Book Or Movies?

[boadicea]

boooks boooooooooks books please

 

altho sometimes it's so hard to wait for a good read these days

 

but then there aren't so good movies either lately

 

where are those writers hiding? :sleepysmiley03:

[bootiecallbabe]

If it's just chick lit (say, Twilight, Confessions of a Shopaholic), I think I'm better off just watching the movie.

[clam_eater]

with regards to movies that are based on books, most of the time mas masarap pa rin basahin yung book version kesa panoorin ang movies. exceptions: bourne series, kasi yung movies did not follow the books anymore. another exception: the god father series...the book totally sucks

Edited April 26, 2010 by clam_eater

[Jay123456]

a good book.

[sam spade]

read a book, definitely a book

[ForeverSummer]

Read, it's good for you. Books inspire thinking, dreaming, and imagining. And no work of Spielberg or Cameron can rival the beauty of your imagination.

 

"Up until then, whenever anyone had mentioned the possibility of making a film adaptation, my answer had always been, ‘No, I’m not interested.’ I believe that each reader creates his own film inside his head, gives faces to the characters, constructs every scene, hears the voices, smells the smells. And that is why, whenever a reader goes to see a film based on a novel that he likes, he leaves feeling disappointed, saying: ‘the book is so much better than the film."

- Paulo Coelho [The Zahir]

[methos]

I read the book first, coz it lets your imagination run. Then probably watch the movie version to see if it stays true with the book.

[Maesternam]

books. disappointing pag ginawang movie ung galing sa libro e.

[khilua23]

For me, it's reading.. mas maganda yung naiimagine mo binabasa mo.

 

although kung sobrang haba nung book, mas gusto ko panoorin nalang. hehe..

[friedkamote]

I prefer reading books then watching the movie version. There are more details of events written in books (it's also quite difficult to convey thoughts in movies).

 

Still...i also watch the movie version, just to put faces on the characters.

[Lord Superb]

Both have their own merits, I think.

 

With movie adaptations, the director and scriptwriters can expand the book's dimensions. They can, for instance, put a scene or dialogue which would connect the missing dots in the book, and they can even change the book's flavor a bit so it would fit into the current generation. Also, movie adaptations can make people curious enough to read the book. As a medium in itself, though, movies make for a good audio/visual experience. You can see the characters' facial reactions, their hand/body movements, the places they go through, and such. And of course, aside from the realistic sound effects which add mood and suspense, the soundtrack can make the movie memorable.

 

Now the written word, though a slow medium in itself, actually makes you think as you read and decode each word. Not only does reading expands your vocabulary, it also gives you control. You are not bombarded with information. You can read and process the data at your own pace. And as one poster here said, it's much more difficult to portray abstract things, like thoughts and ideas, in movies. Just imagine how hard it's gonna be to make a movie adaptation of Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

Edited June 1, 2010 by Lord Superb

[deepdiverboy]

Books = para sa mga nag-iisip

 

Movies = para sa mga indi kayang mag-isip

 

**Personal observation ko sa mga movies na adapted from books lately. Last good one was the Lord of the Rings series. Even Harry Potter sucked onscreen. Layo ng entertainment value from books. Except of course kung tamad or wala kang pasensya sa pagbasa, or masyadong maikli ang attention span, or course books won't cut it for you.

[ndn]

I'd rather read a good book than watch a boring movie and vice versa.

[tequila5]

I love watching movies too. Pero iba kasi from the writer's point of view. Books will take you to places. Kadalasan, ramdam mo yung emosyon ng writer nung sinulat nya yun. So, books pa rin ako.

[darken]

both book and movies

[star-belle-memphis]

books kasi mas lumalawak ang immagination ko ..

and i wont be disappointed with the special effects ..

[johndoe2-1]

books wins on every aspect..

[voluptous_momma]

both

[praetorian]

book kapag may time, mostly movies dahil konti ang time

[lonelylooker]

movie

[bods1000]

I liked the movie TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY because of its atmosphere, Gary Oldman and scenes of London, but I love the book most definitely. It is one of my favorite thrillers and I have read it several times since college.

 

Ang daming binago sa movie. The climactic shootout in the forests in Brno in the book wins hands down over the wimpy shootout in the movie, which was done in of all places a coffeebar in Budapest. That movie scene was so disorienting for someone who loved the book. Parang mali.

[misschiefbear]

BOOKS BABY!

[Guns of the Patriots]

both

[ReDBaByBuRn]

both... but id watch the movie first then move to the book...

[muggle_magic]

Books

It is magical how books can be instruments of connecting the author's imagination, feelings and thoughts to his readers.

 

Movies

can burn ur time faster.

 

i prefer books than movies though