Mariam Ambokadze – Books or Movies?

I prefer books over movies and I have several reasons to support my point of view.  Firstly, when you read a book, you imagine everything including examples of what the characters look like, the world they live in and so on.

When you watch a movie suddenly everything is different and sometimes readers might get surprised because they imagined this character more beautiful or kinder than depicted in the movie version.  When I first read ‘Pride and Prejudice’ I imagined Mr. Darcy to be more handsome than he was in the movie and when I watched it, I was disappointed, because he wasn’t as handsome as I imagined.

My second reason is that if you watch the movie first, there is a chance that you may not have an interest in reading the book, because you think it will be the same. The book version of a story is more detailed and more interesting. When I watched ‘Harry Potter’ I wasn’t interested in the book anymore. I waited for book 9 to be released, but there was no movie version, so I had to read the book. It was very interesting, and then I understood that it is better to read a book than to watch a movie because the book is more detailed and you don’t have to wait for the movie to be released.

My third reason is that reading a book increases your vocabulary. When you watch a movie there are easier words and words that you already know. Knowing many words helps you write good stories or essays.

To sum up, I prefer books to movies as they are more informative and help to improve your imagination. 

Author: Mariam Ambokadze