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10 Books That Are Better as Movies

It's a strange experience when you realize you're enjoying a movie more than you enjoyed the book on which it's based because so often the opposite is true. After all, presumably an author has the advantage because he/she can provide deep insight into characters that actors have to convey with but a glance. Every so often, though, a story makes a lot more sense onscreen. Here I've compiled a list of some stories I'd rather watch than read. What are yours? Just hit "Start" to begin the slideshow.  
 


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I'd have to add Sideways to this list. The movie is one of my favorites and the novel was disappointing.

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Wed, 08/20/2008 - 4:52pm Report Comment
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Can I add The Iron Giant. Egad! That children's book was painful.

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Wed, 08/20/2008 - 8:54pm Report Comment
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Why isn't Harry Potter in here somewhere?

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Thu, 08/21/2008 - 2:05am Report Comment
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the godfather
the princess bride
the bridges of madison county
the jane austen book club
forrest gump
bridget jones's diary
shawshank redemption
american psycho
lord of the rings
dances with wolves

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Thu, 08/21/2008 - 6:25am Report Comment
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"Why isn't Harry Potter in here somewhere?"

Because the books are 10x better, more layered and complex, even though the movies are good as well Smiling

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Thu, 08/21/2008 - 9:45am Report Comment
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Haha, what a great idea Buzz! I enjoy reading soo much, but I feel ilke people who say, "the books are ALWAYS better than the movies," are just trying to sound smart and well-read.

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Anything by Nicholas Sparks. While man of his movies are also a little cheezy, omg I read Message in Bottle, and it was...painful, awful, oh god. I didn't see that movie, but I thought the Notebook was great. Sometimes, really earnest plots and cheezy story lines can only be good as movies!

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