reading and watching..

Most of the time, if I read a book, then I want to watch the movie as well. As for which one I like better, that all depends on how well they stick to the book. For instance... A Walk To Remember by Nicholas Sparks - Liked the book, loved the movie. The movie was so much more interesting than the book. They kept to it pretty good but the book had some things added in that I liked better... Little Women by Lousia May Alcott - Loved the book, didn't really like the movie. They cut out all the major parts and actually changed some things. I think that is the worst thing a director or screen writer can do, is change things in a book when adapting in on screen. A Message In A Bottle By Nicholas Sparks - Hated the movie, loved the book. They changed the ending of the movie, along with many others things. It was retarded! Anne Of Green Gables by Lucy Maude Montgomery - Loved the movies, hated the books and I actually never finished reading them. I thought the books were a little boring in fact. There are so many others that I can state but that would take up a lot of space and time. This was an excellent subject however!

I really was fond of the Harry Potter book series, but dislike the movies. The characters seemed fitting at first, but there are others that simply... Did not. They were little/nothing like the books described, and that ruined it for me. I do not like when films don't match what I have floating around in my brain, associated with the characters/settings/lighting (yes, I'm that specific)/etc.

If I read the book first, I could still want to watch the movie but never the other way away. I still loved to be surprised when reading a book. However, movie is just for entertainment for me that it would be okey if i know the ending of the story which i don't want to happen if I'm reading a book.

I always read the book first and am usually let down by the film. I think you have to visualise with your own imagine with a book. I can literally get lost in a book. I won't hear anything else going on around me and sometimes have been known to finish a book the same day I started it because I get so engroosed. I find the laugh out loud moments far funnier in a book than I do a film as a book needs to be that much more desciptive. One film I did find similar to the book and enjoyed as a movie was The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, but one that let me down the most as a film was Bridget Jones Diary, so funny when I read it but film I didn't think was tha much at all. Have read P.S. I Love You which has just been released as a movie so that will be interesting to see. Gost Rider though was excellent as a film and loved The Lords of the Rings on film so I suppose it depends on the adaption really. Ellie :D

I've watched some. LotR, which I GREATLY enjoyed, though not as much as the book. HP, not as impressed with it. Hated the thrid or fourth movie. Not keen on seeing the next one they just cut them too much. Last Unicorn - I would have to say this is one time I like the movie MORE then the book. Think that's all I have seen though;

I think it's very hard to make a good film from a great book. I always say that its better to read the book first, and then watch the movie, not only because of the scenes can be diffferent as you imagine, but many things are left out from the films. They don't have enough time to show every part of the book, and sometimes you can't understand the films without these parts, or you get less information about the characters etc. But I always like to watch the movies afterwards, how the director see the story.

normally no because sometimes of the movie version is not so good than reading the book. I've tried it before. I have read The General's Daughter and later on got the chance to watch the film. I was disappointed with the outcome because somehow it was too shallow. the harry potter movie, i have watch all of the series on the big screen but never tried reading the book version though i have so many chances to do it.

I enjoy reading,and also going to see a Movie...However,it may be a better idea to see the movie first,then read the book instead of vice versa..with reading,You use your imagination to flesh out the characters on the page so that you have a mental image of how Characters look and interact with their surroundings...with a movie,the Director makes compromises based on a screenplay derived from the book with limited time to tell the story with a cast that may not resemble how you saw the story played out-scenarios,plotlines and characters get omitted from the book's perspective to make it easier to get the relevant parts on screen..things that made a book appealling to you for whatever reason may have been dropped as unnecessary for a screen version,and thus be disappointing to the reader..I don't think I've ever been more impressed with a movie version if I've read the book first..Movies on their own can be impressive....so can a Great story in book form.changing the format leaves something out.

Hello dear polofield. I prefer watching movies than reading the novels about it. I think that a movie is more vivid and saves us much more time reading novels to get to know the general ideas about it.

I don't thikn I can think of one film adaptation that I have liked better than the original book. LOTR, Harry Potter, Tom Clancy and Alistair Maclean adaptations spring to mind. That's not to say I didn't enjoy the films, and have most of the above authors on book and DVD

I can't think of a single time I watched the movie version of a book I have ready and liked it better, so I've just stopped watching them. I think reading a book forces you to use your imagination and you come to make your own versions of the characters in a book in your head. WHen they put movies into film versions it just ruins everything you had imagined about the book, especially when they change or leave out portions. I spend the whole movie picking out things that are different between the book and what I'm watching. So for me, watching the film version of a book pretty much ends up ruining the book and the movie simultaneously. I loved the Da Vinci Code the book, for example, and the movie was completely different and totally ruined how I had envisioned the book. The only way I can watch a movie based on a book is if I haven't read the book yet, and if I do end up reading the book I usually prefer that anyway.

I usually never watch a movie after reading the book.I don't think the movies are half as good as the books.I already know way to many details and ti makes the movie seem lacking.