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Best book based on a movie.

posted 4 years ago by samoanjoes (58645)
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Yeah, you read that right. Usually we hear about movies adapted from novels, so now let's hear about the novels adapted from movies.

[–] Acerz (186) 4 years ago

Dolphin Tale

[–] sslssg (35202) 4 years ago

I haven't read too many. I do remember that the book adaptation of The Rescue (1988) was much better than the movie. I don't think that was difficult though. I also think that I enjoyed the adaptation of Friday the 13th Part II, I just don't think it was better.

[–] samoanjoes (58645) 4 years ago

Me too. I remember when I was a kid I read the one for Dumb & Dumber my friend gave to me.

[–] Kowalski (79178) 4 years ago

ONLY BOOK BASED ON A MOVIE IVE EVER READ WAS SPACEBALLS:THE BOOK...SO THAT ONE...ALTHOUGH I OWN THE NOVELIZATION OF SPEED 2:CRUISE CONTROL...HAVENT READ IT THOUGH.

[–] samoanjoes (58645) 4 years ago

How can they do a book on that? Most of the gags are visual.

[–] Kowalski (79178) 4 years ago

THE POWER OF DESCRIPTION!🙂

[–] AnubisRaydeen (7897) 4 years ago

The only one that I can think of that I read was Rambo 2. It wasn't a great book but it was an interesting fleshing out of the story that competently portrayed the violence.

[–] samoanjoes (58645) 4 years ago

Funny how we can name so many movies based in novels but not the other way around.

[–] nyctc7 (44119) 4 years ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(novel)

Star Trek and Star Wars has spawned numerous novelizations, but I am not familiar with them.

I enjoyed the novelizations of one of my favorite TV series, Upstairs, Downstairs.

[–] samoanjoes (58645) 4 years ago

You're blowing my mind right now. I had no idea the 2001 novel came out after the film.

[–] whoanelly (1592) 4 years ago

When I was growing up I loved the novelizations of two Disney films: That Darn Cat and Parent Trap.