I thought Schindler's List was a far better movie than book. The book for me was like reading a really really boring documentary, I couldn't finish it. The movie on the other hand was poignant and engrossing. But I think it is one of the exceptions, since there are so many restrictions with movies that you don't have with books.
Plus they often change things in movies to appeal to the audience more. For example, the movie the Power of One added a whole new storyline of a romance with an Africaans girl that the book didn't have at all, I assume to appeal to people's romanticism and also to bludgeon people with the idea of racism in South Africa where the book was more subtle about it.
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