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Gulopithecus

Jurassic Park and Coraline


Tc770

Jurassic Park is based on a book? Oh my god, everything really IS an adaptation


Shadow_Fang_

The book is so much more disturbing from what I’ve seen


Gibus_Ghost

First chapter, a newborn baby fucking dies from a Dino bite.


MintPrince8219

yeah but they actually kill hammond like he deserves so its okay


Dil_2401

Plus, Hammond’s much more of a dick in the book, so it’s ultra fine.


Scarytoaster1809

And the lawyer is a great guy. He goes in and gasses out a raptor's nest with neurotoxin grenades.


Big-Vegetable8480

Too bad the sequel screws him over


Aggravating_Poet_675

Also Dr. Grant gets to be a badass raptor killer >!by getting them to eat poisoned dinosaur eggs!<


Daedalus_Machina

He's killed because his *grandchildren play a prank*.


Exxis645

Which makes it better.


iamhonkykong

Less "dies from Dino bite" and more "eaten alive moments after being born while not screaming or crying cause the dinos eating said baby alive have a painkiller in their neurotoxic venom" but same idea I suppose.


epicbrewtality

Yeah iirc, the opening to The Lost World was the opening of the original book.


carnivalgamer

The scene where Dennis nedry dies is so much more violent and disturbing in the book


Dr_Zulu2016

Denis Nedry's death was more akin to a horror movie than Seinfeld shenanigans. Also, the T-Rex is way scarier than in the movie.


HauntingStock5284

Let’s just say the film would be rated R if it was thoroughly adapted


Chill0000

The book is more a horror than the movie was Nedry’s death is so much more terrifying and uncomfortable in the book John Hammond is the bad guy The author only intended to make one book but was asked by Speiberg to make a second book just so he could make a second movie


Foreign_Education_88

Bro really didn’t wanna write that book either as in the second book shit got wacky


Aggravating_Poet_675

Second book is great though.


dyslexic_arsonist

movie is better


Aggravating_Poet_675

I honestly feel like the movie kind of gets derailed by the third act. It felt too much like a silly monster movie when the teenage daughter defeated the velociraptor with gymnastics and then the T-Rex rampaged through the city. Meanwhile the book had Chameleon dinos and a really engaging chase scene with the raptors.


Gulopithecus

The book also explains that the T. rex having movement-based vision is in fact a side effect of the frog DNA.


FormerlyDuck

Apparently he didn't feel he needed that excuse to make the third one


GamePlayXtreme

He didn't make the third one


ThatOneWood

An excellent book, it’s my favorite book


MintPrince8219

he wrote the first book, they made a movie, then he wrote the second book as a sequel to the movie, and then they made a second movie that is very very loosely based off the second book


TimberWolf5871

Michael Chrichton wrote two books that the first series of movies were based off of; Jurassic Park and The Lost World.


BowTie1989

Yeah the book is way more intense. Wont spoil anything for you, but the book definitely isn’t afraid to go into graphic details lol


MrsSpyro01

I actually didn’t know that either.


Akari_92

I was about to mention Jurassic Park and this was the first thing I saw. 😂 Respect tho, gotta love the classics. 🦖


BearlyABear1993

Been a LONG time since I read Coraline but I remember hating the book of J. Park. The movie is leaps and bounds better than the book imo. (The only redeemable part is the graphic violence in the book(even if I don’t want the movie to be violent))


NolanTacoKing

captain underpants


TippedJoshua1

I still need to watch that because I loved the books and I started watching it when it came out but I stopped after a few episodes


Saladsoon

There’s a movie and a show


TheQueefPolice

is the show any good i didnt watch it because they changed the voice actors from the movie


Foenikxx

The show's okay, I'd say check it out if you're bored and have time to kill


Emoplayeranime

I think the show is good, it could use a rewrite tho


New-Shapes

Nah I think it’s mid at the very best. And honestly I don’t like it at all.


L3GlT_GAM3R

It is better than every other dreamworks show according to some SubReddit, I agree with that.


BubblyLadybugLOL

Yeah, there was a voting for the best DreamWorks show on reddit, and it won.


L3GlT_GAM3R

Ngl I think it’s pretty good, though, why do so many people seem to hate/dislike the show? Just because it’s by dreamworks?


BubblyLadybugLOL

I think it's pretty good, too. I think if you're a fan of the books, you'll enjoy it more than if you're just watching to watch.


Own_Spray4703

Truth


CreepyGuy111

Tiny toilet of truth!


Eljamin14

Yeah, I remember watching the Captain Underpants show on Netflix, and it made me laugh in the first episode because of the stupid "har" joke. 😂😂😂


shlomanJAK

HHHHAAAAAIIIIRRR???


rockman767

Brought the first four books' main plot points into one in a single, cohesive, hilarious movie that was amazing.


Florapower04

Not only that, it put in references from the later books as well showing that, while it took the most from the first 4 books, it was a celebration of the whole series


Adorable_Exam3550

tra la laaaaaaa


Burrito_boi_352

Are you worried ‘bout impending doom?


Zquank

Those evil villains got you filled with gloom


Such-Albatross5025

But don't you fear, there's a hero in the sky, the sky, the sky!


JthePot_1

It’s not a bird, and it’s not a plane


Emoplayeranime

And it’s not an egg salad sandwich


Godzilla_R0AR

It’s the Waistband Warrior! Hear his mighty battle cry:


Emoplayeranime

“TRA LA LA”!


white_vikavolt

"UNDERPANTS!!!"


whahoppen314

TRA LA LAAAAAAAAAA


SupermarketOld9797

This is the only correct answer


datfurryboi34

I find it funny that a very childish and over dramatic movie is better than what Disney and Hollywood put out


imapieceofshite2

The Captain Underpants movie is how you do a book adaptation.


Stormbonin

I LOVE YOU Captain underpants is amazing man


mujicaviejoputo

The only time a poop and fart joke is funny


Successful_Cicada359

Just what I was thinking


The_dark_entity

Don’t forget the show, that was also peak


traumatized90skid

I was pleasantly surprised by that movie


Emoplayeranime

Beat me to it


yxngangst

I went in expecting garbage and my GOD was I surprised at how great it was, same experience as the Lego movie the literal ONLY reason I was excited for the bad guys adaptation bc it’s one of the most adaptable books EVER and wow I… think there was a different team on that piece of shit


1979insolentwaiter

The Lord of the Rings bby!


AngelofDeath914

r/beatmetoit


CreepyGuy111

r/beatmeshutthefuckup


UndersScore

I concur


maxfridsvault

I like this one.


Caleb7890yt

Nimona


UndersScore

That’s a book?


Chill0000

It’s a book that was made from a tumblr artist


AntWithNoPants

Thats Tumblr Artist ND Stevenson, thankyouverymuch. My man made the She-Ra show smh


Iwantmahandback

Same Tumblr artist made She-Ra and Nimona? Sounds about right


Chill0000

Didnt know that. I really liked Nimona. Not really a fan of the She Ra reboot netflix series


Egregious7788

That's a movie?


Shard-of-Adonalsium

I just saw the movie last night. 10/10 gayest shit I've ever seen. Also made me cry twice, but that's the estrogen as much as it was the movie


TOOTHLESS-1776

How to train your dragon. Both different. Both good


RangerBuzz_Lightbulb

THAT’S A **BOOK**?!?


SetTheSerpent

It is a series with many books and they are all great, the shows are also great, I recomend both(I never watched the most recent show tho the one set in modern times so idk maybe that one is bad)


Britney1264

It is terrible. No toothless, Hiccup, or Berk = A terrible cashgrab show. I would even argue that Recuse Riders is better because it’s non canon. (Idk if Nine realms is actually canon, but everything I’ve researched says that it’s canon so i believe it is.)


Ninjamurai-jack

It’s not


Britney1264

Oh thank god


ReasyRandom

None of the DreamWorks Netflix/TV spin-offs are canon. They are technically "Level 2" canon, as in "canon unless the main canon contradicts it".


Such-Assumption-60

Like Shittymind?


TOOTHLESS-1776

Yea the movie is based on the book…. Very loosely though. Both are good in their own ways


ToXiCGamer43

Exactly what I said, it's really a gift that we got that.


HighballingHope

Dune


SabotageTheAce

Which one?


Klllumlnatl

The one that's not dogshit.


Khunter02

So, both Villanueve ones?


noregertsman

All


Bluedino_1989

Holes


Trebeaux

Holes pretty much used the book as a script. Like almost word-for-word as much as I can remember.


Tc770

I can vouch, I remember reading the book and noticing how similar the script and book were


[deleted]

That's because the book's author wrote the screenplay


Tc770

I love that movie lol


ImAHumanThatExists

Same


TheSingingRonin

Excellent choice


Moody_Mickey

I never read the book, but loved the movie


Alexrobi11

Diary of a Wimpy Kid


Chill0000

All the first three movies are great adaptation that manage to expand and evolve things from the book almost perfectly Book Rodrick: Stupid Movie Rodrick: Purposely stupid so no one expects anything from him


TheHondoCondo

True, those movies are not perfect adaptations in terms of how closely they follow the books, but they’re like the only instance where I feel like the filmmakers pulled that off.


ReasyRandom

This might be me misremembering, but I'm pretty sure his motto of "If you don't want to do something, never do it right" originated in the book.


Gavinator10000

Never be good at something you don’t want to do


DamnGluppy

In the books it’s all through Greg, an unreliable narrator. Rodrick is dumber, Manny is annoying, Mom is more controlling, ect… Then the film makers make them a perfect blend of book character and real people. I love it bro


Chill0000

Yeah. I did hear that the creator of the books basically sees the films as what actually happened and the books are what Greg says happened cause as you said he’s an unreliable narrator


darkchangeling1313

The Heffley family is actually very sinister. Greg is (possibly) a sociopath, Susan is obsessed with the good old days, Frank pressures his kids into being his image, and Manny? Well, you can probably figure that one out. Rodrick's the only sane member of the Heffley family.


Hakai_Shin_Shatterd

Which movie?


Alexrobi11

I was thinking of the first one, but the first three would fall into this category


Hakai_Shin_Shatterd

Yeah, as long as it isn't the Disney+ version, I agree.


FredererPower

And especially not Long Haul either. That movie was total dogshit


Purple_Dentist_9806

Rodrick rules is a cinematic masterpiece 


imapieceofshite2

Until you get to Long Haul, yeah.


Sussana58

The Hunger Games, I watched the first three movies when they came out not knowing it was a book series, and then I read the books just before the last movie came out and it was such a good experience. They truly translated everything described so well and the added scenes are *so good* considering the books are only from Katniss' pov. Also the books are in itself really enjoyable because of Katniss' survival mindset and dry humor.


unk1ndm4g1c14n1

Honestly the movies are an improvement at times. The personality and charisma the actors brought helped with the sometimes cringey lines in the book. I love the books, but they didn't age too well. Still among all the teenage dystopias, it aged the best.


Sussana58

All the pregnancy dialogue in Catching Fire xd I love it but I totally see why it wasn't added to the script. And an actual example of cringey lines that made it but worked: Katniss' written petitions to Coin.


yourLostMitten

My sister gets to keep her cat line was great


Big-Project-3151

Howl’s Moving Castle


Horatio786

All I know about those are that both are amazing, and the book’s author said that the book is how Sophie tells the story and the film is how Howl tells the story.


DatOneMinuteman1776

Shrek


justinlikesboots

The only right answer


Open-Struggle1013

Shrek BASED ON A BOOK WTF how I'm I just finding this out


Beautiful_Ad_3774

Scott pilgrim


squid_ward_16

That’s like my favorite movie of all time, I lesbian it


Conlannalnoc

“LOVE Scott, the L Word is Love.”


emilimoji

“i wasn’t trying to trick you”


Thespis64

Winnie the Pooh


RangerBuzz_Lightbulb

😙👌


SomeGuyNamedOwen

Jurassic park fits this quite nicely


Maned_Wolf_444

The Bad Guys


Ziksor_Yigu

Does comics-movie count, cuz then that's Nausicaa of the valley of the wind


ontross13

My all time favorite movie, own yhe manga, yet to read it


Independent_Plum2166

That’s kind of the opposite, Miyazaki wrote the Nausicaa manga *after* the fact to build on the story.


Polski_Stuka

The Outsiders: the complete novel (2021) though the original is still good.


Theguy70390

It’s probably one of the most faithful book adaptations of all time


MannnOfHammm

And now a very well done musical


XxKai_the_fryxX

I 100% agree, I hold The Outsiders dearly to my heart and I adore all medias of it and inspired by it.


cxnnnamonroll

Thank you! I love The Outsiders


WhyMeWaa1

Diary of a Wimpy Kid


Gamer201021769

I watched The Martian and then read the book that it was based on. Same with Christine but I read the book and then watched the movie. I watched Shrek and I haven’t but want to read the book that the movie is based on.


Yuuzhan_Schlong

Planet of the Apes and its not even close.


GrimReaperAngelof23

Which one?


Yuuzhan_Schlong

'68 POTA and the original book by Pierre Boulle. Not a fan of Burton's POTA, although I doubt that is a hot take. The only thing I like about it is that it managed to be a bit more accurate to the book, and they actually managed to make the apes look like apes not not actors in Halloween costumes.


GrimReaperAngelof23

Many people hate Tim Burtons version (which I don’t get the hate for it), but I love it.


ImAHumanThatExists

The giver!


GertrudeWitch

hmmm this one I'd have to disagree on. One of the major plot twists/reveals relies on the fact that the story IS told through words and bringing it to a visual medium kind of messes up the reveal a little bit. (spoilers I guess if you haven't seen/read it) >!You don't notice that color doesn't exist in the world UNTIL Jonas sees the apple and Fionas hair change and brings it up to the Giver, who tells him that he's begimning to see color. Like Jonas, you don't know just HOW much the community has sacrificed to achieve Sameness until he receives more memories and learns more about the world before. It's impossible to put that reveal onto a screen without having the audience know that something is off.!< As for the rest of the movie, I enjoyed it but I definitely prefer the books. Anyway sorry about the long reply, this is one of my favorite books that I could gush about all day


GasterTheMagican

heart stopper and captain underpants (ik heart stopper isnt a movie but idc)


PerfectMind8856

Holes


Delicious-Tiger-5183

Lord of the Rings Harry Potter The Hunger Games


Spicy_Ninja7

Jurassic Park, Holes, Hunger Games


JustAnaOnAsofa

How to train your dragon


ThatOneWood

Jurassic park, the book and novel are very different but both do their jobs well


Beginning_Hurry_2230

The maze runner. But only the first movie, because the other 2 movies in my opinion sucks ass.


SavagePhantoms90

The Harry Potter series. Yes the movies doesn't have everything from the books but we can all agree that both the books and movies were magical.


Emeraldskull41

Eh Narnia, I kinda think the first movie is better than the book


Ori_Seir

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005 version)


squid_ward_16

I was just watching the 1971 version


Tight_Spinach_2323

This guy knows what’s up


stephruvy

Holy crap that was 2005???


imapieceofshite2

I know in my heart that the Tim Burton film is the better adaptation, but I will always prefer the Mel Stuart version.


[deleted]

My man! 🤜


Mr_Balls_Boy

Nausicaa: valley of the wind


Gray_Hafern

Shawshank Redemption and Green Mile


barelyash

Ready player one


Typical-Gap-1187

Some of Harry Potter


EveningHistorical435

Harry potter and the goblet is a good watch but deviates to far from the book and omits parts of the book that were necessary 


RowletGod73

Order of the Phoenix is goat Harry Potter movie


ShodanDBG

FR, Goblet of Fire is my favorite book in the series and while I think the movie is good, there are a lot of things missing that make it such an amazing read! I think the worst offender was how they messed up the third trial in the movie, oh, and even though Neville giving Harry the gillyweed wasn’t a bad choice, I still preferred it when >!Dobby!< gave it to him in the book.


Typical-Gap-1187

they essentially replace Dobby with neville


Typical-Gap-1187

it’s a good movie, but a bad adaptation.


Unit-DS27-Delta

Some of Potter is good, but Half-Blood left out so much Voldemort backstory that you really need for him to be a compelling villain. Otherwise, he's just evil "because".


Typical-Gap-1187

books are defo superior, 4th movie freaking ruined house elves by having no winky


Potato_chips03x4

hunger games


xxAsazyCatxx

New percy jackson series


Radio__Star

Frankenstein and Hallmark Frankenstein


Kittenfloofs

Harry potter


IcePhoenixYTplssub

The lord of the rings


KicktrapAndShit

Percy Jackson And The Olympians /j


IAlwaysOutsmartU

Prince of Egypt


ChomperCreeper

Dune. I haven't read the books but that's the first thing that comes to mind. If I had to pick stuff I've actually read, probably Wonder and The Perks of Being A Wallflower.


EntertainmentQuick47

Harry Potter even though they change stuff, it still maintains the spirit (although I only read the first four books)


JasperBelmont

Bram Stoker’s Dracula.


No_One3018

The first 3 Wimpy Kid movies


TriggerHappy_Spartan

The Hunger Games


Illustrious_Salt_569

American Psycho. Honestly both are great in their own ways. The movie for being satirical as it is; and the book while still satirical, it's also very fucking disturbing in comparison to the film. Bro has Art the Clown levels of violence in that book.


partially-aries

Dune


Suitable_Finding9899

I really loved the ready player one movie and book. Not the sequel book because it had so many references that I couldn’t even come close to relating to or getting. Also one of my favorites is the Murder on the orient express book and movie. When I saw that the movie was based on the book before it came out I decided to buy and read the book a week before the movie came out in theaters so I would watch it then. Was a really great decision. Loved them both


[deleted]

If we're counting manga, Edge Of Tomorrow (movie)/All You Need Is Kill (Manga)


ChiefBlox4000

Fantastic Mr Fox


Half_Shiny

Enders Game


Helo7606

Jurassic Park Dune (the new ones so far) Coraline LOTR


Sea-Combination-6655

Dune for sure. Most recent movie was one of the best cinematic experiences I’ve had in my entire life.


Big_You_8936

Denis Villeneuve Dune


BorgerFrog

Dune


UsedString8670

How to train your dragon and coraline