Is the book or movie better?

answers1: Almost 99.9% of the time the book is better. I cannot think
of an example where it isnt true. However, if the "book" is one of
those cheesy movie books that they write just when the movie comes
out, you know, then the movie is probably better. ( For example, prose
books written about comic book movies)
answers2: I almost always enjoy the book more than the movie, but here
are a few exceptions: <br>
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"Forrest Gump" by Winston Groom. The book was about a character who
tells us that he is not slow, he is "an ijit" ( idiot) and for the
next 300 pages proves it over, and over, and over again! The last
straw was when Forrest was court-martialed and condemned to die by
firing squad, but was sent on a suicide mission where a male orangutan
fell in love with him. The movie was so much better, about a simple
soul who interacts with the great and near-great throughout the 60s
and 70s. <br>
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"M*A*S*H" was an OK service comedy written by two surgeons under the
name of Richard Hooker. The Robert Altman film, however was one of
the best dark comedies ever and a superb anti-war film, too! <br>
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"Schindler's Ark" by Thomas Keneally was the basis for the Academy
Award winning Steven Spielberg film, "Schindler's List." In the
novel, we learn in the first pages how Oscar Schindler hates the Nazis
and the book goes on to demonstrate that hatred. The film, however,
shows us a shallow, greedy, slave-holding war profiteer who has an
epiphany at the liquidation of the Krakow ghetto and becomes a real
human for the first time in his life, perhaps. Whenever people ask me
what is the best film ever, I say, For Drama, it's "Schindler's List."
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That's just a few examples of exceptions to the rule that the book is
always better than the film.
answers3: The book, unless the book was made after the movie or its a
stupid movie version of the book. Otherwise the book is ALWAYS better
answers4: whichever came first, which is usually the book. The book is
always better, unless its like a book written after the movie, like in
HSM.
answers5: Most of the time the book is better then the movie. Like
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The version with Gene Wilder is not
like the book.
answers6: Almost always the book - especially if you read the book first. <br>
Most of the time, your fantasy is so much richer and more colorful
than any movie can possibly try to replicate. <br>
Worst examples here: horror movies! So far, every good horror book
I've read has made a worse movie. Even great movies like IT from
Stephen King blanched in comparison to the books they were based on.
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A few exceptions: Lord of the Rings (I was one of those who went to
the movies expecting a bitter disappointment and leaving amazed. The
movies went above and beyond my imagination, especially with the
sceneries. They're my favorite movies to this day) <br>
Stardust (they veered off the book's plot - and for the first time I
can remember, improved the movie in that way. Both book and movie are
separate entities, both great in their own ways).
answers7: Book is usually better....however, if you're not into
reading complex books, (Lord of the Ring Trilogy for example) then you
can watch the movie and still get good story out of it, without the
headache!
answers8: 9 times out of ten, the book, definetly.
answers9: The book is almost always better. There is just so much
more detail to it the story and the story makes more sense. The only
book that I read that was worse than the movie and was written before
the movie was I am Legend.
answers10: The book is usually better but then there are some movies
that are better than the books
answers11: Rent is a good all-round queer movie. I read more than I
watch movies, so: Annie On My Mind - Nancy Garden* Empress of the
World - Sara Ryan* The Rules for Hearts - Sara Ryan* Rubyfruit Jungle
- Rita Mae Brown Tipping the Velvet - Sarah Waters Fingersmith - Sarah
Waters Pages for You - Sylvia Brownrigg Stir-Fry - Emma Donoghue*
Landing - Emma Donoghue Mosh Pit - Krystin Dunnion*^ Calandar Girl -
Stella Duffy^ Also transgender related: Stone Butch Blues - Leslie
Feinberg^ Godspeed - Lynn Breedlove^ Boys Like Her - Taste This Butch
Is A Noun - S. Bear Bergman (nonfiction) Loose End - Ivan E. Coyote
One Man's Trash - Ivan E. Coyote Close To Spiderman - Ivan E. Coyote
*Young Adult. ^ Dark, may deal with "mature" topics like drugs and
crime These are all books I enjoyed. =) I don't recommend books I
don't like. Don't shy away from the transgendered ones - many deal
with the lesbian community, and have authors that identofy with the
lesbian community or did identify with it. Erm. Some of the books are
a little darker and deal with drugs and the like too.