Comments on: Why People Prefer The Book to The Movie

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:56:16 +0000

No flaming here. I agree. There were parts of the book that made me want to pound my head. I agree with the Tolkien needing an editor bit.

By: J-Dog

J-Dog — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:54:04 +0000

Disagree with #1. My personal example is the Godfather. Saw Godfather I and II. Decided to read the book because those movies were great. Thought the book was better than the films. Based on reason #2. Depth and detail of the characters and the world. Learining how Sonny made his bones, how Sonny made a name for himself in the last Mafia war, how Vito Corleone took on Al Capone. I love all that stuff. Even if is a couple sentences or paragraph.

By: becky

becky — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:54:47 +0000

i think that in books, its a whole different story than the movie, because you are let into the character’s head. you can see all the thought processes, reasoning, reactions, etc. with the books. but with the movies, the character can’t be like, “oh, that really made me mad. right now im considering poppin you one, or maybe i’ll just yell in your face. i wonder what’ll happen if i…..” and so on. there’s a big difference.

By: jast

jast — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:27:19 +0000

It’s only considered “showing off” in the presence of dumbasses and those who can’t read. For the rest, see reasons #2 and 3, especially #2.

By: sjp1966

sjp1966 — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:09:41 +0000

I think you have it spot on. When reading a book you “see” it in your head, your imagine it and when the film comes out it can often destroy that image that you had, you there dismiss the film and say the book is better.

But as you, they are two different mediums, it is nice that books get made info films and I am sure we all have tons of books that we think would make great movies, we just need to learn of the limitation of film.

By: RJ

RJ — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:10:02 +0000

I will tell you why people for the most part prefer the book. But the only reason is because finishing a book makes people feel smart, especially for the 55-70% of non-readers out there. Think about it, say this out loud: “Well the book was just far (or vastly) superior to the film.”
Did you say it? Doesn’t it make you feel like you cracked some subtle literary element? You don’t even need to read the book. Now you will have to sacrifice looking like an asshole but as long as everybody thinks you read the book and didn’t see the movie you will probably have won that fight. That’s is why. My theory on reading % is not factual and is shopping but i’ll bet I ain’t that far off.

By: Van Valkenberg

Van Valkenberg — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:37:17 +0000

Also, (not sure if this has already been mentioned, but-) when people read a book, they’re going to imagine it differently than someone else reading it. Generally, this means they’ll always like what they see (hell, THEY imagined it). But when you’re watching a movie, you kinda just have to accept what’s put in front of you.

Thought that might be an interesting way to look at it.

By: Moore_than_a_Fan

Moore_than_a_Fan — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:28:37 +0000

What about films that go further than the original story, like Minority Report, based on a short story. Same charaters, similar story and yet completely different. Both where great. And A.I. based on a short story called Summer toys Last All Year or something. It was a one page poem just about that was fleshed out into a feature length film. One mans junk is another man Treasure. Thats the point of free will, Its your Opinion.

By: Zamanta

Zamanta — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:45:39 +0000

Another horrendous adaptation; House of spirits.

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