Generally it depends - if the film looks like its worth watching in its own right then yes, otherwise no.
Example: 300, Sin City, Jurassic Park were all books (comic or otherwise) that I loved but the films also looked very good as well. And for the most part were (Jurassic Park missed the depth of the book, but then it was a 2hr summer movie after all :) )
On the other hand theres Timeline which was a fairly enjoyable book but the movie looked absolutely excrable so was avoided.
Oh and the Harry Potter films are well worth watching IMHO - Each one has pretty successfully matched the tone of the source book.
I suppose a shorter version of my argument is "I take the film on its own merits - if it looks like something I want to see I'll watch it regardless of whether its a book I've read or not".
Hell, in some cases it can enhance the book - I clearly remember enjoying To Kill A Mockingbird a lot more after seeing the movie.
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Date: 2007-04-12 01:34 pm (UTC)Example: 300, Sin City, Jurassic Park were all books (comic or otherwise) that I loved but the films also looked very good as well. And for the most part were (Jurassic Park missed the depth of the book, but then it was a 2hr summer movie after all :) )
On the other hand theres Timeline which was a fairly enjoyable book but the movie looked absolutely excrable so was avoided.
Oh and the Harry Potter films are well worth watching IMHO - Each one has pretty successfully matched the tone of the source book.
I suppose a shorter version of my argument is "I take the film on its own merits - if it looks like something I want to see I'll watch it regardless of whether its a book I've read or not".
Hell, in some cases it can enhance the book - I clearly remember enjoying To Kill A Mockingbird a lot more after seeing the movie.