I’m pretty strict on one or the other mentality. But I am freakin obsessed with this topic. Ignore if you’d like but if I can throw all the ones out I’ve done both mediums on…
-The Three Body Problem ; shit characters in the English translation book, can’t wait for the series because the ideas were so good.
-Slow Horses ; perfect book to season fittings, I wasn’t bothered when the first season visuals took over my self-made visuals. When almost no artistic liberties are taken it kind of works for me but I am guessing this is very genre specific since a spy thriller is less about the visuals than the moment to moment and logical connections
– All Harry Potter ; I wish the government could sometimes and rarely block film adaptation of our best written treasure. I know all the pitfalls. I still think we’d be better off with a few blatant interruptions on free market.
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Forrest Gump! The book is so, so bad. The movie works because Forrest is sweet and endearing, so you wish him luck in all his ridiculous adventures. In the book he’s just an asshole, and his adventures are even more outlandish and unbelievable (I think he’s shot up into space at one point?).
Hatherence on
The comic book Kick Ass, which I read after seeing the movie. The endings are *very* different and I personally liked the movie ending which was more fun. But that doesn’t mean the graphic novel is bad, I just didn’t like it as much.
annionred on
The Shawshank Redemption is much more powerful in the movie adaptation.
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Starship Troopers by Heinlein, the movie has a mixed gender, ensemble cast and subtle/strange ideas, the book is some guy in an all male military that gets to handle sci-fi guns and power armor. The best character in the movie is a woman named Diz, and in the book Diz is some guy that dies on the first page.
It’s doubly strange because I love pretty much all of his other books.
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The Prestige. Magicians work so much better when you can *see* them doing their tricks (also because the books have to describe a lot of things, you can figure out the plot twist early on)
Unlucky-Line7787 on
Normal People. Loved the tv series, but didn’t enjoy the book as much.
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Harry Potter. I was 11 when the movie came out and not much of a reader, although I won the first 4 books. So, I like the movie and think I’ll like the book and I got so mad that my imagination from the book didn’t match the movie. I have only read the first book. I just can’t get over it
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Dan Brown – The Da Vinci Code
The 100. My GAWD.
I’m pretty strict on one or the other mentality. But I am freakin obsessed with this topic. Ignore if you’d like but if I can throw all the ones out I’ve done both mediums on…
-The Three Body Problem ; shit characters in the English translation book, can’t wait for the series because the ideas were so good.
-Slow Horses ; perfect book to season fittings, I wasn’t bothered when the first season visuals took over my self-made visuals. When almost no artistic liberties are taken it kind of works for me but I am guessing this is very genre specific since a spy thriller is less about the visuals than the moment to moment and logical connections
– All Harry Potter ; I wish the government could sometimes and rarely block film adaptation of our best written treasure. I know all the pitfalls. I still think we’d be better off with a few blatant interruptions on free market.
Forrest Gump! The book is so, so bad. The movie works because Forrest is sweet and endearing, so you wish him luck in all his ridiculous adventures. In the book he’s just an asshole, and his adventures are even more outlandish and unbelievable (I think he’s shot up into space at one point?).
The comic book Kick Ass, which I read after seeing the movie. The endings are *very* different and I personally liked the movie ending which was more fun. But that doesn’t mean the graphic novel is bad, I just didn’t like it as much.
The Shawshank Redemption is much more powerful in the movie adaptation.
Starship Troopers by Heinlein, the movie has a mixed gender, ensemble cast and subtle/strange ideas, the book is some guy in an all male military that gets to handle sci-fi guns and power armor. The best character in the movie is a woman named Diz, and in the book Diz is some guy that dies on the first page.
It’s doubly strange because I love pretty much all of his other books.
The Prestige. Magicians work so much better when you can *see* them doing their tricks (also because the books have to describe a lot of things, you can figure out the plot twist early on)
Normal People. Loved the tv series, but didn’t enjoy the book as much.
Harry Potter. I was 11 when the movie came out and not much of a reader, although I won the first 4 books. So, I like the movie and think I’ll like the book and I got so mad that my imagination from the book didn’t match the movie. I have only read the first book. I just can’t get over it