Movies that are better then books

Ever read a book that the movie is beter. Try to come up with at least one.

ok so i thought about this and i can't think of one! lol

The only one that I came up with was Blood and Cholocate. But really if you can't figure one don't feel ashamed because the chances of that happening is like 1 in a million.

I'v got one the cronicals of narina

I can think of loads of them, books you'd never have heard of if movies hadn't been made out of them.

My two favorite comedies were both based on books. Cat Ballou (Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin) was loosely based on Roy Chanslor's The Ballad of Cat Ballou, which is a really soapy (and serious!) western, and The Trouble with Angels (Hayley Mills) was based on Jane Trahey's Life with Mother Superior (which wasn't bad, but I'd never have read it if Hayley hadn't been my very first screen crush and TTwA weren't my favorite Hayley movie).

Looking to books that are of top quality, though, I'd say the movie adaptation of Muriel Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is even better than the original book, not only for Maggie Smith's Oscar-winning performance but also for Pam Franklin as Sandy.

Also, I'd place the miniseries adaptation of Jeanette Winterson's Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit above the novel, especially for the starring performance by Charlotte Coleman. Winterson, incidentally, also wrote the screenplay for the miniseries.

Then there's A Clockwork Orange, where the Burgess novel and the Kubrick movie are both great in their own different ways.

EDIT: Incidentally, Chanslor also wrote the novel Johnny Guitar. I've got a copy somewhere but I've never read it, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's as crappy as The Ballad of Cat Ballou, but the movie's a real gender-bending camp classic with Joan Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge. (I tried using a touchstone link to JG, but it isn't working.)

Wow that is alot!!!

Yeah defently to pepsi506

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

accutally that is the same

normally that only happens if the movie was made first

Princess Diaries...DEFINATELY!

i find that alot of those disney moves, like high school muscal and open season, are better as movies. and the movies came first

very true

UMMM no way to PD have you read the entire seris?????!!!!!

Yah, such a lame series

umm no it's a cool seris

i havent read the books... but i saw the movies! ^^

I hate the Princess Diary books by love the movies. I also love everything else Meg Cabot's ever written. Avalon High, Teen Idol and Jinx are my favorites!

i love Avalon High!

oh i liked her All American Girl

I love the Princess Diaries Movies!

Oooh...you've read Avalon High, and All American Girl?! I've been wanting to get those books but they don't have it in the library..tho..they are having a book sale I'll have to BEG my mom to take me.

Hey have you guys heard of an author named: Amy Kathleen Ryan?
I am reading one of her books right now....it's really good. It's Vibes

Haven't heard of her Reggie but I LOVE All-American Girl too! Ready or Not wasn't nearly as good by I loved the 1st one!!!

nope haven't heard of her Reggie!
I love American girl i mean it's amazing i really want to read the secoound

The second is way more sex oriented...I prefer the first

How many All-American Girl books did Meg wrote???

And I am reading Avalon High and I.......LOOOOOOVEEE IIIITTT!!

Seriously. I am almost finish with it tho my bad habit got to me and I kinda sorta read ahead.

I wonder if this reincarnation stuff can really happen????? Can it???

Oh and have you guys heard of Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot?
I'm borrowing that one today.

OMG! Did you guys know that there is MORE THAN ONE Avalon High book???!
It's a series!

NOW I so can't wait til Christmas and my Birthday so I can buy them.

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Oh and heard of Ally Carter? author of Don't Judge Girl by her Cover?

Well she's making a 4th book to the series! I so can't wait.

There's a sceond one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think a lot of Stephen King's stuff is better on film: Stand by Me, Carrie, It, etc. Or stuff by Phillip K. Dick: Minority Report, Blade Runner. I also liked the Fight Club movie better than the book.

i didn't even know that Fight Club was a book first...

Yep, it's a pretty good book, but if you've seen the movie you know it can get a bit confusing. It's by Chuck Palahniuk. I haven't read anything else by him, but the new-ish movie Choke, is also based off of one of his books.

Actually Helen there are 4. I repeat 4 FOUR Avalon High books.

Man, I so need to get those other 3 books.

Dang so do i i'll cheak on google books to see if they have them!

I can't wait 4 my next report card. cuz if I get good grades grandma might send me money then I can buy the books

cool

yum, money

yum? do u eat it? lol

lol

=p :D

that's not an answer! ; )

No it's not

well im weird like that so deal.

haha i would've never guessed ; )

:D

lol