Stephen King’s It
The book is great, no question, I was scared as a kid by It.
But there’s a particular scene between the kids that always irked me which got for modesty reasons cut from the TV-Script and I happen to like that version just a wee bit more for this.
Howl’s Moving Castle
Another great book, the only thing I didn’t quite like was the part about Howl’s real origin.
That didn’t make it in the movie and I happen to think this to have been for the better. To say that I actually prefer the movie over the book wouldn’t be true though, it’s rather that both are excellent in their respective fields.
White Oleander
Loved the movie, despised the book. I never read that beyond the first quarter, the lead character of the book (played in the movie by Allison Lohman) is a highly unlikable, psychologically troubled brat that I couldn’t bring myself to care for one small bit.
Cabal
Same as with White Oleander I couldn’t relate to the character of the book, his a-hole factor is greater there, but that is my only gripe with it, the story itself is great and the book a pleasant read. There’s also the fact that Cronenberg made a surprisingly charming villain that works in favour of the movie, too bad we never saw a sequel to it.
Logan’s Run
The book is a jumbled mess at times, it reads like a old Flash Gordon serial. I do have to agree with the critics that still the vastly different message of the book makes more sense than that of the movie, but the movie has a structure that the book is missing, trying it’s best to make sense of parts that appeared completely random. It almost seems as if the book was written in a adventure of the day set of mind, one chapter a time.
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