Wednesday, November 3, 2010

The Problems with Most Movies

Reading the book might take days to finish, while watching the movie only takes a couple of hours. What do i prefer the Novel or the movie? Well, i prefer the Novel because it's in your hands, also because its very descriptive. When directors cast roles for films, they don’t always get it the way you would want it to be. You may find yourself disappointed by movie versions that don’t live up to your imagination. A classic complaint about movie versions concerns the deletion of material the reader finds important, which in Jane Eyre is taking out the gypsy scene, the proposal of St. John, etc. Point is, movies don't live up to the standards of the actual hard copy of the novel.

1 comment:

  1. I completely agree with you! Though a book is for someone who loves to use their imagination, it's much easier to watch the movie to see how things have been interpreted. But it is also true that movies leave out important parts that were mentioned in the novel.

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