In Response to Matt

I'm responding to Matt from the other class whom responded to Kody's blog. Matt talks about how books are always better than the movies made after them. Well of course people would agree with that statement if theyre good readers and can stay focused on a book. For me it's always been very hard to read word for word and remember what's exactly going on in the story. If its a good book and I can get into it than sometimes I can imagine what's going on, but if the book doesn't interest me at all than I can't keep my thoughts directed towards the story. The books that I used to read a lot when I was younger (and actually enjoyed) were the Goosebumps series or other scary books. For some reason I could just feel the suspense through the words and that's really the only time my mind can stay on track; when I'm dying to know what's going to happen next. But in the long run I'd have to say that I enjoy watching movies so much better. Even movies made after books that had been published years before. Of course a movie isn't going to have everything a book is going to because books naturally have to be more descriptive in order to give the reader something to imagine and put together in their head. Plus with todays' critics, if everything from a book was put into a movie than it would be boring because some scenes in books really aren't as exciting or as interesting as they seem (it's up to the reader to make them enjoyable) watching those scenes may not be entertaining at all. Also by reading books it's easier to understand a characters feelings and emotions which makes it easier for the reader to relate. In a movie emotions and feelings have to be read by the characters and assumptions hae to be made. I personally like to watch movies more because it gives me something to get lost in. I love the way directors can make a movie make my jaw drop, jump out of my seat, start laughing hysterically or even start crying. I've never had any one of those things happen to me while reading a book. I also like how watching a movie doesn't make me think to hard. Everything is just put up on the screen so I automatically get a visual and can hear what the people are saying while folling the plot rather than imagine the scene in a book, try to hear the characters speaking and also follow the story and where it's going. Overall I would have to say movies are better than books.