Movies or Books

That is the question: since the existence of both people always dwell and try to give reasons which one is better. There are pros and cons but which one will be better and which one will be bad?

In the article, the author tries to give us both ends of the coin to these two kinds of leisure. Of course, it will always depend on the type of personality that we have because some of us love to create a world of our own through reading and other like to expand theirs through the visual aid the films give.

The author divides the advantages of these arts into five categories: unlimited powers, freedom or escape, pause and proceed and, at last, best “bonding” agents.

In the first, both movies and books have unlimited imaginary powers but what differentiates them is that a book can be a personal experience whilst a film is a social experience because it can be an escape route from the world.

In the second, the book takes us into a world of endless possibilities and mysteries where the minds play a master role in conjuring up images that are beyond our limits. Movies can hinder our power of imagination but there are exceptions of course like if the mind is already creative the film can product countless images in the minds tapping in to our imagination and creating even better images.

In the third, we are able to pause a book and savour scenes that we already read before and travel to which page we want and, when re-reading the whole book, a different journey can be imagined and different interpretations can be made. With a film, it depends on the appetite we have to watch it again or not since we don’t have that freedom to pause and go back or conjure different plot twists each time we see it.

Finally, in the fourth, by having similar tastes in books it means there is also a similar ideology so we are able to bond with other people as long as the interest in the same genre is alike. With movies that can be a little difficult because it means decoding if it is for the story, performance of the actors or the technical part that went into the making of the film according the author. I disagree with the latter because the genre exists as a way to categorise and movies also have these kinds of organization so by knowing it we can also find people who love the same genre as us.

So, it ultimately comes down to how much time we have our hands and how much we want to invest in these activities.

Kaushik, P. Watching Movies Vs Reading Books: What’s The Right Pick?. 2014, December 28. Retrieved December 30^th from http://www.businessinsider.in/Watching-Movies-Vs-Reading-Books-Whats-The-Right-Pick/articleshow/45665060.cms