Movies Adapted from Novels That Ended up Being Better Than the Book

Casino Royale (2006)

Despite its ups and downs, the James Bond franchise has seen more success in its films than the Ian Fleming novels upon which the series is based. Bond has become an icon in cinema—Daniel Craig delivers the character with an honest intensity, yielding a more authentic reaction to the death and skullduggery of Eva Green’s Vesper Lynd.

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The More You Know

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