Spring Break- and it's Still COLD!!!

Well, it's Spring Break time, and the weather is not very springy. If you're going to be just hanging around the house or with friends and want some good movie ideas, check out the following list. This is Flavorwire's ten movies that were better than the books. That doesn't happen very often, so these are big! Actually these are books most people outside of the time period in which they were written have never read, but the movies are EPIC...

1. Stand By Me (1986 Rob Reiner film featuring Wil Wheaton, Jerry O'Connell, River Phoenix, and Corey Feldmen) based on Stephen King's novella The Body (R for language- lots of it! and frigtening images)

2. The Princess Bride (1987 Rob Reiner film with Carey Elwes and Robin Wright; perhaps the most-quotable movie of all time!) based on the book by William Goldman (strange read) (PG for action violence)

3. The Graduate (1967 iconic movie starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft- word has it there's a remake in the works with Jennifer Aniston and Rob Pattinson) based on Charles Webb's 1963 novel (PG-13 for sexual content- it's a major theme in the movie)

4. Dr. Strangelove (1964 satire; subtitled Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb) based on, but not very strictly, Red Alert by Peter George (PG for mild language, violence, and sexual references)

5. High Fidelity (2000 starring and written by John Cusack; great review from Roger Ebert) based on the novel by Stephen Frear (R for lots of language and some sexuality)

6. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975 featuring Jack Nicholson; nominated for 9 oscars- won 5) based on the Ken Kesey book (R for language, sexuality, violence, and disturbing themes)

7. M*A*S*H (1970 war protest comedy; sparked the TV series that ran 11 years!) loosely based on Richard Hooker's Korean War exploits (R for lots of sexual content)

8. The Firm (1993 starring Tom Cruise) based on the novel by John Grisham (R for language and violence)

9. The Godfather (1972 Francis Ford Coppola film; 11 Oscar nominations) based on the Mario Puzo novel (R for strong graphic violence and language)

10. Jaws (1972 Steven Spielberg film featuring Richard Dreyfus and Roy Schieder) based on the novel by Peter Benchley (PG-13 for bloody violence, gruesome images, language, brief nudity; orginally rated PG!)

There you have it! If you watch any of these, take the time to think about the thoughts of the time period that created and released these pieces. Also, viewers advisory...these are not all suited for children