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ORIGINAL: Tantriqu

Always exceptions, and I can think of a dozen: 'Being There' is a far, far better movie than book; Jerzy Kozinski was a sick, sick puppy. In decreasing awfulness: Red Alert --> Dr. Strangelove. Bambi. Planet of the Apes. Ben-Hur. The Maltese Falcon/The Thin Man. Bladerunner/Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. Angels and Insects.

I liked both, but the movie still wins: M*A*S*H; Shawshank Redemption/Hearts in Atlantis, Silence of the Lambs

And both sucked: The Godfather, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Terms of Endearment

And both so fabulous, I can't choose: How the Grinch Stole Christmas book and cartoon, Persuasion 1995, Great Expectations 1946

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ORIGINAL: juliaoceania

The World of Time series, otherwise known as WoT

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ORIGINAL: Kana

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ORIGINAL: juliaoceania

The World of Time series, otherwise known as WoT

Already being done...though I have no idea how they're gonna reduce each 1,000 page book into one movie

http://www.geekology.co.za/blog/2010/01/first-wheel-of-time-movie-possibly-released-in-2011/

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ORIGINAL: Kana

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ORIGINAL: juliaoceania

The World of Time series, otherwise known as WoT

Already being done...though I have no idea how they're gonna reduce each 1,000 page book into one movie

http://www.geekology.co.za/blog/2010/01/first-wheel-of-time-movie-possibly-released-in-2011/

That'll make my ex happy.  I, on the other hand, had to quit partway through book 4.  I can't read a three page description of someone's outfit without falling asleep.  Besides that, there is not a single sympathetic character in the whole series.  They're all a bunch of whiners and idiots.

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That'll make my ex happy.  I, on the other hand, had to quit partway through book 4.  I can't read a three page description of someone's outfit without falling asleep.  Besides that, there is not a single sympathetic character in the whole series.  They're all a bunch of whiners and idiots.

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ORIGINAL: Kana

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ORIGINAL: juliaoceania

The World of Time series, otherwise known as WoT

Already being done...though I have no idea how they're gonna reduce each 1,000 page book into one movie

http://www.geekology.co.za/blog/2010/01/first-wheel-of-time-movie-possibly-released-in-2011/

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ORIGINAL: IrishMist

I have to agree with a few and state that I would like to see none made into movies. The few movies I HAVE seen that have been made from books were horrible. For some reason, most 'book into movie' situations seem to lose alot in the transfer from one to the other.

On the other hand, the few movies I have seen BEFORE reading the book ended up the same way. I found that the book sucked after having seen the movie first.

Don't figure.

/shrug

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Lazarus Long
(a fictional character from novelist Robert A. Heinlein - Time Enough for Love)

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ORIGINAL: Kana

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ORIGINAL: juliaoceania

The World of Time series, otherwise known as WoT

Already being done...though I have no idea how they're gonna reduce each 1,000 page book into one movie

http://www.geekology.co.za/blog/2010/01/first-wheel-of-time-movie-possibly-released-in-2011/

I am kind of disappointed they are making these books into movies. The reason why I am somewhat disappointed is that they were really meant for a television series, like Battle Star Galactica. The last I had read on this subject a few months ago was that while the rights had been purchased there were no plans to do anything with them.

I can understand why they decided to make them into movies because there is more likelihood they will make money on them, I mean look what happened to Legend of the Seeker.... it didn't get a chance to explore Goodkind's vision and his plot lines for Kaylan and Richard.

Not only are all of these books very long, but they do not end in ways that make good standalone movies. If there is one criticism I have of Jordan, it is that there were never any tying up of threads within the stories, he would just open more of them by introducing new characters, yet never resolving their conflicts. I think that this annoyed many readers of the series. My ex read 5 books, and he quit because he said "It has become obvious to me this series is not being designed to ever end".....on the one hand, that is a testament to Jordan's commitment to the characters and the world he created, obut I can understand that those seeking resolution were deeply disappointed.

I will admit I was slightly angry with him when he up and got terminally ill before writing the final installment and wrapping up every loose thread, and there were so many loose threads that it was as if his replacement author ( Brandon Sanderson) had to write three books to attempt to mend the tapestry of the storyline.

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ORIGINAL: Hippiekinkster

I'd like to see David and Leigh Eddings' "Belgariad" quintology made into a series. There was some truly funny materiel in those books. The scene where Garion, attempting to move a boulder by magic, instead succeeds in pushing himself armpit deep into the ground because he failed to magically "brace" himself had me in stitches.

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...  Besides that, there is not a single sympathetic character in the whole series.  They're all a bunch of whiners and idiots.

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None. I never like movies made from books. The books are always better and the characters never look the way they look in my mind.