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I think we’re talking past each other.

I’m saying yes, we hear lots of people say “the book was better” and in most cases that’s true. However, most people will never have read the books movies based on books were based on, so it’s kind of a pointless Pyrrhic argument.

That said, many will claim that The Godfather movie was better than the book -I never read the book, so I cannot offer an opinion.

But, yes, normally, in order to capture the nuance and details of a book you’d need a multi part series.



> That said, many will claim that The Godfather movie was better than the book -I never read the book, so I cannot offer an opinion.

I think I tried, lo so many moons ago. And IIRC, I can confirm that yes, The Godfather is one of the few exceptions that proves the rule.




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