" I waited my whole life for that movie , and then we get a crappy ruin - together action at law flick peppered with cardinal lines from the book and none of the notion . Probably no other movie has made me so delirious from beginning to end . "

A while back, Reddit useru/theyusedthelamppostaskedabout movies that butchered a great book — and another useraskedabout movies that were actually better than the book. Here are some of their hottest takes.

1.BUTCHERED THE BOOK:Ella Enchanted

2.BETTER THAN THE BOOK:Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (book title:Who Censored Roger Rabbit?)

3.BUTCHERED THE BOOK:Artemis Fowl

4.BETTER THAN THE BOOK:Big Fish

5.BUTCHERED THE BOOK:Eragon

6.BETTER THAN THE BOOK:Jaws

7.BUTCHERED THE BOOK:The Hobbit

8.BETTER THAN THE BOOK:Children of Men

9.BUTCHERED THE BOOK:Ender’s Game

10.BETTER THAN THE BOOK:The Martian

11.BUTCHERED THE BOOK:The Lovely Bones

12.BETTER THAN THE BOOK:The Godfather

13.BUTCHERED THE BOOK:A Wrinkle in Time

14.BETTER THAN THE BOOK:Forrest Gump

15.BUTCHERED THE BOOK:The Neverending Story

16.BETTER THAN THE BOOK:The Mist

17.BUTCHERED THE BOOK:Water for Elephants

18.BETTER THAN THE BOOK:Fight Club

19.BUTCHERED THE BOOK:The Golden Compass

20.BETTER THAN THE BOOK: theHow To Train Your Dragonfranchise

21.BUTCHERED THE BOOK:The Dark Tower

22.BETTER THAN THE BOOK:Jurassic Park

23.BUTCHERED THE BOOK:The Lost World: Jurassic Park

24.BETTER THAN THE BOOK:The Devil Wears Prada

25.BUTCHERED THE BOOK:Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

26.BETTER THAN THE BOOK:Matilda

27.BUTCHERED THE BOOK:My Sister’s Keeper

28.BETTER THAN THE BOOK:American Psycho

29.BUTCHERED THE BOOK:Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

30.BETTER THAN THE BOOK:Carrie

31.BUTCHERED THE BOOK:Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

32.BETTER THAN THE BOOK:Coraline

33.BUTCHERED THE BOOK:World War Z

34.BETTER THAN THE BOOK:I’m Thinking of Ending Things

35.BUTCHERED THE BOOK:Watchmen

36.BETTER THAN THE BOOK:The Last of the Mohicans

37.And finally, BUTCHERED THE BOOK: “All of theBournefilms after the first one.”

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Top image: A man in period costume exclaims "SING!". Bottom image: A woman in historical dress sings Queen's "Somebody to Love" while a man looks on

Bob Hoskins drives a car looking shocked with Roger Rabbit in his lap. Both appear scared as they navigate through a narrow alleyway

Artemis Fowl character in a suit, tie, overcoat, and sunglasses, walking confidently towards a helicopter, in front of a grand building with stairs

Ewan McGregor in a circus scene from a movie, background includes circus performers, an elephant, and audience members watching

Screenshots from "Eragon"

you're gonna need a bigger boat

Thorin Oakenshield asking Bilbo Baggins "Why did you come back?" Bilbo responds with a heartfelt speech about home and Bag End

Clive Owen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and another man stand inside a dimly lit barn with milking equipment in the background

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Matt Damon in a laboratory setting, wearing safety goggles and gloves, examining materials with a robotic arm

Stanley Tucci with glasses looking down, and Saoirse Ronan wearing a knit hat with a concerned expression, both in a dimly lit setting

A scene from "The Godfather" with Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone. Three consecutive panels feature his dialogue about respect, friendship, and requests

Storm Reid, Zach Galifianakis, and Deric McCabe in a scene from a movie, set in a fantasy environment with distressed clothing

Forrest Gump sits on a bench offering chocolates and talking to a man. Quotes: "Hello. My name's Forrest. Forrest Gump." "You want a chocolate?" "My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates…"

A young boy rides a large, friendly, white dragon-like creature with a joyful expression

Screenshots from "The Mist"

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Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter in scenes from a movie, showing a dramatic interaction and holding hands while overlooking a cityscape at night

A close-up of a golden, intricate compass. Three frames below show a girl with curly hair, looking down thoughtfully

Hiccup rides Toothless, a black dragon, over a rocky ocean landscape in a scene from "How to Train Your Dragon."

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A young girl, Lex Murphy, looks frightened while holding a spoon with green Jello, a dinosaur's shadow approaches her from behind

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Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep in a car from "The Devil Wears Prada." Anne wears a necklace, Meryl wears a fur coat, black gloves, and sunglasses

Top image: Harry Potter looking concerned in a dimly lit room. Bottom image: Neville Longbottom looking down in a library

Image features several movie scenes from "Matilda" with Danny DeVito as Harry Wormwood and Mara Wilson as Matilda. Harry confronts Matilda with patronizing remarks

Abigail Breslin lies on grass reading, while Sofia Vassilieva, sitting behind her, braids Robb's hair in an outdoor park scene

Christian Bale, wearing a clear raincoat over a white shirt, holds an axe with a menacing expression in a kitchen scene from "American Psycho."

Top: Brandon T. Jackson talking to Logan Lerman. Background: forest with a standing person (blurry). Bottom: Logan Lerman looking surprised or concerned

Carrie White is shown in three stages: happily crowned, then covered in blood, reacting with shock and horror from the 1976 film "Carrie."

The image shows characters from "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" in vintage-style clothing, standing on a rocky area

Coraline's Mother in a kitchen scene holding a chicken-shaped oven mitt. She has button eyes, a bob haircut, and is wearing a turtleneck sweater

Brad Pitt and Mireille Enos in a crowded scene from "World War Z." Brad is holding a young girl while guiding a woman, suggesting urgency and protection

A person with curly hair, wearing a striped sweater, sits at a dining table with a roast turkey and candles in front of them in a vintage-styled room

Top: A man says, "In order to save this planet, I had to trick it with the greatest practical joke in human history." Middle: Another man, wearing a mask, responds, "Killing millions." Bottom: The first man replies, "To save billions."

Daniel Day-Lewis, in rustic attire, leads a group of people in historical attire, staged outdoors in front of wooden huts

Matt Damon walks in a rugged landscape, wearing a leather jacket and a hoodie, with a serious expression