Which do you prefer? the movie or the novel?

[urrutiap]

I actually like both but the book has more backstary on Robert LeBay and his violent family history. At least the movie has the famous one liner about the finest thing excet maybe for_____

[urrutiap]

Just wondering which version of Christine you guys think is better? the novel or the movie or both?

[GNTLGNT]

Novel always wins in my "book".....

[Spideyman]

Novel is always better than the movie IMHO. Great in depth study of the characters. Like to make imagines in my own mind.

[randallFlaggfan1]

Novel is always better than the movie IMHO. Great in depth study of the characters. Like to make imagines in my own mind.

Spidey - I couldn't agree more. And Christine is no exception. I'll take a story over the film any day!

[AndyDufresne]

Novel is always better than the movie IMHO. Great in depth study of the characters. Like to make imagines in my own mind.

Always? I'm afraid I have to disagree. Sure, novels can (and often do) go into great detail in a way that's impossible for a movie to do, but film has the advantage of quickly telling where and when the audience is without spoonfeeding it. The problem some novels can have is that they feel the need to explain every single thing. More isn't always better, IMHO.

Now, with that said, I have to say that I thought that in this case, the novel was superior. The character arc of Arnie becoming more confident (and following that, more arrogant) is largely nonexistent in the movie.

[Cowboy]

I agree with GNTLIGHT and Spidey....Novels are always better. Movies will never be able to compete with the Human Mind.

[Becks19]

Always the novel! There are so many more details in novels that are often left out in movies. The story is always, always better

[Silhouette86]

I liked both. Both the movie and the novel were pretty much the same, the novel did get deeper about the story of Christine, but what novel doesn't have more detail than the book? I say, hypothetically that is, that if you mixed the movie with the book, that would be a perfect mix. What happen's to Arnie is pretty lame in the book, but the book was still better. Did anybody find the transition from first-person to third-person to first-person a bit odd? Because I did.

[ginapenn]

As far as this one is concerned, the book, hands down.