Bumping this thread. (i know its old, but i though it wasn't worth creating a new one)
Just to update it.
Runaway Jury - Book by John Grisham
I liked the book, the movie quite good. Not a deep plot, but its fast paced (movie).
Hart's War - Book by John Katzenbach
I 've read that Katzenbach wasn't really happy with the adaption of his novel, because they removed some dramatic and violent scene which he thought made an impasse on the story of some of the characters.
He also mentioned that he mostly inspired by his dad's anecdotes from the WWII. His father never talked about the war with anyone, not until (i think) Katzenbach was in his 30s.
One of the scenes (don't know if it wasn't shot or was deleted), is when American soldiers shoot a convoy, which they though to be German (actually American convoy).
The A Song of Ice And Fire Series:
Game of Thrones - Book By GGR Martin
I felt a little disappointed about the adaption; I was prepared for a medium budget, but still, there were many characters omitted, scenes deleted or reduced. I think there is a real difference between someone who has read the books and someone who hasn't. Specially because Martin tends to flip the board every few chapters.
Also the books are written from different Points of View (POV); but the movie feels different. (like a story telling, fairy tale)
Blindness - Book by José Saramago
I was more impressed by the book. The description of situations is better described in the book. I think the movie lacked showing the evolution of isolation of the quarantined population. In the book, you feel how it evolves.
When they are initially a small group, sleeping in one room, everyone close to each other; and how that turns out into 2 and then more separate rooms, how the organized; food supply, body's burrial, disposing of trash, etc.
Das Parfum (Perfume) - Book by Süskind
Again, the movie lacks character development; which really rich in the book.
The movie reduced the infancy and early years of Grenoullie (probably misspelled that).
Still a pretty good movie, maybe a little too long.
I found the book to be a little slow paced through the middle, where you wish something happened. (right after he quits the apprenticeship and goes on his own)