Read the Book Before the Movie

“I like to read the book first, because if I watch the movie first then the images from the movie kind of influence how I imagine everything.. so I prefer to read first and then see if the movie matches the imagery in my head.. plus books very often have more information than the movie… like The Hunger Games books are exponentially better than the movies because there is a lot of build up before action and also in the books we get the main characters thought process, for example, before Katniss blows up the Careers supplies, it’s like three pages of thought process and missing the bag multiple times before the action actually happens and everything blows up.. in the movie it happens in the blink of an eye with no build up and barely any tension. Now having read the book first, it adds to that scene when watching the movie.”

“I like watching the movie first so that when I read the book, I feel like I'm getting the "director's cut" and learning more about how things actually went down. I think doing it in this order also because I'm rarely let down. So many movies just don't capture the book well, then I'm left feeling disappointed. Reading the book after seeing the movie has always left me in higher spirits.”

“I make a point of never reading a book before seeing the movie. A movie must always leave out details simply because you cannot pack all the details of a book into a movie. Reading a book after seeing the movie feels like experiencing a more detailed directors cut, whereas when you read the book first, you're always annoyed by the film leaving out bits you were looking forward to seeing. Always experience the less detailed version - the movie - first. Otherwise, disappointment is nearly guaranteed. Such has been my experience.”