Is the book or film better.?

Question

Theres a debate at school and the motion is the house believes that the book is better than the film...i'm not sure which side im on so could you give me some pros and cons please? I need it by wednesday.

Answer 1

Book if you have an imagination-you can create you own visuals.

Answer 2

Good question. I find books better than films. Was very disappointed with the 1st Die Hard film. The book played out the story miles better than the film did, as they do for most of books i read. For some reason most peoples' imagination can interpret stories from books with much more interest and detail than a film can ever do. Any film is limited by time constraints, budgets, box-office appeal and the interpretation of the producers and directors. The great storyline in the Die Hard book was not transferred to the film, yet a lot of people love the film!

Answer 3

The book is always better because when you read it the characters will look the way you want them too (along with how the book describes them) and it can explain things in detail that the brai might only be able to pick up the 5th time you watch a movie. The book really has a peronalized touch to it. The only reason people wouldn't like a book is because they have to read it, and many kids these days don't read enough anymore.

Answer 4

the book is definitely better than the film because it has a richer and more elaborate way of telling the story... i mean, like those book novels or fiction that they are making into films. if you have read the book and going to watch the movie, you can definitely 100% say that the movie doesnt capture the whole story or left behind some parts.. how can you put into 2 hour length showtime a thousand page book for example..

Answer 5

Books come from a single author's intent.

Films come from committes of people and center around marketing, audience impact and star power.

Films take only selective elements from the books and then the committe makes the rest up to suit their marketing needs.

Farenheit 451, for example, had Julie Christie play two parts, the main character's wife and the girl next door, she used different hair styles.

The main character in the book had two TV wall screens, in the movie they only had one screen.

The book Breakfast at Tiffany's was homosexually oriented, the movie turned it hetero!

Very rarely is the book faithful to the movie.

Fans of Lord of the Rings cite how many things were left out of the movie. People who saw the movie felt it was already too long.

Answer 6

The book version is much better vs. movie.
you get the whole story in the book, movie only hits certain areas and leaves alot out.
besides you have your own vision of what the characters and events that take place will look like and is more vivid in your mind. The book is more stimulating than a movie.

Answer 7

With the book you get to use your own imagination as to what the characters look like, the surroundings, etc.. and there's always parts of the story that get left out due to time contraints in a movie. Movies lack the detail that the books have also.

Answer 8

I don't really think the two are comparable. I hear people compare these two things all the time, and it makes no sense to me. You can do things in literature that you could never do in film and vice versa. Those who compare are comparing apples to pencils! There really is nothing in common EXCEPT the storyline, and that has to be altered to make a film or all films based on books would be ten hours long.

Answer 9

a film can only be one individuals interpretation of a book no matter how well they stick to the script...and be true to the book......one is too caught up in how the director instructs the actors etc to portray the characters emotions and so on.......and do we really want someone else to dictate how we should think and feel etc...reading the book is your chance to fire your own imagination and apply your own personal touch to the shape and form of the characters and how each scenario should be played out.....usually reading gives a greater insight into characters than can ever be brought to life on the screen.....read a book...broaden your horizons

Answer 10

Which book? which movie? Stupid question. At least the way it's presented. And which version of the movie? There are 2 movie versions of "the Quiet American" and I don't know how many versions of Pride and Prejudice. Don't forget rip offs of plot. The Lion King stole the plot from Hamlet but that doesn't matter because Shakespeare stole all his plots in the first place.
At least you didn't say "i need it by tomorrow"
What books/movies did your teachers have you read see to prepare for this?

Answer 11

A book lets your mind create your own pictures in your head .So if its, a scary book, you will see the picture thoughts in your mind that you know will scare you most.A movie cant scare everyone in the same way because it only has one set of images that will only scare people who personally find these images scary.Eg,She walked towards the dark,dreary ,damp, wooden shack,the door creaked open,and their stood???.The words build you up to expecting what you want it to be at the door,yet in a film,it is already their for you.And what you see at that door may not be as scary as you might of imagined for yourself.HOPE THIS HELPS.GOOD LUCK.