Books -or- Movies

[silkshadow]

ok guys heres the big question which are better the books or the movies based on the books such as harry potter and it for example.


i personally think the books are way better.

[newbsrule]

books are FAR better its not even a competition lol

[tangaloor5]

Books win hands down. They have much more detail and character development.

[archangle]

i will have to go with books b/c they have sooo much information that it make it much better than movie where they have to put everything in 1.30 hrs....some movies are just not people imagined while reading so books are much better

[1,000,000]

Movies are inferior to books.

[Spider]

in my opinion You can't really compare one and other.
Books have far more detail and storyline/plot but how long does it take you to read a good book? More than a few hours i would think...
Movies have the great aspect of how your being affected by more senses hence sound and visual.
Movies don't have the privilege of putting tons of plot and history because they just wouldn't have the audience for a 10-15 hour film.
Also it's rough comparing a movie made from a book, because it's impossible to cover all the elements in the movie and much more time consuming.
The authors and Producers and also a big factor in this debate.

I would have to say Comparing movies with books is very... Rough...
Now if you were to compare Full Seasons to books. then that could make some sense even though its still hard to cover loads of detail you can prologue You're Story by having 10-20 Episodes being an hour each.



(Please feel free to tell me if i'm going too far lol)

[nejih94]

books,a movie cuts out the good parts of a book

[Fairyboy]

Not, if the movie is not based off a book.^

But, I agree I enjoy books more.

[silkshadow]

yeah and as to how long it takes to read a book well yeah that depends somewhat on the person but i beleive it depends mostly on the book if you can really get into the book then you dont seem to notice the time it takes to read it.

[Corwin]

Well personally I find the books generally more informative than the movies, but there is something about being able to sit down and watch something, letting the action unfold in front of you, rather than having your brain working overtime to create this fantasy world in your mind, as for how long the movie is compared to the book, it depends sometimes, the first and second Harry Potter books, I can read each of those faster than I can view the related movies, although at the same time, if I really take my time on the books and soak up every last word, then I can talk half again as long to twice as long to read a book as I normally might, sometimes it just depends on what kind of mood I'm in, a good example is I love to read, all the time, but right now, I'm not feeling too much for the printed word, only thing I'm reading is manga, right now I just feel I need at least a small visual component, it comes and goes