Do you typically enjoy films that are based off of books or do you avoid them? Depends on the book/movie. If I'm not into the genre, I'm not going to read the book OR watch the film. If the plot sounds interesting, I'll watch it. Generally it doesn't really matter to me if it's a book adaptation unless I'm a huge fan of the book - in which case I'll watch it and hope they don't fuck it up. If I've read the book and liked it okay, I'll watch the movie but don't worry much about how well they've adapted it. If I didn't like the book, I won't bother with the movie unless reliable sources tell me it's good.
Would you rather read the book or watch the movie first? I prefer reading the book first. In some cases I haven't watched movies because I haven't got around to reading the book yet (*cough*hungergames*cough*). IDK, it's just less enjoyable to read a book when you already know what happens (even if it's probably not exactly what happens). With movies, I don't care so much. And it's more fun to imagine the characters and places
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I like when film novelizations or tv tie-in novels mention relationships from the film/television, but I like it when the relationships are approached the same way as they are on the show/movie, as interactions throughout the actual plot of the movie or show. I don't like when stuff loses their plot just to follow a romance, but I sometimes like a well developed relationship in a film or films that explore relationships for reasons other than pleasing the box office. I wish films didn't feel like they automatically need to have a love interest though. It always seems better if that kind of stuff comes from the chemistry, not the requirement of films of any genre having romance
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I wish films didn't feel like they automatically need to have a love interest though.
Times a million! Many movies already have more than enough plot without adding unnecessary romance. A lot of the time it's so unrealistic, too. You can definitely tell they only added "romance" so they can have a sexy scene or a woman getting undressed. *eyeroll*
I think I actually own one of the Psych tie-ins, but I haven't read it yet. :p
I'm a fast reader. Depending on the book, the time commitment isn't as big a deal for me. But there's still less effort involved in watching a movie. Plus, if I'm not sure whether I'll like it, I'd rather watch the movie. I'll be less mad if it turns out I don't like it. *g*
But as a huge HP fan, I did spend most of my time watching them for the first time nitpicking stuff and exchanging "oh no, why did they change that bit?!" whispers with my friends.
I think my biggest nitpick with HP was in GoF the movie (I mean, aside from the whole bit in PoA when Lupin could have taken 30 seconds at the end to explain to Harry that Lupin, Remus and James made the frickin' Marauder's map- WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN THAT DIFFICULT?!) when Harry was participating in the first task and had to get the egg from the dragon. The whole movie overall was a huge disappointment to me because it's my favourite book of the series and after how stylized the third movie was the fourth was SO bland and dull. ANYWAY.
So Harry's got to get the egg from the dragon and the dragon GETS LOOSE AND CHASES HIM AROUND THE CASTLE GROUNDS. No one tries to stop it, save him, help him, call foul, etc. And it was TOTALLY unnecessary anyway. UGH.
We never even get to see Charlie Weasley. EVER. I'm still mad about that, tbh. (And no, that tiny, grainy newspaper image so doesn't count.)
But yeah, that bit with the dragon was ridiculous. Where were the dozen dragon tamers? And if not them, I'm sure the teachers and Ministry officials at the event might have done something other than sit around and gasp whenever Harry nearly died. But it was probably done for added drama because WOW DRAGON. I'm all for WOW DRAGON, but not if they make it ridiculous.
I've seen GoF, but nothing past that. Tbh, I don't really remember the movies that well - I saw each of them when they came out, so it's been a while... I never saw much of a reason to see them again. The only one I've seen more than once is the first. I've been thinking about watching the rest though because I am a little curious about how they've gone about things in the latter movies. Plus, like you said, they do look great - all the gorgeous HP graphics that appear on my dash every day make me even more curious to actually see the movies. (If I do see them, I'll probably mentally separate them from the books because I know I'll be annoyed by some of the changes, and treating the movies and the books like separate branches of the same fandom sort of help
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Novelizations frustrate me to no end, because I find them mostly to be a boring regurgitation of film events, BUT THEN there are always a few little interesting nuggets that have cool implications.
Like, I've never even finished reading the novelization for Firefly's Serenity film, but there's one little random piece of information that indicates why one character even knows another character in the first place, and it has so many backstory implications!
I am totally with you with LotR and HP. Since I was a huge fan of Harry Potter and read the books as they came out and then saw the movies I did nitpick a lot of little things when I first watched them, too. I think they worked pretty well as far as I could tell. Movie!Ron was ultimately a little disappointing, but I've seen far worse adaptions.
I've never heard of City of Ember. Is it worth checking out, maybe?
Movie!Ron was indeed disappointing. And so was movie!Ginny if you compare her to the book version. I can see why they can't put seven books worth of character development and details into the movies, but where was the kickass bat-bogey hex wielding Ginny
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Depends on the book/movie. If I'm not into the genre, I'm not going to read the book OR watch the film. If the plot sounds interesting, I'll watch it. Generally it doesn't really matter to me if it's a book adaptation unless I'm a huge fan of the book - in which case I'll watch it and hope they don't fuck it up. If I've read the book and liked it okay, I'll watch the movie but don't worry much about how well they've adapted it. If I didn't like the book, I won't bother with the movie unless reliable sources tell me it's good.
Would you rather read the book or watch the movie first?
I prefer reading the book first. In some cases I haven't watched movies because I haven't got around to reading the book yet (*cough*hungergames*cough*). IDK, it's just less enjoyable to read a book when you already know what happens (even if it's probably not exactly what happens). With movies, I don't care so much. And it's more fun to imagine the characters and places ( ... )
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Times a million! Many movies already have more than enough plot without adding unnecessary romance. A lot of the time it's so unrealistic, too. You can definitely tell they only added "romance" so they can have a sexy scene or a woman getting undressed. *eyeroll*
I think I actually own one of the Psych tie-ins, but I haven't read it yet. :p
I'm a fast reader. Depending on the book, the time commitment isn't as big a deal for me. But there's still less effort involved in watching a movie. Plus, if I'm not sure whether I'll like it, I'd rather watch the movie. I'll be less mad if it turns out I don't like it. *g*
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I haven't read any since then BECAUSE it was so bad.
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I think my biggest nitpick with HP was in GoF the movie (I mean, aside from the whole bit in PoA when Lupin could have taken 30 seconds at the end to explain to Harry that Lupin, Remus and James made the frickin' Marauder's map- WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN THAT DIFFICULT?!) when Harry was participating in the first task and had to get the egg from the dragon. The whole movie overall was a huge disappointment to me because it's my favourite book of the series and after how stylized the third movie was the fourth was SO bland and dull. ANYWAY.
So Harry's got to get the egg from the dragon and the dragon GETS LOOSE AND CHASES HIM AROUND THE CASTLE GROUNDS. No one tries to stop it, save him, help him, call foul, etc. And it was TOTALLY unnecessary anyway. UGH.
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But yeah, that bit with the dragon was ridiculous. Where were the dozen dragon tamers? And if not them, I'm sure the teachers and Ministry officials at the event might have done something other than sit around and gasp whenever Harry nearly died. But it was probably done for added drama because WOW DRAGON. I'm all for WOW DRAGON, but not if they make it ridiculous.
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Like, I've never even finished reading the novelization for Firefly's Serenity film, but there's one little random piece of information that indicates why one character even knows another character in the first place, and it has so many backstory implications!
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I've never heard of City of Ember. Is it worth checking out, maybe?
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