Do you prefer the movie or the book?

i prefer the book. they usually change it so much when they make a movie about it sometimes i don't even reconize it as the book i'd read. greetings from tennessee/

I must say that I prefer to read the book over the movie. I have yet to see a movie that has given me the same level of satisfaction of the book. I like the idea of my own interpretation and imagination when I am reading. In the movies you have to go along with the script.

99.9% of the time I prefer the book. The .1% of the time is when i read the book made from Forrest Gump. I have never been more traumatized from a book. For the most part i always read the book first, because there is more detail and a lot of movies leave out a lot of the book. I think the only movies i have seen that have done the books in justice is LOTR. I think those movies were wonderfully done.

I almost never prefer one over the other - I almost consider them a matched set. I also have the rather unique outlook of not only being a major lover of books, but also a big film fan (I am an amateur actress), so I comfortable inhabit both worlds. Yes, movies have a tendency to leave things out, or to switch things around. But books can at time be overly descriptive (like Lord of the Rings - I couldn't finish Fellowship because it bored me to tears; much too wordy). When you view them as companion pieces, once enhancing the other, it's easier to overlook various faults. Not only do I view them as companions, I can also view them as separate entities (which is a bit of a contradiction, I know). That is to say, in most cases, I can judge a movie without comparing it much to the source material. A good movie is a good movie, regardless of how well it did or did not stick to the book. Was the acting good? The pacing? The overall story? You get the idea. Great example? Gone With the Wind. AMAZING movie. Absolutely epic. And they really do leave SO much out of it, but it's still an awesome movie, and leaving things out didn't really hurt the story. And that doesn't take away from the fact that the book is fantastic too. I view them as great companions, but also as separate things. View (or read) each thing on it's own merits, rather than how well one follows the other, and you can easily enjoy both equally - just differently. Rather like having children - you love them equally, but differently.

I will prefer the book... actually most of them are created by book 1st... and normally, they will b a bit difference... it won't b the same... but normally, after i finish the book, i will watch the movie again... when watching the movie, i will feel more excited... hahaha... i think i a bit differene... hahaha....

I think a book is better then a movie, a movie cannot show us reality or anything completely in just about two or three hours, whereas a book can do as much as possible. Moreover we gain knowledge more by reading a book rather then watching a movie, I like sitting silently and reading a book rather then watching the movie with very high sound effects. A book can give you a wonderful company at times. But, due to time I cannot read many books or cannot complete reading books. I prefer a book to a movie, I feel that sometimes it is waste of time spending for two or three hours on a movie.

I like a movie than a book because sometimes its tiring to read a book than theres an easier to watch it instead. I read a lot of manga but sometimes there is no action or movement, even the books says that there is happening here what happening describe it in a picture. If you are a novice minder like a kid and kids don't like to read books, they like magazines and movies because they have pictures to describe.

I usually like the books better than the movies, especially when there is a lot of detail in the books. Often times, there is not enough time allowed in the movie to create the same atmosphere and provide the same details as in the book. I also don't like when movie creators completely change important parts of the book. I like movies better when the books are overly wordy. Then the movies are sometimes easier to understand.

What I think is similar with you.But when I have read the original book or movie.I will have curiosity in the later one.As movie and book are different forms of expression.Movie can't instead book and book can't instead movie.Sometimes the book is not very well but the movie is a masterpiece.And sometimes the contrary.