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Poll: Considering that dramas lose a lot of internal material when put on screen, what's the best action-y novel ever closely adapted to screen?

Posted by Max May 11 '10, 10:41

Princess Bride? Silence of the Lambs? Bourne Identity? I'm trying to think of source novels that were even better than really good movies but that didn't rely on a lot of internal thought, like Remains of the Day.

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I haven't read the book(s) it was based on, but what about Master and Commander? -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:53 1
- no - it just couldn't come close to those books - you my friend would love those books -- nm - Epiphany May 11, 11:00
James Bond films maybe? -- nm - MDH May 11, 10:53 4
- It's been a while but I remember them as decent beach reads but not great writing. Spy Who Loved Me is so completely different it can't count. -- nm - Max May 11, 10:57 3
  - Fleming optioned the movie rights to TSWLM on condition that they didn't use anything but the name -- nm - Roger More May 11, 11:03
  - you read JB in the OBX? -- nm - sherlock homie May 11, 10:58 1
    - I read all of the Bonds in high school. I read Elizabethan history when I'm near Manteo! -- nm - Max May 11, 11:01
Roderick Thorp, "Nothing Lasts Forever" -- nm - sherlock homie May 11, 10:47
Alistair MacLean novels - Guns of Navarone, Ice Station Zebra, Where Eagles Dare, -- nm - crash davis May 11, 10:47 6
- not best novels as in best written, but best as in most faithful adaptation -- nm - crash davis May 11, 10:52 5
  - Where Eagles Dare is *ridiculous* - sherlock homie May 11, 10:54 4
    - That is explained. They're speaking German but they use the convention of English so you can understand. However, - crash davis May 11, 11:00
    - (but I love Navarone and haven't seen Zebra in years) -- nm - sherlock homie May 11, 10:55 2
      - Navarone - Peck, Niven, Quinn - good stuff -- nm - crash davis May 11, 11:01 1
        
        well you're in it now, UP TO YOUR NECK! -- nm - sherlock homie May 11, 11:03
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anything by tom clancy? -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:42 6
- Red October, yes, Patriot Games, possibly, Clear And Present Danger - no -- nm - crash davis May 11, 10:45 5
  - Sum of All Fears! - Harmonious Vermin May 11, 10:46 2
    - I agree on the Clark point. :) -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:47
    - I agree with the harmonious one here -- nm - crash davis May 11, 10:47
  - sum of all fears doesn't even make your list? -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:46 1
    - I liked Sum quite a bit. -- nm - Remlik May 11, 10:47

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Poll: Considering that dramas lose a lot of internal material when put on screen, what's the best action-y novel ever closely adapted to screen?

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