[Chrisse]

This is basically a thread for discussing novelisations and movies based on books in general. The pros the cons the doubt, post it all here.

I think I'll start. I have multiple times tried to watch a movie based on a book i had read/ was reading. Mainly it was the Harry Potter books, who I've now lost interest in the movie versions of, for no real reason other than lack of time. I still however have the books, who I enjoy reading a little in once in a while. I wouldn't really say that this is a victory for the books over the movies, seeing as how I only own the books because I got them as presents.

Tom Clancy is a more mixed story. My dad bought The Hunt for Red October on DVD, but we never really got around to watch it, so I deciede to try and read the book, which I almost choked in because of the highly technical nature of the writing style. So I decided to watch the movie, and that actually made understanding the book much easier, even though the movie is very simplified and leaves out a lot.

All in all I think the movie beats the book here, and I doubt the book would have had that much succes if Ronald Reagan had not named it one of his favorites. But then again, if it had flopped, we would not have had the exciting sequels and prequels.

Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger I watched in that order, because I had more or less given up on the books. However the movies tickled my interest enough to make me buy and read both books. I think they do a very good job of saying with many chapters what the movie says with a few pictures and sounds, but that is not meant negatively, I liked them very much as these particuler movies were made in such a way they don't really feel like a movie series per se, and as usch seem more independent as opposed to the books, where you feel like part of a special circle when they refer to each other in subtle ways that you might easily miss otherwise.

I am currently reading The Sum of All Fears (which has been oddly translated into something that means The Price of All Terror) and I have promised myself that I not see the movie before I have read the book, as I have heard that the movie is very different from the book.

Well, I've talked enough for now. Let me hear your thoughts.