Overland Park, KS USA Not in my experience. Reba, 50+
Silver Spring, MD USA I have found that to be true in a few cases, but I prefer to read the book first...and I tend to get more out of a book than a movie. One example I could offer was Jaws. I had read the book long before the movie came out. When I finally did see it, I was a little disappointed with the ending...though the graphics throughout were just about what I had imagined in my head. Fisch, 46
Preston, CT USA They eat a lot of strange things on that show, can't say I'm up for it. Alias Irrelevante No. Laura, 37
Lowell, MA USA I'm not much of a movie-goer--I usually prefer my mental production of a novel to all other versions. Jill, 61
Saylorsburg, PA USA Yes, when the movie comes out first. Alias Irrelevante The only time that I thought the movie was better was Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club. It was too hard to keep the 8 different voices separate. The mothers were OK, but I couldn't tell the difference between the daughters. Laura, 37
Lowell, MA USA every once in awhile Nicole
Elk Grove, CA USA I think that depends on the person. To me, I doubt it. To some people who have a hard time filling up the empty space in a book with pictures in their head prefer the movies. I read slowly, partially because I invest so much imagination into 'being in the book'. Firelady, 24
Dallas, TX USA I have yet to see a movie that was better than the book. Angela, 18
Bella Vista, AR USA Many of Stephen King's stories end up being made into better movies than the book (I.e., Stand by Me, Shawshank Redemptions, The Shining, Carrie) - then again many are not. Also, the A&E adaptation of "Pride and Predjudice" I thought was more compelling than the book itself. Felicia, 36
Lowell, MA USA Once in a great while. Usually when the book follows the movie--novelizations tend to lack the life that comes to a work with originality. Karen, 22
Ames, IA USA No. Nothing is more powerful than the imagination. Eric, 19
Beverly Hills, CA USA Not in my experience. However cleverly adapted, time constraints usually lead to cutting out at least one subplot, which weakens the movie. Jane, 62
West Linn, OR USA I've yet to see it happen. Talia, 24
Wilton, CT USA I don't think I've ever seen a movie that was better than it's book. Books can just do so much more and Hollywood has yet to match the imagination. Triana, 29
Austin, TX USA Sometimes. It all depends. If they get the movie just the way I saw it when I read it, then yes. Nicci, 27
Las Vegas, NV USA The Outsiders and Interview With a Vampire are as good and better than the books. Amy2
Lowell, MA USA Sometimes the movie is better than the book, but only if you haven't read the book first. Laney
TX USA no stickman, 27
SOUTH AFRICA Only when I've never read the book. Johanna, 18
OK USA sometimes Patty, 19
San Marcos, TX USA Yes, when you watch the movie previous to reading the book. I did that with The Scarlet Letter, Riding in Cars with Boys and then I did it with Wonderboys (although the book of Wonderboys is also excellent). Keri-Jade, 21
Brampton, Ontario CANADA