do you prefer to read a book before seeing the film or vice versa?
i like to read the book first but i often only find out about these books when the films are released so i cant go and see them in the cinema because i want to read the book first 
i've just started the life of Pi....i am a slow reader |
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I'd rather read the book first. Film adaptions tend to leave loads out. Read The Time Traveller's Wife before seeing the film. Glad I did. The film left me thinking wtf! |
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Book then film... Loved the book the time travellers wife, the film was pretty crap in comparison, I thought, but a lot of films I find poo after reading the book.... Don't think it helps that I have decided in my minds eye what the characters look like.... And then the film comes out,.. Eh? That's not what they are supposed to look like!!!!  |
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"Book then film... Loved the book the time travellers wife, the film was pretty crap in comparison, I thought, but a lot of films I find poo after reading the book.... Don't think it helps that I have decided in my minds eye what the characters look like.... And then the film comes out,.. Eh? That's not what they are supposed to look like!!!! "
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"I prefer to read the book first, then watch the film.... But yet to watch a film that comes in as good as the book  "
Book first, every time ...never expect the film to be as good as the film, that way you are never be disappointed |
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"do you prefer to read a book before seeing the film or vice versa?
i like to read the book first but i often only find out about these books when the films are released so i cant go and see them in the cinema because i want to read the book first
i've just started the life of Pi....i am a slow reader"
books first for me i have just re read the complete works of phillip k dick a lot of his short stories have been made into films such as
bladerunner
minority report
total recall (2012)
adjustment bureau
and lots more.
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"Book then film... Loved the book the time travellers wife, the film was pretty crap in comparison, I thought, but a lot of films I find poo after reading the book.... Don't think it helps that I have decided in my minds eye what the characters look like.... And then the film comes out,.. Eh? That's not what they are supposed to look like!!!!
Exactly!! "
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Prefer books and not bother with the film  |
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"Book then film... Loved the book the time travellers wife, the film was pretty crap in comparison, I thought, but a lot of films I find poo after reading the book.... Don't think it helps that I have decided in my minds eye what the characters look like.... And then the film comes out,.. Eh? That's not what they are supposed to look like!!!!
Exactly!!
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Prefer books and not bother with the film "
books every time its all about your imagination |
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It doesn't actually bother me which way round but generally speaking books are better because they are usually more desciptive and you can let your imagination envisage what is happening where as a film has already had the visuals implemented to they style of the director. |
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Films that are better than their book counterpart anyone?
For me off the top of my head I would say Fight Club. I am a massive Chuck Palahniuk fan but the book was rather lacking and I thought the film was brilliant. Preferred the film ending too. |
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"World wars z was a awesome book but the film only took the name of the bill that's it .. So book 1st every time"
I agree. There is a lovely spoof trailer for it on Youtube, that points this out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2cS5Fv5xIQ |
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"World wars z was a awesome book but the film only took the name of the bill that's it .. So book 1st every time
I agree. There is a lovely spoof trailer for it on Youtube, that points this out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2cS5Fv5xIQ "
I dreaded that film, knew it'd be a steaming crock early on when they started releasing the details. Brad Pitt was the first bad sign.
Sometimes the book can be better than the film (First Blood), and sometimes vice versa (The Warriors).
But sometimes a book reader's expectations can ruin a film (because faithful adaptations would be easier to make but film studios don't see the surprise in that, like readers want a film to not resemble what they read already). |
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