Twilight (book series)

[Not Afraid]

The movie may be un-sexy but the characters in the books are FULL of sexiness. Personally, I think it would be shooting yourself in the foot - er, penis - if you saw the movie before reading the book.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Personally, I think it would be shooting yourself in the foot - er, penis - if you saw the movie before reading the book.

If it's an enjoyable book, usually quite the opposite is true.

If you've liked a book and then see the movie, which is almost ALWAYS not as good ... you usually end up not liking the movie. At least that's what usually happens with me.

Whereas if you've never read the book, you might like the movie ... and then love the book when you experience the better version second instead of first.


The downside is you tend to "picture" the characters as the movie actors ... but I think it's a small price to pay.

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

If it's an enjoyable book, usually quite the opposite is true.

If you've liked a book and then see the movie, which is almost ALWAYS not as good ... you usually end up not liking the movie. At least that's what usually happens with me.

Whereas if you've never read the book, you might like the movie ... and then love the book when you experience the better version second instead of first.


The downside is you tend to "picture" the characters as the movie actors ... but I think it's a small price to pay.

There is no actor on earth who could be as hot as Edward is in my imagination. If I saw the film first, I would have deprived myself of total, unbelievable, inhuman sexy - and I wouldn't have wanted to miss that.

I've always had a preference for reading a good story over watching one. My own imagination is usually much better at creating visuals from the text than any cast and crew ever could. If I see a film based on a book first, it takes away from the wonderful imaginary experience when I do read the book and makes the readling a lot less enjoyable.