Do you watch the film as well as reading the book ?

I almost always read the book first, then see how someone made it in to a movie. I had alreadybought the book "jurassic Park" when the movie came out. So, I knew I was going to have to watch this on DVD because I knew by the time I finished the book, the movie would no longer be at the theater. If I remember correctly, I think when I finished the book the movie WAS still at the theater. I remember waiting for that beginning scene that the book starts off and being disppointed that they skipped that part. Then, when the sequel came out, they put that scene in. I never read jurassic park 2, but a friend of mine did. That scene where the T rex gets loose in LA never happened in the book.

I love to see the movie from books. Many times I get disappointed, while other times I am blown away. I am a hard critic on movies that are made into movies.

I know most people prefer to read the book before seeing the movie but I think that is a good way of setting yourself up to be disappointed in the movie. The common understanding is that the book is always better than the movie so I generally see the movie first then decide if I want to read the book. If I don't like the story watching the movie, I'm probably not going to enjoy the book either so why waste my time? There are exceptions, like I will have read the last two Harry Potter books before the movies come out. I read Inkheart before they made a movie and because of that I will not see the movie because I don't like Brendan Fraser and have no faith that he can effectively portray a semi-serious, quiet, brooding main character.