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is donnie darko based on a book? I know there is a book but I am not sure if the book came out as a result of the movie.

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Sin City

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I'd like to say Fight Club, because thats my favorite movie (I know, Im checking the 100 films list) but I think the book is supposed to be better?


Dude, Im sorry but the Scouring shoulda been there... maybe not Tom Bombadil because I think it would have been hard to do right, but the scouring of the shire was the entire point of the trilogy... kind of changes the spirit of the whole thing.

but then again, Im a writer/Tolkien nerd.

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I generally dislike comparing books to movies. It makes sense if somebody were to make arguement favoring a plot difference or something like that, but it seems for the most part people just like to spout off "the book is better than the movie" for no better reason than that their teacher instilled the belief in them while they were in the 3rd grade.

Besides plot, dialogue, and maybe a general sense of quality, books and movies have little in common to compare. Obviously you can say which you like better in the same way that one person might enjoy the smell of a cookie over its taste, but I bet in most cases, people who prefer books to movies also perfer a particular book to its particular movie counterpart and vice versa.

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trainspotting

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Silence of the Lambs.

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Maybe Bourne Identity/Supremacy? The movies were pretty good. But it's been so long since I've read the books that I can't really compare the two.


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The books were amazing, though almost entirely different from the movies.

As for LOTR: I am a big fan of the movies, but watching them made me read the book, which was miles better.

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Jurassic Park was *not* a good movie. The special effects were cool but that doesn't mean it was a good movie.

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um but at least the first one had *one* good actor.

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Maybe a Steven King piece

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I never read "The Body" but I liked Stand By Me.