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Nominations

The bulk of this post has been taken from the comments section of Wayner's Movie Musings (link can be found in the blog links section).

I know I have discussed with many of you the vast superiority of books as compared to movies. Without delving too deeply into the differences between books and movies and how they aren't comparable blah blah blah, (considering the traffic I don't think I want to put in that kind of effort) I do want to compile a list of movies that MAY be as good as the books from whenst they sprung.

Candidates for movies as good as/maybe better than the book and remember they are just candidates:

Shawshank Redemption (Originally a novella by Stephen King called Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption)

The Green Mile (Originally 6 different novellas by King compiled into one anthology)

The Shining

Basically anything by Stephen King

Jurassic Park (Although I would strongly disagree I know some people who believe this to be true.)

The Godfather

Lord of the Rings (Obviously the books are amazing but some would argue too long and meandering)

Bridget Jones' Diary (Haven't read the book - any opinions here?)

The Silence of the Lambs

Fight Club

A Clockwork Orange

No Country for Old Men (Another I would disagree with but the movie is very good)

Blade Runner (Book was Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep)

Princess Bride (Although the book was hilarious)

Please use the comments section to nominate other selections and to agree with/bash selections appearing above.

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