Do you agree or disagree? Reading fiction(such as novels and short stories) is more enjoyable than watching movies. |
The lord of the ring, which was the movie that has got a huge amount of popularity all over the world, would never even exist, if it were not for the novel 'The lord of the ring,' which was the origin of the movie. Most people who live in the world of three dimensional images, are likely to watch a movie or television rather than to read a book. However, reading a novel is more valuable than watching a movie for several reasons. Because novels can explain and portray much more things than movies, and also those are not constrained by the limit of space and time and even money when write it.
Fitrst of all, novels are not limited by 'running time,' which is that a movie maker always keep in mind when they film it, so novels are able to portray a lot of details that movies cannot explain. For example, when I saw a movie that I have read the novel about the movie before, I could not feel any impression from that movie. Because It compressed too many scenes and story from the novel. And even some of the story line was changed. Anyway, in a nut shell, that movie was so wierd for me, and after that, I never watch a movie that I have read a novel about the movie.
On top of that, writers of novels are not restrained by money, and their imagination can reach beyond the reality of the world, thus novels have much more materials that can be written in their works. On the other hand, movie makers cannot make their movies beyond their budgets and given time, so they do not have any ways to make their stories more creative than novel writers. The best suitable example of this point is 'Harry Potter.' The writer of 'Harry Potter' was a divorecd British woman taht the only thing she had was huge debts and her little son. However, she started a novel for her son and other children. And she published it to earn some money as a secondary job. However, after that, Harry Potter became the most popular novel in England, and its popularity spreaded out to all over the world. Eventually, a few years ago, the movie of Harry Potter was made. If it were not for the novel 'Harry Potter,' the movie could not exist in the first place.
To sum up, novels are superior to movies, because novels can explain and portray much more things than movies, and also those are not constrained by the limits of space and time and money when write it. I want to mention as my final comment is that people's creativity can go further than any scenes of movies. |