Blogging is your opportunity to explore your thoughts and share your higher level thinking. And it is so much easier than you think it is.
Without much thought, 3 potential topics for my own post have surfaced:
- Rereading
- Libraries
- Lit to screen:
After letting the prospects simmer for a while, I've decided to focus on the idea of Literature to Screen.
I binge watched 13 episodes (roughly 13 hours) of 13 Reasons Why this weekend. Really enjoyable; I recommend. I read the book several years ago. Typical of my reading experience, I remember I liked the book, but almost nothing else. Watching the television show was almost like experiencing the story for the first time. As I watched, I couldn't help but wonder about the role watching a screen adaptation plays in comparison to reading. Is one medium better than the other?
Part of me (probably the English teacher part) screams the book is better. But really, I think it is an idea needing exploration.
And one I'll come back to, but for the moment, I have a goal to keep this post short. As you consider the seed of thought I've planted, I'd be interested in knowing your thoughts on visual v. textual.
I have not read many, if any books that have been a movie before. I find myself watching movies and then trying to read the book and I already know what is going to happen so I quit reading it. I feel as if I read the book first I would feel the same way watching the movie after reading the book.
ReplyDeleteI'm a little surprised that you find reading the book after watching the movie disappointing (for lack of a better word). Almost always the book offers so much more than the screen adaptation. Interesting.
DeleteI haven't read very many books before my senior year. This class is the only reason I've actually finished a book. I read a book and then watched the movie. Honestly I like the movie more because they make it more realistic but they leave out the little details that the book covers.
ReplyDeleteI think that the only book that I have read and watched the movie was The Hunger Games. I had read the book first, right when it came out and then I watched the movie after I read the book. I don't feel like I could watch the movie and then read the book because I feel like I know what is already going to happen even if it is different, there has to be some similarities.
ReplyDeleteYours is the 2nd comment I read - and the 2nd that mentioned you don't often read the book and see the movie.
DeleteSomehow I'm surprised by those comments. It feels like so many books become movies, I just expected that most people have seen many movies that were also books they'd read.
My surprise is neither good or bad. Just interesting.
I read Friday Night Lights after I watched the movie. I thought the book was a lot better then the movie. This is one of the few books that I have read and watched the movie. The book was better because it went into way more detail than the movie did.
ReplyDeleteIn general. . . do you think that either a movie or a book is a better medium to be exposed to literature? Is it better to see the movie or read the book?
DeleteI fairly seldom read books, and watch movies. I remember reading City of Ember in 5th grade and watching the movie in the class. I guess the book was good but I think Mr. Stephan's narration may have added to the experience.
ReplyDeleteIn general is there a difference between reading or viewing?
Deleteone of the books that i read and saw the movie was holes. it was a good book. read holes in 8th grade. i think that the movie was better then the book. just because i don't like to read.
ReplyDeleteYes - I agree. Typically if you like the movie, you'll really like the book.
DeleteBut what about viewing vs. reading. Is one better than the other?
I read and saw both 1 & 2 of Percy Jackson movies and books. Iv also read the rest of the series, I find the book more appealing and interesting than the movie.
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