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Did any film adaptation overcome the original book?

>> No.11567447

I actually kind of liked I, Robot on its own merits. It was a terrible adaptation but still a pretty entertaining movie with some good acting and special effects.

>> No.11567455

Ready player one was better than the book
The book was completely irrdeemable, but the movie shortened cline's autistic rants and made a little less trash in the process

>> No.11567456

pretty sure tarkovsky/german movies were better than the strugatskys' books

>> No.11567466

>>11567405
Forrest Gump. Book is all kinds of terrible, movie is ok.

>> No.11567470

>>11567405
This guys work is so dull.

>> No.11567477

>>11567456
I disagree but I still like the movies

>> No.11567603

Stalker
Memories of Underdevelopment
The Man Who Laughs
Four Nights of a Dreamer
The Man Who Sleeps
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
Class Relations
Diary of a Country Priest
The Big Sleep
A Page of Madness
The Fountainhead
Pierrot le fou
The Conformist
The Wages of Fear
Solaris
Woman in the Dunes
Manhunter

>> No.11567703

>>11567405
(((asimov)))

>> No.11567711

>>11567405
vertigo by hitchcock

>> No.11567733

>>11567703
(((no one cares)))

>> No.11568152

bump

>> No.11568166

>>11567470
brainlet pleb

>> No.11568172

>>11567405
The Lord of the Rings

>> No.11568182

>>11567405
Everything by Kubrick.

>> No.11568675

I probably prefer Huston's adaptation of The Man Who Would Be King to the book. Both are incredible but I think the few small changes were all for the better, especially Billy Fish.

>> No.11568713

>>11567603
Of those I’ve read I only agree with Woman in the Dunes and Stalker. Four Nights of a Dreamer is honestly a masterpiece but the book is just as good.

>> No.11568753

>>11567603
>>11568713
How do i get into Bresson's style? It just dosent work for me, the biggest problem is the monotone acting. Help me guys. It bothers me because i do enjoy the work of Tarr, Haneke and Kaurismaki.

>> No.11568762

>>11568172
This unironically. Don't get me wrong if you grew up reading LOTR it will always have a place in your heart, but Tolkien is an imperfect writer. Some of his decisions and detours in the plot could have been rethought, and sometimes his way of storytelling can get a little overwrought.
The movie distills everything down to the essentials and captures the spirit without all the padding and fluff.

>> No.11568776

>>11567405
Schindler's List

>> No.11568782

S A T A N T A N G O

>> No.11568789

>>11568753
read his book

>> No.11568792

>>11568789
I have.

>> No.11568802

>>11568792
then just watch his movies start with A man escaped and Pickpocket.

>> No.11569357

>>11567405
Shawshank Redemption
and these >>11568182

>> No.11569364

No Country for Old Men.

>> No.11569369

Probably Stalker

>> No.11570100

>>11567405
The Godfather
Jaws
Touch of Evil (Badge of Evil)
Cape Fear (The Executioners)

>> No.11570135

>>11570100
>The Godfather
Yes, I was thinking exactly this earlier today.

>> No.11570144

>>11568182
Except Lolita. Even Kubrick's wife said the movie fell short in comparisson to the book.

>> No.11570150

>>11568762
So I shouldn't read the books first? I havent seen the movies.

>>11569364
It's basically the same. The book is superior because it offers more details the movie doesn't explain.

>> No.11570156

Die Hard is better than the book it's based on

>> No.11570337

>>11567405
Fight club

>> No.11571874

bump

>> No.11571913

Has anyone read the book from where was adapted Drive? One of my favorite movies

>>11568182
Pretty much this
>>11567603
I don't agree with Solaris

>> No.11571923

>>11567405
Several have, namely Fight Club, The Shining, and Dune.

>> No.11571937
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>>11567466
>[The film] omits his time with NASA and some of his other careers, as well as his time with the cannibals and the ape named Sue.[2]

>> No.11571965

>>11571937
There's a fucking sequel.
>When Forrest's background in pro football is discovered, he gets recruited for the Sour Krauts, the unit's football team, to play against an intelligence unit named the Wiesbaden Wizards. Forrest certainly does not consider it the extent of when he played with the New Orleans Saints, but noted the Wiesbaden Wizards sure knew every play pattern. During the game, Forrest punts the ball, which flies over the Berlin Wall, causing another turn of events where people in both East and West Berlin start breaking the wall with sledgehammers.

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>>11571965

>> No.11571971

>>11570150
>It's basically the same
It was first written as a screenplay.

>> No.11572016

The Shining
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Apocalypse Now

>> No.11572842

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya.

>> No.11572869

The author of fight club actually preferred the ending of the movie over his own work.