The Movie is Better than the Book

Here are my rebuttals to my opponent"s claims: Reading reduces risk of Alzheimers disease Although books decrease the chances of one getting Alzheimer"s disease it does not guarantee you will not get it. Like a lot of things in life, getting disease is quite an uncertain tragedy. Even a study based on people who read can have errors that scientists can not eliminate. For instance, the type of people who read may also be inclined to enjoy other intellectual activities like Sudoku puzzles or brain games. Studies show intellectual activities decrease the chances of getting Alzheimer"s in general [3]. Can scientists do a study where they control other things in people"s lives to the extent where they are not allowed to do other mind stimulating activities? No, they cannot since it would be immoral. We can conclude that reading decreases the chance of getting Alzheimer"s disease, but we cannot conclude how strong the reading aspect truly is. The Average person in the US has an 11% chance of getting Alzheimer"s disease in their life time [1]. The average person in the UK has a 1.3% chance of getting a brain related disease in their life time. 62% of that 1.3% is Alzheimer"s disease[2]. Does this mean people in the UK read more than the US or do more things that stimulate the mind? Possibly, but it could be another factor. Such as the types of foods being consumed [4]. The listed source specifically mentions foods that Americans eat. This proves two things. One, Alzheimer"s disease really isn"t much of a concern in some countries in the world as it is in other countries like the US. Second, reading is probably not as great of a solution for Alzheimer"s disease as my opponent originally stated. There are lots of diseases to worry about So reading for the sole purpose of curing Alzheimer"s disease is a bit ridiculous. It is more like a cool fun fact that is slightly beneficial. It is better to just eat nutritiously and that will make you better off for much more diseases than just Alzheimer"s. Detail is important in stories, but are they always necessary? Some people enjoy petty details but other people don"t. For the ones that want details, they are free to discuss between other people who want to expand on a story in a movie. Online discussion/pages that are out there can help people understand deeper if they want to delve into the mythology of a story like LOTR. However, there are many of us who would not like to spend 3 tiny-font pages of our time reading about Boromir"s sword and how it looks. Reading, you don"t have a choice. Movies you at least have an option. Expanding on stories (creating sequels) I think the reason that StarWars VII was not as good as it could have been, is because the writers may have been too afraid to take risks. Resulting in a repeat movie. Sequels to stories in general are not as good though. This is true for both books and movies. Sometimes the sequel can actually be better. Take Starwars IV and Starwars V. The latter is actually a lot better IMO and other people agree too. (No way this can be proven since it is an opinion thing). The best example I can give is IMDB which gives episode IV a 8.7/10. Episode V has received a 8.8/10. My point is, movie creators are not bound by any rules. The StarWars franchise decided to exclude the expanded universe and did their own thing in episode VII. A writer of a movie sequel has a lot of freedom and only needs to spend a little time connecting dots to appease viewers. If movie writers feel they are bound by any rules then those are walls they built for themselves. The fact that more money is spent into making a movie is even a stronger representation that it is not going to be a flop. Movies now days have CGI and are not going to have trouble with making things the way they want. On top of that they have more people working on the project and more minds are better than just one. For example, George Lucas had an idea of General Grievous and what he would be like, but didn't know exactly how to express it in the visual way. It wasn't until a sketch artist handed a drawing in at the last minute that George discovered what he wanted. The movies of Starwars is what made Starwars popular, people would be a lot less aware of the books existing if they were not there. Movies pauses ruin the feel Books are still the same way. Unless you make it to the end of a chapter. For semi-slow readers like myself this may actually take a while. Unless you are reading the book Holes where there are 50 chapters in it you will have to take a break at a bad time sometimes too. In fact, if it has been a while you might have to re-read a couple pages back to remember what was happening. For a movie this isn"t as big of a deal. Movies are not portable like books This is becoming no longer true each and every day since we have ipads and headphones. You can watch a movie pretty much anywhere on Netflix with a 4G connection. It is like carrying a bunch of movies in a single device. You can even store specific movies by downloading them. Sources: [1] = https://www.dshs.state.tx.us... [2] = https://www.alzheimers.org.uk... [3] = http://abcnews.go.com... [4] = http://www.alzheimers.net...