Books or Movies?

Question

When a best selling book is turned into a movie, do you prefer to read the book first, then watch the movie? Or skip the book all together, and go straight to the movie? Please explain your reason.

Personally, I like to read the book first THEN watch the movie. I find that the books are more detailed and often, movies skip some parts in the books.

Answer 1

I am just the opposite, I like to watch the movie first then read the book. I find I enjoy the book just as much because there is so much more details in the book. But if I read the book first then watch the movie I dont enjoy the movie as much because I think they left out so much of the book that was important.

Answer 2

If it's a 'best selling book' turned into a movie, you may as well just go to the movie, because the book is probably just an entertaining story with little substance. With other movies based on books, I would rather read the book first. (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Name of the Rose and Being There come to mind) I find that gives me a fuller understanding of the background issues than the film maker can give in the limited timeframe of a movie. Sometimes, after reading the book, you may not even feel the need to see the movie based on it. You can spend your entertainment dollar on a different movie, intended from the very beginning to be a story told via the movie media.

Answer 3

It really depends, but I find that sometimes I find that seeing a movie after reading a book (in certain cases) ruins my own perception of how the characters sound and look. If there is a book I haven't read, and it's now a movie, I'll go ahead and see the movie, and forget about the book.

Answer 4

Me too. And then I am so disappointed sometimes when the movie sucks. I read the "Flowers in the Attic" series. They were wonderful books and I was so anxious for the movie to come out and it sucked so bad. Every once in a while though the movie is as good if not better then the book but rarely.

Answer 5

I'd rather read the book, then watch the movie because before I watched the movie Matilda, but I didn't understand it until I read the book and so now, I finally get it and what the characters were talking about.

Answer 6

I used to learn the books earlier than I noticed the film, however after being dissatisfied in such a lot of films made out of books I adored, I have transformed up. Now, while I return and skim the booklet, I nonetheless find it irresistible, however am now not as dissatisfied within the film. Only the films that keep real to the booklet are those which might be tremendous. A couple of examples are The Green Mile and Shawshank Redemption. The Godfather is without doubt one of the few wherein I learn the booklet first, however the film was once nonetheless tremendous. Dune was once a crisis to me given that one did not get all of the inspiration nuances within the film, but different folks who hadn't learn the booklet first adored the film.

Answer 7

book first then movie . Yes i agree with you that the movie skips over some details . Sometimes though I wish they would allow the little details yes i know it would make the movie longer but might make for a better movie you know.

Answer 8

I see the movie first - I can never be disappointed by the things left out of the book if I don't know what they are.

Answer 9

Usually I'll read the book first to get a better idea of the story and more details.

Movies have an hour and half, so they leave out a lot of stuff.

Answer 10

Movies never live up to the book. It's impossible for them to do so. Therefore knowing that the choice is inevitable.