Outsiders Film v Book

In the movie of The Outsiders, it shows a lot fewer details than the book did. In the movie, it didn't say everything that the book has. For example, the movie didn't mention that Ponyboy's parents died in a car accident. It did not mention the relationships of the Greasers and the Socs clearly. Even though The movie has fewer details, but watching the movie was more exciting then reading the novel. When watching the movie, you could feel the atmosphere that the movie was showing you. You could not feel the same way when your reading the book. It is quite obvious that the film maker didn't film the movie with every detail in the story, some details are not in the movie but in the book. This does not mean that the movie is not good. When a book is made into a movie, the movie is never exactly the same as the book. Take the Da Vinci Code as an example. The book was quite different to the movie too. Its good to be creative and change things. If I would have to choose if the movie was better or the book, I would choose the movie. Even though it has fewer details, but it is funner to watch.