It was certainly his best ending, but I still liked the movie's better.

I read The Cell recently and wanted to throw the book in the fireplace, I was so pissed about the ending. A cool book that was absolutely ruined. It was as if he had a dinner party scheduled and decided he better wrap things up before the guests arrived. UGH.

I find Robin Cook's books have worse endings than King's or Jurassic Park. Every single one of them leaves the door open for a sequel.

Slaughterhouse Five.

There is a film version of Love in the Time of Cholera releasing soon. I'm scared.

Wait until they're both out and do a double feature of No Country for Old Men and Love in the Time of Cholera and see if your mind can handle the 180 degree turn by Javier Bardem.

To Kill a Mockingbird

Shawshank Redemption

Charlotte's Web - the cartoon, not the one with Dakota Fanning

Lolita.

How could I forget that one?


Oh oh oh. Room with a View.

Too true. While he's my favorite author, I refuse to even crack open Congo ever again because of its craptastic ending. Blech...



My favorite book to films are:

Harry Potter: Sorcerer's Stone through Azkaban, before they ruined them with absurdly abridged storylines and the worst Dumbledore ever.

Red October I thought blew away the book.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. I've loved the book all my life and the film dazzled me.

Dr Doolittle. Granted I grew up with the film, loved it, and read the book years later, so I'm perhaps biased.

I've yet to see a bad Forster book on film- my favorite is Howards End.

In honor of just now reading of the death of the original author I'd add Rosemary's Baby and The Stepford Wives (the first one).