In most cases many people will agree that "the book was better", but here are a few exceptions imo.

A Clockwork Orange
Fight Club
The Shawshank Redemption
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest





Any takers?

Does Princess bride count lol?
I would have to say the first harry potter.

"The Wizard of Oz" was definitely built for a movie more so than the book.

To kill a mockingbird.

Lord Of The Rings
the movie was just like I imagined it
from the book

Lonesome Dove

The Green Mile was close.....but I still liked the book better.

Misery.....they changed the best scene and ticked me off!! So that's a no too.

Shawshank Redemption was an awesome movie..and book. Hmmmmm.

Really?

I felt that six movies were required to properly follow the books.

I thought the Hunt for Red October was pretty good!!

One part of the book would have been REAL hard to film though.

And The Borne Supremacy wasn't ANYTHING like the book!!!

Animal farm

I own the "extended" versions on DVD. They have more footage taken from the books.

to kill a mockingbird dorks

even though they left out Tom Bombadil, and the Barrow wights, and replaced Glorfindel with Arwen, I think they did a really good job of following the book.

I was pretty impressed. I didnt think anyone would ever be able to make the Lord of the Rings

lol

thanks Boo

Crapes of wrath

A Clockwork Orange--good choice
Fight Club--never read the book.
The Shawshank Redemption--great choice
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest--No way. Great movie but.... The book is brilliant. And it came first.



I'm wondering why no one's mentioned "Silence of the Lambs?"

The books are normally better because you see the heros thoughts and ideas not really done well on the big screen

A GREAT book is ALWAYS better than the movie. Even if the screenplay is written by the original author, there is never as much time to develop characters and plot as there is in books.

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