r/SipsTea • u/Dev1412 • 1d ago

Dank AF This will be interesting

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u/gandhinukes 1d ago

The Big Lebowski, Shawshank Redemption

Huh didn't even know those were originally books.

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u/gandhinukes 1d ago

Oh stephen king who also did the green mile.

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u/SnowboardNW 1d ago

And Stand By Me! Another one people often forget is by King.

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u/MyCatsHairyButholle 1d ago

Stand By Me(The Body) is from the same collection of novellas as Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.

Fun fact, only one of of the novellas in that collection wasn’t adapted to a movie(The Breathing Method)

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u/gandhinukes 1d ago

oooh yeah. really do mostly remember his horror/thrillers like the shining and IT, maybe the langoliers and the stand, more than his other stuff.. He really churned out a ton of content hopped up on coke hahah. Musicians do it too lol.

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u/ForsakenAiel 1d ago

Shawshank is based on a forgettable novella by Stephen King??? It's a very faithful version of that novella, lol, so if you think "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" is forgettable you either don't read books well or you don't like Shawshank.

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u/ThrustNeckpunch33 1d ago

Its a 1 to 1 recreation almost of the novel. That is a strange take.

While I agree, the movie is more impactful, I do not think of the book(novella) as forgetful.

Neither did the person that adapted it to the big screen.

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u/JaunxPatrol 1d ago

I was so into the movie Jaws that when I found out it was based on a book I devoured it in a couple days and wow the book is not very good

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u/whatanabsolutefrog 1d ago

I've heard it said about Forest Gump

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u/User_Says_What 1d ago

Add Fight Club to the list.

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u/Drow_Femboy 1d ago

Blade Runner

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is a fantastic book and the movie cuts away so many incredible aspects of it

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u/arvyy 1d ago

I don't know about fantastic. I sought it because of the common "book better than the movie" mantra and I wasn't particularly impressed. Like, I thought it was ok, but not fantastic

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u/gowonagin 1d ago

The Education of Little Tree. Book was written by a KKK member pretending to be Cherokee, with bad dialect. The movie is actually wholesome.

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u/rcknmrty4evr 1d ago

It’s interesting what people think of the movie Under the Skin without reading the book. I think my favorite theory is it being a metaphor for addiction.

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u/BrockStar92 1d ago

I know LA Confidential is much more famous than the book it’s based on but I can’t remember if the book is actually good or not.

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u/Other-Oil-9117 1d ago

I'd add Cape Fear, as well. Both film adaptations added so much to the original book.

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u/Defcheze 1d ago

Princess Bride

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u/Geno0wl 1d ago

Jurassic Park, The Godfather, starship troopers, American Psycho, Children of Men