movie or the book?

@sreedhar (576)
India
December 5, 2006 3:23am CST
Did you find the movies better or the book. I found the book really exhaustive where as the movies were really superb.
20 responses
• India
5 Dec 06
It invariably depends on whether one has enough time to read the entire book, or can manage to scrape in only a few hours to watch the movie. For instance, I could read "the Godfather" book by Mario Puzo, but could not go beyond a few chapters in Tolkien's voluminous "Lord of the Rings". Both the movies were however masterpieces, and so do i find it true in all movies. It is the natural tendency of the human brain to be able to comprehend better with visual and audio elements rather than just imagination. No wonder, we might get a more delightful experience by watching a movie than by reading a book of the same. However, if ones added motivation to read a book is to spend time enjoying the prose and the story line in great detail, or just pass a lazy afternoon, THEN nothing beats the book!
@sreedhar (576)
• India
5 Dec 06
I too had the same experience. I read god father without any problem but when it came to lord of the rings i was not able to succed in completing it even though i tried a lot. though books improve our imaginations some books really good to just watch them as movies.
• Ghana
5 Dec 06
I do agree with you. But you forgot one thing: Books have a lot more details and leaves everything to your imagination. And many a times movies spoil your imaginary world. Thats why I would prefer to spend extra time to read the books than go for movies..
@thanmeir (141)
• Indonesia
5 Dec 06
my suggestion is watching movie
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• India
5 Dec 06
books and movies are very knowledge re sources.if you read books it give lot of information about recent treads and subject.in movies we get what is going on and which technologies they are using and get fun them also.i prefer both but first goes to books and movies.
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@varun23 (902)
• India
14 Dec 06
anything visually good will last in mind for a long time !!! I love to watch a movie rather than read a book on the same topic !!!
@sreedhar (576)
• India
18 Dec 06
but reding a book has its own effects. our imagination is curtailed if we watch the movie rather than read a book.
• Pakistan
6 Dec 06
Lord Of the rings - THE BOOK
I prefer books as they take to a long trip heeeee
@sreedhar (576)
• India
7 Dec 06
ya you are right in this aspect
• Canada
7 Dec 06
I find it is the other way around. I can't even think of one movie I liked more than the book. Maybe 1984. I can definitely think of all the books I liked more than movies. ie Da Vinci Code, Diary of a Geisha,
@sreedhar (576)
• India
8 Dec 06
i definetly agree with your opinion but lord of the rings was a exception for it.
@jay80son (2046)
• Italy
5 Dec 06
I prefer wathced movie read required more time
@sreedhar (576)
• India
5 Dec 06
Thats true
@ownado (1679)
• Portugal
11 Dec 06
I prefer to watch a movie since I really don't like reading books. The only books I've read completely in my life are those I use at school.
@lantaidua (280)
• Japan
12 Dec 06
usually i read the novels first before watching the movies. i can imagine freely about the situation in the novels and it so exciting.
@strx62 (259)
• France
5 Dec 06
i prefer the movie coz it's more impressive but some parts of the book have disappear in the movie so it's important to read le books and then see the trilogy
@sreedhar (576)
• India
6 Dec 06
Thanks for the reply
@shinobi (389)
• Philippines
5 Dec 06
I watch the movie first, then read the novel where the movie was based....
@sreedhar (576)
• India
5 Dec 06
it was the opposite with me, iread the book first then the movie
@bsabers (668)
• United States
5 Dec 06
I think movies are a lot better because I like to see things actually acted out instead of just imagining what it might look like.
@sreedhar (576)
• India
5 Dec 06
But imagination really adds colour to the charecters, and it is really a very enjoying experience.
@roadromeo (376)
• India
12 Dec 06
u need that kinda imagination to get the pleasure from reading books. as always movies are always better
@aidonia (4209)
• Greece
12 Dec 06
I vote books.Anytime i wacth a film after i read the book i find the film very little infront of the book.
@chip77 (143)
• Italy
5 Dec 06
Maybe the book is better, but i prefer watch a movie!
@jbdhiman (551)
• India
5 Dec 06
I prefer movie
@tanujarneja (2829)
• India
5 Dec 06
I prefer movies to books
@miryam (6505)
• Italy
6 Dec 06
mmmm mocie yes....
5 Dec 06
Definitely the book. Most of the time whenever somebody decide to make a movie out of a book, I would be disappointed with the movie and as far as I could remember there were only a few exceptions. Movies are good and quick entertainment whereas the book leaves a more lasting impression as it requires your imagination.
• Singapore
11 Dec 06
movie.