2007-02-21 14:14:56 · 14 answers · asked by MrsOcultyThomas 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Books have longer more interesting explanations. They provided a much wider area of information. They also allow you imagination to function. Mostly the book is better then the movie because the movie is cut up and changed to fit in a 2 hour period.
2007-02-21 14:22:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Movies usually last from 1 1/2 to 3 hours, but books take a lot longer than that to read. Therefore, movies must usually cut out many of the details. Even though a movie can often show in a few minutes something that may take a paragraph or even several pages to describe, we will always get the image through the director's eyes, not the author's.
A book requires you to use your imagination, so movie versions are often disappointing as we imagine something different.
Additionally, movies will often change things that are in the book, especially to make happy endings. Readers seem to prefer realistic, rather than happy endings.
2007-02-21 22:32:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The book is or better a book has details, it makes you feel like you're there it's specific while a movie has actors, you can't really put yourself in that spot if someone has already physically taken it. Also the movie usually leaves out some part of the book.
2007-02-21 22:21:58 · answer #3 · answered by Priyanka B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because one can never put the full force of a book into a movie, because you yourself put the identity into the book by your own visions and imagination, you see it a certain way, and when that is put into visual form as a movie, it doesn't capture your vision of it, for you cannot fully transpose the vision of a single book totally into a movie, it is impossible. There are a number of reasons but this is the general reason to why.
2007-02-21 22:24:40 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For a lot of people, reading a story gives all the intricate details of the surroundings of the scene. Which gives you a more personalized feel about the story, because your own personal mind has to actually create the scene and mentally be there. Whereas watching the movie puts you right in the outside perspective of the storyline. Watching all the events that happen, instead of being there in your own mind. Peoples imaginations go way beyond what they can put on the big screen. It's just more satisfying to those who allow themselves to enjoy it.
2007-02-21 22:27:41 · answer #5 · answered by James 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The movie shows only about 20% of what the books shows.
2007-02-22 00:04:24 · answer #6 · answered by God Fears Me 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Movies are rarely as good as the book.
2007-02-21 22:20:24 · answer #7 · answered by Jack O'Lantern 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Because the rest of the people are dorks who havent read the book but pretend they did. Thats why its only SOME people
2007-02-21 22:29:12 · answer #8 · answered by Together 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The only reason that you would ask this is because you have never read the book.
2007-02-21 22:26:12 · answer #9 · answered by Alex 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Might be that they took the time to actually READ the book...
2007-02-21 22:26:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋