Watching a movie and reading a book have a few major differences despite the fact they are both very enjoyable pastime activities. The first difference between watching movies and reading books concerns the convenience of these activities. Reading a book is definitely far more convenient than watching a movie. To be specific, watching a movie is less convenient than reading a book. To watch a movie, you need to go to a theatre to watch it, or you need a DVD player to watch it at home. No matter what, you can’t just pick up a DVD to watch; you need a specific place and machine to watch it. On the other hand, with a book, you can read it just about anywhere: at home in bed, at a study table, in the library, at school, or at work, even when you’re on a bus or waiting in a dentist’s office. What’s more you can stop at any chapter and pick up where you left off another day to read at your convenience. However, to really enjoy a movie, you need to watch it from start to finish. In conclusion, one could easily agree that watching and reading books will hardly be given up as they are very popular free time activities among the people in spite of their differences in terms of convenience, place, equipment and interruption.