I can think of another example where the movie is probably better than the book. The movie that comes to mind is Firestarter. It was originally a book by Stephen King. I thought the book was boring but the movie was better. I also couldn't understand Dune by Frank Herbert but I'm willing to bet that the movie was better too.

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