Entry #4. For the Love of Books
How is it that the books are always better than the movies? There is a lot that goes behind that idea, whether they be obvious or not. To most people it is common knowledge that the books are better. To others, it may seem as though the books are not. However, let me share with you some of the plain, and not so plain, reasons why books are so regarded as highly superior.
Books are usually very descriptive which allows us to get lost in our imagination. With books we get caught-up in them, their world, and their characters. The authors are able to go into so much more detail than any screen writer ever could. Authors describe a scene to you and you create the image in your mind. Reading is stimulating. When reading books, we work our brains which allows us to be more engaged. While with movies or shows, we are presented with scenes and actors to look at, causing us to have a more passive experience. Movies can be disappointing when they do not look or feel the way people want, or expect them to. This is one of the other reasons why books are so special. They are unique and personal to everyone. No two people have the same image of them, or experience with them.
Another reason the movies create disappointment is that they have to be cut short. Most movies last 90 minutes to 120 minutes. Movies usually don't do the books justice because they are not able to build up, show character development, or include every detail like a writer does in the book. They might also change details about characters, like making them more attractive. One example would be Harry Potter. Even though these movies are very well loved (even by me), they leave out many details throughout all eight movies. People often get lost watching them, and have to refer to the internet to obtain more knowledge on what is going on. They also change certain peoples' appearances drastically, ultimately annoying the fans for not sticking to the books.
Of course, there are times when movies and shows are so well made that some of these reasons do not apply. People often have connections to movies too, maybe it being a childhood favorite. However, books have a different way of connecting to people, and creating endearment. They might make you waste a whole day reading, finishing the book in one go. Books might make you think of when someone you love would read to you as a kid. Books have a way of engaging your mind, causing deep connections to them and the characters.
I would love to hear your thoughts on this topic too! Feel free to share your opinions, agreeing and even disagreeing.
Hello there Liberty I wanted to say that I enjoyed reading your blog. You made it very interesting to me because I’m into books and your right about books and movies. Movies tend to show a lot of clips that are very interesting/emotional. On the other hand, books tend to go more in depth like giving more details about places the characters are at or they explain a character’s personality more in depth. Obviously those aren’t the only things books cover but that’s what I had or came to mind. Overall I liked your topic and I can agree that books are way better than movies. Apart from them enhancing our reading and writing and etc.
ReplyDeleteHello Liberty, great-interesting blog here. I liked how you started your blog in the first paragraph, in which you started with a question, and in the last sentence, you wrote what this blog was going to be about. I like how in your reasons you go back and forth from the differences in books and movies. Personally, for me, I prefer movies or books (even though I'm very picky in which movies I want to see or not see), but you did a great job with this blog.
ReplyDeleteHi Liberty, great topic for your blog. Personally, I'm not much of a ready but I still agree with you. There are many movies that didn't give the book version enough justice. City of Embers, Harry Potter (especially Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix), The Hobbit. You're absolutely right when you say that movies are cut to short to be able to go as in-depth as books do or that movies don't give us (the audience) enough room for our imaginations to run wild. For instance, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was an amazing book. In it there are strings of mystery and the reader is left curious about who casts the dark mark over the quidditch match and what happened to Barty Crouch Jr. But the movie doesn't give the audience the same feeling of mystery. In the movie, we see off the bat who casts the dark mark and we are literally told half way through the movie who is and what happened to Barty Crouch Jr. It is very disappointing that movies can't always live up to the books.
ReplyDeleteHi Liberty! I totally agree with you, books are so much better. Even though I love watching movies and often will watch more movies than I should, they just aren't as exciting. Coming from someone who just started to try and read more, I've realized how much I've been missing out! You're so right, books just have way more details and character developments that movies never will. I don't think I'll get into reading the Harry Potter books but it was a great example you used!
ReplyDeleteI love how the image at the top of this blog post illustrates this difference between books and movie.
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