great books , shit films

[Braders]

right, after watching the horror that was high fildelity i was wondering which films should be left to book only , i reckon


fever pitch
high fildelity
and about a boy

are great books but pony films

any others ?

 

[Tom Bombadil]

I thought the film of about a boy was pretty good. Haven't read the book, but have read High Fidelity, the film of which was ok.

If you want a shit film based on a book try Captain Corelli's Mandolin, or the Harry Potter film. Mind you the HP book's are pretty shite too.

 

[Benny Seagull]

fan of nick hornby braders? yeah i think about a boy was an ace book but the film was ok.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Fever Pitch was quality what the hell are you on about.

 

[Titanic]

When Saturday Comes - complete and utter crap

 

[Shizuoka Dolphin]

Books are usually far better, even when the film kicks ass. Even Trainspotting was far superior in book form.

 

[Dandyman]

Absolute Beginers - classic book, shite film

 

[Braders]

i'm the biggest fan of nick hornby , fever pitch is the best book EVER ! so the films too romantic for my liking


high fildelitys too american , about a boy stars hugh grant ...nuff said !

 

[alan partridge]

all books are better than films. very very few exceptions

funnily enough, the only 2 films i have ever thought are better than the books are

high fidelity
about a boy

 

[Highfields Seagull]

Hi Fidelity is a very ghood film IMHO

 

[Braders]

its too american for my liking !

 

[alan partridge]

i thought it would be but was pleasantly surprised. its set in america yeah but it was pretty faithful to the book and had some great performaances in it. i loved it when the bald guy is all excited by the prospect of helping wotshisname re-catalogue his record collection rather than go out on a date with a woman

the reason i prefer the films is they cut out a lot of hornby's 'philosophising' about life/music/being a bloke. he's pretty funny a lot of the time but he does go on a bit i reck.

 

[ripper]

The Beach was a good book but the film was crap partly due to Leonardo Di Caprio playing the central role.

As a general rule books are better than films.

 

[Braders]

i thought it would be but was pleasantly surprised. its set in america yeah but it was pretty faithful to the book and had some great performaances in it. i loved it when the bald guy is all excited by the prospect of helping wotshisname re-catalogue his record .

dick (the bald bloke) barry ( the main character)

 

[Dandyman]

i i loved it when the bald guy is all excited by the prospect of helping wotshisname re-catalogue his record collection rather than go out on a date with a woman

Anyone remember the record collection catelogue/marriage test from "Diner" - now, that's a class film...

 

[Westdene Seagull]

right, after watching the horror that was high fildelity i was wondering which films should be left to book only , i reckon


fever pitch
high fildelity
and about a boy

are great books but pony films

any others ?

Nearly every film I've seen based on a Stephen King book has been shite, while most the books have been pretty good.

 

[Albion Dan]

The beach was defiantely a complete let down, the book was excellent and the film just f***ed about with too many elements of the story.

As a rule if you read a book first you will nearly always be disapointed by the film.

 

[Braders]

The Beach was a good book but the film was crap partly due to Leonardo Di Caprio playing the central role.

As a general rule books are better than films.

haven't seen the film but i liked the book , the tesseract was alex garlands better book!