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litlady (360 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 01:28 AM Original message |
Examples where the movie is better than the book? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
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era veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 06:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Juicyfruit |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. You're kidding, right? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. I did |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. Fight Club |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. Jaws is the only example I can think of. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I remember being grossly disappointed when I read the book years later |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. That was my example, also. Good idea to omit adultery bit. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. The Godfather (and The Godfather Part II) |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
5. In my experience. the best example of this would be "Blade Runner". |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
6. "The African Queen" |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
7. "The Shining," "The Shawshank Redemption," and "Stand By Me." |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
9. No Country for Old Men; the book is almost perfect, and the film is even bettter |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I may have to take exception to The Shining... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
11. High Fidelity and The Ice Storm |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
13. The Last of the Mohicans (1992) |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
15. The Godfather I and II. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. Children of Men |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I think the author is in that movie |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
18. The Fountainhead- |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
19. The Color Purple. |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
22. Jurassic Park (Book) was far better then the Movie |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-02-09 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
23. The Bridges of Madison County |
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