Should You Read a Book Before Seeing the Movie?

Many people have very strong beliefs on whether or not you should read a book before seeing the movie. Many people would argue that reading the book just ruins the movie experience, because you already know what is going to happen. But I think that reading the book before seeing the movie is the way to go.

You can never go wrong with reading, because reading paints a picture in your mind about what is happening in the book, then watching the movie just brings it all to life on screen. To can see if what you thought about the characters, such as what they looked like, or how you envisioned them compares to what the directors and people making the film envision the characters. I do agree that with some books that reading the book first ruins the movies main disaster that occurs throughout the plot, but knowing what is going to happen sometimes can be fun. Sometimes even the book and movie are completely different from each other and you are still surprised by what happens.

Since a lot of the time the books are completely different from the movies, there are a lot of events that you may be expecting yet don’t occur because of how the director wanted the movie to flow. Sometimes however this can end up being a good thing, because you are surprised by the twist in events which can make the movie exciting to watch, because you have no idea what will happen next. On the other hand though, some people don’t like when directors change any little thing about the movie, when in reality if the movie went directly from the book you would be watching a seven hour movie, and everyone would just get bored. However I can understand when people say they don’t like the changes that directors have made to the movie, because if the book was perfect the way it was, it is hard for people to give up all the things they loved about the book.

One example of a book/movie that was made perfectly, and both book readers and movie goers, agreed one hundred percent on was both The Hunger Games and Catching Fire. I totally agree with both groups of these people, I read the book trilogy and saw both the movies, and thought they were all good books and movies. This may be one of the only movie/book sets in the modern era that everyone has agreed on, but I’m sure that there will be more movie that book lovers hate, but movie lover love. But there will also be movies/books like The Hunger Games which will be made in our generation. Your interpretation of these books compared to the movies is totally up to you, I’m just putting it out there that sometimes the best way to make your own movie is read a book, and it will paint your own picture in your head.