Battlefield Earth. The movie is awful but it's a much smaller time commitment than the book.
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Dine. The book is terrible, I couldn't read it at all after trying twice... way back decades ago, the recent movie was good.
The classic would be fight club, I think even the author has said they enjoyed some of the symbolism that was added.
The Da Vinci Code. The film and book were both utter, contemptible garbage.
maybe shrek? i never cared for the book though its not bad
My spouse says "Stardust" the book is nowhere near as good as "Stardust" the movie. We both love the movie, but it's surprising the book wasn't nearly as good.
Havenβt read the book, but watched a guy discuss the differences between The Devil Wears Prada and the movie.
His contention was that there were absolutely no redeeming traits about Miranda in the book and she had somehow failed upwards with no true talent. Andy the protagonist spends the whole time rebelling against the magazine and its people.
In the movie we see Miranda to be a horrid person but we see that overlays a keen eye and talent that has led her to the top. Moreover, Andy spends effort to fit in with the magazine people and she evolves as a character.
That's a good example. A filmmaker saw a 2D character and added a layer to save the story
Jaws doesn't quite fit the prompt but although it's a good movie, the book is essentially a sub-par beach read. And there was no USS Indianapolis monologue in the book.
The Mission, though I haven't seen the movie yet.
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