We all know books are better than their movie adaptations, but what about when they aren't? Does anyone have any recommendations for books where the movie absolutely is superior? And I'm not talking about Novelizations either. The book has to be the original source material. Bonus points if the book was actually a good read to begin with.
I'll go first: What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson.
by RurouniRinku
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Forrest Gump.
I also much prefer the movie Fried Green Tomatoes to the book.
I preferred the show adaptation of Shadow and Bone, which technically mashes in Six of Crows, to the OG book Shadow and Bone, which I found pretty bland. six of crows was quite good though but I really liked seeing those visually adapted.
All the Dan Brown books.
I absolutely love and adore Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott but soviet movie adaptation was just BETTER. About 5 years passed since I watched it for the fist time but it is still in my S tier.
The Princess Bride. It’s a good book, but a much better movie.
Also Atonement.
(edited to add Atonement)
Nothing Lasts Forever by Thorp.
It was made into Die Hard.
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
Children of Men by PD James
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick
Brokeback Mountain, and, IMO, the Looking for Alaska miniseries.
I enjoyed *Stardust* the film more than the book. (Except that the film did Victoria dirty in the most trite of ways and I hated that).
I would also pick the film version of *We Need to Talk About Kevin* over the book, though both are good.
Three body problem – felt like the show was better than the book
Coraline, tbh
Gonna get an influx of downvotes for this, but here it goes: The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
The books were a slog. Movies were great tho
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