Like Religion Vs. Science, Man Vs. Woman and Xbox360 Vs. PS3, there is a debate which starting to wage war against paper and cameras and that is whether the book or the film of a certain story is better.
I know so many people who would say books are better, but there are a few points I'd like to give. Firstly, in most cases the book came first, we as humans always like the original and hate change, I bet if were the other way round, people would say the film is better. Secondly, a book doesn't become popular until the film comes out. Only a few die-hards would've known Twilight and The Hunger Games were books before they became multi-million dollar franchises. Now Harry Potter is the exception, but the popularity exploded when the first film came out, thus the books became incredibly popular. That wouldn't happen if the book was better than the film. Thirdly, the films make so much more money than the books, people generally love films, they use both the eyes and ears, you can see people and relate to them easily.
Now, book lovers will say the book goes into detail and you can imagine it, however, a book takes too much commitment, it could take days or weeks to finish a book, you have to remember what happened previously and if you don't, you don't know what's going on. A film takes two hours, you can sit down and enjoy for a short period of time and you don't have to keep coming back to it. I find it much easier to commit and relate to a story if I watch it in one go, I don't like watching TV shows week-by-week, I love watching it all in one sitting.
I know people are going to disagree with everything I just wrote, but that's just me!
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