The Devil Wears Prada.
Amazing movie that came out of a very meh book.
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Updated 1 year ago,January 16, 2024
These books mentioned onAsk Redditwere turned into AMAZING movies.
Thought Catalog
1.To All The Boys Ive Loved Before.
I watched the movie and loved it so much that I bought the book trilogy.
The books are also written in a really simple way, for a much younger audience.
Amazing movie that came out of a very meh book.
It was part of a four-part novella release by Stephen King.
The story was very short but very well written.
Plus, the acting was great.
4.The Mist.Even Stephen King agreed.
Instead its just a bitter retelling from spoiled child who thought his daddy didnt love him enough.
6.John Hammond fromJurassic Parkwas much better in the movie.
In the book he was kind of your standard greedy businessman.
The author also feels the need to describe the hell out of everything and it gets tedious to read.
8.The Notebook.Rachel McAdams brought flair and charisma that wasnt in the book.
The book is pretty good but the movie is a fucking masterpiece.
11.It: Chapter Onewas great.
Plus it didnt end with all the kids banging Bev like the Stephen King novel.
So it gets my vote!
14.Kingsmenis better than the comic.
Mainly because they didnt follow the comic all that much.
I dont know if it was better but damn the movie did the book justice.
One of my favorite childhood books and movies.
And its a short book too.
17.Call Me By Your Name.
The movie was a beautiful study of silences.
In the book you experienced every thought going through a 17 year old boys head.
In the movie you had to rely on Chalamets performance to understand what was going on in his head.
It just goes on and on.
21.American Psycho.The movie did a fine job portraying how insane he was.
22.A Little Princess.The book was OK but it was definitely a childrens book.
The movie was absolutely beautiful.
Alfonso Cuaron is an amazing director.
24.The Secret Garden.Actually seeing the garden was amazing, and the acting was incredible.
They take a lot of liberties and go in a lot of different directions than the source material.
So whether its even the same story as the bookQ&Aon which its based is debatable.
But I certainly enjoyed it more.
26.Might be unpopular but I thinkThe Princess Bride.
27.Children of Men.The movie was a million times better.
The book had no scope.
I mean, seeing Robert DeNiro as Captain Shakespeare?
Not to mention a much better ending.
29.I thinkArrivalwas better, and thats coming from someone who really liked the short story.
The movie is just better at telling that story overall.
30.Last of the Mohicans.Boring slog of a book.
Epic period-piece action movie.
31.The Godfather.I like the book, but the film is phenomenal.
32.Schindlers List.The book was almost unreadable.
Then again Im a dumbass.
33.JoJo Rabbitwas better thanCaging Skies.The book was so goddamn bleak that it probably wouldnt have been adapted otherwise.
34.Forest Gumpwas way better that the book it was based on.
The characters are there, but they have none of the charm of the movie.
36.Queen Bees & Wannabesmostly known by its movie adaptation name asMean Girls.
I mean theyre basically nothing alike but the book is supposed to be a self-help book.
