I had readied the Outsiders in my Language Arts class just recently to be honest I LOVED the book. I do love the movie, however it seemed like the movie was pretty short even thought there is a lot to the book. However I am impressed that they got everything in to one movie and didn't make it to long. However it would of been interesting if the film had any "new" seen's what I mean is they added more. Kind of like what we do now we add new seen's to a movie then what was in the book. And also the Outsiders do have other books with Ponyboy, Dally, Cherry, and the rest of the gang. It would be cool if they did one more film from one of there other books. Also the movie makes you cry more than the book. But over all I LOVE the outsiders, I would most likely read it more than once. Heck I've already readied it three times can't stop. It's really that kind of book that you just can't stop reading or just need something to read that you think would be boring. But comes to find out very interesting and most likely to love.