Do you like movies or books better?

Question

I prefer books... that way I can get into the character's mind and get more detail... also, books last longer, and when I read, I don't feel like I'm losing brain cells... lol... if you haven't figured it out yet, I don't like tv much... :-)

Answer 1

Books

Then I can use my own imagination to "see" what's going on

Answer 2

If you are asking which version of the same story do I like better, the movie version or the original book, I love that the books take longer. With books it is almost like watching a movie that takes weeks or months. Im a slow reader. But when the movies are made it's always interesting to see how close I was in my visualization of the characters and scenarios to what the author might have really been trying to say.
Also I love with books how the story can become so much richer and more involved. With the authors world becoming almost alive, and where I spend days thinking about the characters, wondering if they will survive, or if they will make the right decisions.
Sometimes after reading a really great chapter you can close the book and still feel the world around you. Wondering what the protaganist might be doing in your situation.
I love books. Thanks for such a great question.

Answer 3

Books

Answer 4

I like books better for many reasons, but some movies just can't be topped. Books though b/c it lets your mind imagine the world the book is in. You create the characters in your mind, and you can get lost in a great book. A movie just keeps you occupied for a couple hours, three at most, but a book can keep you up all night.

Answer 5

I like both, but I would prefer to read, and I have also found that most of the time if a book is made into a movie, the book is always better.

Answer 6

I like books because I can use my imagination but then I also like to just sit and watch the story happen in front of me.

But when it is a movie from a book, I usually like the book more. The movies usually leave out a lot of the details I enjoyed.

Answer 7

I like books better as well, because it forces me to use my imagination to create the scene. On rare occasion a movie will impose its characters on a book I read, but it usually doesn't affect the way I take to reading the book. I also like books better because they do have more insight into both the characters and the people writing them than a mere two hours or less(or sometimes more) can have.

Answer 8

There are some movies I would rather see then reading the books. Like lord of the rings and harry potter. But in all I would rather read a book. Nothing like getting lost in a great book.

Answer 9

I agree 100% with you. With one caveat, some movies are drop dead great: John Sayles, a good writer and also a film maker/director likes both media. Catch-22 and Shane were great both as movies and books. But, as wonderful as Polanski's "Oliver Twist" and the earlier one by David Lean, neither compared to Dickens novel. Impossible!

Answer 10

I totally agree with you. It depends on which book though.. my favorite author is VC Andrews.. i get into her books so much, like to the point where sometimes I feel like I am that character. I dont watch too much TV either, reading is more fun to me.

Answer 11

Movies.