Impact Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Yeah so I am wanting to see this. Should I read the books before the movies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiccup Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Yeah..I did and I am happy that I did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloneWars Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I read the books, but I felt the movie did a pretty good job. You will have more background if you read the books first, but that's your call. The books are pretty quick reads though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 Yeah I heard there short. No clue why they are splitting the 3rd other then money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 No need. Might as well just watch the movie without having to make constant comparisons to the books, and then you can read 'em afterward to get more detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bacon Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 No need. Might as well just watch the movie without having to make constant comparisons to the books, and then you can read 'em afterward to get more detail.I'm not familiar with THG, but this is what I do as well. The movie is where I get the suspense and excitement, the book is where I get the detail and substance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 No need. Might as well just watch the movie without having to make constant comparisons to the books, and then you can read 'em afterward to get more detail.Yeah IMO, I find it kind of annoying when people get upset if something changed from a book.Wizard of Oz and Mary Poppins-both are very diffrent from the novels but are considered classics. (MP is actually better then the novel even) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cozmeesah Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Yeah I heard there short. No clue why they are splitting the 3rd other then money.Well the books aren't *that* short. And a LOT happens in the 3rd. They aren't positive that they're splitting it yet either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 What elements of he first book have not made it into the movie? What is the mere cinema viewer missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cozmeesah Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Umm... *thinks* Nothing real major doesn't make it in. Small things, mostly insignificant. Things were shortened for time, obviously. So you can't quite get the full emotions behind a lot of the things that you do in the book. But that always happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Scottb Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Bumping this to ask the same or similar question. I just saw THG movie and loved it but I'm iffy about reading the books for fear of them ruining the movies for me.I saw the first two Harry Potter movies before reading the books. Then between HP2 and HP3 I decided to read the books to see what happens next. That turned out to be a mistake because I loved the books, and became disappointed in the future movies when scenes/content from the books were cut or altered in the movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 First, you should not fear that. A movie is a completely different medium, so it's inevitable that scenes will be cut or altered. Anyway, read the books. They're much simpler books to adapt than the Potters, so there won't be nearly as much cut ala GoF/OoTP/HBP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Manager Water Bottle Posted September 4, 2012 Community Manager Share Posted September 4, 2012 Bumping this to ask the same or similar question. I just saw THG movie and loved it but I'm iffy about reading the books for fear of them ruining the movies for me.I saw the first two Harry Potter movies before reading the books. Then between HP2 and HP3 I decided to read the books to see what happens next. That turned out to be a mistake because I loved the books, and became disappointed in the future movies when scenes/content from the books were cut or altered in the movies.Read the first book then wait until you see the future movies before reading their respective novels. Problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 If you read it now, by the time Catching Fire comes out, you'll probably have forgotten the little details enough that you won't be nitpicking anything that the movie (inevitably) leaves out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
