Films which did the book justice

Films which did the book justice

Postby delby » Wed Dec 16, 2009 2:07 pm

So has anyone seen any films which they think were almost as good as , as good as or better than the books ?
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Re: Films which did the book justice

Postby Nefer » Wed Dec 16, 2009 5:27 pm

Other than LOTR? :lol:

I thought "Walk to Remember" & "The Notebook" were infinitely better than the books. First time I've thought that too.
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Re: Films which did the book justice

Postby Ada » Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:07 pm

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! :shock:
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Re: Films which did the book justice

Postby Penitent » Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:24 pm

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.
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Re: Films which did the book justice

Postby deniel » Tue May 17, 2011 1:27 am

Yes I also appreciate Godfathers movie, well, Jane Eyre movie was nice too..!
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Re: Films which did the book justice

Postby SOELEY » Tue May 17, 2011 2:50 pm

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