I haven't seen the film or read the book but I hear this film is a classic. I prefer reading to seeing films so I bought the book. However... if anyone here has both read and seen the film, would you advise me to read it or see it first?
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I just saw your post and you probably have already made a decision, but just in case anyone else is wondering...
I always prefer to read the book first because you can never put a whole book into a movie, even a mini series will leave you with less than the whole picture, and I like to learn as much as possible about the characters and background of the story prior to seeing the film.
Just my own opinion, of course, and I do not find that reading the book first in any way keeps me from enjoying the movie!
Any one else have a comment or opinion on this subject?
Well, we have exactly the same opinion, that's why I was interested to hear from someone who'd dealt with this specific story. Sometimes the film is better than the book. I bought the book and read the start, it's not very well written at all but not badly written either. I hope it's mostly about the story because so far I'm not stimulated by the lack of literary skill.
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I've done it both ways and generally prefer the book. Whether I've read the book first or not, I always get annoyed when something totally awesome in the book isn't in the movie, or they make major plot changes for seemingly no reason. Either way, the book is usually more enjoyable since you get to flex your imagination more. Carrie is an excellent example of the two mediums telling the same story in very different ways.
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I saw the movie then read the book, including tge sequel to the book. I have to say I enjoyed both. They both are same yet uniquely different and good. There are some parts that they ripped right out the book (i.e. the Flamingo club scene) and some things that they changed but you could see why they changed it. The changes also benefitted the book. I think the only complaint was the reason they didn't talk in the book was more understandable than in the movie.
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