How can I learn to like books more than movies?
Books are better than films to me for several reasons:I get to do my casting and choose all the setsWhen I start reading, I leave my life completely out, when I watch films, I am far more easily distracted by wandering thoughts and my environmentThere seem to be far more great books than great films (that I remember for a long time)Films are often consumed in one go. With books, often the wait to have time to get back to a great book is delicious. It's like the anticipation of meeting up with a lover or a great friend.I really enjoy all the background information the films can't provide. The authors take on feelings and motives, what the character is thinking at given moments. This is provided in films by contexts, but can often be very easily missed.Reading can be done basically anywhere. Films - not so much.I can't tell you how you should proceed to fall in love with fiction, but I advise you to just try. Have a look at some books that are consistently rated as great, choose something with a plot that interests you and give them a go. Often the more you do something, the easier it gets, and the more enjoyable it becomes. Don't despair if you can't lose yourself in a book immediately or it doesn't happen with the first one or second, but I do hope that books will provide you with what they have given me - a whole range of experiences and emotions.
Which did you enjoy more, the book or movie for "The Time Machine"?
I would say I that enjoyed the classic novel and the original movie (not the remake) both equally. The movie has a somewhat different ending from the book regarding Weena but they both end up together in both versions. Both versions have merit in their own right. The Time Machine movie is a visual spectacle to behold! Novels provide more detail.I thought the re-make of the time machine was awful and strayed very far away from the book.
What movies turned out better than the books they were based on?
The Godfather. I think Coppola singlehandedly made Mario Puzo a household name. And think about this, you'll always find that there's someone or the other who doesn't like a movie. To this day, I have not met anyone who had something negative to say about 'The Godfather'.'Forrest Gump'. Frankly, I found the book paled in comparison to the movie simply because it was so over the top. In the book, he goes into space. I mean come on...............Sure I believe serendipity earned him the friendship of Elvis and got him a meeting with JFK and made Forrest a war hero and a shrimping baron and even an unintended copywriter ('shit happens") but an astronaut??!Too much.'Ben Hur'. I watched the film and read the book and well I personally preferred the book but there are about 100 million people who disagree with me so I think this movie counts.The James Bond franchise. It created a whole new audience and I think it's because people would rather see Honey Ryder come out of the ocean rather than read about it. 'The Lord of the Rings'. This is debatable. This book has always been popular in the West but in Asia at least where it was relatively unknown, I think Peter Jackson's films really did a lot to kick off a wave of Ring hysteria.'A Clockwork Orange'. Without a doubt, Kubrick's film got the novel a more mainstream audience. The novel was quite controversial in it's time but strangely, it was after the movie hit theatres that schools and libraries removed the book because of it's objectionable language. And be honest, you remember Alex as one of film history's greatest villains because of how Malcolm Mcdowell portrayed him, not because of how Burgess described him.
Did you prefer the Lord of the Rings books or the movies? and why? or did you hate the lot...lol?
The Lord of the Rings movie is the only movie I have ever seen that actually comes close to doing the book justice. The book is always better than the movie. Your imagination isn't limited by budget or special effects. Really the lord of the rings movies weren't either. I mean they truly are amazing. I watch them in awe sometimes. They got the feelings of the books absolutely perfect. Everythings pretty much exactly as I imagined it (bar Moria - which was better than my imagination anyway). The acting is phenomenal and really, they didn't leave that much out. I mean it's not like in Harry Potter where they leave out huge plotlines (marauders anyone?). I know they left out stuff like Tom Bombadill but what can you do? with a book that long it's hard to keep everything in. They cut down the part with sam, frodo and gollum walking too. which imo was actually a good thing because seriously, as much as I love lord of the rings, Frodo's part in the Two Towers takes me forever to get through. It's just not as exciting as the rest. And I honestly didn't mind the extra attention put on Arwen. I always had a huge crush on Aragorn *loser* so the romantic inside of my squeed. Ok but on the books part the movie can't do it justice. Tolkien packed that book so jam full of amazingness that they couldn't put it all in. All the songs and the languages and the little fun details that you just can't fit in. And the backstories. I'm a backstory fangirl. I like to know what job the protagonists uncles dogs first owner did. Ok a bit overboard but you get the picture. I love backstory and LotR is full of it. Between that and Harry Potter I'm in heaven. Plus Tolkien is a master of description. The movie got it pretty much right but there's some parts that were just different in my head. I don't know, call me whiney. I hate people who whine about how the movies not the same as every detail in their head. It's an adaptation of the directors view, not yours. But yeah that's it. It's the closest of any book vs movie i've ever done but book always wins... eventually.
Are the Twilight books better than the movie?
I understand where you are coming from being older and thinking that the books were made for teenagers and the younger crowd, but honestly I'm a 22 year old mother and wife, and I finally picked up twilight from barnes and noble last September and read it. The movie isn't anything compared to the books. The books are really really good. IF you have an imagination you'd love them, I personally couldn't stop reading them. I am now a HUGE twilight fan. The people the cast as the rolls for everyone didn't fit the book at all. i truly recommend reading the books. The second and third one aren't all that great and they do become repetitive in plot but I still couldn't put them down. they aren't made for just young girls, there are some things in them that only adults wound understand. I bought the movie and watch it a few times in theaters because I had spent all my time and money reading the book I was interested to know how they'd do on screen. I hope that New Moon ends up better. Please read the books and don't go based on the movie!!!
Which option do you prefer : reading books or viewing movies based on them?
Hi there, thanks for asking. Of course I have to say “it depends” but as one who has watched a lot of movies and a lot of directors commentaries and read few books I would say, according to my own personal opinion, 4 out of 5 times its better to read becauseThe quality of acting and story telling has been dropping to disheartening levels for decades now. This is even measurable, as demonstrated in a video by Paul Joseph Watson in YouTube some years ago.Books only have to get past a publisher and not an entire studio crew so there is much more room for spontaneity and original thinking.You can have morals in books that don't exist in movies b/c studios need mass appeal.Books make you think in ways that movies don't usually trigger.Reading gives a quicker wit to the mind then movies which produce a sort of numbed brain effect. Which is not inherently bad.You can read anywhereReading chases away bad people. I once was having lunch with 4 dudes and I started talking about one of my favorite books “the richest man in Babylon” and one said “GAAAAAY I'm going to the bar.” one guy followed him, and the other two asked questions. The topic quickly changed but it's not as though I was being a buzzkill. We were talking about money which is what the book talks about via several short touching stories.Movie actors such as will Smith and Morgan Freeman have said in interviews things like “writers, directors, and actors only become great if they read great books” and “actors that stand the tests of time are those that read enough stories to design a sort of universal appeal that speaks to all generations and experiences in the roles they play.”I could go on but I'll end with saying I really love movies, and if you want some great story telling check out Brick or Primer, for great acting Ben Hur or A Man For All Seasons, for great style try Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy or the god fatherHope this helps manCheers buddy
Are Harry Potter books more fun to read than seeing the movies? It's definitely subjective, but I want to know variety of opinions.
Books vs Movies, the age long debate. It is definitely subjective but not when it comes to Harry Potter.Harry Potter is a fantasy book and I get why people think that watching a fantasy series is better than reading it. The much acclaimed Game of Thrones series captivated many readers but an even more number of TV enthusiasts. Every year tons of books are published and many of them wind up in the best seller lists. Reading books is tedious so most of them go unnoticed. The first Harry Potter book was published in 1997. The first movie came out in 2002, by this time 3 additional books of the series were already out. The movies were immensely popular all across the globe. The success of the movies increased the readership of the books to a tremendous extent. It was the movies that spread the word of the books.The books are no doubt better than the movies, like plenty of the people have already answered. Better character development, the unedited Hogwarts description in the words of the author herself, the hilarious dialogues of the Weasley Twins, Voldemort’s backstory, better plot depth and explanation are only some of the reasons why the books reign supreme. But, what the readers forget is that it was the movies that brought them there. Without them, they probably wouldn’t even have started reading the books in the first place.The first book in the series of ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ was published in 1996. The first season came out on 2011. No doubt that the books were best sellers, but it was the television series that prompted the audience to pick up the book.Movies are versions of the books meant for everyone.