since talking about 'midnight in the garden of good & evil'
I thought we could talk about books that had pretty good movies made from them..
I'll preface it by saying that the book is always better...but some movies are great...
**gone with the wind, margret mitchell **misery, stephen king **shawshank, SK **body/stand by me, SK **lord of the rings, JRR Tolkien (at least 2 books) **bridget jones
anyone else have others to add?
Jordan
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The Color Purple
Lisa Rose
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Fried Green Tomatos!!!! I loved the book and movie!!!
alina
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The joy luck club
JennRenee
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Goodfellas The Outsiders
Valenia
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Harry Potter! :o)
ss2002
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I usually like the book more than the movie...
The Shining was a great, scary book and I think, made an equally awesome movie.
Also-
The Prince of Tides
Rebecca
The World According to Garp
of course, Gone With the Wind
janatlantica
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How about some dissapointing movies compared to the book:
Thumbs down for:
Shipping News Yaya sisterhood angelas ashes
But! Thumbs up for:
Holes Practical Magic Hannibal Silence of the Lambs Joy Luck Club & Fried Green Tomatoes are two of my absolute faves!!!!!!
JennRenee
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The Lifetime movie based on the book The Pact was terrible.
LisaT
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Cape Fear Godfather Patriot Games The Princess Bride Schlinder's List Terms of Endearment
the Godfather...how could I have forgotten that one!!
yaya sisterhood...looked disappointing...I haven't even seen it yet...
Lisa Rose
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I heard the YaYa Sisterhood was REALLY bad and that really dissapoints me because the books were SOOOOOOOO good!!
michele31
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The worst book The Talented Mr. Ripley made a great movie. That is the first time I hated the book and loved the movie. Jaws is a great movie, great book. Lord of the Rings (never read the books) but I love the movies. I didn't think the YaYa Sisterhood was a good movie, but heard great things about the book.
ohhh...Jaws was great too...I read it right before I went to Marthas Vineyard years ago...and I even though it takes place on a fictitious LI island...it was filmed in MV and I refused to go in the water passed my waste!!!
michele31
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Erica- did you know that most shark attacks happen in less than 3 feet of water? It's true.
cw0904
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IT-Stephen King. I am a HUGE Stephen King fan. The clown was exactly how I had envisioned him to be.
tracyg
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The Green Mile!
I love Fried Green Tomatoes! the book and movie... all of Fannie Flaggs books are great. I got her new one for Christmas but haven't read it yet
verdila
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Loved Ya-Ya sisterhood book, I agree the movie was a terrible rendition!
How about:
Lord of the Rings (enjoyed both) oh this was said- sorry Catch me if you can ( I loved the movie, havent read book) The Accidental Tourist (loved this book, movies wasnt bad either) Interview with the Vampire - (I love anne rice) liked the book, hated the movie.
Any john grisham novel/movie. The movies arent terribe.
