Topic reading fiction vs watching movies

Topic Reading fiction vs. watching movies
Which one is more pleasant, reading fiction or watching movies?
Since people`s habits and interest differ, they may never agree on
above issue. Personally, I enjoy watching movies very much, and the
magic and spectacular world movies bring to me adds some vivid
colors in my life.
To begin with, watching movies are considerably easier than reading
novels. As an
international student who is in Canada and whose native language is
not English, I will not choose reading novels as my entertainment
(although I have to make every effort to pass the literature course
and finish five horrible novels in a term). When I came to Canada
one year ago, I bought some popular novels such as Star War and
Harry Potter, but I only read several pages till now. There are so
many difficult words I have to look up and finally I gave up. In
contrast, movie is much easier to understand. Even if the characters`
words sometimes confuse me, I can get some clues from the picture.
In addition, movies can provide us with visual images as well as
sound. In friction, we often read some sentences describing a girl`s
beauty, but do we really have a picture of the girl`s appearance in
our mind? No. The only thing the author can guarantee is that the
girl is terribly good-looking. However, with the help of movies, the
beauty of that girl is visualized and we can get a concrete view about
this character. Similarly, a movie`s words and songs also attract us,
but we cannot expect any harmonious sounds from a novel. In all,
the invention of movies is a milestone in the entertainment history.
From the attacking of aliens to the sinking of Titanic, from a fierce
battle in the ancient Rome to a huge space ship traveling in the
universe, movies have brought numerous vivid scenes in front of
audience all around the world.
Last but not least, it is enjoyable to listen to songs in movies. In

order to attract more audience, film companies always make a great
effort to produce tuneful music in their movies. The power of songs
in movies is amazing. After several decades, people may forget the


content of the movie, but they are still familiar with the movie`s
music, which recall them to the sweet memory of former days.
About one month ago, I watched the Sound of Music from a
Canadian TV channel. When I heard the classic music I found the
feeling of my childhood.
To summarize, from my point of view, watching movies is more
enjoyable than reading fiction. If there are a best-selling novel and an
Oscar-winning movie DVD in front of me, I will definitely choose the
DVD.