From TMP:
Just about every movie buff has heard this phrase uttered (if they didn’t say it themselves) by someone, “The movie was good...but the book was better.” Since books have significantly more time to cover character development and a deep story, there are many people who think this is always the case. Because of that, I’ve come up with the 6 movies that were actually better than the books.
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I really thought about putting Gone With the Wind and Ben-Hur on here, but seeing as how I can barely make it through those films now...I should just leave them off. They are significantly better than the books, and are good movies, just not something I can watch over and over.
fail list - no Starship Troopers
I never read the Twilight books but I know people that have and I know one person that would disagree with you on just that one but I don't know for myself personally.
I do know that Princess Bride and Forest Gump I could watch over and over, those two are just wonderful movies. I saw all that you mentioned except for Congo. They're all good but those are the top two for me.
Wow the twilight movies are better than the books? The books must be really really bad then.
I disagree with the mention of "A Clockwork Orange". The film is very dated with Kubrick's choice to make the "future" look like how it was imagined to be in the 70s. I'm surprised "The Bourne Identity" wasn't mentioned.