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Book vs. Film (FINAL RESULTS)

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  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,976
    Damn, this is tough, but I have to go with a tie. I love the movie, it's my favorite of Connery's, but at the same time, the novel is very well done and some of the omitted scenes in it always make me wish they had made it to the screen version.

    Book: 1
    Film: 0
    Tie: 1
  • CowleyCowley
    Posts: 486
    Book: 3
    Film: 0
    Tie: 1
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,183
    I missed FRWL:

    BOOK: 5
    FILM: 4
    TIE: 5

    Both the book and the film are an inspiration.

    Doctor No

    Book: 4
    Film: 0
    Tie: 1

    I love the film but that tense climax with the "obstacle course" and the octopus is magic!
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,800
    Love the film, but...

    Book: 5
    Film: 0
    Tie: 1
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    I could call it a tie, but

    Book: 6
    Film: 0
    Tie: 1

  • tanaka123tanaka123
    Posts: 4,325
    Book: 7
    Film: 0
    Tie: 1
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,134
    @DarthDimi, I'll add your vote to the FRWL result. Which makes it the only one so far to end in a tie between book and, well, tie.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
    Posts: 5,131
    DN is my Favourite Fleming novel. The film is also brilliant. The novel wins hands down though.
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 5,994
    I'll have to go with the book as well. Which means that we have :

    Book : 9

    Film : 0

    Tie : 1
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Posts: 7,551
    I'm reading all the novels and recently finished Dr. No. In all cases thus far, my opinion of the novels are much, much higher than their respective films (except maybe CR [incredible film] and FRWL [film stays quite loyal to the novel]).

    Book: 10
    Film: 0
    Tie: 1
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    Book: 10
    Film: 1
    Tie: 1

    The book is decent but the movie launched something special and Connery saying; "Bond, James Bond" created magic. It created a launching pad for EON, re-evaluating the books[ I doubt they would be as popular without the movie franchise], comics, music, actors, etc.
    While the book is good the movie just is the beginning of a magical tour de force.
  • Lancaster007Lancaster007 Shrublands Health Clinic, England
    Posts: 1,874
    Used to be my favourite book, but now FRWL is. Fantastic start to the film franchise.
    Book: 10
    Film: 1
    Tie: 2
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,134
    Results
    Casino Royale: book
    Live and Let Die: book
    Moonraker: book
    Diamonds Are Forever: book
    From Russia with Love: book/tie
    Dr. No: book

    Next up is: GOLDFINGER

    For the second time I'm going to go with the film here.

    Book: 0
    Film: 1
    Tie: 0
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,183
    Thank you, @GoldenGun.

    Moving one,

    Goldfinger

    Book: 0
    Film: 2
    Tie: 0

    I like the book, don't get me wrong, but the film script was tighter, simpler, more exciting and in perfect harmony with the extravaganza of the 60s.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    Goldfinger

    Book: 0
    Film: 3
    Tie: 0
  • GettlerGettler USA
    Posts: 326
    I too enjoyed reading Goldfinger, but I found the golf scene quite tedious to read seeing as how I already saw the film first and new where the story was going. Nonetheless, it was interesting to see what the film could have done with the other characters. The film had a better plot and improved upon what the novel was lacking.
    Book: 0
    Film: 4
    Tie: 0
  • tanaka123tanaka123
    Posts: 4,325
    Book

    Book: 1
    Film: 5
    Tie: 0
  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
    Posts: 1,984
    The film, definitely. The book was good, but the film surpassed it in every category.

    Book: 1
    Film: 6
    Tie: 0
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    In the book, Bond gets slapped in the face by Tilly who is more interested in Pussy. Bond gets tortured heavily by Oddjob and cries when he realizes he isn t dead and gone to heaven. And of course, Solo is on board with the plan, it is Helmut Springer and his assistant who both "fall down the stairs and break their necks" (a metaphor for Oddjob). All great stuff.

    The film however is probably my favourite, but goddamnit, the book is also an absolute classic. Can t choose this time

    Book1
    Film- 6
    Tie- 1
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 5,994
    Well, the movie has so many iconic scenes, and has the most quotable lines in the whole series, that I have to choose it over the book. But it was pretty close to being a tie.

    Book1
    Film- 7
    Tie 1
  • josiahjosiah
    Posts: 1,386
    For Goldfinger I like the book more

    Book 2
    Film 7
    Tie 1

  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,134
    Results
    Casino Royale: book
    Live and Let Die: book
    Moonraker: book
    Diamonds Are Forever: book
    From Russia with Love: book/tie
    Dr. No: book
    Goldfinger: film

    The first and probably the only time a film comes out on top.

    I'm going to skip the short stories for obvious reasons.

    Next up is: THUNDERBALL

    Book: 0
    Film: 0
    Tie: 1
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,183
    Thunderball is an interesting case since book and film are more or less alike. But to be fair, I prefer the SPECTRE meetings in the book, particularly Blofeld's lines, as well as the character of Domino. Even the underwater climax, which by the way I do like in the film, feels more exciting in Fleming's delicious words.

    Book: 1
    Film: 0
    Tie: 1
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 5,994
    Same here. Book for me.

    Book : 2
    Film : 0
    Tie : 1
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Bond being stalked by an ominous fish is more exciting than anything in the film.

    Book: 4
    Film: 0
    Tie: 1
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    Book: 5
    Film: 0
    Tie: 1
  • GettlerGettler USA
    Posts: 326
    Book: 6
    Film:0
    Tie:0
  • tanaka123tanaka123
    Posts: 4,325
    Book

    Book: 7
    Film:0
    Tie: 1
  • josiahjosiah
    Posts: 1,386
    Book. I really like the information we get about Blofeld's background in the novel. I need to read this one again.

    Book: 8
    Film: 0
    Tie: 1
  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
    Posts: 1,984
    Just read the novel. Book wins, the fact that they spent an entire chapter before the SPECTRE meeting describing Blofeld in such precise detail makes him all the more threatening a villain. Bond also has more character in the novel.

    Book: 9
    Film: 0
    Tie: 1
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