Book vs. Movie Fans
Ever have a book you really love and the the movie comes out? I'm going to use Divergent because it was the first book I'd read that got me into reading YA in the first place. So this rant is basically about the things I've seen on Instagram.
I feel like sometimes there is a rift between book and movie fans. Like, aren't we supposed to be united? Divergent the movie and Divergent the book is the same concept and based off the same thing! So why is it that book fans have problems with movie fans?
Situation #1: Book Fans thinking they're better because they're book fans.
"Omg! You've only seen the movie?! Ew, you aren't a true fan!" Like CAN YOU NOT? I know you're trying to be cool but it isn't cool when you're bashing someone else. A Divergent fan is a Divergent fan. "Divergent" used to be a book and now it's a movie. But when someone says they're a Divergent fan, don't assume they mean book. And if they mean movie, don't get up their case because they haven't read the book and you have. So what if they don't know who Uriah is or who Marlene is? Like no. Just stop.
My worst is when someone goes "OMG! This movie was so good! I am now so obsessed with Divergent!" and some rude person just has to go "LMAO. How can you be obsessed with it when you haven't even read the book?" I feel as though it's the movie that's really a big promo for the book. Veronica Roth is making tons of money because her book has turned into a movie and become quite a hit. Isn't that the main thing? Why ostracize someone because of such a silly reason?
Situation #2: The Movie is Better than the Book
Okay, in some cases the movie will be better than the book. For me, I didn't like Catching Fire the book. Okay, kill me, yell at me, I don't really care. Opinion, thank you. I didn't like Catching Fire because I thought half of it was boring. But the Catching Fire movie? My gosh, it was one of the best book to film adaptations I've ever seen!
Situation Two is kind of the opposite of situation one. Where people have to start bashing the book because they're like "the movie is so good! How did Frances Lawrence manage to turn such a horrible book into a hit movie?" (That is an example. It is not the way I think nor would it be something I'd ever say.) Also, like can you not? You are offending those who like the This isn't cool. Hate of any kind isn't cool. I don't understand why there has to be hate. I have to write negative reviews but there's a difference between negative and hateful.
So to sum it up, whether you've read the book or watched the movie, it doesn't make you any better. Reading the book in 2011 or reading it in 2014 does not matter. Watching the movie without reading the book or with the book also doesn't matter. You're supporting an author and should be united as a fandom. Isn't that the important thing?
I feel like sometimes there is a rift between book and movie fans. Like, aren't we supposed to be united? Divergent the movie and Divergent the book is the same concept and based off the same thing! So why is it that book fans have problems with movie fans?
Situation #1: Book Fans thinking they're better because they're book fans.
"Omg! You've only seen the movie?! Ew, you aren't a true fan!" Like CAN YOU NOT? I know you're trying to be cool but it isn't cool when you're bashing someone else. A Divergent fan is a Divergent fan. "Divergent" used to be a book and now it's a movie. But when someone says they're a Divergent fan, don't assume they mean book. And if they mean movie, don't get up their case because they haven't read the book and you have. So what if they don't know who Uriah is or who Marlene is? Like no. Just stop.
My worst is when someone goes "OMG! This movie was so good! I am now so obsessed with Divergent!" and some rude person just has to go "LMAO. How can you be obsessed with it when you haven't even read the book?" I feel as though it's the movie that's really a big promo for the book. Veronica Roth is making tons of money because her book has turned into a movie and become quite a hit. Isn't that the main thing? Why ostracize someone because of such a silly reason?
Situation #2: The Movie is Better than the Book
Okay, in some cases the movie will be better than the book. For me, I didn't like Catching Fire the book. Okay, kill me, yell at me, I don't really care. Opinion, thank you. I didn't like Catching Fire because I thought half of it was boring. But the Catching Fire movie? My gosh, it was one of the best book to film adaptations I've ever seen!
Situation Two is kind of the opposite of situation one. Where people have to start bashing the book because they're like "the movie is so good! How did Frances Lawrence manage to turn such a horrible book into a hit movie?" (That is an example. It is not the way I think nor would it be something I'd ever say.) Also, like can you not? You are offending those who like the This isn't cool. Hate of any kind isn't cool. I don't understand why there has to be hate. I have to write negative reviews but there's a difference between negative and hateful.
So to sum it up, whether you've read the book or watched the movie, it doesn't make you any better. Reading the book in 2011 or reading it in 2014 does not matter. Watching the movie without reading the book or with the book also doesn't matter. You're supporting an author and should be united as a fandom. Isn't that the important thing?
What are your thought about this? Ever seen Situation #1 or #2 happen on Social Media?
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