Would You Choose To Never See The Film?

[NovaFly]

With most things I'll give the movie ago but I read and adored Miss Peregrine's School for Peculiar Children and I could tell just by watching the trailer that they had changed it a lot for the movie so I can't bear to watch it.

[Netvigator72]

There have been some that I have done this with, really just because the book was so great to me that I'm afriad the movie will ruin it. There are just some things that should be left alone.

I feel the same sometimes too.

[See_B00kReaDs]

I can just read the book without seeing the film, but a part of me would like to see the film in order to compare the two. Though it may disappoint sometimes since books are way better, but I still want to see how would they go about in the movies.

[sevillagirl18]

I don't think I'd make the decision to never see a film, but there have definitely been series that I've stopped watching in the middle because they were so disappointing. I've never seen the final Hunger Games or Divergent films and honestly I'm okay with that.

[KaraSkinner]

More often than not, if I loved a book, I get disappointed by the film. However, the few times I liked the film were so incredible they made up for the bad ones. Usually, I only decide not to see the film if the book was only okay. However, there are times when I liked the movie better. Fifty Shades of Grey is definitely better in movie form, in my opinion, and the book Nerve was a huge letdown after I enjoyed the movie version so much.

[Lady-of-Literature]

I would still see the movie. We have to remember that how you craft a book/novel verse a film are entirely different works of art. In film something scenes will be cut and some things will be added, its visual. While novels are visual text wise, you as the reader must the build world from the paragraph provided. Which, unlike a film that builds for you, can feel more personal.

[cookiedough]

Oh totally. Usually the book is better than the movie. However, curiosity always gets to me and I end up seeing the movie anyway. I have noticed if I put enough distance between when I finished the book and saw the movie a few years later, I have forgotten the details of the book. I remember the plot, but not everything and this allows me to enjoy the movie.

[ardalgarcia]

Yeah I would always end up seeing the film, I'm just too curious! It makes me sad when they don't do a good job but I always like the fact that someone thought the book was good enough to give it a go!

[Georgephilips]

I couldn't agree more. I saw so many movies after books and not even half of them was good enough. I personally think that books are much better, as you said, you can imagine how the charactes look, how the scenery looks... it's all in your head. there're no limits for imagination, which is great.

I agree to this also. But I sometimes love the movies instead of the books.

[_claudi_]

The fact that i have read the book wouldn't stop me from seeing the movie. It will be fun to watch how the creativity and imagination of the producer plays out.

[Themysteriouskitten]

I have Skipped on a number of movies because I had read the books first and knew what was gonna happen but it's amazing to see how others imagined or felt in a certain situation about the character

[psmith5659]

If there was one movie I could go back to have not seen, it would be the Hunger Games. The book was incredible, and it dealt with so many social issues beautifully, but the movie focused on all of the wrong aspects of the story and the characters. I would gladly have not seen it.

[Kajol Dadhania]

I have chosen not to watch the movie as it usually is very different from my imagination and no matter how good it is, it ruins the experience of reading a book for me