movies that are better than the books

1. The Godfather
2. The Bridge to Terebithia
3. The Man in the Iron Mask (any version)
4. The Three Musketeers (almost any version – Dumas’ plots are much more fun in 90 minutes than in 400 pages)
5. Fight Club
6. The Rainmaker
7. Ivanhoe

How It Works

What 3 books would you take if stranded on a desert island? The answer: all you’ve ever read, but maybe not in the form you’d want.
These are memory reviews.

No checks for accuracy.

No exact quotes.

No reviews within the first year after reading.

9’s and 10’s: My life is richer for having read them, probably several times.

7’s and 8’s affected me strongly, but I’m not confident that I’d feel the same way about them if I were to read them at another point in life.

3’s to 6’s: Maybe enjoyable once, but only once. Maybe had some value, but not to my taste. Probably not regrettable, but not worth a return trip.

1’s and 2’s: Don’t waste your life.