Book Or Movies?

[big-poppa-pimp]

*med well with hollywood booming and distributing films like pancakes to every country known to man...a question pops out...do you guys prefer to read a book or just wait for it on screen?

[jeffsydneyoz]

*med well with hollywood booming and distributing films like pancakes to every country known to man...a question pops out...do you guys prefer to read a book or just wait for it on screen?

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I would definitely prefer to read a book, before it can even be made into a movie. Most movies that I have seen so far, that were based on a best-selling novel or book, I have already read. I was smithened by the character Domino in the book, "Sharky's Machine"; but was very disappointed with the movie which starred Burt Reynolds.

I salute Peter Jackson for having made such a good movie out of J.R.R.Tolkien's book, "The Lord of the Rings".

And I am awaiting with much anticipation, the movie "The Da Vinci Code".

I have finished all the "Left Behind" books and was only able to see the movie version of the first of the series. It left out a lot from the book.

Reading a book gives your mind the ability to imagine and travel thru space and time. It still has a lot to give to an individual. Watching a movie is, for me, just plain entertainment.

[spongebobby]

probably it's best to get the best of both worlds: read a good book and wait for it to become a good movie.

 

reading a good book has unique advantages, primarily the involvement of the reader's imagination. second is an appreciation of the intensity of the words used in the book. this is a far cry from semantic blanks with hollow emotions used in some films.

[Obese_F]

i still prefer the hard copy... whenever i read kasi i try to imagine or picture what the author is describing or narrating.. tipong i have a direct control of it. eh sa film parang inerpretation yung ng ibang tao na panonoorin ko na lang.. parang boring.. panonood lang ang participation ko

[gift_of_game]

I'd prefer a good book simply because it's often difficult to find a good, even decent film version of the original. In addition, a lot of great books have yet to be made into movies (or have proven to be cumbersome) that would tackle it in its similar (if not same) meaning or essence.

 

Dune by Frank Herbert is perhaps one of the best examples.

 

You just don't lose with a good book.

[a_ngel]

Book!

 

For the same reasons posted above.

 

There are books that had been turned into movies that did not do the book justice, and there are some movies that will give you a better idea as to what the author has been trying to describe, in which your imagination had not been able to stretch far enough.

[DaVincilog]

i'd rather have the book. Always

[Brian®]

Both...I would like to know both versions. :cool:

[Guest Leviticus]

Book.

 

No special effect on Earth can match the power of imagination.

[kathryn1816]

i'd rather read a book, kaso walang time, minsan kakainip, watch movie nalang!

[batibut]

MOVIE! preferably something totally mindless! AYOKO NA MAGBASA!!!!! :grr: :grr: :grr:

 

Shempre OT pala ako....

Edited May 17, 2005 by batibut

[black cat]

Movie rin. Mahirap kse magbasa ng book ng may ka-holding hands di ba?

[Obese_F]

sis, masarap magbasa ng book while being cuddled hehehe..

[devil_lance]

Watch a Movie kc mabilis tapos agad ang istorya whereas pag book matagalan ang labanan dun, but i like reading also, cguro pag marami akong time, i like to read when i'm in a vacation or pag wala masyadong magawa.

[Batabatuta™]

Pag tungkol sa sex.......i prefer erotic fiction or extreme hardcore literature......Other than that, I'd grab me a popcorn and watch a movie