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    Has anyone else here read this book? I think it is definitly a must read for almost anyone! There is also a movie in the works that if done right could have oscar sweep writen all over i think if it is done right!
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    Definitely a good book, but don't you think that good books never make good films - discuss?
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    Have not read the book but I will check it out if I see it at the library.

    Similar to movies do not make good games :)

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    The Lovely Bones is a great book. It's a quick read (for anyone who is interested). It'll be interesting to see just how it translates into film.

    As the Duke noted: great books don't always translate into great movies. In fact, that's the case so often that it has become a kind of cinematic rule. There are some rare exceptions where the movie is better than the original source material. The Exorcist, for example, was much better as a movie than the novel on with it was based.

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    Who Goes There was a lot better as John Carpenter's The Thing. I will soon think of others, but at the moment I'm drawing a strange blank.

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    Lemur:

    Odd, isn't it, how often horror movies surpass the books on which they're based? Recently, I watched Secret Window with Johnny Depp and then went back and read the novella by Stephen King. I thought the movie was miles better than the novella, particularly the ending.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Shadow One
    Lemur:

    Odd, isn't it, how often horror movies surpass the books on which they're based? Recently, I watched Secret Window with Johnny Depp and then went back and read the novella by Stephen King. I thought the movie was miles better than the novella, particularly the ending.

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    I agree completley!! i guess maybe the music, the dark theater or something has to do with this, dont know about anyone here but i cant read in the dark with loud music on

    back to the lovely bones, it is supposedly going to be made by PJ so it might be very good hopefully!
    "If they give you lined paper, write the other way"
    "I wish you all a long and happy life"

    The Lovely Bones


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    Ichiro- The hit King

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