Book Fans vs. Movie Fans - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Birdland · 01-29-2003, 12:33 AM

I think you are taking this too personally, O' Fushia Simian. How many movies have you seen and liked, yet never read the book the the film was based on?<P>I can think of a few well-known authors whose works I only know by watching the filmed versions (Hemingway comes to mind right away.) My bad, I know. As much as I love the works of the good professor, I would never insist that a person read the book before seeing the movie. That <I>would</I> be hypocritical of me. <P>Although, I have to admit, whenever I have read a book based on a film I have seen, I usually find the book to be much, much better.

01-29-2003, 12:33 AM	#11
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	I think you are taking this too personally, O' Fushia Simian. How many movies have you seen and liked, yet never read the book the the film was based on?<P>I can think of a few well-known authors whose works I only know by watching the filmed versions (Hemingway comes to mind right away.) My bad, I know. As much as I love the works of the good professor, I would never insist that a person read the book before seeing the movie. That <I>would</I> be hypocritical of me. <P>Although, I have to admit, whenever I have read a book based on a film I have seen, I usually find the book to be much, much better.