Stay to the Lights

Even though The Giver movie will be a bit different than the book, I think I'm gonna read it before I see it.

ky02121

I try to. I even do it for television shows. I was about to watch the first episode ofOutlander, but then I realized it's based on a book series. I promptly added the ebook to my library list. I'll catch up with it after I finish the first book.

Books give you so much more detail and background than film.

Drunk On You

They do.

I try to too. It also depends.

TV series, if I haven't read the series I usually don't bother. Especially since for the most part the tv show is so much different.

Stay to the Lights

That's true, but I try to read the book of a TV series, because I am always interested in where the story came from originally.

Drunk On You

Depending on what it is, I try. But if I don't get to it before I watch the show I usually don't bother.

I tried to read GG after s1. yeah didn't work too well.

Stay to the Lights

Yeah. I read part of that series... but after watching the whole series lately, I plan to finish the books

fly me to the moon

It happened to me plus I have to admit that I prefer GG books more than TV shows..

Countess.

When it comes to movies, I don't always have to read the book before going to the cinema. I mean, it's a totally different experience, imo, reading a book and imagining people and places the way you want them to be, rather than just watching a movie. Some movies are marvellous, though, but it often happens to be the book that I prefer over them.

CityGal

Same. I don't have to. I love the Lord of the Rings movies, but I just can't with the book. Too much Middle Earth lingo confusion for me. Yet, my SO loves the novel trilogy and The Hobbit and reads them multiple times.

So it all depends on the movie, but usually I've read the book first.

fly me to the moon

Yeah, I agree w/ this..

magikhands1

It's not a requirement, but I find that I enjoy the movie more if I haven't read the book first due to the fact that it annoys me when they change details of a book for the movie. So when I read a book after the movie, I enjoy the book more ... but that's just me

Drunk On You

I can see that. That and if they are turning a series into movies, if you wait till after you see that particular movie to read the corresponding book you won't spoil yourself.

CityGal

I don't mind spoilers. It may even increase my desire to read the book, because I'm trying to figure out the "how" the story reached its ending.

Drunk On You

Before I read the Twilight series I actually looked up each book and read the main plot lines, so I pretty much knew what was going to happen in each book.

Stay to the Lights

That's true