re-reading this year, and found it strangely old-fashioned
@segaiuolo
11 күн бұрын
I have so much fun when I meet someone saying that Kubrick's Shining was "a masterpiece": they have never read the book, of course, so I just ask them "You own a hotel: would you really trust someone with Jack Nicholson's face to be its keeper for the winter?" And, finally, "can you tell me why Jack goes crazy?" "..."
@Kobsidian
9 күн бұрын
LOL! Good point!
@danguillou713
3 күн бұрын
I've read the book a bunch of times. The answer to your first question is: Yes, because they're in financial trouble, the job has a really bad reputation and Jack accepts it at a nominal pay because he plans to use the time to write a book. Seems legit to me. And to your second question: film Jack was crazy all along, the ghosts and the isolation just brings it out.
@segaiuolo
3 күн бұрын
@@danguillou713 the first question refers to the mere appearance of Jack: in the book he's described as an average, unassuming man (even handsome) that turns into a monster every time he drinks; on the other hand, Jack Nicholson, in the Honest Trailer for 1989 Batman, he's described as turned "slightly creepier" through to makeup 🤣 The second question... You didn't get that too, sorry 😉
@malafakka8530
2 күн бұрын
I don't think that your questions are really relevant to the movie or that the answers to them are needed or would really change anything.
@segaiuolo
2 күн бұрын
@@malafakka8530 true. Nothing is relevant to that movie
@jonathonriddle9922
9 күн бұрын
Greetings, fellow Buckeye! Here are 5 more films I think are better than the book: The Silence of the Lambs Psycho Jaws Goldfinger Jurassic Park Honorable mention goes to "50 Shades of Grey" - because that book was neither sexually stimulating, informative, nor well-written! and the film version of "The Shinning" was not superior to the book, but Brian DePalma's "Carrie" definitely was!
@danguillou713
3 күн бұрын
Second person who picks Goldfinger. I mean, pretty much every Bond movie is better than the book, but Goldfinger? An epic title song making one of the silliest Bond movies seem way better than it actually is. Also, Jurassic Park as a book is way more interesting and informative than the movie, it's a book I keep coming back to and quoting. The movie just has live action dinos.
@jonathonriddle9922
3 күн бұрын
@@danguillou713 I would say "From Russia With Love" was better as a book. Also, I'm glad you mined such treasures from the book "Jurassic Park". I did not, but that's okay. Literature is, ultimately, subjective.
@pheverdream5618
16 күн бұрын
Three Days of the Condor was a much better movie than its source novel Six Days of the Condor.
@luddite4change449
14 күн бұрын
LOL. The book had to be bloated if they were able to shrink the story down from 6 days to 3.
@pheverdream5618
14 күн бұрын
@@luddite4change449 The protagonist was ill and bedridden with the flu for 3 days. Yeah, really.
@jmondine1
14 күн бұрын
The Black Stallion. The book is a nice young adult novel. The movie is a breathtaking masterpiece of cinematography.
@Laurielism
13 күн бұрын
I was massively in love with both when I was younger.
@IamSCFS
13 күн бұрын
I agree and disagree. The movie is breathtaking. However, in killing off the father, the movie tries to turn the story into a sad contemplation, but the book has numerous comedic moments that rely on visual humor that would have translated brilliantly on film. The Movie misses the point of children dreaming about having their own special horse.
@culturewarsdiplomacy
14 күн бұрын
Never ending Story. The theme of the book was there but it felt like it was two different stories where the movie(s) choosing to separate Bastion reading the book and Bastian going to Fantasia was a better choice for me but I also admit I’m more biased since I loved the movie as a kid, one of my favorites and I read the book as an adult.
@brenthill2656
13 күн бұрын
I see where you’re coming from! It’s one of my favorite childhood movies, but I read the book as an adult and it is quite unique and interesting as well, in very different ways! I’d have a hard time saying which is better
@DoloresLehmann
13 күн бұрын
The book is an absolute, multi-faceted masterpiece! The movie doesn't even come close to it! And I really loved the movie as a kid.
@ClockworkWyrm
12 күн бұрын
@@DoloresLehmann While I enjoyed the book, the movie will always be the better of the two for me. It's dark, it's heartbreaking, it's an emotional rollercoaster, and yes, it's a huge nostalgia hit but also it doesn't have any werewolves or places called Spook City. I DO appreciate that the author progressed through the alphabet with the first word of each chapter.
@stevendeans4211
12 күн бұрын
@@ClockworkWyrm Alphabetically in German, English, or both?
@stevendeans4211
12 күн бұрын
@culturewarsdiplomacy I read the book after seeing the movie. I thought the book was superior.
@malafakka8530
2 күн бұрын
I haven't read it, but I think The Shining is an all-time great horror movie. It may be a bad book adaptation, but that doesn't automatically make the movie bad or inferior.
@ad3673
6 сағат бұрын
@@malafakka8530 If you had read The Shining (and you should) you’d understand how people like me who love the book really hate that piece of garbage Stanley Kubrick created. What an insult to one of the best books ever written in any genre.
@malafakka8530
6 сағат бұрын
@@ad3673 No, I don't think so and I explained why in that comment. To call the movie a piece of garbage is nonsense to me and a sign that some readers cannot detach themselves enough from the book (and I might be guilty of that as well in a different case). Personally, I doubt that the book is as good as you say because I don't think that King is that good as a writer. That doesn't mean that I won't read the book though.
@thezenlu
11 күн бұрын
Psycho should be an honorable mention... actually that honorable mentions list should be a lot longer!
@user-ep4yt6px5e
15 күн бұрын
Absolutely about Blade Runner; I've read the book but the movie blew my mind, became my cult movie instantly.
@5studios1room
17 күн бұрын
The hunt for Red October
@willcool713
15 күн бұрын
The movie was inane by comparison. Many consider that the best book Clancy wrote.
@stevendeans4211
14 күн бұрын
I thought the book was better, but two words, Sean Connery. I also think it was Alec Baldwin's best film.
@luddite4change449
14 күн бұрын
@@willcool713 It was definately the best movie redition of any Clancy book.
@willcool713
14 күн бұрын
@@luddite4change449 No, not even close, imo. Oh, of a Clancy book, sure. That's not what you wrote originally.
@willcool713
14 күн бұрын
@@stevendeans4211 I worked with some Ukrainian exchange students back then. They thought Sean Connery was a joke, because his accent was so thick that his Russian wasn't even understandable.
@KiramidHead
5 күн бұрын
The crazy thing with The Shining is that so many who say the movie is better haven't read the book, just watched the miniseries. Or clips of it
@pyenapple
Күн бұрын
I read it. The movie’s way better.
@vincentpuccio3689
12 күн бұрын
The Witcher of Eastwick… I love the movie, looked For the book was totally disappointed. There’s a lot to be said for screen writers.
@Frankdfn
Күн бұрын
2001. I know the book was written simultaneously with the movie being filmed so perhaps its unfair since it wasn't a true adaptation of an existing book, but the film's visuals made it an experience that couldn't be recreared in the book.
@brettcoster4781
23 минут бұрын
I very much agree, Kubrick's movie is better than Clarke's novel even though I love both.
@schizoidahole
18 күн бұрын
Ehh, I haven’t read Children of Men but a character being an asshole isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
@indef2def
13 күн бұрын
I was blown away by the early chapters of the book, especially the dark aspect of the protagonist. Only let down by the ending.
@patrick-aka-patski
13 күн бұрын
Well then you should read 'Kill your Friends'. This is an example of a main character that is an asshole but not necessarily 'unlikable'. Because that is what he meant. Unlikable main characters mostly lead to an unpleasent read.
@mitchbray6637
16 күн бұрын
THe Movie Forrest Gump was a lot better than the novel.
@CornbreadOracle
14 күн бұрын
YES
@lacmalince1652
14 күн бұрын
That's what I came here to say. It's a subtle difference but the movie is about a simple guy who is unaware of all the amazing experiences he lives through and takes them all in stride where as the book is about a guy too dumb to know what's going on around him and misses out on everything. Please forgive lackof punctuation and spelling mistakes. I'm typing without my glasses.
@gabrieledwards1066
14 күн бұрын
@@lacmalince1652ditto.
@mitchbray6637
14 күн бұрын
@@lacmalince1652 there are a few more differences. In the novel, Forrest is actually a tad more intelligent and is not as heroic. He smokes pot and becomes a wrestler known as The Dunce and ends up in space with a chimp and then, the shuttle crashes on an island and he, the chimp and other crew members are stranded for a total of four years. Also, Forrest gets arrested a few times. The movie is more grounded, hard as it is to believe. I like how you described the movie's version of Forrest and yes, the novel version of Gump is a tad smarter but too dumb to really take in the big picture. I like both the novel and the movie, but the movie, well, it causes me to think of days gone by think about where we have gone and where we're going and for that reason, I perfer the movie.
@TheHortoncrow
14 күн бұрын
So the book was also over rated mid tier that somehow won an Oscar instead of Shawshank Redemption?
@ES_LA969
13 күн бұрын
Rosemary's Baby. (The movie is better than the book.)
@johnhaleii208
14 күн бұрын
Fight club, The Green Mile, and Forrest Gump all come to mind when thinking of movies better than books.
@kelleyceccato7025
4 күн бұрын
The Green Mile is an interesting case, because the movie is VERY close to the book, almost scene for scene. Yet somehow, the movie is better, because the actors are so perfectly cast in their roles that the movie ends up having a stronger emotional impact.
@petermeyer6873
10 күн бұрын
Two more examples: - American Psycho - Let the right one in
@williambrookings722
2 күн бұрын
Totally agree with American Psycho.
@Jimmersaunt
15 күн бұрын
The Manchurian Candidate (the first one) was much better than the book! In particular the Flower Club dream sequence.
@RedRobRugby
18 күн бұрын
The Exorcist. I DNF’d the book. It has not aged well and I had so many issues with the writing that I wondered if it was even edited before publication.
@Wade48
16 күн бұрын
I have a similar opinion of Legion, Blatty's sequel to The Exorcist. If I'm squishy on a book I normally liked the first half compared to the last half. Reading Legion was opposite for me, first half was a slog, then there's a plot twist and it's a great book from there.
@alansmith4748
13 күн бұрын
I'd choose 2 Daphne du Maurier stories "The Birds" (1963) and "Don't Look Now "(1973). A third choice would be "Let The Right One In" (2008)
@VioletDeVille
13 күн бұрын
As a general rule, I will read the book after I see the movie that adapted it. That way I’m less disappointed in the movie. I saw Jurassic Park and loved it. Then I read the book and was blown away. I then saw The Lost World and enjoyed it. Seriously, a T-Rex rampaging through San Diego? Total win. Then I read the book and was utterly disappointed. Spielberg basically kept the premise of Site B and Dr. Malcolm as the central protagonist, and that was it. He tossed pretty much everything else. For the better.
@kadajsnightqueen
13 күн бұрын
“He had some very staunch ideas about libertarianism.” Heinlein went so far as to write an idealized self-insert into Stranger in a Strange Land, albeit with a different name; that statement is an understatement if I’ve ever seen one!
@garyhoutz1540
10 күн бұрын
Most Libertarians probably don't realize Starship Troopers was a parody.
@tarantinoish
13 күн бұрын
It’s not a full book, just a short story, but The Shawshank Redemption is the first one that comes to my mind. And King is one of my favorite authors as well.
@HeronCoyote1234
16 күн бұрын
Postcards from the Edge; Hunt for Red October (lost count how many times I’ve seen the movie); LA Confidential.
@ChiefOfAss
14 күн бұрын
Agree... THFRO was an OK book. The movie was much more compelling.
@Laurielism
13 күн бұрын
Hunt for Red October - both are great, but I actually prefer the book. Watched the movie countless times too, great cast, great movie, but I usually read the book straight after. 😂
@mantramoon9
13 күн бұрын
I love Hunt for Red October-great film.
@bookworm4174
13 күн бұрын
@@Laurielism Fantastic film, but I agree, I can't call the movie better. It's a fabulous adaptation of a fabulous book.
@scotchsunday
5 сағат бұрын
Red October movie was disappointing after having read the book
@scotchsunday
5 сағат бұрын
1. Hannibal - The movie fixed the totally unbelievable ending. 2. Serpent and the Rainbow - Movie was more of the horror film while the book was like and anthropological memoir. 3. Lord of the Rings - Had to force myself to finish the books before the movies came out.
@fatimagarcia9606
13 күн бұрын
The big fish, the movie is much much better.
@JackJackIsBackBack
10 күн бұрын
The ending of the movie The Mist > The novelette ending
@marSLaZZ66
4 күн бұрын
Even Stephen King admits it !
@grim1469
2 күн бұрын
@@marSLaZZ66 yup, i read he wished he thought of that.
@highwind1369
7 сағат бұрын
I convinced my wife to watch The Mist... She won't watch my movie recommendations any more
@Ken19700
14 күн бұрын
The Starship Troopers movie is a work in irony. It's supposed to make fascism look bad.
@Stupidmuffin64
6 күн бұрын
Fully agree Shining movie is not near as good as the book, but paradoxically I think Dr. Sleep is a better movie than book. The books drags on towards the end and the movie retroactively made me appreciate the shining film more
@ad3673
Күн бұрын
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is FAR FAR FAR better than the movie. In the movie (and I’ve watched it multiple times), I could never like it. It’s beautifully done, it is well acted, it is very well directed, the setting is perfectly done, the actors are perfect choices for the roles…and the movie is phenomenally boring. The book is maybe my favorite PKD book and the movie just doesn’t measure up.
@fallenhero3130
15 күн бұрын
GONE WITH THE WIND, SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, and THE GREEN MILE are the three definitive examples of this for me.
@tryingbutfailing
15 күн бұрын
But The Green Mile was pretty similar. Why didn't you like the book?
@fallenhero3130
14 күн бұрын
@@tryingbutfailing I didn’t dislike the book. The basic plot and characters are exactly the same. I just thought the film told the story with a more streamlined script, enhanced by great actors.
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