![]() ![]() I didn’t get it, and my high school boyfriend got mad at me because of that. Add your own-or tell us why we’re wrong-in the comments.īased on: The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean (1998) Below, the Lit Hub staff will argue the case for 13 adaptations which (in our humble/expert/individual opinions) manage to eclipse the books they’re based on. Sometimes the movie really is better than the book. Ripley, can often only manage to be second fiddle to their source material.īut not always. Even very very good adaptations, like The Talented Mr. Which isn’t to say the adaptations aren’t themselves good-it’s just that the books are usually better. Most of the time, when a beloved book is adapted into a film, or even into a television show, a form with a little more elbow room, shall we say, the magic doesn’t quite translate. ![]()
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