Have you ever read a book then seen the movie? If so, which one? Which was better? Why?

Answer 1

I have read lots of books and then seen the movie. The books are ALWAYS better. You use your imagination to picture what the characters look like. The books are always more indepth because they include the characters thoughts. They also aren't try to squeeze a story that takes sometimes years to evolve into just 2 hours. Books have so much more detail. Movie's sometimes leave out whole sections of the story. The editor's feel the scenes aren't important. most time's they may not be important to the story but still enhance it in subtle ways.

Answer 2

Every time a movie comes out that is based on a book I read I get so excited to see the movie, but when I see the movie I always say the book was better. The most recent was the "DaVinci Code", and the "Harry Potter" movies. When my child was young enough to enjoy the "Series of Unfortunate events" books, the movies also stared to come out; which were also very disappointing compared to the books. For me reading a book is so much more intimate than a movie anyway, so I told my self that in the future I will never watch a movie that is based on a book that I read.

Answer 3

Where to start?

The Notebook - the book was way better, but I loved the movie. There was so much more feeling in the book, I couldn't help but love it.

The Queen of the Damned- the movie was awful. They barely stuck to the plot of the book and what the did take they butchered. Definetly read the book.

Timeline- I liked the movie more. It was more entertaining then the book and almost more believable- as far as time travel goes.

Practical Magic - Again this movie was better. The book was ok but being able to see the magic on screen was great.

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy- The books win, but I loved the movies. They had to cut a lot of info from the books to make it so one movie wasn't like 8hrs long

I've read many more if you want more answers

Answer 4

Most the books that I read that were turned into movies are not nearly as good on film. Some examples of books that were better than the movies

A Clockwork Orange
The Constant Gardner
Primal Fear
American Psycho

I think out of all the books I read that have been made into films the one adaptation that was the best was "Fight Club" by Chuck Palahniuk. They did one heck of a job turning that into a movie that was just as good as the book. Good work on that adaptation for sure.

Answer 5

Generally, the book is better. A movie can only be so long, so many details get cut when a book is adapted into a screenplay.

However, if the movie comes out first, the reverse can be true. I saw Adventures In Babysitting, then read the book, which came 2nd, and it was not very good.

Answer 6

I read the novel Pride and Predjudice by Jane for school just around the same time the movie came out. I just watched the movie yesterday. I say that the movie is very good and they use many quotes from the novel which I liked very much. However, I do think that the novel is much better because in the novel it explains Elizabeth's feelings more than in the movie. I think it is impossible for a movie to be as great as the novel it is based on, but Pride and Prejudice was a great movie.
I really recommend reading the novel as well as seeing the movie.
Have a good day!
Marla
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Answer 7

The Exorcist. Yea I'm that old. But anyway, the book was sooooo much better. And we all know how good the movie was. I can't tell you why books are better...they just are. More detail, more left to the mind I guess, more to imagine, taste, feel, etc. Anyway, I was reading that book when I was only 13. I remember reading the part where Regan comes down the staircase.....oooooh mama, it made me throw the book across the room. REALLY. It was just instinctive....I threw the book across the room. It didn't help though. The picture was there in bright living color in my mind to play over and over again. SCARY!

Answer 8

Actually a few. I had read the complete Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice. Interview w\ a Vampire with tom and Brad was pretty good but not as good as the book. Queen of the Damned with Aaliyah really sucked, where as the book was amoung the best Ms. Rice ever wrote.

Carrie with Sissy Spacek blew me away. The book itself was so dark, but the visuals that you got in the movie really gave you a new perspective.

The Indian in the Cupboard was such a wonderful children's book. I used to read it to my son at bedtime. When the movie came out it was exactly like we saw it in our mind.

So many more. We try to all read the books, before the movie comes out.

Answer 9

Silence of the Lambs. Red Dragon and Hannibal by Thomas Harris. The books were better. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks. Again the book is better. The Bridges over Madison County (Don't remember the author), yet again the book is better. Gone with the Wind, guess what? book was better.

Answer 10

Yeah I read the da vivci code then I went and saw the movie. The book was way better they left so many things out of the movie that was important that I lost count.