Book Vs. Movie

i absolutely agree wit u... movie has changed the story .. for instance.. in hp 5 .. dobby is suppose to show harry the room of requirement n in hp4 dobby is suppose give the gilly weed durin the second task... ootp movie is goin very fast.. they hav missed many things from the book.... they don tak in the minute details as in the book.. weasleys are suppose to hv red hair... but it does nt luk lik its red in the movie.. the hair color differs in evry movie.. that reflects very bad... no perfection.. the duel between dumbledore and voldymort is suppose to be so fearful n exciting.. but we don evn see things lik we see in the book..THE BOOK IS AMAZING.. THOSE WHO HV READ THE BOOK 'LL NEVR BE SATISFIED WIT THE MOVIE....

yeah, I agree with you.The books are much better than movies. Books give us more imagination ,but movies are just recounted by the director,which just the viewpoint of the director,while we all have different viewpoints of one book, so I prefer reading books.

It's almost always like that. The story line is almost always changed. One of my favorite book is A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. For the movie, the first think that change, the title. The movie is called Simon Birch. So much thing are not the same in the movie. The ending is not the same. I was really dissapointed. The same thing for all of John Irving book that were made into movies.

I agree! It's like when I watched Da Vinci Code, I was completely disappointed with the movie, and the same happens with Harry Potter. I don't know why but it seems more exciting and engaging to read a book. Now, I am more tricky, if a movie is coming out, I would watch the movie first before reading the book, then I would have a surprise at the end *laughs*.

I fully agree with you. Its very true that movie absolutely ruined the sroty telling of the book. Older were the days when book reading generates a good sense in ourselves but with the coming up of movies all this got ruined and books are no more so excited then were at the older times when movies have not come into existance.

I think, they are just different kinds of expressions. Normally the book readers don't like the film or TV of the same story. It may be changed a lot and even totally different. But it's allowed. The books may be in more details and more wonderful. But the film is limited by it's length.To tell a story wholy, it must delete a lot and change something. In fact. many people don't have the time and interest to read books. Film is better choice for them. In my opinion, you can look on them as differnt ones with same charatcer names and similar stories. You may don't like one of them. You may like them both. Whatever, it's nothing to complain. Just think it over, if you were the director of the film, what will it be?

Being a graphic novel reader, I love the graphic novel far better than the films. Comic book based films are never as good as the graphic novels.

I think its true of this and other stories. Some movies where I haven't read the book, I try to read the book after. I didn't do this for Jurassic Park - or Memoirs of a Geisha. Jurassic Park, the worst was that they changed the roles of the kids - so that the girl was weak and the boy strong. The original Dune was disappointing as well.

I think its true of this and other stories. Some movies where I haven't read the book, I try to read the book after. I didn't do this for Jurassic Park - or Memoirs of a Geisha. Jurassic Park, the worst was that they changed the roles of the kids - so that the girl was weak and the boy strong. The original Dune was disappointing as well.

I can relate to the movie/book quandry. I am not sure why Hollywood does such a botched up job converting really good books. Mostly I prefer to read books instead of watching movies. I am better at imagining what the characters are really like. A good book can last me two weeks, at least. But, a movie is so fleeting; over in less than two hours. And, both movies and books cost about the same. (Especially if you pay the movie ticket price) Anyway, a book is better value for my money. P.S. I am sorry to hear that they messed up the Memoirs book for you. I have not read the book; only seen the movie. And, I did feel there was something missing from the movie. Namely, the lead male character seemed to be MIA for a chunk of the essential scenes. Maybe that was just my way of seeing things. I have always thought of reading the Joy Luck Club and other books from that same author as I have only seen the movies. I loved the movie. So, perhaps the books will only enhance the back story and elaborate on the plot points for me. Thanks for the intellegent discussion.

i love books, i do. but there are times when i'll take a movie version any day. once you get used to the movie version of a favourite book and movies themselves, they can became enjoyable. i mean, i love a good movie. the good thing about movies is that is doesnt require as much intellectual stimulation as a book does. you can let the story be read to you and accept it as it is. good for a chill session

I love the book!

i liked the movie but loved the book . all good books can never make a good movie . Same with the nootbook if you just saw the movie you are missing out .

i dont really agree. and i am super picky when it comes to differences in books and movies! you should hear me rant on and on about the suckiness of sisterhood of the traveling pants movies. as for memoirs of a geisha, i loved the book. iv read it 4 times now in the last year and a half. i also am in love with the movie. it is beautifully shot. i love movies that are art. not just movie. the scenes are wonderfully set up. and as for the storyline in the movie, i think it follows it quite close enough. and it tells the story comletely. some book-turned-movies leave the story being generic and if you havent read the book your lost (like sisterhood is. its blank and choppy.) memoirs of a geisha is much fuller. the one thing i do wish they could have fit into the movie is the end of the book. where she moves to ny with the chairman and whatever. but if you just take the movie for how it is, the ending is so beautiful i cry EVERY time. i know what happens, i know its the chairman coming over her shoulder. but i cry nonetheless. and the magnificently shot very very end scene where shes running through the orange tunnel way as a child, the lines spoken are so incredible. it touches me everytime.

I agree with you and your mom on this one. I was extremely disappointed in the movie adaptation of this book. I also felt that had I not read the book, I would have misunderstood some parts of the story. I definitely think that movies that are adapted from books are not as good as the book. The only exception to this that comes to mind (in my opinion) are the Harry Potter series and the Mitch Albom book "The Five People You Meet In Heaven."

I also agree with you. I mean the details in a book are things you just can never really find in a film. I have read and seen movies and no matter what you will always enjoy reading the book over watching the film. I sometimes want to watch the film so I could possible get a visual on what was going on inside the book, but it disturbs me when it just isn't the same. But no matter what they will continue to make movies on books and change them in thoughts of actually having it be better than the book itself.

Ya, it is true. It is always very difficult for a book to live up to the movie. Any comparison will make the movie sound bad infont of the book.

i definitely agree with you can't they imagine how they would ruin the 40 chaptered book into a 2 hour movie.. im really disappointed in movie adaption of books.

I agree that sometimes books are murdered when being adapted for film; however, there are many good books I would never have read, had I not seen the movies and had my interest piqued. For instance, I started the H.P. series after being dragged to the first movie by my son. I read the Hobbit and LOTR trilogy after being dragged to see Fellowship of the Ring by friends. I didn't think I would be interested in those at all until I saw the movies. I will be reading Eragon and Becoming Jane soon because I liked the movies. I didn't know either of these books even existed until their movies came out. I haven't read Memoirs of a Geisha. I guess b/c no one ever dragged me to the movie. :)

I would say by far the book was the best. The book was truce to the culture. The film may have had to appeal to a abroader audience. I also bought the book on tape and relived the entire story while driving. Did anyone see MadTV's skit that did a skit on the flirtation scene on a bike?