Good call on Jaws and The Silence of the Lambs.

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Watchmen

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Isn't that a comic book series?

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So we're in agreement: it's a book.

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Graphic novel

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Novels.

The Pursuit of Happyness

Side note: Chris Gardner is a very good public speaker.

LOTR

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The Godfather

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Even with the whole loose vagina subplot?

127 Hours

High Fidelity

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Watchmen

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Isn't that a comic book series?

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it was a 12 issue limited series first, then later collected into a graphic novel format.

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Ok...i don't think a graphic novel is a book, but I'll concede your point.

American Psycho.

The book is even weirder and more insane than the movie.

Fight Club

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Watchmen

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it was a 12 issue limited series first, then later collected into a graphic novel format.

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I know, but so we're a lot of books, especially in the early days of sci fi. Stephen King has done it as well with books like The Green Mile.

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Watchmen

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Isn't that a comic book series?

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it was a 12 issue limited series first, then later collected into a graphic novel format.

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I know, but so we're a lot of books, especially in the early days of sci fi. Stephen King has done it as well with books like The Green Mile.

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Not just sci fi. Hell, just about anything published by Charles Dickens was doing in serial format. That's how a lot of written word was consumed in that era.

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Watchmen

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it was a 12 issue limited series first, then later collected into a graphic novel format.

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The Martian was serial too. It just wasn't a comic book.

OP just says "book."

So a book with no pictures and released all at once. Is there a length requirement?

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OP just says "book."

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Yeah, because I think of a a book as a novel, I didn't clarify. That being said, it's dumb of me to nit pick.

Alright so hear me out.


I thoroughly enjoyed World War Z. Both the book and the novel.

You just have to separate yourself from the fact that the movie has little to do with the book. They share a name, some character names and the broadest of plots but thats about it.


Edited to add: I enjoyed both the book and the movie, not the book and the novel. I have heard the audiobook is delightful but I have not heard it. Or read it.

Totally agree on WWZ. "Adaptation" can be such a wide-ranging term or concept.

I still want a truer to book WWZ miniseries or something though.

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Alright so hear me out.


I thoroughly enjoyed World War Z. Both the book and the novel.

You just have to separate yourself from the fact that the movie has little to do with the book. They share a name, some character names and the broadest of plots but thats about it.

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Similarly, I love Starship Troopers the book and love Starship Troopers the movie. The movie was a combination of a pre-written script and Starship Troopers.

Needful Things was good.

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I thoroughly enjoyed World War Z. Both the book and the novel.

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I will not edit it out, its too funny this way. Will append but not delete original mistake.

Obligatory, it's a miniseries, not a stand-alone movie, but Band of Brothers. Loved the miniseries and the book is even better.

Life of Pi is a great example.

martian
lotr
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no country for old men
goodfellas/wiseguy
hunt for red october
lonesome dove
the expanse

Count of Monte Cristo is one of my absolute favorite books. And the adaptation with Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce and Richard Harris is pretty good too. I'll rewatch it periodically. It isn't amazing and I don't love it as much as I love the book, but it's good.

That's another one that they had to cut so much to fit a 2 hour movie. I'd love to see it as a Netflix series.

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I'll also add The 13th Warrior.

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Good call! "Eaters of the Dead" is the book, in case someone didn't know.

Of Mice and Men

I loved all the additional backstory in The Godfather (the stuff about Vito's rise to power and the previous mob war, not so much the random Lucy Mancini and Johnny Fontane stories). When people ask me about the novel I always say "GREAT story, okay book.

I thought The Hunger Games book and movie complemented each other well. The book gave you Katniss's stream of consciousness which the movie couldn't really give you. The movie showed some stuff from outside her perspective which the book didn't give you.

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I used to show that to my students after reading "Beowulf"

A Time to Kill

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I've always felt movies fall short of the book and a tv series is the best way to adapt a book. Hollywood has gotten it right lately.

But what's the book and movie adaptation where you can re-read the book and re-watch the movie?

For me, it's The Martian.

I learned of the movie on Texags, then immediately downloaded the book after reading the synopsis. I couldn't put it down and read it in an afternoon. I've probably read it 5-6 times.

I watch the movie whenever it is on, and love it each and every time. The casting is amazing, the pace, the soundtrack, everything about it is great.

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I've specifically mentioned this before. I really, really disliked the movie version after reading the book. I know I'm in the minority but I thought the movie went well off the mark.

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I've always felt movies fall short of the book and a tv series is the best way to adapt a book. Hollywood has gotten it right lately.

But what's the book and movie adaptation where you can re-read the book and re-watch the movie?

For me, it's The Martian.

I learned of the movie on Texags, then immediately downloaded the book after reading the synopsis. I couldn't put it down and read it in an afternoon. I've probably read it 5-6 times.

I watch the movie whenever it is on, and love it each and every time. The casting is amazing, the pace, the soundtrack, everything about it is great.

What's yours?

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I've specifically mentioned this before. I really, really disliked the movie version after reading the book. I know I'm in the minority but I thought the movie went well off the mark.

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Wow. I love the movie. It's a stop down and watch when ever it's on.