BOOK you're interested in READING, will have a MOVIE, will you still READ...?

I rarely watch movies, so I usually read the book first. I usually find the book to be better than the movie.

I'll read it as a preview to the movie. That way I get some idea of what the movie will be about, and a more clearer picture of it than just looking at the trailers. Of course, sometimes the movies are so different from the books they're based on that it doesn't really help.

I always prefer to see the film first. If I read a book first I'll generally find problems with the film. However, if I watch the film first it doesn't happen the other way around. That way I can enjoy both the book and the film. And sometimes, the film is better... like Interview with the Vampire. And of course, sometimes the film is utter garbage, like Queen of the Damned People always say they prefer the books and that movies are always rubbish. That's just not true. Both the book and the film can be excellent... you just have to accept that film and literature are two completely different media. Howl's Moving Castle springs to mind. It's a brilliant movie and a wonderful book, yet both completely different. The Green Mile is the best movie adaptation I have ever seen. Absolutely excellent... and a complete tear jerker! Watership Down is a beautiful movie, it brings the book to life so perfectly. The movie misses a few things out, but they're not amazingly important. The Secret of NIMH is an amazing film, and I've almost finished reading the book... love it! I, Robot, whilst being very different to the books is a really fun movie. Blade Runner is a classic! Minority Report is a wonderful movie. It changes a few things but that is only to be expected. AI was really good up until the stupid Pinoccio ending (did Kubric just go mad in his old age?!). Very different to the three short stories it's based on, but had the same general message (again, until the stupid ending). I really enjoyed Misery, Bates is always brilliant! And Dolores Claibourne was pretty darn good... well, what I saw of it before the tape got chewed :( Kenneth Branagh's Frankenstein is another excellent adaptation. And the B movie version of Frankenstein Unbound by Brian Aldiss is fantasticly fun! The independent production of The Call of Cthulhu is perfect. The series and three short movies based on the novels in the Honoo no Miraju series are very good... even if the production value was not very high and the voice director needed shooting... Lang should really stick to acting! And Ringu is... is terrifying! Wow, I've read a lot of books with movie adaptations... and then there are those that get turned into shows... like the one above, Red Wall, again Watership Down, The Animals of Farthing Wood... eesh. Mind, that's because I often seek out the book after seeing the movie or TV show. Obviously films aren't always going to be good... but that's just the way it is; based on a book or not, some films are just rubbish.

I always read the book first and then if the movie looks like it will be good I see the movie

If I'm interested in reading the book, and the film's coming out soon, I'll hurry up and read the book before I see the film. That way, I get my own images of the characters and events, without being influenced by the film.

I'm more likely to read the book then watch the film. I've generally always found the books to be so much better than the films that if I watched the film first it would ruin it for me. Plus I like to be able to let my imagination run free with what the author provides. Once I've seen a film adaptation of the book my imagination always seems to be overshadowed by an actor or actresses portrayl of a character rather than how I imagined them.