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So has anyone seen any films which they think were almost as good as , as good as or better than the books ?

Other than LOTR?

I thought "Walk to Remember" & "The Notebook" were infinitely better than the books. First time I've thought that too.

The movie The Witches of Eastwick did not do the book "justice", it redeemed it! I had watched this movie about 3 or 4 times and so decided to read the book it was based on. How Hollywood/screenwriters managed to produce such a great film from such a bloody awful book absolutely amazes me. Any relationship between the book and the movie is purely accidental and for once it's a case of "thank God"! I'll certainly never read anything by John Updike again and I still can't believe I read as much of it as I did - I think I finished it - I can't remember - my brain has filed that in the recycling bin and some one's emptied it!

(I thought I had already commented on this book and it's film before but I can't find it here and the search function won't help me.)

Edit: ^ found it in Other Authors>Least Favorite Book> Here
Apparently I did finish it!

First one that comes to mind is “The Godfather” one of the best movies of all time and lightyears better than the book; which wasn’t bad at all.

Yes I also appreciate Godfathers movie, well, Jane Eyre movie was nice too..!

I thought the first Harry Potter film stayed very close to the book.