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Toasterstyle70 t1_j2aq8ca wrote

That’s my theory on why movies made from books are often regarded as “not as good as the book”. Partially because movies leave some things out, but I feel like it’s mostly because reality of the movie is no match for your personalized imagination of the story.

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kheret t1_j2bv8um wrote

LOTR was, for me, a big exception to this. I read the books well before the films came out. Tolkien was so rich with his descriptions that while things were not the same as in my head they were, like, close enough.

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visionarydonut t1_j2bzxpg wrote

I think this is also the case with manga and anime. I often see people complain that a manga did a certain scene better than its anime. Many times when I check them side by side, the anime scene looks exactly the same, except with extra movement.

I figure that the issue is that they imagined a certain tone of voice and movement in the manga and are disappointed when it doesn't happen like that in the anime.

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JustinJakeAshton t1_j2cu30r wrote

Animation absolutely screws with frame details, especially when movement is involved. Add the effect of coloring and you can easily have a bunch of scenes that look better in manga form.

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PrecipitousPlatypus t1_j2cru5u wrote

Depends quite heavily on the specific case. With a sufficient budget and good direction, an anime adaptation will usually be just as good as a manga, like when you look at current popular ones like Kaguya Sama and Chainsaw Man.

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Printnamehere3 t1_j2dhwqq wrote

My dad always said, "A book lets your imagination run wild and a movie forces you down one path."

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Toasterstyle70 t1_j2dz5qf wrote

I know this is off topic, but the same thing goes for time going faster as you get older. When your 1, your whole perspective of a lifetime is 1 year. When your 2, you’re whole perspective on time is double what you experienced the first year. By the time your 30, that one year seems very short, since you have a broader understanding of your perspective of time.

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Vladi_Sanovavich t1_j2dn0vh wrote

Nah it's more because of cutting out details that sometimes makes the movie a whole lot different.

cough Percy Jackson cough

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