The Running Man
I haven't read the book, but Great Gatsby the movie was terrible even with Leonardo Dicaprio.
The Lion does not give a fuck. Bring. More. Sheep.

sometimes a great notion

The lost world: Jurassic Park.

I agree it was a pretty good story. It kept me interested long enough to complete the assignments.

Every version of Great Expectations I have seen was worse than the book, but that's understandable since GE is probably the greatest book ever written. I did see one old version of the movie I liked up to a certain point, but it dragged and diverted from the book too much in the last half.
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I dunno, Lizzy…Great Expectations?
Frankenstein, Romeo and Juliet.

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This is probably the best example

On the Road (2012). Some books just are not meant to be filmed.

Most of them.
MAGA! FAFO! Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. Dumbocraps: evil people who celebrate murder.

**** me i just realized Salient Steve is probably my sock… I hate when that happens. Trolled myself, again.
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The Walking Dead stinks as an tellivision show.
But the book Is a masterpeace.
Intellectually superior In every way.
You mean the comic book? A few weeks ago I was bored and wanted to see what the hype for it was, so I checked it out for the first time with no intent to read beyond the first issue. 3 days later I had read all 194 issues and agree it was a masterpiece (until the last act, which was terrible and poorly executed.) It was probably the greatest thing I have read in the last 20 years. Not sure why the TV show didn't follow it more closely. Big fail there.
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The Walking Dead stinks as an tellivision show.
But the book Is a masterpeace.
Intellectually superior In every way.
Something I was able to really sink My teeth Into.
Not a lot of taste but very filling.
I hope My food stamps come soon.
I look forward to My next Turkey tv dinner and some youtube with Great anticipation.
I'll use the remaining pages to floss My butt.
I'll need to cut back on Late night snacks.
But It'll be worth It.
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I liked the Robert Redford Version.
Without strife, your victory has no meaning.
Without strife, you do not advance.
Without strife, there is only stagnation.

The Firm.
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Aside from Molly Ringworm as Fran, the 90s miniseries wasn't terrible. I actually thought it was fairly decent.
Yes, I realize that you can't possibly fit a 1200 page book into a film, so in view of the topic of this thread, while the film didn't exactly stink, compared to the book? In my opinion, it wasn't as good as the book.
Same with 11.22.63
While the miniseries wasn't bad, the book was better. In fact, Sadie, a character in that book/movie said the same thing…. 'The book is always better".
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You know I liked that old Stand miniseries. All except that stupid God hand at the end. A lot of the essence of the book was captured in that series. Of course you can never get everything of that is 1200 page monstrosity into film.

Anthony Hopkins.
Without strife, your victory has no meaning.
Without strife, you do not advance.
Without strife, there is only stagnation.

this was what i was gonna suggest
there are a few movies and shows that come to mind when i think of how much better they were than their source material

IT and remake
The Shining and remake
The Stand and especially remake
Remake of Salem's Lot
11.22.63
All by Stephen King.
I'm not saying that these were horrible movies. I am only saying that in my opinion, the books were so much better.
Most books, no matter who wrote them, are so much better.
A better subject would be, Books that stink compared to their movie adaptations.
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Definitely! In the movie they totally left out the best part about Tom Bombadil.

I prefered the book Hi David. Nice to meet you! to the movie.
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