Examples where the movie is better than the book?

[litlady]

This question is certainly harder than which books are better than their movie counterparts (as this is not uncommon).

Some that I can think of offhand are Bridget Jones Diary, Under the Tuscan Sun, and Princess Diaries (not to say that is a good movie, but the book is worse!)

What can you think of?

[Skittles]

1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

yes

[era veteran]

8. Juicyfruit

[begin_within]

14. You're kidding, right?

The movie of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a bastardization of one of the great novels of the 20th century. Ken Kesey hated the movie version. I can't believe anyone would actually think the movie is better than the book.

[Skittles]

20. I did

[XemaSab]

2. Fight Club

:D

[Forkboy]

3. Jaws is the only example I can think of.

[Orrex]

10. I remember being grossly disappointed when I read the book years later

I've heard a lot of noise about Spielberg changing the ending, and to that I say "phooey!"

A terrific film.

[WinkyDink]

16. That was my example, also. Good idea to omit adultery bit.

[fishwax]

4. The Godfather (and The Godfather Part II)

[Richard Steele]

5. In my experience. the best example of this would be "Blade Runner".

The film was an epic masterwork.

The "Book" (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?)
was nothing but a well-conceived short story
crudely padded out to novella-length at the insistent behest
of a greedy publishing firm that the author was
contractually obligated to.

Compared to the film, the book looks like a few notes
scrawled on a gin-stained coctail napkin at 3:00AM.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. "The African Queen"

[jobycom]

7. "The Shining," "The Shawshank Redemption," and "Stand By Me."

Not that the books weren't good.

[Orrex]

9. No Country for Old Men; the book is almost perfect, and the film is even bettter

A Clockwork Orange
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Shining

[Tuesday Afternoon]

12. I may have to take exception to The Shining...

:hi:

[mitchum]

11. High Fidelity and The Ice Storm

[sarge43]

13. The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

But then any film version is better than that book.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

15. The Godfather I and II.

[PVnRT]

17. Children of Men

The book is just nonsensical and weird towards the end.

[Skittles]

21. I think the author is in that movie

she's the elderly lady holding the dog in the cafe right before it blows up

[LeftinOH]

18. The Fountainhead-

-having to read Ayn Rand is painful. The film isn't too good, but at least there's Patricia Neal; she was pretty hot (in 1949).

[Mad_Dem_X]

19. The Color Purple.

Saw the film first, and loved it. Then I read the story, and just couldn't get into it. :shrug:

[AsahinaKimi]

22. Jurassic Park (Book) was far better then the Movie

I loved Michael Crichton

[bigwillq]

23. The Bridges of Madison County

I hated the book. Thought the movie was beautiful.