Bad books, good movies

[monserrat_21]

For me The Chronicles of Narnia movies are better than the books. Don't get me wrong I love them too, but I enjoyed the movies more. They managed to capture the magic of the books while making them more interesting and entertaining. The books could be a bit boring at times, meanwhile I've watched the movies several times and I'm still not tired of them.

[rik17]

I know I'm going to get mauled with this one... but I'm going say the last two harry potter movies were a lot better than the book. Let the blood bath begin.

Lol!... I don't think you are the only one who thinks like this, so your viewpoint is not that risky for you. Personally I think the last film most definitely was better than the book, rendered mostly by the strong visual storytelling.

[a_r_egerton]

The film versions of both Jaws and The Godfather are much better than the books.

Harry Potter and the Orderof the Phoenix had the happy advantage of cutting out about 95 percent of Harry's rants. Yes, I can understand why he was upset and angry. It was still still annoying to have the protagonist spend the entire book in a constant snit.

[Sjtoy]

I haven't seen the movie yet, but I heard "The Devil Wears Prada" was a really good movie. The book was just "Ok" but from hearing others talk, I need to watch the movie.

[Timothy Rucinski]

Going back a few years, a movie version of Hemingway's To Have and Have Not was made with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Now, the book itself stinks. Even Hemingway admitted that it wasn't very good. The director, Howard Hawks, told Hemingway he'd make a good movie from the author's worst book. And sure enough, he did!

[AJ_Williams011]

I normally would've preferred books to movies but The Princess Bride was definitely better as a movie rather than a book. There were a lot of details that wasn't entirely expounded in the book but were paid attention in the movie.

[Iconicsmt]

I watched the classic film version of Pride and Prejudice starring Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson, and absolutely loved it. Jane Austen’s works have always seemed a bit too “light” and traditionally romantic for me, so I didn’t bother reading the story until the film impressed me. The book is okay, but everyone in it seems so one-dimensional. The film is much wittier and thought-provoking to me. Olivier and Garson had fantastic chemistry played off of each other beautifully and hilariously. They really humanized their characters so that you can see the origins of both points-of-view and how they gradually open their minds to meet on even ground. Elizabeth seemed like she just flipped a switch and had a sudden personality transplant in the book. The film also gets bonus points because the overbearing mother and ridiculous youngest sister are toned down to the point where they’re more comical than nerve-grating. There’s also a fantastic twist in the film that redeems one of the story’s biggest antagonists, a part I was really looking forward to in the book, but it never came, leaving the character just a flat, pompous wench. Not that I’m bitter or anything...

I guess Ms. Austen’s works just aren’t my cup of tea at any rate, because I also far enjoyed Emma Thompson’s movie version of Sense and Sensibility to the novel. Ms. Thompson kept a majority of the main plot points intact, so I guess I just got more out of the (necessary) faster pacing of the film. Plus, Alan Rickman as Col. Brandon.... yes, please!

[Preye I]

I personally have never experienced this. It is usually the other way around for me. But I guess this could happen in if a book was based off a movie but then again highly unlikely.

[Janelydia Mwangi]

When the sight and hearing senses are aroused it's more satisfying...hence Harry Potter movies compared to the books

[Folashade O]

Chronicles of Narnia, 'the lion, the witch and the wardrobe' by C.S Lewis. The movie was so much better for me.

[james123786]

i think every book has his own meaning,value and some people likes to read books and some like to watch movies instead of books it depends person to person and their likes and dislikes

[Folashade O]

Well then, I guess to each his own.

[laughandread7]

Harry Potter. I know most people disagree, but I couldn't stand the books. I found them too long and boring. The movies, however, were great.

[Its_umsy1]

I have to say Bridgerton season 1. The book is called "The Duke and I". I'm not sure if it was because I watched the movie first that I thought the book was total trash. The movie had lots of scenes that were absent from the book.
Fifty shades Freed; the third book/movie in the fifty shades series. The first two books were way better than the book but I had to give it to the last movie. It was so so good. I loved loved their vows. The whole wedding was so fun and everything great. It wasn't this good in the book