In my minds eye

[Quinton]

As a small boy growing up I went to live with my aunt in Maine . There I did the sixth grade , We lived in a hundred year old farm house on 55 acres. I was originally from the Bronx so There was some culture shock involved . Many years later I read Pet Cemetery, and as I read the book My minds eye took me back to that little town in Maine and Neighbors filled the characters in the book and although I never used to read books Pet Cemetery just happened to be the book I happened to read. Finally when the movie comes out It was nothing like the movie in my minds eye . Here's my question Do people who read
books by Steven King see a better movie in their minds eye or the first time they see it in the cinema ?

 

[Spideyman]

For me, when I read a book, my minds eye see the pictures of Stephen King's works. He is a master at character development and painting a picture of the surrounds, lay of the land.
Movies are adaptations, never the completely same as the book. Some come close, others miss by a mile.
The book holds the key for me. Those are the pictures I savor.

 

[fushingfeef]

As much as I might enjoy a movie, the books always show me a much richer and real world. A book is more like a collaboration between the reader and the author. A movie simply shows you what happened.

 

[osnafrank]

His books are always vivd.
Like Spideyman has said, my mind show me the pictures.
And i`m pretty sure that watching some movies/Series would mess up this pictures.
That`s why i have never watched the series "Bag of Bones"

 

[GNTLGNT]

....his word magic, make the images clear and detailed.....

 

[mal]

Definitely. My minds eye is better than anyone else's in how I interpret what I'm reading. When reading the Mercedes Trilogy Bill Hodges was a cool world-weary black man.

 

[Drawn to Ka-tet]

Always the Book for the clarity and detail. Film can give us the deep emotions, depending on the quality of the acting and directing.

 

[osnafrank]

Definitely. My minds eye is better than anyone else's in how I interpret what I'm reading. When reading the Mercedes Trilogy Bill Hodges was a cool world-weary black man.

I always imagined Sidney Poitier as Jud Crandall when reading Pet Semetary

 

[mal]

I always imagined Sidney Poitier as Jud Crandall when reading Pet Semetary

I've always found it amazing how a persons brain can fill in the gaps to add completion or avoid some sort of cognitive dissonance. Happy New Year osnafrank!

 

[osnafrank]

Isn`t our brain a wonderful little enigma ?
Happy New Year mal