But see, that's the thing about movies. Nothing is left to the imagination. You read a book, and you see a picture of the characters and the scenes in your mind. You don't have that with a movie. It's all either up there on the screen laid out for you, or it isn't there at all. Laurie Viera Rigler
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The book I’m referring to is The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. In this book, there are many chapters where you can see things described in detail. For example, the description of the journey to Mordor, which was a lengthy and dangerous one.

In a movie, however, you have to either have a scene or a description for every part of that journey. When people say that movies are not based on imagination, they are wrong because movies do use imagination as much as a book does.

Source: Confessions Of A Jane Austen Addict

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