You read a book? CONGRATULATIONS! *pops you one in the face*

[Vesayen]

Originally posted by MikeH
Vesayen your point is that it's OK to say that the movie is better than a book but not OK to say that the book was better than the movie?

Do you not think that's irrational and hypocritical? I do.

Are you somehow trying to drag politicall corectness into this and call me a racist :?

Originally posted by JohnT
So Vesayen is pissed because people are proud of reading, and in the middle of his rant pops in a "I read three books a week" blast.

Oh, the irony is killing me.

Which was followed by "I think most of apolyton is readers so I'm sure this pisses you off as well"

[MikeH]

Originally posted by Vesayen


Are you somehow trying to drag politicall corectness into this and call me a racist :?

I never mentioned anything of the sort.

[JohnT]

Which was followed by "I think most of apolyton is readers so I'm sure this pisses you off as well"

Not at all. I'm always good for a movie vs. book critique any day of the week.

[Theben]

Considering my work schedule if I manage to read 1 book a week it's a minor accomplishment.
I read plenty of other crap, tho'. Most of it 1 page long, from wanna-be writers or self-aggrandizing bastards.

[Kropotkin]

Originally posted by Theben
I read plenty of other crap, tho'. Most of it 1 page long, from wanna-be writers or self-aggrandizing bastards.

You don't have to read on the apolyton forum if you don't want to...

[Shogun Gunner]

Originally posted by duke o' york
I can't be bothered to read this thread - I'll wait until the movie comes out because it'll be better anyway.

[Japher]

My solution: Avoid all movies.

I do the exact opposite. Seems to be better that way. If I like the movie than I can still enjoy the book, since it is soooo much better. This way I can enjoy the book AND the movie, instead of enjoying the book and being let down by the movie.

Sphere sucked I read the book and watched the movie, the both DID suck. Haven't read a Creighton since.

LotR: I read the first two books, and got bored. Thus, I am really excited for the third one... I think the long fantasy series bore me... I only got through 2 Wheel of Time books, and I couldn't get pass 150 pages of the Goodkind book I was reading.

Harry Potter: Both movie and books are fun. Even after reading the book I still enjoy the movies.

Really, I read books that no one will turn into movies: personal finance and other self help books...

[Theben]

Originally posted by Kropotkin

You don't have to read on the apolyton forum if you don't want to...

I was actually referring to work-related material, but Poly qualifies too I s'pose.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
I can finish fiction that is 400 pages or so in ~8 hours (or less)

there is always enough time to read a book

Jon Miller

While I love to read and do so at a similar speed, I have a busy job, a wife and an infant child. Try finding 8 hours a week in those circumstances when ANY free hour could be used to catch a nap and put a dent in my sleep deficet.

I get to read about 2.5 hours a week, usually while standing on the bus to and from work. The only other reading I manage is some poly or news sites but thats a few moments snatched here and there at work-- I can hardly pull out a novel at my desk

[MikeH]

I can read 10,000 pages in 17.64 seconds.

[Spiffor]

"Dune the Book is soooooo much better as the movie"

Well, I haven't read the book. Actually, I almost never read books for leisure. But I can believe than the impressive, thousands pages-long, very detailed epic in which the author has put all his guts, is better than a two-hours movie that has no time to display fremen slang, history, etc.

The movie is of honest quality (star-warish, but..), but it seems obvious to me the book is infinitely more rich, and is infinitely a more breathtaking voyage in such a different universe.

Movies often require either to squeeze any of the "fluff" that makes a book polished, or it requires only to adress one event in the book, thus not reflecting the entire work.

People can be smug when they say "I've read the book and it's better". But people can also do so to indicate there is more to see than a too short and shallow movie.

[Jack_www]

I take it your problem is with people that brag that they read a book. If that is the case I agree, I dont like any kind of braging.

I dont see the problem if someone wants to talk about a book and even compare it to the movie that was made about the book.

[Jack_www]

It takes me about 2 days of reading to finish a 400 page book, not sure on the time I spend on the book. The only time I usually have to read is on the weekends, so I end up just reading a book in 2 weeks that way when I find something I like.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Vesayen
Example of bad: Lord of the rings-where there are so many proper nouns introduced on each page that you confuse people with mountain ranges with battles-you need to keep notes to make sense of it....

[Immortal Wombat]

Originally posted by Park Avenue
I thought the LotR books were crap too. In fact, apart from the scenery, the film was boring as hell. Usual sci-fi claptrap.

Aaargh! I'm not even going to try and correct the errors in that post.

I agree with whoever was the first person to point out that books and films are fundamentally different and can't be judged by the same yardstick.