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I haven't read "The Godfather" but the films are truly fantastic. That said there are several other examples of adaptations that outshine the original - "Shawsh

I haven't read "The Godfather" but the films are truly fantastic. That said there are several other examples of adaptations that outshine the original - "Shawshank Redemption", "Bladerunner", etc. Among recent productions there's many readers who say "Station Eleven" was better than the source material.

firebones 5y ago
Naw, King's novella "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" was totally solid in its own right before the movie. Same with "The Body" and its earlier subsequent "Stand By Me". Both of those from "Different Seasons".
- wyldfire 5y ago
  You're probably right - I was basing it on King's praise for Darabont's work.
- johnwalkr 5y ago
  Apt Pupil is also from Different Seasons and both the novella and movie are pretty good.
skeeter2020 5y ago
Bladerunner is a good example. I found the book unreadble (both dated and just plain not very good) but the movie stands up today.
dmitriid 5y ago
I made the mistake of reading Interview with a Vampire. Yuck. How they managed to make a great movie out of that is beyond me.
d4rkp4ttern 5y ago
Interesting how different opinions can be. I loved "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", as well as the Bladerunner movie!