Movies based on books aren’t as good as the real thing

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a movie based on a book until yesterday. I went with my wife to see The Da Vinci Code after having listened to the unabridged version of Dan Brown’s novel on my iPod during my running. I was extremely disappointed in the movie because of this. I really can’t judge the movie in isolation as I kept going back to the novel. The detail in the book allowed me to form my own views of the scenes and I got really engrossed in the detail.

I realize that this isn’t news to avid readers, but it really clouded my view of a movie that was probably decent for those that haven’t read the book or forgot the contents of the book.

I think I’ll stick to audiobooks for awhile; they keep me going while running, almost to the point that I don’t want to stop running.

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