“Harry Potter" mania is certainly ramping up, with the release of the movie “Harry Potter and harry potter and the deathly hallows “I watched this movie the other day. Harry Potter movies have always been a disappointment to me. I watch them to see the director’s cut. But this time I had many things going in my mind. It has been a common drama when a movie is release which is based on a book; people watch it and critize the writer to death. I do the same, but this time I wondered what else they could have done to fit in a two and half hour show. I myself felt it too lengthy after two hours.
Movies based on books can be hit or miss. I remember the time when I read “The Notebook”. The book made me cry in pain. I lived their life throughout. The movie also did a good amount of justice to the book. The Notebook is a novel that a person can read very quickly because it is engrossing and very light. It is a romantic drama that absorbs the reader. No wonder this book was turned into a movie . It inspires the reader and gives them hope that the power of love can transcend any obstacle. Definitely the movie was a hit.
If you ask anyone today whether they would like to read a book or go watch a movie, the popular answer would be a movie if the person is a teenager. Since movies are far and above much popular entertainment medium, most people would rather be entertained by spending a couple of bucks and hours experiencing visual and audio effects.
The question then becomes, is a Movie really a better entertainment medium for those who have read the book? Most often you would hear “NO”. Which then brings out a question, why are we biased towards a story that takes lot of time to finish as better entertainment than a story which has a “visualization effect” to it ? The answer is imagination.
When reading a book, we are so engrossed into the story line that we make a picture in our mind about the whole story.It is our imagination that is at work which makes us intensely feel about the situation which we care ourselves as a person and leave the rest as a background story. With this in mind, it would be very difficult for a director to get the exact same picture from our mental cabinet into the screen. But if this is the case then why don’t people read a book on a lazy afternoon, rather than wasting bucks watching a movie? The answer is time. We are influenced and ofcourse drawn towards time commitment of a couple of hours vs several days.
In conclusion, when asked Movie or a Book, It becomes a personal choice. I have always loved to read rather than watch because I feel that gives me a passage to let my imagination take a magic spell.
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