I've also come around on the benefit of watching a movie first! I happened upon it actually, when my eldest daughter and I watched the BBC Pride & Prejudice after she'd finished the book--and her three younger sisters joined us, without ever having touched the book. And you know what? They loved it so much that my second daughter (then 11, I think? At any rate much younger than I would have expected) went off and tackled the book itself. Seeing how that miniseries gave her a love for the characters and an enthusiasm for the story that then inspired her to pick up the book helped me appreciate how good and helpful it can be to begin with the movie. So I'm with you on this one!
I've also come around on the benefit of watching a movie first! I happened upon it actually, when my eldest daughter and I watched the BBC Pride & Prejudice after she'd finished the book--and her three younger sisters joined us, without ever having touched the book. And you know what? They loved it so much that my second daughter (then 11, I think? At any rate much younger than I would have expected) went off and tackled the book itself. Seeing how that miniseries gave her a love for the characters and an enthusiasm for the story that then inspired her to pick up the book helped me appreciate how good and helpful it can be to begin with the movie. So I'm with you on this one!
This is very timely for my family!
“you can see the horses” 😂