There is the book…and then there is the movie based on that book. If you are like me, you want to read your book and then when, hopefully at least a year later, the movie comes out, you go out with your best friend to watch it. Then, you come out shake your head and swear you’ll never let a movie ruin the book, everrr again! You learn, forget then repeat.
Scenario 2: You missed the book and now are under duress from aforementioned friend. You go out and watch the movie before you’ve had a chance to get your hands on the book…what then?
Do you:
1. Run and buy or rent the book?
2. You don’t care if you read the book now that you have experienced “The Experience”?
3. Swear you’ll NEVER read the book, so that you can never be disappointed?
4. None of the above i.e “I always prefer the movie anyways”
What’s your whole “made into film” experience like?
Read the review for the movie based on Rick Riordan’s popular novel The Lightning Thief here.
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I would run and buy the book. I always love books better than the movie. Take the case of Da Vinci code. The movie was so disappointing..although on the other end of the spectrum, now that I’ve seen The lord of the rings, I really don’t want to read the book. My head is already filled with images of the movie. I can’t re-create them in my head. So I will not be reading it.
I think book before movie is always better. At least it gives my brain a workout….
True. Though the one film I did think did fair justice to the book was The Reader.