We asked The Atlantic’s writers and editors: What’s a film adaptation that’s better than the book?
The article explains why they consider the movies Jurassic Park, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Devil Wears Prada, The Social Network, and Clear and Present Danger each to be better than their source material.
Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk, perhaps? Not that it’s a bad book by any means, and the idea is superb, but the execution isn’t quite so great - it was his first published novel. The film is exceptional, though.
I read that Palahniuk prefers the ending in the movie.
One should read his other works, it’s been a while so not super fresh in my memory but I remember being enthralled by them at the time. Not exactly kid friendly stuff though, do be warned.
“Guts” still hauts me to this day. 20 years after I read it
Yep that one and “Rant” are the two that I still remember but I think I read a couple more.
Broadly correct but I like the ending in the novel better.
Always thought Survivor would make a great film too but the whole flying a plane into a skyscraper part kinda put the studios off.