MOVIES VS. BOOKS

How many times have you gone out the movies and said: “it was good but I prefer the book?” Nowadays it is not new to hear that a movie is based on a book. Harry Potter, the Chronicles of Narnia, the Lord of the Rings, the Twilight Saga, Interview with the Vampire; and even some titles of Stephen King and Charles Brown have been made into movies, but I believe that books are always better because you can use your imagination, the content is different and also you can learn from them.

When you read book you mind will be more active than when you watch a movie. When you go to see a movie, you already have the images of all the sets and the actors have been selected to perfectly portray the character, but even though with this already given to you, you think that there is something missing .When you read a book you can activate your imagination, and you can create your own sets, and picture the characters as you believe they can be.

Most of the movies based on books tend to last from two to three hours top, because it is very tiring to be sitting for more than three hours. This is a limitation for the movie, because writers have to eliminate a lot of content from the book. When you read the book, you have more information that is essential to understand it, so when you got to the movies and realize that they eliminate essential information the movie may not have been completely understand.

As I said before, when you watch a movie you are not very active, you are just sitting watching images on a screen and listening to the scrip, but most of the times we cannot pay fully attention to the movie. When you are reading you not only activate you imagination, but also you can learn spelling, grammar, new vocabulary and you increase your reading ability, which help you have better grades, because your comprehension will be better.

In my case I will read the book and then watch the movie, but I will always believe that books are better than movies not only because you activate your imagination, the content is better and you can learn from them. Books are good for everybody, they are amazing tools for our learning, maybe when you read a book is because you want to read it and you do not notice that you are learning but eventually it will be helpful for you.