Better Than the Book?

[GNTLGNT]

My daughter's college team name is the Warriors. She is sooooooo very sick of me quoting that line from the movie.

...that's odd, I can't imagine you annoying anyone.....

 

[DiO'Bolic]

...that's odd, I can't imagine you annoying anyone.....

Say!

 

[swiftdog2.0]

My daughter's college team name is the Warriors. She is sooooooo very sick of me quoting that line from the movie.

Nice!

 

[skimom2]

I read the second book and liked it as well. I have the third downloaded, but haven't read it yet. I keep looking for the second movie too. Mara was perfect for the role, and I liked Daniel Craig also.

Have you seen the Swedish originals? They're very good

 

[skimom2]

The Natural
Big Fish

Those come to mind right away.

 

[danie]

Have you seen the Swedish originals? They're very good

No, I haven't, but I would like to.

 

[skimom2]

No, I haven't, but I would like to.

I liked them a lot. I liked the US version, too--it's very close to the originals--but I liked the leads in the Swedish movie better than the leads in the US version.

 

[mcpon14]

Bridge of Terabithia

 

[morgan]

Sleeping with the Enemy. I liked the movie--it's one of those I can watch over and over again.
The book was HORRIBLE. I was very impressed that the film people made such a great movie adaptation from it.

DarkKrystl, I so agree about The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I tried the book once and couldn't get into it. After watching the movie and really enjoying it, I was able to retry the book and ended up enjoying it, but only coz I'd watched the movie before.

I just dug out my Sleeping with the Enemy DVD because my mom wants to watch it again. Never read the book, but have seen the movie at least six times!

I did read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and thought it was decent (not good enough that I continued on with the series though). Tried to watch the movie on Netflix on two separate occasions and couldn't get into it. I don't think it was the American version - will have to look for that one.

 

[Doc Creed]

Jaws was better than the book, but the book was really very good.
Psycho was also better on film than on the page.

Yes, the novel Jaws was a superb, taut thriller.

 

[Doc Creed]

There Will Be Blood (based on the book 'Oil' by Upton Sinclair)
War of the Roses (book by Adler, I think)
A River Runs Through It (the book is great, but the movie is another level)
I agree with Skimom about Big Fish, too.

 

[muskrat]

To Have and Have Not. Sure, very little of Hemingway's story made it into Howard Hawks' movie, but who gives a damn? You got Bogie and Bacall working that smoky (literally) chemistry for the first time, you got Walter Brennan as an old rummy deck hand, and Hoagy Carmichael just as cool as you want. One of those flicks I can watch over and over.