کتابیں have definitely taken on a new meaning in the past few years. Before, کتابیں were a way to past time, something to take your mind off your busy and chaotic life. Now, we can see those classic stories come to life on the big screen. There are many فلمیں which were based on books, most of them very good. But I think a lot of us rabid readers can agree that sometimes, it’s just better to leave the story in the pages of a book. First of all, it’s very hard to create a film that’s just as good as the book. کتابیں have so much fun detail and information on what the characters are thinking. The possibilities are endless and there are almost no limits. For example, an مصنف can write as many pages as they want, while director’s have to watch their movie length. Secondly, a director will never be able to make every reader happy. Everyone has a different image in their head of what each fictional character will look like. Combined with the author’s تفصیل and their own imagination, readers will carry that picture with them throughout the book. So, it’s not really the director یا actors fault when the guy playing your پسندیدہ fictional hero doesn’t look the way آپ thought he would. Take Harry Potter for example, I’m sure many people had a different picture in their heads then what Harry looked like in the movie. But, as I کہا before, آپ can’t make everyone happy. Last but not least, the length, which I mentioned earlier. If you’re excited because your پسندیدہ 543 paged book is getting made into a movie, try to expect a little disappointment. Directors can’t make a 4-hour-long movie. The audience would be falling asleep and it’s just too hard to do. This is why everyone tries their hardest to make the adaptation of the book as a like as possible. The مصنف has to agree to everything before it’s set in stone. Which is probably a very good thing. Here’s a brief فہرست of فلمیں which have been based on books: Atonement, Beowulf, Charlie Wilson’s War, Stardust, The Golden Compass, Casino Royale, The Devil Wears Prada…and many more. Personally, I like کتابیں being made into movies, I just don’t like it when they completely change the storyline and the plot. Like Ella Enchanted, that was one of my پسندیدہ کتابیں and when I heard it was going to be a movie, I was ecstatic. But when I saw it, I was very disappointed. They changed so much; I was surprised the مصنف agreed to everything. But I guess that’s just the way things are. Sometimes آپ like the way the movie turns out and sometimes آپ don’t.