I find that seeing the movie before reading the book usually works better for me. Once I see the movie, I can usually separate my memories of the movie from the book. However, if I read the book firs, I think about the things that get left out of the movie.
I’ve seen a few movies that were true to the book in every detail, Atlas Shrugged a trilogy was cinematic artistry. I wondered before I started if they could be true to the Sci-Fi aspect of the novel. I was not disappointed.
Sometimes the screenwriter does the job that the book editor SHOULD have done – eliminating unnecessary characters, and inane subplots – producing a stronger vision than the original source material. Jaws, The Godfather, Fight Club, and Little Big Man are some movies I can think of that were better than the books.
Like Water For Chocolate was a rarity — the movie and the book were both delights. I read the book first, loved it, and saw the movie with trepidation — but was more than pleasantly surprised.
1) I wish LOTR movies would have stuck to the way it really happened (it’s historical fiction, you know)2) Is that a MAOA (Middle Aged Orphan Annie ) getting bounced ( or perhaps Mad Magazine’s Little Orphan Melvin)
FreihEitner Premium Member 23 days ago
hee hee
PaulAbbott2 23 days ago
They’re taking a leaf from the bars
Wilde Bill 23 days ago
The movie may have been better, but it is still 2 hours I will never get back.
oldpine52 23 days ago
The next movie to be better than the book will be the first one.
Superfrog 23 days ago
She liked Clark Gable better than Rhett Butler.
Jesy Bertz Premium Member 23 days ago
“But the ‘Lord of the Rings’ movies were better!”
David_the_CAD 23 days ago
I find that seeing the movie before reading the book usually works better for me. Once I see the movie, I can usually separate my memories of the movie from the book. However, if I read the book firs, I think about the things that get left out of the movie.
Concretionist 23 days ago
The first rule of book club…
ArcticFox Premium Member 23 days ago
What? And forgo the free wine?
Imagine 23 days ago
I’m not joining THAT book club.
Jayalexander 23 days ago
I’ve seen a few movies that were true to the book in every detail, Atlas Shrugged a trilogy was cinematic artistry. I wondered before I started if they could be true to the Sci-Fi aspect of the novel. I was not disappointed.
FreyjaRN Premium Member 23 days ago
Twister was one where the movie was much better than the book. I threw the book against the wall.
Melki Premium Member 23 days ago
Sometimes the screenwriter does the job that the book editor SHOULD have done – eliminating unnecessary characters, and inane subplots – producing a stronger vision than the original source material. Jaws, The Godfather, Fight Club, and Little Big Man are some movies I can think of that were better than the books.
cdward 23 days ago
Like Water For Chocolate was a rarity — the movie and the book were both delights. I read the book first, loved it, and saw the movie with trepidation — but was more than pleasantly surprised.
purepaul 23 days ago
Tough crowd.
Just_Karl 23 days ago
Jurassic Park is a good book, but seeing dinosaurs on screen was worth making the movie.
biblioholic Premium Member 23 days ago
This is a repeat. A great one, though! I saved it as a screenshot.
Kaputnik 23 days ago
I read the book Forrest Gump some time after seeing the movie. I think that’s the only time I really thought that the movie was better.
Frank Burns Eats Worms 23 days ago
She had trouble reading the room.
MeGoNow Premium Member 23 days ago
She’d feel kinda bad if she’d actually read the book.
wordsmeet 23 days ago
I read The Lord of the Rings, saw all the movies and the extended versions, which I prefer over the first theatrical versions.
RobinHood 23 days ago
Never Judge A Book By Its Movie
RobinHood 23 days ago
I can remember two film I thought were better than the book. Goldfinger and Hunt For Red October.
sedrelwesley2 Premium Member 23 days ago
1) I wish LOTR movies would have stuck to the way it really happened (it’s historical fiction, you know)2) Is that a MAOA (Middle Aged Orphan Annie ) getting bounced ( or perhaps Mad Magazine’s Little Orphan Melvin)
Impkins Premium Member 23 days ago
She’ll never be the same after they make her eat all that stale movie theater popcorn! :)
lnrokr55 23 days ago
Funny, maybe true !
GKBOWOOD Premium Member 23 days ago
The redact power she had as moderator in the book club web forum didn’t translate to the real world with the same clout so some adjustments were made…
azardoz 23 days ago
That cartoon is a repeat from 4 years ago.
mistercatworks 23 days ago
“You mean the movie that took only the title and the color of her underwear from the original book?”
cherns Premium Member 23 days ago
The very interesting movie Our Hitler: A Film From Germany ran about eight hours over three nights. The book was a whole lot easier to go through.
Ukko wilko 23 days ago
The only movie that equalled the book was Lonesome Dove.
Shikamoo Premium Member 23 days ago
Funny! She looks stunned.