Why The Book Is Often Better Than The Movie

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What are some reasons that makes books difficult to adapt into movies?
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0:00 Why Adapt Movies?
0:50 Different Imaginations
2:32 Expressing Internal Thoughts
4:03 Show Don't Tell
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6:59 Story Structure
9:01 Creating Tone
10:48 Conclusion
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[@UmbrellaGent]

I'd say No Country for Old Men is not the best example since the novel was originally written as a screenplay and still often reads like one.

[@bcdside]

Two interesting book-to-movie adaptations are MAGIC (1978) and THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER (2012). Both were singularly adapted by their respective authors (with the latter directing the film himself), and both movies, IMHO, best their literary sources: MAGIC works better as a movie simply because the horror and ventriloquist elements are more striking as visuals than they are as mere descriptions on the page, and THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER, as a book, is just another run-of-the-mill, coming-of-age, “troubled young adult” novel that (rather miraculously) got a way-better (and certainly more personal) cinematic adaptation than it probably deserved.

[@SamuelSolace]

There is a great essay by Stanley Kubrick called Words and Movies where he talks about the difficulty with adaptation and how the best books may not make good movies. Well worth a read

[@vdiitd]

I never try to compare movie and the book. As long as the movie justifies the story and it's characters within the universe it has setup, I'm fine with it. I generally don't worry about "but, it's not in the books" or "but, in the book..."

[@lloydgrant1438]

Thank you again for such an amazing and educational video 👌🏾

[@viztuza5530]

I totally agree with you, I recently found an interesting book on amazon titled "The Fisherman's Lucky Day"

[@danienelphoto]

The Shawshank Redeption was the best adaptation I've seen so far. "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" was a novella by Stephen King I read years before the movie. It was a word for word version in my opinion.

[@sebasoler5347]

I waited till the end of the video just in case you pointed out any of the horrible aspects of that technology, but since it didnt happen so I have to say:
I think comparing imagiation to ai generated images left a bad taste in my mouth after watching this video. I really enjoy your essays and analysis of cinema, so it a bit of a shame that someone so interested in a visual art form as you seem to be, didnt point out the mass theft artists are suffering from Ai companies to form their data bases, and that technology how its inherently opposed to art as it removes any and all expression from the process. There is no process actually, its just empty "content". Human imagination and the art it can create are so much more.
Even if im overreacting a little bit, I really love your videos and I often learn a lot about cinema with them, so please dont fall for the Ai lies, there is nothing of value there.

[@dju-dju]

It was just an analogy of how the same words can convey different visuals, nothing more. He never praised AI and the point of the video has nothing to do with it.
(Even though I agree with you, that is not the point here, I think)

[@mlw9195]

This video is really great and well made

[@64ccd]

Thank you for doing your thing!

[@nullTitle]

Biggest missed argument: people tend to complain about a film adaptation not living up to the original novel... because they're not generally adaptating terrible books. There's a lot of room to screw up something that's already working.

[@fps_juvan]

This all applies only if the movie scriptwriters even read the original works. Western movies nowadays have in common with original books&comics only in the name.

[@EdgardR.]

Bump

[@michaelmartinez7414]

You mean Good and Lazy don't you "?

[@scs54]

This is an asinine debate. A movie is two to three hours in length a book can go on as long as it wants. Books are words on paper and movies are audio and visuals.

[@linusfotograf]

Exactly. It’s like saying this one painting is better than that certain chair

[@merickful]

I bet you block your own view when you actually go to the movies.

[@linusfotograf]

@@merickful Heh?

[@merickful]

@@linusfotograf
Get lost flat-earther #2, I was replying to flat-earther #1.

[@linusfotograf]

@@merickful What tf are you on about?

[@no_one_of_that_name_here]

Please try harder

[@CritRock]

No u
Wtf you even referring to dawg that's so vague

[@merickful]

​@@CritRock
Shhhhhhh. Don't feed the little troll. Mama troll might be nearby!!