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Name a book that's better than the film

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FuckertyFuck · 09/08/2023 09:28

For me its Good night Mr Tom and Little Women

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InMySpareTime · 09/08/2023 16:41

The Neverending Story. Such a beautifully written book that was a terrible film.
The film was only half the book, and far too Americanised. Even the Jim Henson puppets couldn't save it.

dressedforcomfort · 09/08/2023 18:32

Captain Corelli's Mandolin.

Dear God, the film was DIRE.

dressedforcomfort · 09/08/2023 18:34

Also, One Day. The book made me cry. But what the fuck was going on with Anne Hathaway's accent in the film?

Danikm151 · 09/08/2023 18:34

The only film that is better than the book for me is The Devil wears prada. Otherwise the rule is always The book was better🙂

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FuckertyFuck · 09/08/2023 19:55

Danikm151 · 09/08/2023 18:34

The only film that is better than the book for me is The Devil wears prada. Otherwise the rule is always The book was better🙂

It's NAME A BOOK THATS BETTER THAN THE FILM 😆
Oh dear God 😂😂

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fubared · 09/08/2023 20:00

Hannibal - the film is terrible. Especially the ending

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 09/08/2023 20:09

Memoirs of a Geisha. Amazingly evocative book.

Horrifyingly bad film.

ArcticBells · 09/08/2023 20:16

Gone with the wind

LiveByTheRiver · 09/08/2023 20:17

Roots

whydoesitalwayshappentome · 09/08/2023 20:22

PS I love you. The book is great. The film is absolutely diabolical and nothing like the book at all. I only watched it for five minutes and turned it off in disgust.

Merapi · 09/08/2023 20:22

Where Eagles Dare. The film misses out great chunks of plot.

The 39 Steps is another one.

Ballyhoobird · 09/08/2023 20:24

Ooooh, haven't read the thread yet but had to jump in with the Princess Bride. I'll go and read the hundreds of answers that suggest the same now...

Mbop · 09/08/2023 20:25

The Green Mile

ladygindiva · 09/08/2023 20:25

Captain Corellis mandolin

Ballyhoobird · 09/08/2023 20:25

Except I meant to say if flipping the question...

ladygindiva · 09/08/2023 20:26

dressedforcomfort · 09/08/2023 18:32

Captain Corelli's Mandolin.

Dear God, the film was DIRE.

Ah you beat me. Teach me to rtft. I 100% agree.

BLT24 · 09/08/2023 20:28

Where the Crawdads sing. It’s a lovely film but the book is the best book I’ve ever read.

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 09/08/2023 20:31

Difficult to judge because I saw the film long before I read the book BUT...
I believe that the book Israel Rank is not as good as the film adaptation Kind Hearts and Coronets.
Every other book is better than the film.

HowardKirksConscience · 09/08/2023 20:35

Sherwil16 · 09/08/2023 09:43

I think there was a glaring misjudgement in the film 'Never me go', which was that it was stated explicitly up front that the young people's organs were to be harvested. In the book, the reason they were all there in the house was only revealed very gradually. It's what made the book so much more psychologically interesting for me.

WTF did you do that spoiler for?

Pleasehelpme12345 · 09/08/2023 20:49

Books are always better.

worst film after reading the book for me was “P.s I love you”

MrsLeonFarrell · 09/08/2023 21:05

The only film that I think is better than the book is The Princess Bride. Love the film, found the book unreadable, but there has to be an exception that proves the rule.

ChurlishGreen · 09/08/2023 21:34

HowardKirksConscience · 09/08/2023 20:35

WTF did you do that spoiler for?

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Because the enormously famous novel was published nearly 20 years ago and its main concept freely discussed by reviewers, journalists, the judges of the Booker Prize and half the reading groups in the English-speaking world? Not to mention the high-profile film adaptation in 2010. It’s not like The Mousetrap where you’re asked by the cast not to reveal the murderer’s identity?

LittleLegsKeepGoing · 09/08/2023 21:40

Most of them frankly.

The only time a film has ever been better than the book for me was The Covenant (Leo and the bear).

The film is excellent, the book is OK.

Otherwise we're generally lucky if the film has half the character and delivery of the book.

Spooce · 09/08/2023 21:45

Ready Player One- brilliant book, painful film

Openup · 09/08/2023 22:08

All of them, except About a Boy.
The book is awful, but I really enjoyed the film.