Books or movies?
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Just completed reading the novel "Killing floor" from Lee child. Now I see books are more interesting than the actual movies with stunts, visual effects, etc when it comes to ACTION THRILLERS. For instance, there is a whole luxury of imagination of your own when it comes to a fight, chasing, the land mass, etc unlike the movies where you have to live with what is shown whether you like it or not. As this is only my first book on this genre I am not sure if everyone feels the same way as I do.
I'm with you on book being better in all genres (at least those genres I like to watch / read). There are exceptions, but they're rare. I'm also a bit against JRR Tolkien's sagas - LotR is not a "quick" read - you need a vacation to enjoy it at "leisure" otherwise you're going to hate its verbosity. Similar examples exist, but I'd say they are the chicken teeth between the feathers! One example where it varied between sequels. I liked the Dune movie better than the first set of Dune books they were based on (not the original 1984 version, but the one which came out in 2000's). This was because IMO Frank Herbert had a very rambling writing style, sometimes I found it torture to read through the book. The movie did however amputate much of the story. Some of the later books however were written at a much better pace, and the latest are actually written by his son in conjunction with Kevin J. Anderson (the writer of XFiles) - these I REALLY liked (gobbled them up over a year to the expense of not watching a single movie / TV show the entire year). The 2nd "set" of movies (Children of Dune) was al-right, but by then I've wrestled through the first books and have found the jewels at the end - which meant the movies were just snippets from the books, and badly thought out imagery as compared to what my brain could render. When I re-watched the Dune movie, I didn't like it as much as before. I could actually see scenes my mind made up from the book which was not in the movie - and to me that had a detrimental effect on the movie.
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Electronically, and at the Public Library! (There are probably less than 2000 books in this house: I threw out 5000 or so when we moved - couldn't even give 'em away :sigh: )
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You should have checked the local high schools. A few years back I donated 1500 books to the local high school and was able to declare the donation on my taxes. A win for the high school and a win for me! Now, this was before ebooks really kicked in so things may be different now.
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Just completed reading the novel "Killing floor" from Lee child. Now I see books are more interesting than the actual movies with stunts, visual effects, etc when it comes to ACTION THRILLERS. For instance, there is a whole luxury of imagination of your own when it comes to a fight, chasing, the land mass, etc unlike the movies where you have to live with what is shown whether you like it or not. As this is only my first book on this genre I am not sure if everyone feels the same way as I do.
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I am not sure if everyone feels the same way as I do.
I used to, but I've come to realize that it's like a play -- different interpretations of the same material. Taken like that, I can often enjoy both, although not too close together.
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Just completed reading the novel "Killing floor" from Lee child. Now I see books are more interesting than the actual movies with stunts, visual effects, etc when it comes to ACTION THRILLERS. For instance, there is a whole luxury of imagination of your own when it comes to a fight, chasing, the land mass, etc unlike the movies where you have to live with what is shown whether you like it or not. As this is only my first book on this genre I am not sure if everyone feels the same way as I do.
I always found it best to watch the movie then read the book. The book will always have more detail and more characters. The movie will always leave scenes out that you wanted to see, or blend characters together, or even change the point of the story. Rarely will you not be disappointed when you see the film version. Some exceptions, Bladerunner was a much better movie than the book, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Bladerunner had scenes that were lifted directly from the book, but the wrappers in the movie made them much better than their context in the book. I thought the Harry Potter movies were better than the books (towards the end) because the movies remembered they had a story to tell and I think JKR had forgotten that with the dollhouse she had created and was just having too much fun playing with them than in telling a story.
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Just completed reading the novel "Killing floor" from Lee child. Now I see books are more interesting than the actual movies with stunts, visual effects, etc when it comes to ACTION THRILLERS. For instance, there is a whole luxury of imagination of your own when it comes to a fight, chasing, the land mass, etc unlike the movies where you have to live with what is shown whether you like it or not. As this is only my first book on this genre I am not sure if everyone feels the same way as I do.
Like most of the other answers, I would go for the book every time. However there are some exceptions. Some of the current vamplit is just as dire in book as in film form. On the other hand some films based on a short story actually manage to do the original justice by developing subjects that were only hinted at in the short story. A prime example (for me) of this is Total Recall (the original of course, the re-imagining was 50 shades if dire), based on a short story by P. K. Dick. Other examples where the film doesn't spoil the book: The Birds 2001: A Space Odyssey The Shawshank Redemption
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Just completed reading the novel "Killing floor" from Lee child. Now I see books are more interesting than the actual movies with stunts, visual effects, etc when it comes to ACTION THRILLERS. For instance, there is a whole luxury of imagination of your own when it comes to a fight, chasing, the land mass, etc unlike the movies where you have to live with what is shown whether you like it or not. As this is only my first book on this genre I am not sure if everyone feels the same way as I do.
Usually books have a lot of detail that gets edited out from the movies for time constrains, so most of the time books are better than their namesake movies, however, I usually like to mix them on moderation. :)
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Just completed reading the novel "Killing floor" from Lee child. Now I see books are more interesting than the actual movies with stunts, visual effects, etc when it comes to ACTION THRILLERS. For instance, there is a whole luxury of imagination of your own when it comes to a fight, chasing, the land mass, etc unlike the movies where you have to live with what is shown whether you like it or not. As this is only my first book on this genre I am not sure if everyone feels the same way as I do.
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I've read all of the Reacher novels other than the last 2 or 3 as they are not as good. I also made myself watch "Reacher" with Tiny Cruise. Reacher is 6'5" and Cruise is 5'6". However, it wasn't that bad. It wasn't that good. But it wasn't that bad. :-)
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After reading the reply I "SHRUGGED", again and again......
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You know what, I would have described myself the same way if asked last year same time. With in last 6 months I completed about 5 books. Believe me, if you are able to finish one book, it is highly likely that you may end up as a book freak. I am telling from my experience.
The other worry is of the time it takes to read the book! Movie is fast way of getting that story done.
Regards, Jwalant Natvarlal Soneji http://jwalantsoneji.com[^]
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The other worry is of the time it takes to read the book! Movie is fast way of getting that story done.
Regards, Jwalant Natvarlal Soneji http://jwalantsoneji.com[^]
The beauty of the book lies in this IMHO. You experience the whole set up in the story along for few days, weeks, months. But movie is just a matter of hours SOMETIMES you dont even remember what the movie is all about (after few days) because it gets in quick and gets out quick of your mind. But I agree you can watch a movie many times but not with the same intense a book is re-read mostly due to time constraints.
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The beauty of the book lies in this IMHO. You experience the whole set up in the story along for few days, weeks, months. But movie is just a matter of hours SOMETIMES you dont even remember what the movie is all about (after few days) because it gets in quick and gets out quick of your mind. But I agree you can watch a movie many times but not with the same intense a book is re-read mostly due to time constraints.
Isn't that more rewarding that movie gets complete early? Who watches all movie to remember all the time? On the other hand, you could be stuck with a book untill it finishes so that you can move to the next one your frenids are strongly recommending you to watch.
Regards, Jwalant Natvarlal Soneji http://jwalantsoneji.com[^]
