Better than the book!

*Voltron* · 06-30-2010, 01:33 PM

I was thinking about how people always claim that, when films are made from novels, the book was better.

It's a rarer case, apparently, when one finds the movie superior to the book.

The question is: Do you find any movies to be better than films that inspired them?

For example: I've always felt that Francis Ford Coppola's adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula was a really great imagining of the story. In fact, the characters are much deeper and the story a bit more engrossing with its romantic twist and the back story for Drac.

Thoughts?

06-30-2010, 01:33 PM	#1
Voltron Handsomest Boy in School Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Realm of SJW Posts: 4,642	Better than the book! I was thinking about how people always claim that, when films are made from novels, the book was better. It's a rarer case, apparently, when one finds the movie superior to the book. The question is: Do you find any movies to be better than films that inspired them? For example: I've always felt that Francis Ford Coppola's adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula was a really great imagining of the story. In fact, the characters are much deeper and the story a bit more engrossing with its romantic twist and the back story for Drac. Thoughts? __________________ I AM FOR ACTUAL! . . . and the White Savior. . . and the Right Hand of God. . .