Movies before books? Books before movies?

[afuna]

[Poll #1155065]

(This comes from a discussion that aveleh and I are having, because I haven't seen/read The Princess Bride, but I have both the movie and the book on hand, but started reading the book first).

Comments

[atomic-clay.livejournal.com]

I guess it really depends. In your case, Princess Bride (both the book and movie) are classics.

For more recent stuff, it depends on the direction of the film - did it have generally favorable reviews or just a cash cow exploiting the book? Hehe.