Films that are better than the book

[Ganymede]

I thought the film of Jean de Florette was better than the book. I thought the film of Manon des Sources was utter carp compared to the book - Manon is a spirited and active person whereas the film turned her into a blank little blonde. Classic French portrayal of young women though - pretty, big-eyed and made to seem mysterious by never uttering a word.

 

[XRHYSX]

The Bourne series, love the films, the wife bought me all the books,there's ten of them! I got 1/4 of the way though the first book and gave up. That was in march, it bored me so much I haven't read anything since,

 

[Ganymede]

The Bourne series, love the films, the wife bought me all the books,there's ten of them! I got 1/4 of the way though the first book and gave up. That was in march, it bored me so much I haven't read anything since,

This is because nobody can read as fast as the zoooom... bang...blammo!...cut to leap...run...splat...zooooosh....cut to worried-looking person on telephone...cut to vroooooom ... splash...flounder etc goes in the films.

 

[coffeejo]

Les Miserables.
Loved the film, gave up on the book before I jumped off a bridge.

I knew there had to be at least one example I could agree with.

 

[RedRider]

As for LoTR, I briefly felt like killing myself in the final film, it was so bum-numbingly dull..

So many false endings. I came out of that film with a strong dislike for Elves ( bunch of ethereal gets) and Frodo. Just wished Sauron had finished em all off in Act 1.

 

[Longshot]

The Bourne series, love the films, the wife bought me all the books,there's ten of them! I got 1/4 of the way though the first book and gave up. That was in march, it bored me so much I haven't read anything since,

No, no, no!

The original Bourne trilogy of books was excellent - really good storyline IMO. The later books are written by someone else (von Lustbader?) and are just action films in words - nowhere near the quality of the original books.

Mind you, I do like the films.

 

[Fnaar]

The book is great, but this "Billy Casper plays football" clip is one of the best British film moments ever.