Loved the MOVIE hated the BOOK
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This is a tough one but the only one that comes to my mind is "Marley and me".
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The closest I can come was Interview with the Vampire. The book had a lot of boring parts and it was hard imagining what the author was really talking about, but the movie really brought everything to life and I liked the ending to the movie better.0
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Can I go with a TV show? I'm having a super hard time reading through the Game of Thrones books but I loved season 1 of the TV series!0
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Can I go with a TV show? I'm having a super hard time reading through the Game of Thrones books but I loved season 1 of the TV series!
It's funny, I think the books are really great. There are a lot of details and characters so it's hard to follow, but it's totally worth it because you start to make links and understand things that are not as obvious or just not mentioned in the TV series. : )0 -
Can I go with a TV show? I'm having a super hard time reading through the Game of Thrones books but I loved season 1 of the TV series!
It's funny, I think the books are really great. There are a lot of details and characters so it's hard to follow, but it's totally worth it because you start to make links and understand things that are not as obvious or just not mentioned in the TV series. : )
Very true. I just find that there are a lot of really dry parts in the books which could have been left out without hurting the book at all. But I do think that if I hadn't already read the books I wouldn't have understood some of what was happening in the show. There were a lot of times while my bf and I were watching it where he was like "what?!" and I'd have to explain something to him.0 -
Pet Cemetary0
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Take it back!!!Pet Cemetary
Or at least spell it correctly.
Pet Sematery was fabulous as a book, as are all of Stephen's books. They can't do justice to his writing on a movie screen...0 -
Take it back!!!Pet Cemetary
Or at least spell it correctly.
Pet Sematery was fabulous as a book, as are all of Stephen's books. They can't do justice to his writing on a movie screen...
#truth! I've hated every Stephen King movie that I've seen but LOVE his books!0 -
This will be a short thread. :laugh:
I can think of movies where I didn't *read* the book, but not one where I *hated* the book. Hmmmm...0 -
Blade Runner.
Nope. Can't think of anything else-it's usually the other way round!
(ie I love the book but hate the movie!)0 -
Another tv show... The Vampire Diaries. The show is pretty good, the books are CRAP. In the books, Elena is a whiny, empty headed twit... In the show, she isn't the epitome of depth and volume, but at least she has some inner strength and a fairly large intellect.0
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Take it back!!!Pet Cemetary
Or at least spell it correctly.
Pet Sematery was fabulous as a book, as are all of Stephen's books. They can't do justice to his writing on a movie screen...
Except for Shawshank Redemption and Green Mile...those 2 were GOOD movie adaptations, for a change!
I ♥ SK
The 8 hour Miniseries for The Stand was pretty good too....0 -
Lord of the Rings
* only coz i kept falling asleep while reading*0 -
"Into the Wild." I didn't hate the book, but the movie actually had more details.0
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Take it back!!!Pet Cemetary
Or at least spell it correctly.
Pet Sematery was fabulous as a book, as are all of Stephen's books. They can't do justice to his writing on a movie screen...
Except for Shawshank Redemption and Green Mile...those 2 were GOOD movie adaptations, for a change!
I ♥ SK
That is correct! Also, please see: the original Shining with Jack Nicholson......0 -
Lord of the Rings
* only coz i kept falling asleep while reading*
I'm with you on that. The books drag on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on..0 -
I liked the movie "Water for Elephants" better than the book. I like how the movie streamlined the story of Jacob as an old man and didn't keep flashing between him in the past and him in present like the book did.0
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Can I go with a TV show? I'm having a super hard time reading through the Game of Thrones books but I loved season 1 of the TV series!
It's funny, I think the books are really great. There are a lot of details and characters so it's hard to follow, but it's totally worth it because you start to make links and understand things that are not as obvious or just not mentioned in the TV series. : )
Very true. I just find that there are a lot of really dry parts in the books which could have been left out without hurting the book at all. But I do think that if I hadn't already read the books I wouldn't have understood some of what was happening in the show. There were a lot of times while my bf and I were watching it where he was like "what?!" and I'd have to explain something to him.
I feel that way about all of the parts about the wall. Yet, in the series, I love Jon Snow, so I prefer the series in that sense.
This is one of the few books where I recommend people watching it first. It makes it so much easier to follow if you have seen it first.0 -
TV show but The Vampire Diaries...I love the show but the books sucked! Lord of the Rings is a good one.0
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Anal Angels 12.
some of that stuff just doesnt translate well on paper...
:noway: :laugh: You'll be the guy that manages to get a thread about books locked.
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Starship Troopers. I thought the book was a snore, but loved the movie.0
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Lord of the Rings
* only coz i kept falling asleep while reading*
I'm with you on that. The books drag on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on..
Wow! Just ripping on the best trilogy in modern literature. Just wow!0 -
Anal Angels 12.
some of that stuff just doesnt translate well on paper...
If you read the first 7 volumes they aren't bad, they changed story lines though and it grew tiresome. You could try something in the Blumpkin series.0 -
how about The Lorax. dumb movie ok book. also, the indian in the cupboard...any of the old ppl on here remeber this book lol how about James and the giant peach? that one actually wasnt too bad.0
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Starship Troopers. I thought the book was a snore, but loved the movie.
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Yep, me too.0 -
Take it back!!!Pet Cemetary
Or at least spell it correctly.
Pet Sematery was fabulous as a book, as are all of Stephen's books. They can't do justice to his writing on a movie screen...
Amen! The only films that have even had a chance of being as good as the written version are those made from his novellas or short stories. His novels are far too detailed and fine-drawn to be cut to under 2 hrs. (FYI - for whatever reason, the scene where the boy's shoe is on the road just sticks in my head... way too much!)0 -
The Devil Wears Prada. I liked LOOKING at the clothes rather than imagining them. And I love Meryl Streep.0
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Starship Troopers. I thought the book was a snore, but loved the movie.
I love them both but for different reasons! I agree with The Lord of the Rings, except I wandered off during the movies. But the books, oh my goodness, if I ever saw a hobbit I would kill it just in case it started sodding singing!
The Bourne films are the only movies I have ever fallen asleep during. Sad, but true!0 -
I liked the movie "Water for Elephants" better than the book. I like how the movie streamlined the story of Jacob as an old man and didn't keep flashing between him in the past and him in present like the book did.
OMG...I can't even think to watch the movie because I loved the book so much. I was afraid that I would hate the movie, adn it would wreck my feelings about the book!0 -
Take it back!!!Pet Cemetary
Or at least spell it correctly.
Pet Sematery was fabulous as a book, as are all of Stephen's books. They can't do justice to his writing on a movie screen...
Except for Shawshank Redemption and Green Mile...those 2 were GOOD movie adaptations, for a change!
I ♥ SK
That is correct! Also, please see: the original Shining with Jack Nicholson......
See also, Stand By Me0 -
Lord of the Rings - Loved the movie but didn't even make it through the first book. It's a really hard read in that it's really, really detailed. Basically, the author loved to go on and on and the language is written in an odd way so it feels heavy. I like the movies better. I feel for the guys who wrote the script though as they had to have actually read the novel to pull it off.0
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