Jumping right into your fantasy world...

I often do what you said and guess most of us do..When I read a book i create a world of my own where all the scenes and the characters are imagined instantly as I proceed reading a book..but when i watch a movie based on a book somehow the description doesn't match my imagination and i feel disheartened. Guess it happens to every vigorous reader. Have a nice day!

hello! Once I start reading a novel, I step inside a different world and get to meet the characters, and go places inside it in the way I see them in my mind as I go deeper into the novel. Yes, I do give voices too to the characters, and its like I am very much a part of the story too. Its amazing that a lot of us book lovers are like that. But no, I don't think of it as a problem. It's just me, and I like it that way. Hava a nice time...

oh yes. i almost always have a pretty clear picture in my head of what the characters look like and their surroundings. more so if it is a descriptive writer. some are better than others at really painting a visual image for you. even though i WANT to see the movies made from the books, like you, i am usually disappointed. but then that cant really be helped, especially if you loved the book. they can only pack so much of the book into a 2 hour movie lol!

I know what you mean. I do get involved in books and create my own view of it which makes it hard to see a movie made from a loved book. The Lord of the Rings was like that. I was really worried when I went to see it that it would not fit my fantasy world and I was stunned that is was so close as that is so rare. It showed that the man who made the movie understood the book extremely well. I think a lot of movie makers try to change a story or a character when they do their movies as they think that just translating the book to film will not work and they have to alter it in some way to make it theirs and that is why we get so disappointed as we have a wonderful world in our minds and they change it. But this can also be a curse sometimes as when I read a book where awful things happen to people and I find it really hard to take. I want to try and make it better and I cannot understand how anyone can invent such a horror.

hi deesfamily values I also do this I see as I read what the characters are doing and what the land is like, then I go to a movie made of the book, and its all different and I am really disappointed in it. They didnt see the same background as I did at all nor the characters either. just wasnt the same for me and I didnt really like the movie at all. .

i know what your talking about, you create your own character depending on how they are described in the book in doing so you are able to relate on the character, you become more attached to them. hopefully nobody will write a movie version of the alchemist cause the characters might not look the same as I'd imagined them hehe

It is the very same for me as you describe your experience when reading.I have always thought that everyone has this too.I grew up listening to radio serials and dramas.As you may know radio stories depend very greatly on sound effects and these have to be very realistic to make the dramatization believeable.The result ofcourse is very similar to reading,where ones visual powers are greatly utilized.Personally I think that my constant reading and past daily radio listenings have built for me a very powerful and vivid visualization, whereby I am now able to run realistic colorful movies in my mind whenever I want to.Please do not stop reading.Lol!!!!!

Not at all, deeesfamilyvalues! Like you, I usually, if not always, love the book more than the movie. Somehow the movie typically pales in comparison to the book. That is however understandable as the book is so so much much longer than the movie. How long is the movie? 2 hours? 3? And the book? Well, you can't seriously finish a book in 2 hours without using some form of speed reading and thus ruining the joy in the process. But when I see a movie comes out that is based on a book I've read, I will go and watch it anyway. Usually the movie turns out worse than the book but I will still like the movie anyway lol. I don't mind any alternative interpretation by the scriptwriter, director, etc as long as it doesn't run totally contrary to mine so much so that it repulses me. I won't be disappointed that much because while the movie may not be better or as good as the book, it still gives me an opportunity to relive the sweet joys of the book. Cheers!

Yes, I'm the same way. Sometimes, I try to remember the voices of people from my favorite soaps and put those voices to the characters. It helps if it's a romantic book! Makes the story more interesting. The movies never live up to the experience gained from reading.

I can not imagine all that things you mentioned. But also like you I am very often disappointed with movies based on books I have read. The movies are often very flat and talking just about the main line of the book original, or just come up with things which were not in the book at all just because to make it more attractive for viewers. In book you have many side stories which give to characters of the book the own personality and this aspect is missing in movies.

I can relate with you! I also have that quality. When i read something that is good, I tend to imagine the scenes happening around me vividly that I sometimes catch myself smiling to no one but myself. It's kind of funny when I think about that, but I like it. That doesn't let me be disappointed about movies, though. I usually abandon my imagined thoughts to give way to the real interpretation of the scenes because I know that no matter the interpretation, it all boils down to one thing--the imagined going into the real world..

Yes.. even when I tend to read a book... I just go to a place where I don't get any disturbances..... then I get into the stories.... and I get involved into the stories.... I relate myself with the characters... so that, I very well understand the story...

I do exactly the same thing. When I find a book that I connect with like that, I look to see if the author has other books in the series, then I read them all in the order that they are written. It gives a broader interpretation and makes them seem so much more real. I sometimes have difficutly connecting with movies or televison, because instead of incorporating my interpretation, it feeds me some one elses. I feel like a spectator, not a participate. When I'm at home, sometimes I listen to the television instead of watching it. Then I can add my own visuals.

I am always disappointed in the movies as well. My brain comes up with a much more detailed movie. Especially if the book is still fresh in my mind. But one fun thing I've done often is reread the book after watching the movie. You sometimes get things that weren't as clear, or get a completely different take on things. It does annoy me when they ignore the character descriptions and the overall feel for the character when making the movie. Its far more then just a series of lines. Or when they switch actors or producers in the middle of making a book series into film, like the Harry Potter movies. Sometimes its necessary, but it just ruins everything for me.

Hello deesfamilyvalues, I'm exactly the same if I'm reading a good book especially a well written one I am there with them and I create the world for myself, I love reading I always think if your a mother it's a real good way of shutting off from the kids if you can get into a good book. I read the Da Vinic Code and I wouldn't see it as a film for exactly your reasons I thought the book was too good and I didn't want the film to spoil it for me.

It often happens that if you have read teh book and thengo and see a movie based on that book, you return disappointed. It is always bette to see a movie and then read the book. Taht way you enjoy thebook much more. the characters becoem more real thanif yujsut read the book.

I have the same. And to me it's also always a disappointment when I see the characters from the book in a movie. I've noticed that sometimes it's better not to see the movie and just stick to the character I've made while reading. But with some movies it's so hard to do that, just because you see the billboards with the character on there! But I like it more to read than to watch movies, so for me it's better not to see the movie if I've read the book. But I think it is good to be a visual reader. I like reading because like you I really 'feel' whats happening in the book and that makes reading special. Do you also sometimes have the problem that you just can't stop reading? I sometimes read until very late when I'm reading a book.

I usually have a problem with movies that are based on books, they never seem to bring that same feeling that I had when I read the book or they change in a way that, I feel, makes it completely different from what I had enjoyed in the book. I get lost in books when I am reading and yes I am a very visual person. I put myself in the story. It's how I know a book is good.