Movie And Book Comparison Essay

A lot of parents want their kids to read the book then watch the movie. But why? If you read the book, you have an image in your head of what the character looks like, what their voices sound like, and what the scene looks like, and usually it is pretty good. But when you watch the movie, all those images get shattered.

When you read a book, there may be parts of the book that you really like that you would like at see on the TV screen. But then, when the movie finally comes out, the part you like isn’t even filmed! Like in Addicted, there was one part that always made me want more. It was the part when Zoe fell for the young guy Quincy which she described as a hot cup of chocolate”. I really wanted to see that part in the movie, but when the movie finally came out, that part of the book was not what the book had made it out be. I bet that this has happened to a lot of people and that they were all disappointed.

Another thing is when you watch a movie, you start thinking that the characters in the book actually look like the actors that are in the movie. The movie producers use famous people to act out the characters in the book. For example, in the Addicted, Zoe cheated on her husband with Quincey who was tall, dark, built with a six pack, curly hair, and nice brown
With a movie, you don’t have to read anything, you can watch a movie while doing homework if you wanted to. But with a book, the only thing you can do is read, you can’t read a book and do homework at the same time, that’s impossible. I’m not saying that I wouldn’t read a book just because I had to actually read it, but when you’re reading a book, all you can do is read the book. But, with a book, you can bring it anywhere you want, and stop whenever you like and later, just start reading exactly where you stopped. But with a movie, you kind of have to watch it at home, and you have to remember when you stopped in order to start