Movie or Book?

Posted by Laura L. Johnson Jul 28, 2008

It's an age-old question: is the movie better than the book? You can tell the two groups of people as they're leaving the theatre plain as day: the book snobs are saying things like "Oh - stick to the book" or "That is not at all how I envisioned it; he got it all wrong;" while the movie lovers say things like "this was a book first? Why waste that time?" So when it comes down to it, what's better for teen reads. I was thinking about some of the more recent crossovers:

Eragon

Book by: Christopher Paolini

Movie by: Stefen Fangmeir

Movie Rating by IMDB users: 5/10

Book Rating by Goodreads members: 7.4/10

Sisterhood of the Traveling PantsBook by: Ann Brashares

Movie by: Ken Kwapis

Movie Rating by IMDB users: 7/10

Book Rating by Goodreads members: 7.6/10

Bridge to Terabithia

Book by: Katherine Paterson

Movie by: Gabor Csupo

Movie Rating by IMDB users: 7.4/10

Book Rating by Goodreads members: 8.1/10

Ella Enchanted

Book by: Gail Carson Levine

Movie by: Tommy O'Haver

Movie Rating by IMDB users: 6.4/10

Book Rating by Goodreads members: 8.8/10

Any others you can think of that should be examined? Let me know!