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Re: Books vs. Movies
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This isn't a book vs movie deal but I'm a big John Grisham fan. One of his less popular books is The Brethren. If you like his books or books like it then I would suggest it.
Haven't read that one. I thought Sycamore Row was one of his best.
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Also not a book/movie deal but if you have any interest in Econ/government and are a conservative you need to read Milton Friedman. My favorite is Capitalism and Freedom. My dad is an avid reader of his work and his influence on me is the reason I went toward Econometrics and Public Policy in college. They're also good to give you a general knowledge of Econ and will help you if you ever have to argue with a lefty.
I hope we have once again reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There�s a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: as government expands, liberty contracts. � Ronald Reagan
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Re: Books vs. Movies
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I can't read, that's why I like the pikchur shows. That's me. Only two books I have ever made it through from cover to cover are 'The Old Man and the Sea' and the Bible.
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Books always contain more information, and are always better. Yep. Hard to include all the details from a 400 page book in a two hour movie.
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Like others, I can't think of an instance where I thought a movie was better than an original book Oh just to play devils advocate I can think of a few. I'd say "The Godfather" movie was better than the book. I like the movie version of "The Shining" better than the book by Stephen King. Although I have read that King hated Kubrick's adaptation of the book. The movie "Bladerunner" is one of my favorite sci-fi movies and I think it is far superior to the book it's based on called "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep". The Last of the Mohicans is a classic book but it's a slow slog of a read. I think the 1992 movie version starring Daniel Day Lewis blows the book away. And not to keep piling on Stephen King but the movie "The Shawshank Redemption" is way better than the Novella by King. Way Better. Agree...many of Stephen King's books aren't any better than the movie. The Green Mile is pretty much exactly the same story from book to movie.
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Band of Brothers was acclaimed by many as a good series, I couldn't watch it after reading the book. I also couldn't watch Unbroken. Both of those books were excellent and well worth the read.
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This isn't a book vs movie deal but I'm a big John Grisham fan. One of his less popular books is The Brethren. If you like his books or books like it then I would suggest it.
I really liked "The Brethren". Grisham is one of my favorite authors, but his book "A Painted House" was the worst book I have ever read. The only reason I finished it was because I kept thinking sooner or later it had to get better. It sucked till the end. It was also made into a movie but the book was so bad, I don't think any body cared.
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Books always contain more information, and are always better. Yep. Hard to include all the details from a 400 page book in a two hour movie. Yeah and you have the filmmaker doing what we all do: read the book and have our own vision of what it looks like
I hope we have once again reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There�s a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: as government expands, liberty contracts. � Ronald Reagan
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This isn't a book vs movie deal but I'm a big John Grisham fan. One of his less popular books is The Brethren. If you like his books or books like it then I would suggest it.
I really liked "The Brethren". Grisham is one of my favorite authors, but his book "A Painted House" was the worst book I have ever read. The only reason I finished it was because I kept thinking sooner or later it had to get better. I sucked till the end. It was also made into a movie but the book was so bad, I don't think any body cared. Yeah it fell flat. I liked it ok but it wasn't great. He needs to stick with legal thrillers. Have you read the sequel to A Time to Kill? Called Sycamore Row. I just finished it and it was good.
I hope we have once again reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There�s a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: as government expands, liberty contracts. � Ronald Reagan
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This isn't a book vs movie deal but I'm a big John Grisham fan. One of his less popular books is The Brethren. If you like his books or books like it then I would suggest it.
I really liked "The Brethren". Grisham is one of my favorite authors, but his book "A Painted House" was the worst book I have ever read. The only reason I finished it was because I kept thinking sooner or later it had to get better. I sucked till the end. It was also made into a movie but the book was so bad, I don't think any body cared. Yeah it fell flat. I liked it ok but it wasn't great. He needs to stick with legal thrillers. Have you read the sequel to A Time to Kill? Called Sycamore Row. I just finished it and it was good. Not yet. I'll probably get around to it during deer season. On the book vs movie thing, the trailer for the movie version of Vince Flynns "American Assassin" looks to be VERY loosely based on the book.
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Being too cheap to buy a hard cover book most of the time I've seen the movie before reading the book. I find that enjoyable because i get the Imagery of the movie with the additional locations and actions of the books. This is especially so with Stephen King books.
The Shining movie was great but it couldn't bring the hotel to life like the book did.
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