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   2/26/09

   scottmillerd

   Film ..i do not have the attention span to read a book.

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      2/26/09

      audiofish

      Know what you mean.
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   2/26/09

   Epicharis

   I like both...I have as many films as I have books...though I watch more films, just because they take less time and are more sociable! "Hey, you wanna come round to mine and read in silence?"...doesn't quite work..

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      2/26/09

      Epicharis

      As for a book I'd like to see as a film...I really want The Aeneid to be made into an epic movie...they'd probably mess it up though...maybe I'll just wait till I'm a successful film-maker and do it myself!
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      2/26/09

      scottmillerd

      Maybe you can read to me..then i don't have to read and it's sociable.
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      2/26/09

      Stillthinking

      Heck yeah they would mess it up! Did you see "Troy" with Brad Pitt and Eric Bana?
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      2/26/09

      Epicharis

      Let's not talk about Troy...it was hideous...I have tried to erase it from my memory!
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   2/26/09

   askcherlock

   I love reading and watching films. So often when I've read a good book which is then made into a movie, they just don't capture the book well. The Godfather may be an exception. I'd love to see a film made of King's Duma Key, though.

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   2/26/09

   segap

   i prefer films , books take alot of time to read :s

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   2/26/09

   busylizzy

   I'm not much of a reader, probably b/c growing up I never read anything that got me hooked. I did read through the sequel to Gone With The Wind and the first Harry Potter book but that's about it. I am a wait-until-the-movie comes out kind of girl.
   
   Hubby and daughter are both hooked on sci-fi books. My daughter loves anything with dragons or cats in it.

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   2/26/09

   dinsquared

   Books. There are far more books worth their money than movies.

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   2/26/09

   kasab

   both r good but i would go with films.
   flims are at an advantage as 1 can see them visually and get more engrosed in it.
   I like books too...especially sci-fic n ya...sidney sheldon novels are on top of the list.

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   2/26/09

   Stillthinking

   I am definitely a reader. As much as I love movies, they just don't resonate with me the same way a really good book does. It would have to an absolutely amazing movie to make me want to watch it over and over again. I rarely watch movies more than once. Twice, once in the theater and once on DVD, if it's really good. If it's struck a chord with me, then I may watch it repeatedly (this is very rare). Books on the other hand, I read over and over and over again. I have read "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen at least ten times and I never get tired of it. The same goes for any David Sedaris collection.

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   2/26/09

   goddessecouture

   Definitely prefer books. It's extremely rare that I prefer the movie version of a story over the book version. That said, I'd love to see David Eddings' Belgariad series made into a trilogy. I've had to buy three sets of the books so far because I reread them so often.

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    2/26/09

    SpursFanCA

    Books...for sure. When books get translated into film something gets lost in the process. Sure, the Lord of the Rings films were good, but the books were much better.

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