It doesn't have to be a battle, but it often is. There are elements of the story that each magnify and handle better than the other, and that's why I want both. Ultimately, I understand that truth is communicated by words (John 1:1,14; 17:17) and books have a pretty big monopoly on those. But movies aren't' devoid of words (dialogue, etc) or purpose, because they offer a visual that books can't dream of. I enjoy using my imagination when I read and I like to see the visuals realized or enhanced by movies- I'm not of the opinion that movies destroy the need for imagination. So, in telling a story, the book and the movie have their place.
But I want them to work together, not against each other or one letting the other one down. In most cases, the second to come out, whether book or movie, is worse/weaker than the first (Timeline, Last of the Mohicans) or a departure from the original (Scarlet Pimpernel, Bourne Trilogy, Prince Caspian). I don't understand all that goes into filmmaking, but I'm still not sure you can call it the same story if you change it to "fit the screen" instead of going how the book went.
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