Books Vs. Movies

I'll throw my lot in with sizzle3000 above; they are different media and therefore you get different things out of them. However, I will almost always prefer to see the movie first, and I advise most people to see movies first. If you read a book, you have expectations about the movie, and will generally be let down. There is no way to fit everything into a movie that appears in most books. Things will be changed due to the constraints of the medium... and poetic license. Reading a book and then seeing a movie generally ruins the movie for people. However, if you watch the movie first... well it's sort of like a trailer for the book. You get a god taster. You can then throw yourself in deep with the book and get a whole new experience. I've seen quite few movies before reading the book; Green Mile; Interview with the Vampire; Little Women; AI (Super Toys Last All Summer Long); Blade Runner (Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep); I, Robot; Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (the one with Kenneth Branagh); Bram Stoker's Dracula (the one with Anthony Hopkins); Howl's Moving Castle; Minority Report; The Name of The Rose (currently reading... 'tis awesome!)... I love the books AND the films and accept that there will be differences. If I read the book first it's harder to enjoy the movie (Bambi *cough* Queen of the Damned *cough*) but generally I can enjoy both (Watership Down; Dolores Claibourne; The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe).

Of course books over movies. It is a rule in our house that we read the book before we see the movie. I love seeing the differences between the two and how closely the movie follows the book. Sometimes they do a good job and other times they don't.

I always prefer books over movies and have quit watching movies after I've read the book because they always disappoint. And the actors and actresses never look the way I imagine the characters to look. :)

always books over movies. my imagination has no limits, i have more control this way, whereas a movie controls my imagination and i'm forced to accept the images that are created in that film

Well...it depends ... I love both books and movies.But if I need to chose one, I would chose books .Reading is a great hobby for all of us. But in some special case, I perfer movie,like 'The Lord Of The Ring'.It is too hard for me to read that books....

I think the book is better for the most part. Not in all cases of course. But with the book they can get deeper in the descriptions of the characters. The descriptions surrounding the characters is the same way. I can get totally into reading a book and forget where I am. So I think the book is better than watching the movie in most cases.

There are good parts to both books and movies. Movies you can see the action not just immagin it. with movies the characters come to life and you can see what they might look like and act like. Movies only last an hour or so. Going to see a movie is a great night out. Movies you can watch with other and share the experience with. A book is something that you do alone. Reading is a quiet time. With a book there is not time limit. This means that the characters can have more adventures and the story can be drawn out more. There are little details in the book that you do not get to see in the movies. A book may take you days to read. So you see both can be a good thing. I have read the harry potter books as well as seen the movies. Both are great.

Books are much better. Movies don't express the same as them. In books, you can imagine while in movies you can't actually, because the image it's already there. Anyway, I love movies too.