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I went to see Gone Girl last night. I was really excited.  I just finished the book, I read it just so I could see the movie (my own personal rule, book first then movie). I was even more excited because my cousin saw the movie last weekend and raved about it. I was totally disappointed. Clearly the movie was good on its own, but such a let down after the book.

is the movie ever as good as the book?

Harry Potter is the only one that comes close in my experience. The movies were really good. But the books were still way better



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I'm usually disappointed if I read the book first and then see the movie.

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I usually think the book is better. But usually I can appreciate the movie on it's own merits. But this one, it just paled in comparison to the book

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I think Misery was as good as the book. But typically I like the book way more than the movie.

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I downloaded gone girl but havent read it.

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VoiceOfReason wrote:

I think Misery was as good as the book. But typically I like the book way more than the movie.

You gotta admit Misery was perfectly cast with Cathy Bates. I don't think anyone else could have given a better performance. 



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Southern_Belle wrote:
VoiceOfReason wrote:

I think Misery was as good as the book. But typically I like the book way more than the movie.

You gotta admit Misery was perfectly cast with Cathy Bates. I don't think anyone else could have given a better performance. 

 True that.



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VoiceOfReason wrote:

I downloaded gone girl but havent read it.

 I really liked it. its on the book club list now



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90 percent of the time the book is way better.

Some titles where I thought the movie did justice were a couple Stephen King's, The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption, and also The Hunger Games were really good.

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Dying to see The mocking Jay next month!

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Is it next month belle? Yay!

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Yes!! The 21st!

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The twilight movies were actually better than the books. . . That was not terribly difficult.
Harry Potter was good on it's own, but all of them--particularly the fourth!--were terribly disappointing when compared to the books.

I like LoTR. They were very different from the books, but captured the essence.



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I do not think I have ever seen a movie that was as good as, let alone better, than the book. I guess I like imagining what the characters, etc., look like and the book is not limited to a 90 minute time frame so it can include more description, etc. Plus I can stop and think about something I have read while in the movie you just keep on going......

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Well said Karl. I like that in a book, you get to know the character's personal thoughts. That is hard to pull off in a movie, they can't just have 2 hours of a voiceover

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It was a Ben Affleck movie. What did you expect?

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Lawyerlady wrote:

It was a Ben Affleck movie. What did you expect?

 That is another issue! His character is supposed to be 35, um, Ben Affleck is not 35



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I was also disappointed with Gone Girl the movie. I did think Ben Affleck was the perfect choice to play a sleazy rube.
You just can't get as much character development into a movie as there is in a book. So much of the depth and nuance is lost in the translation to the screen.
I never watched any of the Harry Potter movies because I knew they would only upset/disappoint me.

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I was also disappointed with Gone Girl the movie. I did think Ben Affleck was the perfect choice to play a sleazy rube.
You just can't get as much character development into a movie as there is in a book. So much of the depth and nuance is lost in the translation to the screen.
I never watched any of the Harry Potter movies because I knew they would only upset/disappoint me.

 I really liked the Harry Potter movies. Not nearly as good as the books, but still good. The difference is, the movies focus on just the main story line, you lose all the side stories



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I liked the movie Gone Girl. Of course it wasn't as good as the book but I think they did a good job anyway. I'm not a big Affleck fan but like Tang said- he was perfect as a sleazy guy. I love Rosamund Pike and I thought she was great. Neil Patrick Harris was awesome too.. totally creepy.

I wish they would have shown more of the 'cool girl' Amy was supposed to be in the beginning, it would have been a nice comparison for later.

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I missed Nick's commentary. It added another layer that was sorely missed in the movie

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I liked the first two Harry Potter movies best. I thought they did the best job capturing the feel of the books. Movies can't have everything the book does, but I thought those did really well. After that, they changed directors and the feel changed. I still like them, of course, (except not the 3rd so much) but I think the first 2 did the best job in relation to the books.

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The Fault in Our Stars stuck pretty close to the book.

I'm guessing it depends on how much input the author has.

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P.S. I Love You, the movie didn't move me as much as the book.

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I thought the movie Sophie's Choice did the book justice.

The book was long and epic. Pretty ambitious task to make a movie out of it.

But you can't lose with Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline.



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flan327 wrote:

The Fault in Our Stars stuck pretty close to the book.

I'm guessing it depends on how much input the author has.

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I still have to see The Fault in Our Stars. Loved the book. 



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I just saw Saving Mr. Banks again last night.

A movie about the battle between P. L. Travers and Walt Disney to keep the integrity of the Mary Poppins books.

I'd say Disney did an okay job.

P. L. Travers didn't think so, however.



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