What are the advantages of a book compared with a movie version of a book?

Question

English people please help me on this...

Answer 1

the book always has more details. The movie does what you would have to do if you'd read the book for a class; interpret it.
The movie has to summarize what the books theme and meaning is and put it into a small time frame. A lot of times they even add things that weren't in the book or they change things around. a good example i can think of is the harry potter books. most movies have a set time frame they can't go over, so they must fit an entire book into 1-1/2-3 hrs. A lot of scenes from the harry potter books have to be left out and someone who watches the movie may get lost in everything that happens. Basically books have more detail. When a movie tries to copy the book it has to leave out a lot of those details and still find a way to make everything make sense. So sometimes you end up with a movie completely different than the book.

Answer 2

A book gives you the voices of the characters and narrator. With the characters, you know what they are thinking, which a movie can't give you. With narration, you get histories and introductions.

Books take the stimulation down a notch so that you can keep up. If movie makers put everything in a book into the movie, it would be very confusing and over-saturated.

Think of a situation like a boy who wants to approach a girl to ask her out on a date. In the movie, we are only witnessing a boy looking at a girl across a room. But in a book, you get the mental and physical states to the point where your own heart starts racing.

Answer 3

A book let's you create your own interpretation, your own images, your own story. A movie is based off of one person's interpretation of a book and you are seeing it how they interpreted it. Sometimes that can be disappointing because you might interpret the book totally different and the movie is not what you though it would be. A movie version of a book also has to be condensed to fit into a 2 hour period. I like to read, but I prefer the movie version a lot of times because I just don't have the time to sit down and read an entire book.

Answer 4

im not english but i would like to offer my answer nonetheless...

the book has more details, all loose ends are made clear at the end (most of the time), triggers your imagination, and the slow process of reading adds to the excitement of knowing what happens next.

the film version, on the other hand, guarantees that you understand the whole thing in two hours. you don't have to imagine because the images are there for you- i call it intellectual spoon feeding.

the disadvantage of the movie version is that because of the time constraints, some details are left out.

the disadvantage of the book is that you have to wear yourself out reading in order to finish the story.

for example: after watching harry potter 1, 2 and 3, i began reading the book versions and to my surprise, it was more exciting than the movie in terms of suspense and details. so i read the goblet of fire and order of the phoenix. everything was so exciting until the movie Goblet of Fire came out.

since i already knew the full story of Goblet, i found the movie very boring despite the claims that it was the best in the series so far. i knew exactly where they changed the details and it was so frustrating. i expected some scenes and felt bad when they were cut out.

but to answer your question, i guess it all depends on the person and the type of intelligence he has. some of us prefer reading while others would rather watch it on the big screen. i happen to love reading so i would prefer the books. others may not agree with me and that's fine. i mean, i also enjoy the visual effects (who wouldn't?) but reading tickles my fancy more than the visuals.

Answer 5

In a book, people can be filled in on many more details than they can interpret from what they see on the movie screen.Therefore they will derive a greater understanding of the author's message, etc. That is not to take anything away from the entertainment value of a conscientiously produced film. The book just has the time to tell the story more completely.

Answer 6

You get more insight in the book. You know exactly what the characters are feeling, what they're thinking. You also get to use your imagination pertaining to what they look like, the area they are in, etc....

A movie can't let you know every thought and feeling that each character has like a book can. Also, movies tend to change the story line of a book in order to appeal to mass audiences. If you loved the Lord of the Ring books and then went to see the movie you'd be shocked at some significant character changes as well as some significant characters being totally left out of the movie. And you also don't get to use your imagination. You get to see what the director imagined. I much prefer books. (-:

Answer 7

I enjoy a book more then a movie because in a book you can take the information written and use your imagination to make the people or places look as u want. i am always disapointed in a movie after reading the book.

Answer 8

A real book gives you all the information. A movie adaptation is limited to about 2 hours, and has to squish everything in. Most of the time, alot gets lost in the change over.

Answer 9

A movie takes all the information, character interraction, plot, story, details of a multi-page book that might take you a week to read, and compresses it into a 90-minute film. All that rich detail is therefore lost.

Answer 10

A book allows the author to go into detail, and give a verbal description of characters and scenes, whereas as movie relys on visuals.