Agree 100%. The other three books were good but the movies/series were lacking. Dead Mans Walk was probably the second best movie out of the four.
OT: Name a Movie or Series better than the Book.
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Let's not forget Edward G Robinson. yeah, see!
But let me get this straight you are saying that a movie is better than the Bible?
Without Remorse is my favorite Clancy novel and I have read it at least five times. The movie was an affront to the book.
I just added these to my list. What order should I read them in? By publication date? Or should I start with the prequels?
I would read them in order Dead Man's Walk, Comanche Moon, Lonesome Dove then Streets of Laredo. They comment on things from the other books and you will know what they are talking about. I wish they had done the entire series like they did Lonesome Dove with all 4 books.
If you haven't read any of them, take them in chronological order starting with the prequels.
Dead Man's Walk
Comanche Moon
Lonesome Dove
Streets of Laredo
I read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings out loud to all 4 of my sons with a different voice for every character…
Record your Arwin voice and post it below. I want to hear how accurate you were. ****
I have one more. I had never read an Ian Fleming James Bond novels. I had a few Audible credits and got Thunderball. I am not totally finished but JB is not as suave and debonair as Sean Connery in the book.
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He picked a good set of books for that though. Across 4 volumes there's only roughly 10 women max and of those only about 3 have more than 10 lines.
This thread may make me reread them. It’s been awhile so it may be time. The four books are much better than the four series. Lonesome Dove is the only series that really stands up to the book but it’s also the longest and most accurate to the book as well.
Wait, are you saying that Thunderball - easily the worst Sean Connery Bond movie - is actually better than the book? Ive never read the book, but sounds like I shouldn't bother.
As an aside, during the Winter Storm I decided to watch Thunderball and its remake, Never Say Never Again, just to compare them. Thunderball is awful - noticeably bad editing, a crazy underwater battle with harpoon guns, etc. - but Never Say Never is kind of a joke.
It was made by Kevin McClory, who owned the film rights to Thunderball separate from Albert Broccoli, and its like a cheap, B movie version of Bond. Its only redeeming qualities are the return of Sean Connery to the role, and Kim Bassinger as Domino. And Mr. Bean plays a British Consolate in The Bahamas.
I'm saying the book has James Bond as more of a regular guy as opposed to a panties dropping, all knowing, supercool badass. He is worried about his health and smoking too much and drinking too much in the book. As the story goes it is basically the same. Obviously a book doesn't have to actually perform and film underwater so it gets away with that more easily, but those scenes are in the book.
Taken all together, they're a tremendous story.
Lonesome Dove is a screenplay turned into a novel then made into a very well-cast and directed miniseries.
Streets of Laredo was written after the author had suffered a major heart situation which deeply impacted his psychological being, and the novel reflects a lot of darkness and despair. He worked through a lot of depression in the creation of Streets.
Dead Man's Walk and Comanche Moon, whose part in the story comes first, were written last. They came along after the author was more or less fully recovered. They've always struck me as a little bit lighter than the other two, but that may be because I already knew how many of the characters finished out down the chronological line. They remind me of the jaunty wit present in the author's lighter work - the Texasville-style contemporary oil fields of the 1970s, oil bust of the 1980s stuff. They match up with the other two just fine though. The four make a well-matched set.
I like them all, but I love Lonesome Dove.
Yeah, and I dont remember any of that from the Book.
Just to touch on some that have been discussed:
agree on Red Dragon and Hannibal. Amazing books but the movies were meh.
The Stand and Misery were excellent reads and passable movies/series. The hobbling scene in Misery is much scarier in the book.
As for Grisham, I thought the Pelican Brief, the Chamber, the Rainmaker and Runaway Jury were all pretty good movies that were true to the books. The Firm however was a complete joke. Not only did they ruin it with Cruise, but they changed the entire ending and made the law firm more of a clown show
agree on Red Dragon and Hannibal. Amazing books but the movies were meh.
The Stand and Misery were excellent reads and passable movies/series. The hobbling scene in Misery is much scarier in the book.
As for Grisham, I thought the Pelican Brief, the Chamber, the Rainmaker and Runaway Jury were all pretty good movies that were true to the books. The Firm however was a complete joke. Not only did they ruin it with Cruise, but they changed the entire ending and made the law firm more of a clown show
This reminded me to watch the count of monte cristo again. Great movie.
Watched it last night and tonight.
LOL - Patterson is one of my mom's favorite authors but she's disappointed in his recent works because "he started using a lot more bad words."
No. I know why the movie changed the stuff it did and omitted the stuff it did, but for me, the movie fell flat because the book felt like it was about my personal childhood (Rush lyrics, D&D, Monty Python, etc.)
Agreed. I'm a huge Tolkien geek, but I love the movies, too. Sure they changed stuff, but I went into them knowing that the movies wouldn't be purist. My brother also loves the movies, but he tried multiple times and couldn't get out of the Shire with the books.
