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View Poll Results: Books or Movie?
Books 16 66.67%
Movie 8 33.33%
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Old February 2, 2007, 5:01 PM   #11
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i find that book are way more interesting...but there is always exceptions either way
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Quite a few movies I've seen were MUCH better when they were just as books.

...though Lord of the Rings is arguable...sure, they pulled it off quite nicely, but still left out a lot of stuff...
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I prefer the books, although I will watch the movie also.
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I prefer Movies, much faster than reading the book(s) and gives you the important parts of the story well, most of the time.
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Old April 20, 2007, 10:47 PM   #15
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im completely ignorant when it comes to books i will not read one at all especially if i could watch a film.
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im completely ignorant when it comes to books i will not read one at all especially if i could watch a film.
Your writing reflects that.

Anyways, I rather have books. It leads more to the imagination and I am always fascinated by writing. So, in turn, books > movies.

For those movie lovers, I have one thing to say: usuk.
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i love any managa that was turned into a movie and any move turned into a managa, i love anime too much to dislike any thing like that, and i only dont like anime with badly drew
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Books are the superior by a long shot. Most movies pale in comparison to their book brethren. A movie can very rarely even come close to picking up the details that a book can bring to life, let alone the sheer quantity of information that a book can provide because of it's lack of limitations.

Books also do not have to rely on actors to properly portray emotions, subtlety, and the likes. A book is not limited to an actor, or more often than not, a group of actor's abilities. If a book is well written, it is a good book. However, if a script is well written, it could still suck on screen.

Finally, your imagination oft dictates how you read and perceive a book, while a movie does all the imagining for you.

All around books are by far greater than movies, with very few exceptions. Typically a movie only wins when it was made before the book, and that is a rare occasion.
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Your writing reflects that.

Anyways, I rather have books. It leads more to the imagination and I am always fascinated by writing. So, in turn, books > movies.

For those movie lovers, I have one thing to say: usuk.
hahahahaha no doubt it does u knob im joking, i know its true. But ive never understood why someone would want to read a book when they could see a film, but that just my opinion
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Well I really like both. I mean I don't really read much so i'd probably say movie. But it's very hard to find a very good book i'm interested in. Only ones i tend to be interested in are the Dark Tower Series, Harry Potter, and Slapboxing with Jesus. But Movies aren't exactly inferior to books. some movies have VERY deep meanings and story developments that books can't even cover like Lily Chou-Chou, Amelie, Aviator movie like that.
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