Havent seen it yet. Looks interesting but overall I've found the books better than the movies. Though the first movie was  pretty good. But felt like it was its own thing alot.

The Guns of Navarone

The characters are better written in the movie and the fat is cut out of the story.

While not A movie Emma A Victorian romance had A beater tv anime then the manga as they cleaned up the pacing .

Blade Runner
The Shawshank Redemption
Forrest Gump
Stand By Me
Jaws
Psycho

Quote from: kosmos1214;1036392While not A movie Emma A Victorian romance had A beater tv anime then the manga as they cleaned up the pacing .

Record of Lodoss War the OVA was pretty damn good. But it shows only a part of the story. The TV series was ok. But followed the books a bit better.

Carlito's Way, which is an adaptation of parts of the novel by the same name and it sequel After Hours. The novels are not bad, by any means, but I feel like the character comes across a lot wiser and kinder in De Palma's script-- maybe it's Al Pacino's world weary portrayal too (not extremely far from Jonathan Banks' portrayal of Mike Ehrmantraut).

The Watchmen.

I thought the comic was drawn for shit, but the movie was awesome.

Quote from: S'mon;1035936Shamefully, I like the Milius Conan the Barbarian movie better than any of REH's Conan tales.

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Quote from: vgunn;1036568Blade Runner
The Shawshank Redemption
Forrest Gump
Stand By Me
Jaws
Psycho

I'd argue that Blade Runner shouldn't be on that list. It's like comparing Starship Troopers book/movie. Both are good in their own way, but have very little in common other than general themes.

Quote from: jeff37923;1037220The Watchmen.

I thought the comic was drawn for shit, but the movie was awesome.

I thought it was drawn ok. Just horrrrribly coloured. Think the movie should have kept the alien invader angle instead of the bombs.

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Speaking of. I rather like the original Invasion of the body snatchers movie more than the book.

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I wasn't aware there was a book. Title?

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"The Body Snatchers" by Jack Finney

"The Postman".

Yeah, I said it.  Kevin Costner's film version was much better than Brin's novel.  The main bad guys base their philosophy on Aaron Burr?? Come on! Who the hell even knows anything about Burr nowadays? And augmented supersoldiers? Sentient AIs (even if they aren't) While the Costner film was an inspiring semi-mythological portrayal of a hero's journey.  Plus Tom Petty!

Also, "The Outsiders".  The FFC movie was dark, gritty, and full of angst and despair, yet still hopeful.  The book was very much Mary Sue fiction written by a teenage girl (while I applaud a teenage girl for actually writing a book, much less getting it published, it is what it is)

(EDIT: "Mary Sue" probably isn't used correctly above, as the story was about inserting her ideal fantasy dream boy, not self-insertion)

I rarely like movies better, but I guess I could say James Bond. I read some of the stories. They were meh-to-OK, so I guess better than the WORST Bond movies, but nowhere near the best of the movies.