Zoe ,'Bushwhacked'
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This is an odd choice, but the book The Wolfen scared me more than just about any other book I've read (Totally a freezer book for me), and the movie just didn't do much for me.
I was roaming through the Horror section at Half-Price Books a few weeks back and noticed that Whitley Streiber wrote both The Hunger and Wolfen. I guess his alien abduction claims have overshadowed his other work but he was turning out the high quality pulp there at the turn of the eighties.
In the TV series land, both "Gossip Girl" and "True Blood" are better than their books.
"The Princess Diaries" movie was better in many ways than the first two books.
"Sin City" worked better for me as a movie than as comics.
"The Devil Wears Prada" is a jillion times better as a movie. HATED the book.
I also liked "High Fidelity" more than the book version, but that could be my Americanness preferring that setting. Also, Cusack.
ETA: Twilight improved on the book, in my opinion. Not that that was that hard.
"The Devil Wears Prada" is a jillion times better as a movie. HATED the book.
Totally agree.
I haven't yet found a 'young woman paying her dues' book that I can enjoy. But the movie was fun.
I thought the movie could have actually been better. I disliked the book and found it repetitive and it was a mystery why the assistant was staying at the job. I found that the movie didn't enlighten me further regarding this issue and with a bit more character work I think they could have explained this.
I also think they made Streep's character a bit too sympathetic, but I understand that was Streep's recommendation.
In the TV series land, both "Gossip Girl" and "True Blood" are better than their books.
I love True Blood but I think the books are better than the series. Sookie is much smarter and less annoying in the books.
I love True Blood but I think the books are better than the series. Sookie is much smarter and less annoying in the books.
I've taken Charlaine Harris' advice and experience the books vs. movies as completely separate entities. I like the detail and supporting characters of the books. I like the sizzle and visuals of the show.
ETA: Twilight improved on the book, in my opinion. Not that that was that hard.
Seriously, with Ed Wood long dead who could have made a movie adaptation worse than the book? Uwe Boll?
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Jaws was a better movie. Benchley was a hack, IMO--the book sucked. Hooper had an affair with Brody's wife and died at the end. Feh.
Oh man. I forgot that I even read that book. It did, indeed, suck. Yeah. Jaws definitely proves this rule.