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Originally Posted by Hampshire Nanny
In most cases I prefer to read the book first. I'm OK if the movie deviates from the book, particularly if its done very well. I simply choose to think of it as being a variation on the original. (Think -- the recently published books using Jane Austen's characters.)
My daughter is like you when it comes to SF. She won't read the books, but likes movies. When I asked her why, she says it's because of the vocabulary. When she comes to a word that she doesn't recognize, she doesn't know if it's a person, a place, a tool, or what. In a movie, when a character picks up a thing called a "phaser", aims it at someone, and an energy ray comes out the front, she knows exactly what it is.
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Needless to say your daughter seems to be more visual (I have to say I agree with her logic!).
(If it's SF movie, it less brain-straining compared to reading and imagining the setting and circumstances so her words are pretty reasonable.)