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Would you prefer a book to a movie

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If you are given a book to read about a story and the movie to watch, will you rather read the book or watch the movie.
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The only reason I would prefer a movie over a book is if the book is really bad. For me, it's easier to sit through a bad movie than read a bad book. But usually I'll go with the book.
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Most of the time I prefer the book
But some the the movie is better then the book

-- 30 Oct 2017, 01:36 --

Most of the time I prefer the book
But some the the movie is better then the book
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No. After reading a book, I try to watch if there's d movie to make it go all down well. Or after watching a movie, I try to as much to read d book and get it all down.

-- 30 Oct 2017, 05:02 --

No. After reading a book, I try to watch if there's d movie to make it go all down well. Or after watching a movie, I try to as much to read d book and get it all down.
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That'll be a movie, definitely.
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Lots of times, i prefere books more than movies.
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Yes, sometimes I would.
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If i have time i like to read the book first
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I prefer book rather than movie cause even small details of the story is written,,but in the movie..only the importamt part...cause need to maximize for the time frame
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Depends, they're completely different mediums. Hunger Games I thought did a great job of adapting the books to the movies, Harry Potter less so, and Game of Thrones I think works much better as a show than as a book (don't kill me!).
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Well they are some story that would work better as a movie than a book, it all depends on what kind of story it is.
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I prefer books over movies.
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Maybe first I will read the book and then I will watch the movie :)
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I really enjoy reading the book and then comparing it to the movie interpretation. Or vice versa. A really surprising example of this was a movie 'The 13th Warrior'. I love the film and found it was based on the Book 'Eaters of the Dead' by Michael Crichton. Now the film is a storming adventure movie but the book is written from the perspective of historical fact morphed into creative non fiction and then Fiction with a retelling of what is the classic story of 'Beowulf'. Comparing both formats is fascinating AND all the telling's are in there own way faithful to each other.
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I prefer both but more a movie because I get to see the characters and their expressions
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