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Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash
Same.
I'm a visual reader, and by reading the book first, my vision of it is free of outside influence. For me, that is the magic of reading, and I don't want my experience shaped and limited by someone else's artistic vision of the story, which is what happens if I watch the movie first.
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Does not the same thing happen either way? If you read the book first, then invariably the characters and scenes in the movie do not match what your imagination created while reading the book, leading to instant disappointment.
When I read the book after watching the movie, yes, initially my expectations are colored by the movie. However, the book is so much richer in detail that, within a chapter or two, my own imagination takes over and the movie is soon forgotten - particularly if some time has elapsed between the two events (watching and reading).
Having said that, I rarely practice this in either form. I prefer simply to read (or listen to) the book. The few times that I've seen a movie after reading the book have ended in disappointment. The few times I've picked up a book after seeing the movie have not.