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The book that the film based on the book was based on.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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So I liked the Martian so much I bought the book.
Utter crap.
The chapter where he drills 720 holes was the nadir. But you have to finish don't you? So on I struggled like a Mark Watney of this boring and punishing paper landscape.
Then I read the Hunger Games Now reading Fight Club.
Both utterly brilliant, and added somethings the films missed out.
What other book off of a film should I read next? Looking fir something of a page turner, or at least we'll written enough to keep me interested.
Thanks lovely fabbers.
Marc x
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Arrival based on Story of your life.
Absolutely loved the movie and bought the book, haven't read it yet.
Nocturnal Animals, loved the book and the movie. |
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"The Book Thief is one of the best novels I've read in ages. Not that I've seen the film."
Bought it for my ex and always intrigued. Good suggestion.  |
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"I thought life of pi was a great read, much better than the film. And an age old classic is the godfather, so well written"
Not seen the film but loved the book. I can't imagine how they would make a film out of it, the whole story is so internalised. |
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"Arrival based on Story of your life.
Absolutely loved the movie and bought the book, haven't read it yet.
Nocturnal Animals, loved the book and the movie. "
OK here's where you and I fall out.
I hated the Arrival film. 
I guessed the "twist" from the first line of ADR. It's Contact with A levels.
Heard nothing but good about Nocturnal Animals. Will give film a go and then maybe the book. |
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"I thought life of pi was a great read, much better than the film. And an age old classic is the godfather, so well written"
Great call on the Godfather |
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The book 'Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children' was so much better than the film - which took liberties with the story, and not for the better. There are also two further books if you like the fantasy genre.
Not film, but TV, the series of books on which Game of Thrones is based are very enjoyable - not that the TV show isn't fantastic, but the books provide a load more detail. Though the on screen storyline has now gone beyond the books! |
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"I thought life of pi was a great read, much better than the film. And an age old classic is the godfather, so well written
Great call on the Godfather "
Oh huh, I was gonna say that's one example where the film is actually better than the book... |
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After reading the shining the film is average, like most stephen king novel based films. Shawshank redemption is possibly the only film based on a king book that does it justice. The running man film is tripe compared to the book hardly even the same story. |
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trilogy
Though the original films were very good, think the books are way better than the Daniel Craig version of the first one |
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"So I liked the Martian so much I bought the book.
Utter crap.
The chapter where he drills 720 holes was the nadir. But you have to finish don't you? So on I struggled like a Mark Watney of this boring and punishing paper landscape.
Then I read the Hunger Games Now reading Fight Club.
Both utterly brilliant, and added somethings the films missed out.
What other book off of a film should I read next? Looking fir something of a page turner, or at least we'll written enough to keep me interested.
Thanks lovely fabbers.
Marc x
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We need to talk about Kevin - the book was brilliant! The film was good. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"After reading the shining the film is average, like most stephen king novel based films. Shawshank redemption is possibly the only film based on a king book that does it justice. The running man film is tripe compared to the book hardly even the same story."
I was going to say The Running Man but given the ending, they’d never make it now |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Arrival based on Story of your life.
Absolutely loved the movie and bought the book, haven't read it yet.
Nocturnal Animals, loved the book and the movie.
OK here's where you and I fall out.
I hated the Arrival film.
I guessed the "twist" from the first line of ADR. It's Contact with A levels.
Heard nothing but good about Nocturnal Animals. Will give film a go and then maybe the book. "
I loved the linguistic symbolism behind the movie.
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The Dexter novels are great. The telly series got off to a good start, but the novels have a whole different level of black humour and twisted weirdness that was never going to make it onto TV |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Stephen Kings "IT", it's a very creepy and unsettling book, way better than both versions of the film. Same with The Shining, Salems Lot, Pet Sematary and The Stand."
I loved the Bachman stories. Dark and unsettling af. |
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I hate this happy endings (not that kind of happy ending) Hollywood bullshit. The Witches was a wonderful film of a wonderful book, but why the fuck couldn't they leave the ending as Dahl wrote it? Hurrumph. |
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Shipping News (Annie Proulx). The film was a massive anti-climax, and poorly cast. I've read the book 7 times and love it. I agree that Life of Pi is a better book than film, too. |
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"Sleepers...loved the film so read the book, then watched the film again and it was average in comparison"
Agreed and the rest of his books are well worth a read as well |
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"American Psycho.
It's much darker than the film & doesn't have the ambiguous ending. "
Yeah, I wondered massively about that. Saw the film in my 20s but read the book when I was 12 - and I didn't remember there being the sort of "did he just imagine it all" subtext being in there at all.
He *did* do that with the coat hangar, and the rats *were* starving... |
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"Player one. I have the book but not started it yet but it's on my next read list "
The film just pissed me off...they changed so much.
This is why I'd much rather watch the film first. I rarely enjoy it if I've already read the book |
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"Player one. I have the book but not started it yet but it's on my next read list
The film just pissed me off...they changed so much.
This is why I'd much rather watch the film first. I rarely enjoy it if I've already read the book "
I loved the film but it's the reason I'm leaving it a while to read the book |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"American Psycho.
It's much darker than the film & doesn't have the ambiguous ending. "
I thought they did a top job of the film, but yes the novel is essential reading. |
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I remember reading Jaws by Peter Benchley many years ago having loved Spielberg’s classic movie.
The book was utter shite(!), concerning itself far less with the shark than it did regarding Brody’s wife playing away with Hooper! |
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"I remember reading Jaws by Peter Benchley many years ago having loved Spielberg’s classic movie.
The book was utter shite(!), concerning itself far less with the shark than it did regarding Brody’s wife playing away with Hooper! "
I love the book : ) So much more sub plot, and (spoiler alert!) the shark doesn't die! What's not to like there? |
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All of the Harry Potter books are loads better than the films; they have the best characters in that the films don't and don't get me started on Goblet of fire film...the best book but half the story was taken out of the film  |
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"All of the Harry Potter books are loads better than the films; they have the best characters in that the films don't and don't get me started on Goblet of fire film...the best book but half the story was taken out of the film "
Those books are my guilty pleasure. I love them  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"So I liked the Martian so much I bought the book.
Utter crap.
The chapter where he drills 720 holes was the nadir. But you have to finish don't you? So on I struggled like a Mark Watney of this boring and punishing paper landscape.
Then I read the Hunger Games Now reading Fight Club.
Both utterly brilliant, and added somethings the films missed out.
What other book off of a film should I read next? Looking fir something of a page turner, or at least we'll written enough to keep me interested.
Thanks lovely fabbers.
Marc x
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Read The Wolf of Wall Street, best book I ever read. |
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Not films but Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose is what the series was based on.
Also Helmet for my pillow by Robert Leckie and With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge were both used for the basis of The Pacific.
All brilliant reading. |
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By *adylaceWoman
over a year ago
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"The Book Thief is one of the best novels I've read in ages. Not that I've seen the film."
I’m so glad you said this. It’s one of the best books I’ve ever read. The film is sweet. But doesn’t quite get the same feeling across. |
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