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Who agrees with me that a book is almost completely ruined when it is turned into a movie? Take the Harry Potter's for example. Has anyone else read them?

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Permalink Reply by Callie Leah on September 20, 2009 at 6:26am

What REALLY ticks me off, is when they make a series of books then put something in let's say the first movie that happened in the second or third or so on book. I hate it when that happens.

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Permalink Reply by Jasmine Andrade on October 26, 2009 at 2:06am

What I do is if I know a movie is based on a book I'll read the book first then watch the movie. There's no use blaming the scriptwriters, not everyone has the same perspective of what everything looks like and they can only do so much. Anyway, we all know for a fact the book is always better than the movie.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Ann Burgos on October 31, 2009 at 4:41pm

I agree completely. I really hate when they leave out so many details. That's what makes a book so much greater. Also, I like being able to picture how the characters look. When I see how the actors look, I am so disapointed because I forget how I thought they looked.

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Permalink Reply by Callie Leah on November 1, 2009 at 2:45am

That's exactly what happens to me! I realize that I get lost in a book, and I don't even know what's going on around me, and I when I come back, I don't even remember what I thought they looked like. I just imagine a ball of light, sort of. But when I see characters in movies, I don't even see a ball of light anymore. I just see disappointment.

Julie Ann Burgos said:

I agree completely. I really hate when they leave out so many details. That's what makes a book so much greater. Also, I like being able to picture how the characters look. When I see how the actors look, I am so disapointed because I forget how I thought they looked.

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Permalink Reply by Sandra Kitchen on November 2, 2009 at 1:16am

Well, since I am nosy I had to read them to see why people were lining up at bookstores. I do love how they let your imagination take over.

scribbler said:

Sandra, I agree. I don't think any movie producer can match what our minds visualize. Good point. Are you a Harry Potter fan yourself?

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Permalink Reply by Michael K. Jones on February 1, 2010 at 1:49am

No!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Callie Leah on February 2, 2010 at 1:24am

You mean you think that they don't ruin the book? Because I can give you about ten examples as to where they left out a huge part in a movie that was crucial to the plot.

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