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.
If the movie had power armor it would have been no contest but as it is it’s just a monument to Verhoeven being too lazy to read a two hundred page book because there weren’t enough Jesus metaphors for his taste.