books vs movies

First, I want to say I'm sorry I wasn't able to complete my argument for the 4th round. Fortunately, I have the time to do it now. I, as well, recognize some mistakes I've made in the 3rd Round, and am looking forward to fixing them and, once again, try to prove that movies are better.Refutations:1. Pro says that books are better than movies since they inspire arguments on perspectives and make people discuss their impressions on the book. This, argument, however, has no real value, as it is the same with books. People often argue about some points, what do they think actually happened during the movie, or their thoughts on a character. All of these equally exist in both movies and books, so they cancel each other out.2. Now, about the sentence, I was simply explaining how some things in movies cannot be seen in total either, and if it was in a wood, especially during night, we still couldn't identify the creature. It was not meant to be a serious argument, and just means that not everything in movies has to be shown right up. There are often mysteries, conspiracies that are hinted and make the watcher think of what just happened. One might think a certain character in a movie is bad, and only hiding his true colors, while another might think the otherwise. It's not right to say that movies are "permanent pictures" and that they lead everyone who watches them to the same conclusion. Books are as well "permanent words", they won't change no matter how many times you read them. Therefore, this argument makes no sense.3. Now, about the special effect, I do accept I've made a mistake there. However, Pro clearly talks about examples where movies are based on books. Now, I've already stated that these movies don't make up a majority, and I know they can turn out bad and not as one predicted, but this doesn't work with other movies. Pro's case works only if we have something that was created before the movie to compare with the actual movie. It is quite normal that some adaptations are a disappointment, be it either a movie based on book or vice versa, as they don't really fulfill what the original author wanted to do. This argument, therefore, is not really valid, and I don't see how this is a superior trait of books. 4. Again, I can see this as a case of Pro talking of movies based on book. We most commonly, only know whether a plot gives enough information if we compare it to something that it is adapted from. I don't know really many, if any cases where movies that weren't based on books leaved chunks of plot unexplained, as this would be a fatal mistakes. Films are made so that they can explain enough plot (usually more) so that the watcher can fully enjoy it. This was a response to the narrative tone, but Pro doesn't talk about it, but only a sentence I added to my argument on it. Therefore, I believe he has agreed with my point on the topic and makes the narrative tone an invalid argument.5. This is another mistake I've made. Pro indeed posed reasons as to why books encourage imaginations, however, it's not like movies don't. I've already stated this in some of the previous arguments, and different opinions on unexplained mysteries in movies, which makes the watcher imagine of what the truth is, and people usually have very different opinions. While I do agree books encourage imaginations to a bigger extent, I do not see what true superiority comes out of this. Pro didn't explain why more imagination is better, but only said it is good. Therefore, this argument is as good as invalid.6. Yes, I agree books have more accessible ways of analyzing the information, but that's why movies don't often try to confuse the watcher, relating to more simple ways of telling the story. It is not that common that one is confused while watching a movie, especially if he is in a calm ambient which lets him focus on the movie. The reason to all of the cases under which one is confused is most likely a distraction, much like when reading books. Therefore, as long as one tries to keep as focused on a movie as he can, he most likely won't be confused.7. Pro again talks about imagination which is active during the reading of a book, but again, doesn't bring reason as to why it is good. I still want to defend my point of visual images being more thrilling. One can read a book slowly or read the words very fast, it is up to him, but the words will never explain the situation as fast as a movie can. Let's say we have this example:"Lee tries to punch Chan in the face, but his attack was blocked. Chan kicks him in the face, knocking Lee onto the floor."(I do understand that is not a very artistic example, but that's not the point) As one reads this, he might take some time to imagine this. One cannot imagine while reading sentences, but has to make a small pause to play out the scene in his/her head. As he/she continues reading, she will have to make that small pause to imagine what he's read. It's simply because our brain needs time to process what we've just read. This is not the case with movies. The whole scene could happen in as much as a second, and the scene rapidly continues, while he doesn't need pauses to understand what happened. Our minds just take in the stimuli, quickly recognizing what happened. This brings far more thrill than books do. Of course, a book may bring great interest in the reader, leaving him hungry for the next scene (which movies do too), but it will never bring the fast-paced, action thrill movies can. 8. I've made just a big mistake here, I apologize. Pro has the full right here.9. Pro says that books expand upon vocabulary, and greatly improve one's skills. Movies really do the same, just in a different way. I already said they offer sound and pronunciation of words which books can't. This can be of great importance to any language learners. It is estimated over a billion people learn English today [1]. And this is only one language. In most language courses, learners are advised to watch the movies on the language they are learning, because it makes them "hear the language", understand how it works and take some of the accent. Apart from this, the book also helps one improve his grammar and vocabulary by listening to dialogue, or even spelling if one watches a subtitled movie. While books do this a bit better, movies offer the aforementioned goods that books will never be able to. Therefore, this argument holds little value, and talks about another good quality of movies.Comments on Pro's conclusions:"They encourage imagination"Pro has said this on many occasions, and I managed to explain how movies do too. Either way, Pro didn't bring a reason as to why this is good."They encourage reading, stimulation in the brain, and improve upon grammatical and vocabulary skills"I've already discussed these, and explained how movies do the same, also having some other qualities."Books allow narrative voice to fill in gaps without dragging on"Some movies as well have this narrative voice. I've also noted that the dragging on happens very rarely."Books are more detailed, and don't leave parts out of the story"I've already explained that this only has some power if movies are based on books, something we can compare them too. I've noted this is a minority of movies and that it is expected for the adaptation to be worse than the original."Books are completely portable and can be read whenever you are available"I concede this point, but movies can as well be portable, to a lesser extent___________________________________Sources: [1] http://esl.about.com...Once again, I have managed to prove majority of Pro's points as wrong and explained qualities movies have over books, namely the better thrill and sound used while learning languages. Thus, I believe I have proved superiority of movies.