For example back in August, I did a review on 'Beastly' by Alex Flinn, subsequently I watched the film and I was not particularly impressed. The film did the book no justice whatsoever, it missed out some of the most important scenes from the book and cast Vanessa Hudgens as Lindy, which completely ruined the whole concept of the book because Lindy isn't supposed to be overly pretty. Although after saying that, Alex Pettyfer played Kyle very well and all his arrogance from the book came across.
On the other hand, the film of 'Fantastic Mr Fox' based on the book by Roald Dahl, went into a lot more detail and focused more on the civilisation aspect of the life of the animals underground. The film was an animation but overall the emotion and pain of the animals still came through as though it was an acted production. I read the book by Roald Dahl when I was younger and I very much enjoyed it. The director of the film added to story by adding new characters and changing the storyline slightly. The new characters was very different and added a new level of drama to the production. In particular the character of Kristofferson, who was Mr Fox's brother.
In conclusion, I think I would have to say that books are better based on the fact that I have only ever watched a few films which are actually better than the books they are based on.
Please feel free to comment with your own opinion.
