This Thanksgiving holiday was full of turkey, football, and the never ending and interesting discussions with family. This years major topic was of the movie Twilight that came out just last week. The movie is based off the book series written by Stephenie Meyer and follows the story of two star-crossed lovers who are living in a world where vampires are real and evil exists. Not only discussing the quality of the movie (which my mom, sister, cousin, boyfriend and I saw last night), we were also talking about the fact that others in the family (my boyfriend, brother and cousin) were criticising those who read the book when it would much easier to just watch the movie. I found this very interesting because in the generation we live in, media in the form of visualization has become much more mainstream and popular than that of "old fashion" sitting down with a good book. Below I have compiled a list of some of my family members and their opinions. The question I asked them was the following:
"If you had to choose between reading a book or watching the movie that is based on the book, which would you choose?"
Here are the results:
Sara, 26- read the book (would want to see the movie after the book, but if had to choose would read the book)
Bobby, 21- watch the movie (wouldnt read the book even if had the option of choosing both)
Suzi, 44-read the book
Adam, 18-watch the movie (wouldnt read the book even if had the option)
Jess, 30- read the book
Rock, 59- watch the movie (only read the book if on an airplane)
Brooke, 16- watch the movie
Jim, 54- watch the movie
The results were extremely varied, and it seemed that age did not determine the choice (which surprised me, I was expecting most older people-and when I say older I mean 40 and up- to choose reading over watching the movie and the younger crowd to chose the movie.) Also, gender did not determine whether of not the choice of movie/book, although more females than males chose the book.
If you'd like, you can post your thoughts/opinion on the question and also why you think that certain age groups/genders may or may not determine the decision.
Happy Thanksgiving :)
"If you had to choose between reading a book or watching the movie that is based on the book, which would you choose?"
Here are the results:
Sara, 26- read the book (would want to see the movie after the book, but if had to choose would read the book)
Bobby, 21- watch the movie (wouldnt read the book even if had the option of choosing both)
Suzi, 44-read the book
Adam, 18-watch the movie (wouldnt read the book even if had the option)
Jess, 30- read the book
Rock, 59- watch the movie (only read the book if on an airplane)
Brooke, 16- watch the movie
Jim, 54- watch the movie
The results were extremely varied, and it seemed that age did not determine the choice (which surprised me, I was expecting most older people-and when I say older I mean 40 and up- to choose reading over watching the movie and the younger crowd to chose the movie.) Also, gender did not determine whether of not the choice of movie/book, although more females than males chose the book.
If you'd like, you can post your thoughts/opinion on the question and also why you think that certain age groups/genders may or may not determine the decision.
Happy Thanksgiving :)
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