https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:18:32 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1950857 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 14:05:52 +0000 Adira 1950857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@redeyedtreefr0g: I BELIEVE that the next Hobbit movie(s?) will be incorporating much from The Silmarillion, so I think that's probably as good as you're going to get! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1950749 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 13:16:25 +0000 .twist. 1950749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@redeyedtreefr0g: I think you will probably be waiting a very long time. haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1950747 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 13:14:37 +0000 redeyedtreefr0g 1950747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I meant all of them, not just the specific "Lord of the Rings" part. The Hobbit, the other ones I don't even know the names of. All the books set in that world. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1950688 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:46:44 +0000 mrsjazz 1950688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to always say the book, but movie adaptations are getting better.</p> <p>I thought Gone Girl, Divergent, The Fault in Our Stars, and Hunger Games were all really good. </p> <p>My absolute favorite movie adaptation is The Color Purple, I think it's way better than the book even though they left out certain aspects.</p> <p>Movies I liked better than the book: The Devil Wears Prada, No Country for Old Men, Brokeback Mountain, Mean Girls, and Silence of the Lambs. </p> <p>There are also some movies that were made where I had absolutely no interest in reading, i.e. Harry Potter (I know, everyone loves this but me) and LOTR. I tried, wasn't into it, but I'll watch the movies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1950625 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:21:48 +0000 Adira 1950625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: haha, well at least someone is enjoying that storyline then! I'm like "Ugh, more Asha, I want to read more about John!" or whoever I'm interested in, haha.</p> <p>@redeyedtreefr0g: Dude, the LOTR movies came out in 2001-2003 and are absolutely fantastic! Watch the extended versions! :D Also, not going to lie, I LOVED the Legend of the Seeker show! Although I didn't read the books at all, so that probably helped! And I would LOVE a Mistborn series or movie, but I'm guessing I'd be disappointed with those! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1950602 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:12:20 +0000 .twist. 1950602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@redeyedtreefr0g: The Lord of The Rings movies have already been made. yay! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1950596 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:10:02 +0000 redeyedtreefr0g 1950596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am generally ok with movies and books. It's true for me that books allow details that I think might be important, but aren't vital to a storyline and get skipped over for movies. </p> <p>You miss a TON of backstory and motive in movies, in my opinion. </p> <p>Harry Potter was this way in my opinion. I truly loved how even minor characters had their own personality and little things going on in all the books, while in a movie they are just a face that sometimes don't even get identified. </p> <p>I have not read Lord of the Rings, which is absolutely on purpose! I will after the movies are made.</p> <p>I thought that Angels and Demons and the Davinci Code both were absolutely spot on replicas of the books. I saw the Davinci Code and went looking for Dan Brown's books, and read them before I eventually got to see Angels and Demons.</p> <p>I am abyssmally disappointed in the attempt at Animorphs tv show when I was a child. I recall loving it, but they did not continue the show past a few episodes I think.<br /> The Sword of Truth series deserves as much passion and attention to detail as Game of Thrones is getting- not that cheap piece of crap thing they made. Richard was ALL wrong as that scrawny boy, the Mord-Sith had such obvious fake hair- they didn't even bother having Deanna keep it during torture! They changed the story too much to make it a series- adding in episode plot points that never existed and making the whole thing go in a different direction that it wasn't worth the cheap effects at all.<br /> Eragon could have been as epic as Harry Potter is, but they also went the cheap route with that, I think. Hubby says I'm too critical, but I really thought after Harry Potter than they would be something amazing, and I was extremely disappointed.</p> <p>I'm anxious to see how Outlander turns out- I still haven't read the books but FrogTwin LOVED them.</p> <p>I also want Game-of-Thrones-quality dedication to making a Mistborn series or movie series. Sam from Supernatural would make excellent Elend, and hubby knows who should be Vin too, but I forget. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1950595 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:09:54 +0000 .twist. 1950595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: aaah! I am loving it. I'm waiting for an epic battle to brew there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1950587 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:06:46 +0000 BSB 1950587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I read the book, it's usually always the book. More detail, more back story. They can't put everything in the movie or it would be a 5 hour movie. </p> <p>There have been movies that make me want to read the book afterwards. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1950586 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:06:34 +0000 Adira 1950586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: haha, maybe it's just me! I'm not into the Iron Isles storyline AT ALL. I'm glad they're leaving a lot of that stuff out of the show! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1950579 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:01:53 +0000 .twist. 1950579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Really? I found that all the characters are intricately intertwined and each chapter adds to the greater story. Although I do love the series (what I've seen of it), I have always wondered how anyone can follow it, who hasn't read the books, when they leave so many details out! If DH and I are watching, I always feel like I need, or should, pause it so I can explain in greater depth the reasoning for a characters decision! LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1950564 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:48:47 +0000 Adira 1950564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aegie: Totally agree with you on Game of Thrones. I'm actually thinking I might end up liking the show better than the books! The books just keep introducing new characters that I do NOT care about and seem to be dragging on, but the show is all "let's get to the point!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1950502 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:26:00 +0000 aegie 1950502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i have a pretty active imagination ... so when I'm reading the books, I've already decided how certain characters will look, and I've already imagined all their mannerisms ... so it's almost ALWAYS disappointing when I see the movies. Because everything was already so real to me in my own mind as I read the books. I have to admit that I REALLY do enjoy the Game of Thrones adaptation ... but that's cause it's a series and they can go into more details, albeit they're still leaving huge chunks of the book out and has already changed up a few things. But anyway .... books always win. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1950494 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:21:28 +0000 TemperanceBrennan 1950494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had an hours-long conversation with a librarian friend about this topic. I find it hard to truly compare movies and books. Most of the time, the person usually likes one medium over the other, so it's like comparing a savory food to something sweet. </p> <p>I actually prefer when a movie deviates significantly from the book. </p> <p>When a movie tries to completely replicate its book exactly, the book is almost always better because it allows for more detail, imagination, and greater flexibility in time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1950411 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:34:08 +0000 Mamaof2 1950411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't watch a lot of movies but I saw Life of Pi because I LOVED the book and man they left out so much detail!!! My DH was so confused and I told him its because he didn't read the book!! :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1950407 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:33:53 +0000 mrsjyw 1950407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Book, almost always. There are just so many details and nuances that can't be captured in a movie! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1950405 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:32:56 +0000 chanada 1950405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I usually prefer whichever one I read/watch first. I try to read the books first but that doesn't always happen! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1950400 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:31:11 +0000 MediaNaranja 1950400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The absolute best movie adaptation of a book I've ever seen was Atonement. That being said, I still liked the book better :silly: As others have said, it's impossible to get all the details of a book into a movie unless you make it 7 hours long. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1950399 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:31:09 +0000 .twist. 1950399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am so conflicted because of this questions. </p> <p>If I saw the movie before the book, I generally still really enjoy the movie even if I LOVE the book. (A Clockwork Orange, Stardust, to name a couple)</p> <p>However, when I read the book and THEN watch the movie, I am generally disappointed with the adaptation. (Harry Potter, The Help)</p> <p>But there are always exceptions to the rule, like Lord of the Rings, I thought was REALLY well done even though I'd read the books. </p> <p>And although I'd seen the movie The Shining before reading the book, the movie was still shit, to me and the book was fabulous. LOL.</p> <p>ETA: and then, sometimes, both the movie and the book suck equally, like Twilight. :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1950387 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:27:24 +0000 Mamasig 1950387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can only think of two movies where I liked the movie as much or more than the book - The Notebook and Like Water for Chocolate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1950381 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:25:08 +0000 Mrs.KMM 1950381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thinks books are almost always better than their movie adaptations. But some of the adaptations do a better job than others. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1950332 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:03:32 +0000 looch 1950332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Books win, always. Back when I was a kid, I had read all the Anne of Green Gables books. There's a section of the story where Marilla makes Ann a brown dress for a concert. Well, in the movie adaptation, the dress is blue and I couldn't get over it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1949934 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 22:28:23 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 1949934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I almost always prefer the book. The only movie I liked better was The Fault in our Stars. I think they did a great job and I didn't feel like they left out important things or changed anything that bothered me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1949908 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:54:36 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1949908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The book! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1949900 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:36:59 +0000 Adira 1949900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Raindrop: I haven't read Stardust, but my brother said the same thing, so I believe it!</p> <p>Also, I enjoyed The Prestige movie better than the book. And I liked the movie version of The Wizard of Oz better, but that could just be because I saw it first and the book is sooooo different! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1949896 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:35:14 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1949896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The book is better 99% of the time. Some can be well done though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1949812 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 19:35:10 +0000 Raindrop 1949812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Agree the movie was better for Princess Bride. Also Stardust ... the movie was better. :)</p> <p>Most of the time the book is better. </p> <p>One movie that comes to mind that was a pretty interesting - "Girl in the Pearl Earrings", I read the book right before we rented in college... I was the only one that read the book. That movie was interesting because it pretty much assumes you read the book because it basically only filmed highlights of the book... so if you didn't read the book it would seem super disjointed. My friends had to pause the movie quite a bit to have me explain what happened in the book to bridge the two scenes... then there was a lot of "Ohhhh". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1949807 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 19:24:42 +0000 Adira 1949807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Books are almost always better!</p> <p>That said, a lot of movie adaptations are decent. Hunger Games (so far), Harry Potter, Divergent (so far) have all been decent. Though I purposely don't re-read the books right before seeing the movie so I don't notice when they change/leave out pieces.</p> <p>One movie that IS better than the book though is The Princess Bride!! The movie is superior, in my opinion. :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1949804 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 19:23:33 +0000 Synchronicity 1949804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The book, 99% of the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/which-is-better-the-book-or-the-movie#post-1949799 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 19:17:03 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1949799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think I've ever seen a movie that I thought was better than the book, but I did think Harry Potter and Hunger Games did a pretty good job!</p> <p>I think the worst movies are made from books with a lot of descriptive detail or character analysis (Kite Runner comes to mind). The ones with a lot of action (like hunger games and harry potter) seem to be easier to do! </p>