movie vs novels

I would definitely agree that novels are always going to be more exciting that the movies created off of them. With that being said, I must admit that the movies are cool as well. I mean reading the novel on your own gives you the ability to imagine your own interpretation of the reading. But watching the movie allows you to see someone elses view and interpretation of the book. I would have to say that both are equally valuable in the world. Anyone can imagine what the world in a novel looks like when they read it, but not everyone can portray their imaginations onto a movie screen for the whole world to see. While I always try to read the novel before watching the movie, or even afterwards to visualize my own interpretation of the book, I do enjoy watching others' interpretations of the same novel. Sometimes, watching the movie, seeing someone elses ideas of that world helps me because I add to my own imagination, or I see where my view differs from that of others. Sometimes movies do detract from the true beauty of the novel, but at other times it can add to the imagination. One only needs to open their mind and imagination to the possibilities of others creativity to truly see that movies can broaden your own interpretation or even justify it. However, it can sometimes fall short of your expectations. just remember that everyone has their own interpretation, it may not meet your expectations, but it is just as important because someone else has dreamed up that vision. It is an expression of their own interpretation of the novel and you cannot truly judge someone elses view. Everyone is different.

Hi Piyush... I also think that novels are better than the movies, by reading novel we can imagine the magic world which is more interesting than which we see on the movies .

Well Movies can never come closer to Novels...When we read a novel we imagine a lot but in a movie there is less space for imagination.. Just look at HP for an Example.. The movie made Hogarts look like any usual school with some exeptions.. But the novel really lead me into some wonderland...

Hi. I am a huge Harry Potter fan. I love novels better. Movies have cut a lot of stories from the novel. But I think, Daniel Radcliffe is handsome~~~

i couldn't agree more i already felt really dissapointed when i watch the 1st movie the movie is so different than the book & made me frustrated a lot but i felt a slight of breeze air when i watched the 4th installment of HP in Goblet of Fire the movie itself quite meet my expectations, so i guess mike newell is a good director for HP but on the fifth movie i felt so dissapointed that i thought it was the worst movie of HP ever so, i don't know i'm not that enthusiast with the sixth movie, since it has the same director as the fifth

i couldn't agree with you more, even if i tried to. and for me, that is saying something. the movies just fail to grasp the enchantment and mystery and the magic that the novels carry with them, don't you think? i sometimes hate the directors (or whoever is responsible) when there are some things that i would have loved to see in person, but they just couldn't be bothered to include them. for example, Peeves the Poltergeist. isn't it a crime, to make harry potter movies and not include Peeves in them? i think it is... and there are many other details of the novels that they just totally mess up in the movies... but since i am a die-hard fan, and would never let go of anything that was related to Harry Potter, i watch the movies... and love them too, for giving me pictures to my imagination... if nothing else. happy myLotting

yeah i do agree there are movies that are better left in paperbacks. hehe the stories lost its magic once they have been created as movies.. i wonder why it is like that.

yeah right, novels are more exciting for me either. It actually tells us the complete detail of the story, it is more informative and added more detail. That's the reason why i actually believe in the saying that goes "When a good book was written, sometimes a movie is made out of it" and YES the directors fail to create the magical world of J K Rowling... Sometime the movie doesn't really capture the major part of the book.

The novels were way more satisfying than the movies. And you really can't expect the whole story to fit in less than two hours of film. The movies were fun to watch but I'd rather read the novels again and again than to watch it in dvd.