Tim Handorf recently published this post, about films that defied tradition by actually being better than the novels they were based upon.. this is a very good selection, and I agree with his choices, so I thought I'd post a link here for your enjoyment..
10 Movies That Were Way Better Than the Books
Photo top: Ted Levine turned in one of the creepiest performance in film history as Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs - how he was surpassed for an Oscar® nomination is beyond belief. The film from director Jonathan Demme is a blood-curdling thriller, and became the third in history to win Oscars® for picture, director, actor, actress, and screenplay, after It Happened One Night, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.. Ironically, Levine was onscreen longer than lead actor winner Anthony Hopkins
