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Originally Posted by JoeD
That's something I struggle with when it comes to watching movies first or reading the books. I tend to end up watching the movie first anyway knowing that even though I'll now picture some things as they were in the films, I'll get much more out of the books in terms of depth. Whilst the other way around, I find I don't enjoy a film as much because they cut out too much from the book or changed too much.
Wonder if most book readers prefer to read book first then film or vice-versa.
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I always try to read books firsts and (sometimes) watch the movies much later (on free TV or library). In many good books then movies pairs: Harry Potter, Dan Brown, Lord of the Ring ... I found that that the movies are really confusing (trying to squeeze too much into the short movie, but not enough to link the story together). Moreover, I find that putting moving pictures and sound effects to magical creatures and spells actually limit one's imagination and ruin the magical theme.