What do you rather do. read a book or watch a movie? Mine is read a book, And you?

[debm55]

[surfered]

1. It reminds me of some of the questions on the "aptitude test" in Army basic training.

Would you rather walk in the woods or go to the library? Choosing the former would indicate you would rather serve in the infantry.

Even knowing this in advance, it was still impossible to flunk this test.

[debm55]

11. Thank you very much, surfered.

[1monster]

2. Read a book, no question.

When you read a book, you are making the movie in your head. The book is the script, but you are the director. You control the cast, the setting and the costumes where the script doesn't specifically describe, and all nuances that are, also, not sharply defined. And, if you wish, since it is your personal movie, you can add scenes and scenaries.

Books over movies in almost all instances.

[debm55]

12. Thank you very much, 1monster for sharing with us. Very good reasoning.

[mike_c]

3. books 100%

I haven't owned a television in 35 years and the last movie I saw at a theater was Avatar. I watch maybe one movie every five years or so. Maybe. But I read every day.

[debm55]

13. Thank you very much, mike_c , for sharing with us.

[MIButterfly]

4. Read a book.

I've always loved to read. I used to see a lot of movies. I worked nights so I would go to the matinee in the day. It was cheaper and less crowded. I would also see a movie first and then go read the book (!).

Movies now are not for me. I don't like superheroes; I don't like vampires; I don't like outer space; I don't like science fiction; I don't like fantasy. I can't remember the last time I saw a movie preview and thought "Boy, I'd really like to see that" but I have seen books that are coming out that I thought "Boy, I'd really like to read that one."

[debm55]

14. I agree with you. Not a lot to see at the theater, Thank you very much, MIButterfly.

[MIButterfly]

23. Any time I see an ad for a movie I would remotely be interested in,

it's on a streaming service I don't subscribe to!

[Polly Hennessey]

5. Read a book. 📕 A quiet afternoon, a book, my dogs, a cup of tea

and the world slips away. I’m reading Michael Connelly’s, “Waiting “, not exactly quiet but still an escape to somewhere else….

[debm55]

15. Thank you Polly Hennessey, That sounds like a wonderful way to spend the afternoon.

[Brother Buzz]

6. If it's a good book and a decent movie, I can do both well

But if the book turns into a page turner, the film fades into the background. If I set out to watch a great movie, no books are involved.

[debm55]

16. Great idea. Thank you Brother Buzz. I used to do both. I would read the book and then see the movie.

[JMCKUSICK]

7. I love reading. I've always had

the ability to allow myself to become completely absorbed by a story. It's such a magical way to "travel" my mind and your words.
To be in the courtroom with F Lee Bailey, to be there when Billy got Old Dan and Little Ann in Where The Red Fern Grows, to witness the voracious appetite of a man at a all you can eat restaurant feeding his entire planet, ( can't remember the name of the story,
To be there when Fame invites a hungry artist to meet him behind the cemetery in a hundred years in one of Lord Dunsany's Fifty-One Tales, Food For Death was magical, or to hear the true story of the Turtle and the Hare, same author are memories as real as any personal experiences because I was there in my full mind and spirit.

To witness an orphan becoming the greatest baseball player of all time, to be inspired by the stories of so many great men and women, to find gems worth incorporating into my personal value system and for so many more reasons, It's books by a mile.
TV or Movie Theaters will never captivate me the same way.
Great question Debbie

[debm55]

17. Great post , John. I love using my imagination while reading a book. I used to like to watch the movie afterward to see

how the director's used his creativity matched my imagination.

[MiHale]

8. Books..I try to read at lest two novels a month...

“Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel is one I read a couple weeks ago ago…kinda stays with me, so I had to read another of her books…”Sea of Tranquility”. She has an interesting style.

[debm55]

19. Thank you very much, MiHale for sharing with us. Reading can take you to any time period, country and it has more

details then a movie.

[OLDMDDEM]

9. Read a book.

[debm55]

22. Thank you very much, OLDMDDEM. for sharing,

[LoisB]

10. Read a book.

[debm55]

21. Thank you very much, LoisB for sharing with us.

[Emile]

18. Movies

[debm55]

20. Thank you very much, Emile. I can see you point in that there are some great older movies out there, that i watch on my

tablet,

[beemerphill]

24. Read a Book !!!

When you read a book, the world is yours. When you watch a flick, you see what the director imagined it should be. It is very hard to interpret a movie in many ways, while a book is whatever you might want it to be. Putting a movie on pause/hold is awkward and leaves little time for serious contemplation. A book is more than willing to take a break to allow you to consider alternatives.
Books Rule !!!