Sunday, May 9, 2010

Through the rankings on my poll, I have started to see that many people enjoy watching movies instead of reading books. I agree that movies are a much quicker and more efficient way to learn a story, but a book is more of an adventure. Although I do not have a problem with movies in general, I do have a problem with books being revised into movies. I do not believe that I am the only person who believes this and Richard Corliss backs me up in his article in Time Magazine. He says that there is "a risk involved" in converting books to movies. He is correct in his statement. Many devote readers do not like copycat movies because they have drawn up and imagined every character and every scene in their own minds and every little change in this is a tradgedy. Because of this, readers become extremely critical of every little decision the director of a movie makes. It is like walking on a bed of nails, which is a postion that I would not like to be in. I believe that books are best when left as books and movies should be composed of original ideas.

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