The Apple was better than the orange

I just got home from seeing The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I will spare you my take on the film but what I can't stand , what makes my eyes roll far back into my head is when people say, "the book was better." OF COURSE YOU LIKED THE BOOK BETTER! Reading unlocks the door to the best movie theater you could ever visit. The one in your melon. The visuals are the strikingly real, like a memory. A picture that is painted so deep in your mind, you feel as if you're a character in a story that unfolds around you. Now... someone then decided that the images that came to life in their head were so AWESOME that everyone should see it that way. And they get a bunch of people together and they may take some creative liberties or painstakingly try to give life to every word but they make a film for all to see. Maybe you like it.. maybe you don't but it's a story retold... in another medium...sooo its not a book...it's not trying to be better than a book. Its a movie...it's not a book. Do we get that? Its like if I painted a picture about lyrics to a song, and someone whines, "I like the music better." SO from here on out the next time I see a movie adapted from a book, and you say the book was better, I give myself permission to kick you in the shin. That'll be better than the police report.