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

The Shining (1980)

Another Stephen King adaptation, except this time, it’s Kubrick. King was famously displeased with Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of his 1977 novel because it diminished the book’s supernatural elements. However, even though Jack Torrance isn’t possessed in the film, Jack Nicholson makes the character far more terrifying . Nicholson’s performance demonstrates that it doesn’t take a metaphysical presence to frighten the living hell out of you. Here’s Johnny!

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The More You Know

  • Dentistry is the oldest profession in the world.
  • Tennis was originally played with bare hands.
  • Pizza only became popular in the United States after American troops occupying Italy during World War 2 became hooked on it and then popularized it back home.
  • A species of squid has been observed to leap from the ocean by using pressurized water jets to achieve flight, going as far as 98 feet!
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