:yumeh1:books that get made into movies are never as good as the boooks but yet everytime a new movie based on a bookthat ive read is released i get al excited... only to be let down XD i guess there ok sometimes they inspire you to read a book cause you thought the movie was good , usualy afterwards you see the movie is ,.... well crap

Personally I like when they make movie adaptations of books, especially if I've read the book or know of it. I do love reading books themselves, but I rarely have the free time to just sit and read, and I like visualizing everything as I read so I'm not always the fastest reader, and it takes me a long time to get through a book. So I admit I do tend to cheat if I see a movie is being made that's based off a book I was intending to read... >3>; but then if I liked the story enough I will go back and spend the time to read it through.

Also I think it greatly helps books that may not be so well known. Not all great books attain the popularity of, say, the Harry Potter series, and so when they make a movie from a widely-unheard-of book, the book's sales are bound to increase depending on how popular the movie is. Plus, to be honest it's much easier and much more convenient to go and watch a two-hour movie than to devote time to reading through an entire book, so the majority of people are going to prefer that method. Either way, more people are going to be aware of the book and its story/message, so I think it's a positive thing because of that reason alone.

Personally, I think it would be cool to write a book and have it liked enough to have a movie after it. I have such...unique ideas...that a movie would be very entertaining.

However, I will say that some books should NOT be made into movies...you have to have SOME sort of brain to know that. Like..Twilight should have stayed a crappy book, instead of also being a stupid movie. :3 Just an opinion, though.

It's a double edged sword. There are many books that have been turned into movie adaption which have strayed so far away or been produced in such a bad way. They were horrible (Ted Dekkers book House for example or even with a comic book example Wanted. Wanted the comic was amazing, the movie horrid) but at the same time, I feel things like the Harry Potter movies/books are good on their own rights and others sometimes, tend to be hilarious. So I guess to love it to hate it. As for lack of reading. I find it opposite, I tend to read the book before seeing the movie, every time unless the circumstance calls for me not to (like being taken to seen Precious before reading the book it's based on)

I understand what you mean.
A lot of people are choosing to watch the movie instead of reading the book.
In my opinion, those who choose to do that are stupid and missing out.
The book is 90% of the time better then the movie because it came straight from the writer and you get to know exactly how it's supposed to be.
Movies are based on budget and time. That's kinda why a lot of the time movies fail to really portray what the writer wanted.

I always prefer the book over the movie though they are expressing the same thing but in different ways

I have always been conflicted on this. :/

On one hand, I intend to be an author, and I always dream of my books being made into movies. XD It's just fun to think about. Movies are much more popular than books, sadly, so it's much more likely that a book will be successful if it is made into a movie. A lot of people will see a movie, and be inspired to read the book. After all, the book is always better, so if a movie is good, odds are the book will be great! <3

On the other hand, a lot of people are lazy. T.T This means that they'll see the movie and say "I don't need to read the book; I saw the movie!". I hate that, because (as I've already stated) the book is always better!! Half the time, the movie doesn't do the book justice, even. Or, they change important details, or take out characters or add scenes in that were never there and don't at all fit. I still can't get over how, in the movie Frankenstein, they switched the names around. -.- Henry Frankenstein and Victor Clerval? No! What's even the POINT of doing that!? I'd say that the main character's name is a pretty important detail, wouldn't you agree??? *huff*
...But, I digress.

Like I said, I'm conflicted. There are good things and bad things, and it works out in some cases.

You know what I've always found ironic? One of the longest movies ever isn't even based on a book. XD It's also immensely popular...

For me, it really depends on the book.
Some books should not be made into movies, but people try anyway and fail epically at it. Such as the Dan Brown books Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, and The Lost Symbol are amazing books in itself, but the movies just can not compare. I loved Angels and Demons and when I watched the movie, I was HIGHLY disappointed. It just...no. I felt that it insulted the book. I'm terrified of what The Lost Symbol movie will be like.

I really hate it when a director remakes a movie from the past that has been based on a book. Once is enough. Honestly. I'm tired of Hollywood just remaking everything in general. Just proves they've run out of idea's for now. :/

But I cant really say that I prefer books over movies. I've never read the Harry Potter books, but I've watched every movie. Same with Wizard of Oz and other movies.

Well it depends on how well it's done, I guess, and whether or not the author is consulted about how to do it. I'm pretty sure JK Rowling had some say in the HP movies, but I agree with Captain Pains about Angels and Demons. it was the simplified version for simple people really.

Originally Posted by ZeGuMmIBeaRQueEn

You know what I've always found ironic? One of the longest movies ever isn't even based on a book. XD It's also immensely popular...

What movie is that? O.o

Well it does depend, there are many times were I have seen the movie and if I know it's based on a book I will go out of my way to read the book. For example,
Movie Book
Quest for Camelot The King's Damosel
The Last Unicorn The Last Unicorn
Coraline Coraline
Stardust Stardust


Most of them have the same name, one I am intending to read is How to Rain your Dragon simply because I love the movie and want to know what the book is like. In many cases the adaptations are different from the books,but if I see them first then read the book I am more wiling to accept the two different versions even one doesn't follow the book because it does have a very good alternate ending. For example Stardust!

Personally, I don't see the problem with it. While I do feel that it's a terrible thing when the movie versions of a book are abused (i.e. watching the movie rather than reading the book for a class assignment). It isn't as if the people that abuse those would have read the book, anyway. Regardless of that, having a story in more than one medium is never a bad thing. Some people just don't like reading; not necessarily because they can't, but maybe because they don't have the attention span for it. It never hurts to make the story available to fans of all mediums. I mean, there are comic book, movie, and novel versions of several different stories. And sometimes, it goes from movie (television series) to book, rather than book to movie. It's just a matter of being able to reach all audiences, which is great for artistic endeavors and business. It just isn't a problem.

I find more books that way then anything else. When I got to a book store, I never know what to choose until I see a trailer. Normally I don't see the movie until it is on the TV years later. I always buy the book, read it and then watch it and compare. On some movies, I will watch the movie while reading the book.