me said 10 years, 4 months ago:

I don’t know if this is a sophisticated book or not, but I watched the Hunger Games and then read the books. I just finished the last one tonight and it was very strange to have seen two movies and had pre determined notions of what the scenes / chapters looked like in my head. It was strange having to use my imagination for the last book when the previous two books had laid out for me how I saw it. Ironically the books are kind of about not letting other people control you. I don’t know… just related to this question.

Jess said 10 years, 4 months ago:

If a movie comes out that has a book to it, I probably won’t read it, just watch the movie (unless it’s insanely good), but if a movie comes out and I have read the book, or know the book is good or I have it already, I will read first, then watch. If that makes sense.

I watched Girl, Interupted and I really enjoyed it and I want to read Susanna’s actual memoirs as well.

Same with Requiem For A Dream, I highly enjoyed that movie, it’s brilliant, so I bought the book, but the book is.. different. It has no real indication of when it’s a ‘narrator’ talking, or one of the characters, it’s very.. lacking in grammar. Obviously on purpose, but it makes it less enjoyable to read, for me anyway.

I am looking forward to seeing The Book Theif, but I haven’t read the book. I have it. I want to try again. I got it a few years ago, but my tastes and reading level have changed, so.

Also, I’m looking forward to the Vampire Academy movie, I’m a huge fan of that series, the movie looks like it could be very bad, or very good, but it is going to be different from the books. The movie is taking a very comedic and immature angle, but that’s only a small portion of the books.

Also, The Fault In Our Stars movie. I’ve read the book and towards the middle, it gets very messy. Oh so messy. John must have tired as hell or a bit lost, but I really hope that messiness doesn’t show in the film, because I quite enjoy the story and characters, as generic as it is.

AND I watched The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, which is an alright movie, not as good as everyone makes it seem, and then tried to read the book and I stopped half way through and gave up. It was awful.

So, it can go either way really. Books CAN be better than movies, movies CAN be better than books. I guess it depends on your tastes in reading and writing styles and actors and everything involved in writing a book or making a movie, as well as your general preference (book vs movies).

(Sorry this post is very messy. I rambled .)

Lizzy said 10 years, 4 months ago:

I read the Harry Potter series first, then saw the movies (which were pretty awesome). I actually saw The Hobbit before reading the books, and it was really interesting. However, when I read the Mortal Instruments series (pretty good) then saw the movie, I was pretty surprised at how much they had missed.

Evie said 10 years, 4 months ago:

I think that usually the book is way better. But I have only two cases where the movie is just as good if not better.

Equally awesome- The Shining
Movie better than the book- A Clockwork Orange

Hearmenow said 10 years, 4 months ago:

Honestly, it depends really. But as a general rule, the book is better than the movie. But also, I think you need to keep in mind the fact that it’s two different media, and it’s pretty much impossible for it to be exactly the same. And especially if you already have a certain picture of what it’s like, and then you see the movie and it’s completely different.

Then again, there are movies who actually are better than the book they were written by.

mash said 10 years, 4 months ago:

I find that sometimes i just think of it as two things like ooh thats a good book and then i try not to judge the movie on the book but if I’m in love with a book #divergent then the movie is doomed to be attacked by the end. i think the only book to movie I’ve liked recently was catching fire cause it wasn’t to far off… as far as movies go

Felicity said 10 years, 2 months ago:

Personally, I sometimes prefer the movie, sometimes the book and sometimes I like them equally. Most of the time, I don’t mind if a movie changes a little bit because they are on a time limit that books don’t have and the movie has to cut some parts off.

I mostly read the books first but sometimes I see the movie first.