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inapaulineabelon (74)5 months ago

i only watched the movie so far...i have the book but have not read it yet...which do you think is better? some say the movie doest not represent the whole book..

 
 
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1. myLot reputation of 84/100. esteria (163)   5 months ago

well your friends are right the movie did not contain the best parts of the book. you should really read the book it is great and you will like it if you had liked the movie.


inapaulineabelon (74)  4 months ago

Thanks for the advice! I like the movie though not that much. I like Harry Potter more. I heard there's a sequel to eragon. They say these are 3 books. Is that true?


myLot reputation of 84/100. esteria (163)  4 months ago

yes there are three books the third is in printing right now its title is BRINSINGR. you will really like it it has gods in it too. i do like harry potter too.


inapaulineabelon (74)  4 months ago

Wow! The title is really weird. I heard another book in the series is entitled Eldest. So i thought the third book's title would also begin with the letter E. Hehe! Guess i was mistaken with my assumption.


myLot reputation of 84/100. esteria (163)  4 months ago

well if you had seen the movie well or read the book you would know that brisingr was the first magic spell that was used and also it belongs to the name of fire. So i was prepared for it.....the second book is eldest i think the movie of this one is nearly complete tooo...


inapaulineabelon (74)  4 months ago

Alright! i have to read the books from now on. My boyfriend was also shocked with the title of the third book. He even keeps on asking me if i was just joking around or what. Lols!

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2. myLot reputation of 97/100. nanayangel (2620)   5 months ago

Hi there inapaulineabelon!

I only watched the movie too so I don't really know. But based on my personal experience, it's always better in the books save for a couple of exceptions.


inapaulineabelon (74)  4 months ago

Yeah i agree with you. Same with Harry Potter. Do you know any other book which has a movie that captured very little of the wonderful features of the book?

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3. myLot reputation of 87/100. obidan (308)   5 months ago

The Book is definatly way better then the movie, I loved the book and the movie was mediocre compared to the book!


helsin (34)  4 months ago

the book was so much better then the movie because the movie leftout so much stuff it wasn't even funny


inapaulineabelon (74)  4 months ago

Hi obidan and helsin! Can you tell me which parts of the book were left out and were not shown in the movie?

 
4. LCplHitman (72)   4 months ago

As is with most book/movie interpretations, the book is much much better


inapaulineabelon (74)  4 months ago

Thanks for the response. Did you enjoy the movie?

 
5. myLot reputation of 88/100. murtagh92 (146)   4 months ago

um...well, i'd hav to say the book was much better than the movie...
of course, usually things are left out when making a movie based on the book, but i usually enjoy the movie...however, this time, it was particularly bad, like so much more left out, and some parts weren't even related, like the fight scene at the end of the movie. this was a bad one, and i wouldn't recommend seeing it, but if ur like me, u just hav to see it because other people could be wrong and u just might like it! lol, let me know how everything turns out!


inapaulineabelon (74)  4 months ago

Thanks for the response! I'll find time to read the book one of these days and see if you got it right. Some others said that the book is really better than the movie so i guess i have to believe you guys. I can't remember the fight scene though. Can you tell me all about it?

 
6. myLot reputation of 95/100. pheonixstar1982 (505)   4 months ago

I read the book first and thought it was great and was excited about seeing the movie. I have to say i was more than a little disappointed in the movie. Alot of great stuff in the book was left out. I have the second book but only got about half way through it because it just wasnt as interesting to me as the first one was. I was at the bookstore the other day and saw there was a third one which made want to try reading the second one again.


inapaulineabelon (74)  4 months ago

Hey pheonixstar1982! That's great! What's the title of the 2nd and 3rd books?


myLot reputation of 95/100. pheonixstar1982 (505)  4 months ago

The second book is called Eldest and i do not remember the name of the third book. I sorry.


inapaulineabelon (74)  4 months ago

it's alright! thanks for that...

 
7. yoyo1198 (97)   4 months ago

In my years and years of experience, the books are ALWAYS better than the movies. This one, the same. I'm really looking forward to the next book of this series. I think it is to be released in September.

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yoyo1198 (97)  4 months ago

Oops....I posted before reading comments. Didn't realize the third book is already out. Well, off I go to find it. Thanks.


yoyo1198 (97)  4 months ago

Nope...not out yet. The name of the 3rd book is Brisingr and not due in U.S until September. see http://www.shurtugal.com


inapaulineabelon (74)  4 months ago

thanks for that! really helpful!

 
8. myLot reputation of 50/100. patms1 (125)   4 months ago

The book is always better then the movie except for Jaws and a few others. In the book they can be more descriptive and have more people to make the story more understandable. Besides a book can be carried and taken to the beach or wherever.


inapaulineabelon (74)  4 months ago

To the beach or to the spa. Hehe! I haven't heard of Jaws having a book. That's quite a discovery for me. Who's the author?

 
9. BrP289 (2)   3 months ago

I read the book before I saw the movie and was terribly disappointed in the movie, but I do give props for the speacial effects. All in all the book is WAY better!

 
10. polanpl (7)   3 months ago

ALWAYS book is better than movie;)

 
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