Do YOU "READ" The Book....... OR..... Watch The MOVIE??

Question

Or Both?

Answer 1

both!! you can see my glasses

Answer 2

Why do you have read in quotes? Are you asking if people pretend to read the book? Reading is an actual activity. Anyway, the book is normally much, much better than the movie, unless it's The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, which was the suckiest (although most vocabulary-expanding) book ever. Generally, if I know the movie is based on a book, I'll read the book first. If I don't find out that it was based on a book until after the movie's over, then I'll go try to find and read the book if I liked the movie.

Answer 3

Usually, I do both. First, I'll see the movie (if I'm interested enough to see it in the first place). Then, if I run across a copy of the book somewhere, I'll read it.

Usually, I don't "actively" go out and buy (or borrow) the book. But in a few cases, after having seen a movie, I became interested or intrigued by the story, enough to go out and get the book. An example of this is "The DaVinci Code"...I knew the book existed, but I saw the movie first. Within days of seeing the movie, I found the book and read it.

For me, doing things "movie first, book second" works well. The book is ALWAYS going to have more details, nuances, subplots amd sub-stories than the movie. While I read the book, I have clearer ideas of how the characters and locations (etc) should look. I don't know if Dan Brown intended his character Robert Langdon to look like Tom Hanks, but that's how he looks in my imagination!

Also, the way the characters are represented in books allows the reader to "get inside their heads" alot more. In a movie, you see the character behave a certain way; in the book, you understand WHY the character behaves that way. In addition to his/her actions, you understand the character's feelings and motivations.

Answer 4

First of all, I'm not sure why "READ" is in quotation marks.

Second of all, I usually read the book first, but try to give myself enough time to forget most of it before I see the movie. This way, I can enjoy both. If I watch the movie immediately after reading the book, the film almost always suffers by comparison (exception - Lord of the Rings: hated the books, but loved the movies).

Answer 5

I've usually read the book way before it became a movie, and usually end up watching the movie. So both

Answer 6

Good question.

From the Da Vinci Code to Harry Potter, I made sure I read the book first.

The book will have more detail (of course) and the characters will be richer. I'll then be able to pick up the highlights of the book (which usually is the movie) on screen and see how they interpreted it.

Plus reading is so much slower and you can enjoy the book much better if you don't know the ending. Reading = hours of enjoyment. Movie = 2 hours.

Answer 7

Movie

Answer 8

If I like the book, I watch the movie.

Answer 9

For a University psychology course, we were supposed to read the famous (also really boring) book Siddartha by Herman Hesse. A friend and I who were coasting through the course for easy credits noticed the movie was playing at the student centre so went to that instead. 3 hours later, I was no more enlightened as to what the hell the book was about, and of course on the final exam there was an essay question worth 40% on the book.

Answer 10

both, read the book, then watch the movie

Answer 11

depends on what books. but have to remenber that the book is way better than the movie. i read the lost world by michale chriton and it was nothing like the movie, but you cant expext the directors to put everything in the book. it would be too long and boring, i like reading both, to see what other information you can get out of the book to make the movie more sense