The worst film ever?

[Foxbat]

As for the movie never being better than the book, go read Die Hard, then watch Die Hard. Then let me know if I found the exception to the rule.

As far as I'm concerned, Die Hard the book has only one purpose: Emergency Toilet Paper...

[Enkidu]

A couple of other examples courtesy of Tom Clancy: The Hunt For Red October, the film is more accessible than the book, if you don't have a major interest in submarines, and Patriot Games. The OK film is better than the awful, awful book. If that had been the first Clancy I read, there wouldn't have been a second.

[Mikey]

As for the movie never being better than the book, go read Die Hard, then watch Die Hard. Then let me know if I found the exception to the rule.

As far as I'm concerned, Die Hard the book has only one purpose: Emergency Toilet Paper...

Was that a novelization of the film? If so, I think that it probably doesn't count as a discussion point for these purposes. If that was actually a pre-existing book which was made into a screenplay fro the film, then I really have to campaign for mandatory licenses for authors.

[Enkidu]

I remember reading somewhere that in the original novel McClane is ex Special Forces; One of the things I liked about the film is that it avoided that biggest action movie cliche.