 Editor in Chief Bill   | 14 May 2024 8:05 p.m. PST |
Which are you more likely to read or watch – historical novels, or historical movies (dramas, not documentaries)? |
 Old Contemptible  | 14 May 2024 8:13 p.m. PST |
Historical movies. I have read some good historical novels. A lot depends on the source of the movie or novel. |
| King Monkey | 14 May 2024 10:06 p.m. PST |
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| The Last Conformist | 14 May 2024 10:39 p.m. PST |
Historical movies, but only because I haven't read a historical novel in a couple decades – I rarely watch movies of any kind. |
| 14Bore | 15 May 2024 1:32 a.m. PST |
Maybe books by a slim margin
Movies get more artistic and can get off the path of a book. But pretty much if not reading history will have a Historical Fiction book on hand. |
| ZULUPAUL | 15 May 2024 2:51 a.m. PST |
Movies. I don't read novels anymore just non-fiction. |
| Dagwood | 15 May 2024 3:12 a.m. PST |
Both – if I have to choose one, then books. |
 Dal Gavan | 15 May 2024 6:29 a.m. PST |
Historical novels. I don't have to fight the missus for the remote to read them. |
| 79thPA | 15 May 2024 6:54 a.m. PST |
Movies, if it is a subject that I am interested in. |
| Disco Joe | 15 May 2024 7:54 a.m. PST |
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| rustymusket | 15 May 2024 8:18 a.m. PST |
+1 Dal books for same reason and the book is better than the movie, to me. |
| Grattan54 | 15 May 2024 10:13 a.m. PST |
I read many more historical books than I watch movies. |
| rmaker | 15 May 2024 11:44 a.m. PST |
Novels first, movies second. |
| FilsduPoitou | 15 May 2024 12:41 p.m. PST |
I haven't watched TV or gone to the movies in years. Meanwhile, I'm always reading some kind of pre-1914 historical fiction on the weekends. |
| Shagnasty | 15 May 2024 12:49 p.m. PST |
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 etotheipi  | 15 May 2024 1:01 p.m. PST |
Novels. I currently have two in my Kindle account waiting for me to finish the current one. I am loathe to list the recent, popular historical movies I haven't seen for fear of evoking the "that's not a REAL historical movie" death spiral. (Admittedly, I do enjoy a good death spiral as much as … likely more than … the next sentient hominid.) Rest assured whatever you think of when someone says historical movies, I haven't seen it. |
 Parzival | 15 May 2024 8:54 p.m. PST |
I am more likely to watch the novel sit on my table, and more likely to read the movie reviews. :p |
| Parzival | 15 May 2024 8:55 p.m. PST |
Okay, seriously, probably novels over movies in the long run. |
 piper909 | 15 May 2024 9:36 p.m. PST |
Books. Especially since so few worthy historical movies are made these days (how is this defined, by the way?), and so many that are veer too heavily into fantasy. No one's made a film yet of "Eagle In the Snow" or "Seven Men of Gascony," and those are two of the greatest historical/military novels I've ever read. |
| Shagnasty | 16 May 2024 8:30 a.m. PST |
2nd "Seven Men…" It is a great Napoleonic story. |
