Book vs films

  

Books vs films

At the book corner, we love both books and films. We would often watch a movie and read a book that have the same story, and then compare them to see which ones we prefer. Most of the time it is a fifty-fifty split. There are many points to come to before we decide which we prefer.

Time

Time is a big one when comparing a book against the film that was made from it. You see, a book can be anywhere from one hundred pages to one thousand pages, and you can take your time reading it.

Where as a film can’t really be anymore than four hours long and this can sometimes cause major issues. See, if you have an action packed book then there might not be time to give each scene the time that it had in the book.

This sometimes means that the producer has to put two scenes together [Like they do in Harry Potter] or cut scenes [which they do in almost every book-based movie] either way this can cause annoyance for the fans of the book that the movie is based on.

Character appearances

Sometimes when you are reading a book, you picture the characters in your head. If, when you are watching the film, they don’t look like what you thought they did, then you might not enjoy the movie as much as you enjoyed the book/s

Another thing about character appearance is that you can put an accent on some characters while you read the book, or, the author can have it said that the character sounds a particular way. If the acte doesn’t sound like this then it could lessen your enjoyment of the movie.

Sometimes, the actors are just perfect for the role they play and this can put the movie over the top. Some people think that it doesn’t really make a difference what actors they use but we think that the wrong actor can ruin the whole watch experience.

Characters

Sometimes, a producer will add or take away a character to make the movie s length change. If they remove a character it is usually not a main character, it is for one of many reasons

1. They couldn’t find the right actor

2. Including the character would make the movie longer

3. They wanted to edit the plot and the character doesn’t work in the new version

Producers may cut a character for any of those reasons

If a producer adds a character it is usually because the movie will be too short if they stick by the original script, so they make some slight tweaks to make the movie longer and, in the process of doing so, a little bit more enjoyable for the people who have read the book.

In the end, we couldn’t decide between books and films. If you have a preference, let us know in the comments. Most of the time it depends on the book and the film. Whatever it is for you, let us know.