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What are the benefits of reading books!! Why not watch the movie?

I Just wanted to know what are some good benefits of reading books because most people in my class say that books dont do anything and that they would rather watch the MOVIE about the book than read the book.So why should i read books if there are movies!!

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1. Because the movie almost always leaves out important details, or changes the plot. Also, the better read you are, the better you'll do in school.
2. With books you can use you imagination and have the people look however you want. And the book has more detail so, the characters are better established and, you get to know them better. I learned this in HS when I read a Stephen King Book and then watched the movie. Also Flowers in the Attic was a good one for that as well
3. Because your imagination can create a better movie than any Hollywood producer.
4. Literacy is an important skill. Something you can't get from watching a flick. Plus so much detail is given in books that are overlooked or not protrayed in a movie. Also, you are subjected to the interpretation of the book by the director of the movie.
5. Well your classmates are stupid! Movies almost ALWAYS leave out important details! A perfect example is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
6. Books will help you more than movies will help. Books will improve your vocabulary, knowledge of words which movie will not. Movies will not go in detail of the topic but books will give you deep knowledge of the topic. example in Harry potter book has much more information than movie has. so READ BOOKS
7. 1) Movies often "dumb-down" a book to make it more accessible for audiences. You'll probably be getting a bastardized version of the author's actual plot. Not good. 2) Reading is a crucial skill that is required for 99% of college classes. By watching the movie you'll be sacrificing a chance to further your reading comprehension skills. 3) Reading is generally more difficult. A book will often use a more difficult syntax and vocabulary than you'll find in a movie script. Again this goes back to accessibility. 4) Reading causes you to use things like your imagination!
8. I hope this question is a joke.
9. Hello, young person, Well reading the words frees your imagination to make your interpretation of the story. Your own individual experience sees what no film maker can produce. That is why so often a person will feel let down when they see the movie after reading the book because they interpreted the written word and enjoyed the experience. I love movies as well but a book can consume you and illicit more emotions and well I can't get into alot here. Don't listen to your friends. literature is the most important part of a persons life it allows you to truly escape!
10. First of all, not all books are made into movies. Also, reading stimulates some imagination that movies cannot. Books usually have more detail and they require different thought process and interpretation. You can also read in public without disturbing others (no noise.) Furthermore, some directors do really crappy jobs of interpreting the book, and just watching to movie will cause the viewer to miss out on a great deal.
11. Your friends are dense ! Don't hang out with them ! if you have to, hope you can maintain a mind of your own , please !!! Books will be with you all the time. And yes, they tell the complete story , not like the movies---movies sensationalise everything....Books elaborate, detail and let you take your time in understanding and appreciate the great sentences .....and you can pause to think it over ... the only movie that matches a book is STAR WARS, the original. Other than that ..... BOOKS are better than movies !! Get real !!
12. yeah yeah yeah, dont tell this to me. tell this to the education ministry!
13. And do you think your teacher has no idea its a movie as well and not only that has most likely seen it and will more than likely ask you questions of the book that are not in the movie. I LOVE movies but I also like to read. A teacher will know when your just winging it and just giving a synopsis of the story but when you read it you can offer so much more so never sell yourself short.
14. Reading books will improve your vocabulary and command of the language. You don't get that from movies, which are usually a condensed version of the book. Moreover, movies also tend to dumb down the book. Movies have to edit out parts of books which cannot be translated into cinematic format. By this, I mean everything that can't be just shown, but must be explained, is taken out. Also, everything that can ruffle the audience's sensitivities is taken out. At other times, things that are not in the book are added in, because it plays better on the screen. For instance, the movie Troy is based on Homer's Iliad, yet it includes things like Achilles' first meeting with Hector, when the Greeks first reached Troy's shores. That isn't in the Iliad, but it helps establish the characters and the enmity between Hector and Achilles.
15. BESIDES NURTURING YOUR IMAGINATION, YOU WILL ALSO ADVANCE IN VOCABULARY, SYNTAX AND SPELLING WHICH NO SO MANY PEOPLE CAN HANDLE.
16. Your classmates are taking the easy way out as far as books go. Reading books is great- you get more of the plots, character development and the writer can take you places that a movie can't (because of time, budget, etc). Read the book first, then watch the movie. You will probably find out that you liked the book better than the movie. Don't cheat yourself! Read books!
17. DUDE THE BOOX R BETTER moore detail your own image of wats happenin u seriously get carried away the moovie leaves out all the goood parts dude ur friends r wierd
18. you read to use your imagination, if you watch the movies you don't expand your mind. You actually kill it. Stop trying to sluff off reading and do something worth while.