I've done it both ways, and every single time I always prefer the book over the movie - perhaps because with the book I create my own images, voices and sounds. What I've learned from this is to watch the movie before reading the book, this way the movie feels less disappointing,



From all the movie adaptations I've watched and have read the books, I think that The Color Purple was the most faithful one.



I teach computer classes to kids in public primary schools (6-12 years old). As PCs are usually not enough for each kid to sit alone (classes often comprise of up to 20-25 kids), 2-3 kids, sometimes even 4, have to share a PC. I let them form the groups on their own. What I've noticed is that the younger kids more often than not form mixed groups. An exception to this are the timid ones that usually only feel comfortable teaming up with their one close buddy and the even shyer ones that seem to not have a close buddy at al; these two groups tend to just stand there undecided which other groups to join. As age goes up they tend to stick to their own gender (perhaps due to the early puberty stage where they "hate" each other before realising that they actually very much like and need each other ;-P). This pattern seems to extend to the play yard too, from what I've observed.
Granted, my experience is limited to a few hundred kids in total and probably can't be used as a reliable sample, but I think it can at least serve as an indication on where things stand.



My former dentist (now retired) is gay. I used to hang out with him as we shared some interests (he's got a kid now, donated his sperm to a close friend of his), and I have to say that nth about him made it obvious that he was gay.
OTOH, I had a classmate in high school that seemed to have a more obvious feminine side, and most wondered if he was gay, but he was nth of the sort.

So yes, it's mostly stereotyping people based on traditional male and female models/ roles/ attitudes, and I don't think it's just happening in the US.

Would seeing the movie first not spoil your ability to imagine your own images, voices and sounds? If you see the character on the movie, your brain would usually associate that person with the character of the book. Instead of creating the world in your own mind, which is one of the greatest things about books, you would be picturing what you saw in the movie.

Ellen Page did not say that, of course. It was written by Robert Stacy McCain in his blog The Other McCain in a rather ludicrous and bad-tempered article by a man yelling about feminism.

http://theothermccain.com/2014/05/02/lesbian-is-now-a-fashion-statement-also-gender-identity-roles-and-feminism/

No, because to me books have a very special place in my heart and nth can "taint" that relationship or the experience. It comes naturally to me to "forget"/ shut out the fact that I've watched a movie that is based on a specific book I start to read; if the book is a good read and immerses me, then the words just create their own images and sounds in my head with no effort on my side. Only after having finished the book and after everything has sunk in, do I allow any comparisons to the movie - the movie always loses. :-D

You Disgust Me! go back to your Feminazi Bulldykes because you're as sick and twisted as they are!

It is often the same for me. I am not a big movie watcher, so I very rarely see a movie before a book, but on the few occasions I have, I do tend to picture the movie, at first. Once I have become immersed in the book, the movie seems to vanish and my own world starts to form. I think that's why books are still so popular and have something movies never could have. They allow you to create your own world. Everyone who reads the book creates their own version of the world, they experiences the world, the characters and the story in their own unique way.

P.S. Run, Coward! ;-)

I'm a Male and I AGREE with ^^this^^ *Wipes units a$$ after unit went toilet FFS*
Sometimes it's good Not to have to interact sometimes it's good to put on a DVD or sixty

It's way too realistic. I pictured such an event happen in our life, and this saddened me greatly. It almost made me cry, and it's just F-ing animation. I need to re-watch it now, but I may end up enraged like last time simply because how sad the ending is. I like happy endings....and that was NOT happy. Not for me....

This. I also almost never watch the movies that are made from books I read since they never can meet my expectations since I have my own variant of the world, the characters and everything.

I usually don't mind watching a movie after I have read the book, usually just to see how unfaithful the move adaptation is. It never really effects the world I created, I usually spend the time watching the movie comparing my own created world to that of the movie, and usually I prefer my own, which is to be expected, because I made it :-).

But won't the book suffer then? I currently have this problem with Game of Thrones -- I don't know whether to read the books first or watch the show first, because one is probably going to make the other less enjoyable.

I would take a book over any movie. It depends on the movie and how the previews look if it would ever live up to my vision of it, so that really decides if it worth it to watch of pass.

Have you ever seen a movie which you preferred over the book, or that showed the world better than you imagined it?

I can't recall ever seeing a movie I preferred over the book. There have been some that were impressive or that did a good job of creating the world, but I still prefer the book and my own take on the world and the characters.

As stated on:
http://www.gog.com/forum/general/the_girls_of_gog_giveaway_no_boys_allowed/post528
She didn't actually say that.