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Originally Posted by HoopyFrood
Don't forget "Charly" with Cliff Robertson that was a very good adaption of the short story "Flowers for Algernon".
And "MASH" the movie was sooooo much better than the pitiful book of the same name.
And of course any of the myriad awful versions of "Tarzan the Ape Man". The movies bore no resemblance to the book/s except for location on the same continent. I shudder to think what they'll do to John Carter.
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If you are talking about a movie being better than the original book. Look at Forrest Gump. Now here is where abandoning the original ideas of the book (at least in part) pay off.
In the book, Forrest is much less innocent, less trusting, and hornier.
Another example is The Graduate, I really disliked the book. Well, actually, I disliked the movie too. But the movie was better.