Movies adapted from books have a reputation for falling short. NPR's Scott Detrow talks with NPR's Barrie Hardymon and Andrew Limbong about what's good and bad about books turned into movies.

These were the things that the Twilight movies did better than the books. One of the perks of watching Twilight today is realizing how much justice was done to her character in the movie.

DETROW: Why don't we start, with both of you, with that first question? The book is always better than the movie - true or false, Barrie? HARDYMON: Utterly false, utterly false - and in fact ...