i hate the idea of reading a book AFTER seeing the movie....i like reading the book first because its like you are step ahead of everyone else....after i read the book, i watched the movie for the first time with my parents...they loved the movie and saw it about a million times, and I WAS EXPLAINING THINGS TO THEM.....like luca brasi's reality, al neri's past, how michael returned from italy, lucy mancini, fabrizzio's death, genco and others