Questions:
Books versus movies - which is better?
1-You mention about movies: "We viewers infer what the characters are thinking, feeling, and the motivations behind what they do and say, based on what they say and how they behave on screen" as related to comparisons between what can be shown or told in a book versus what can be shown or told in a movie. How can you truly know what each viewer infers? Did you mean that some viewers get certain messages based upon what they see? I mean because you can't really know what everyone thinks. Could that motive inference also be applied to readers?
2-You said that you often learned tactics in dealing with people from books. Not all films are short and condensed. Movies like Gone with the Wind (which is hours long) shows a lot. So what if it wasn't condensed into 90 minutes? Do you still think that movies cannot give you the same message as a book can?
3-At the ending of your paper you leave us with the statement "a book is forever" so how would you clarify that a book is forever? How would you show examples of that?
4-You said that written text is better at exploring the action, emotions and feelings of love in depth, can you explain that a little better?
5-You said movies are very visceral, and a "brainless" aspect of the entertainment that is portrayed in motion pictures. I don't understand what you mean by brainless and brain dead entertainment. Do you mean that they leave no room for interpretation?
6-You wrote that movies don't let us have insight into what the characters are thinking. Can you explain that because I thought that by seeing the characters and their interactions, we get a better idea of what they are thinking than in a story where it is left up to us.