OK so I had this discussion and was thinking if there are in fact ANY films that are actually better than the books they are based off?
What do you reckon guys? I'm really struggling to come up with anything (which is also partly because I haven't read a lot of the books of films I suspect would be candidates).


Blade Runner (1) might be one as that's a stunning film - but haven't read the original.
Shutter Island? Stephen King seems to be very uneven in his writing but again I haven't read the book and my girlfriend loved it when she did, so it's prolly good after all.





Obviously, if you're a person who just don't like books and by default will prefer a film (even if it's a shit adaptation), just because it's a film, it doesn't really apply to this discussion.