I am in the same boat, but unsoftened - for me, the movies ruined the books, because no matter how hard I try to dispel the bland images of the movies from my m

I am in the same boat, but unsoftened - for me, the movies ruined the books, because no matter how hard I try to dispel the bland images of the movies from my mind they overpower the once awesome images I envisioned when reading the LOTR books. I can still read the Silmarillion and enjoy the fantasy though. I feel like Jurassic Park is on the other end of the spectrum, where seeing the original movie greatly enhanced re-reading the book(s). And I never watched Ender’s Game... but I have a hunch, based on clips and reviews, that doing so would sully the book. Given the modern direction of big-budget cinema just being ridiculous action sequences I try to avoid movie adaptations of good books. Arrival is the only recent film I can think of that was better than the book (short story) it was based on. Edit: spelling