Harry Potter - book vs film
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on 23-12-2013 19:06
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on 23-12-2013 19:06
Are some of the books better than the films or vice versa?
Which is your favourite book/film?

23-12-2013 19:49 - edited 23-12-2013 19:52
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23-12-2013 19:49 - edited 23-12-2013 19:52
I've always found books to be better than the films apart from a few exceptions.
I like Stephen King and prefer his books to the film adaptations.
One of my favourite books of his is "The Stand" - The film wasnt too bad.
He wrote a good book called "Cell"
"Cell is an apocalyptic horror novel published by American author Stephen King in 2006. An excerpt was published in the January 24, 2006 issue ofEntertainment Weekly.[1] The story follows a New England artist struggling to reunite with his young son after a mysterious signal broadcast over the global cell phone network turns the majority of his fellow humans into mindless vicious animals."
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on 23-12-2013 19:51
I generally find that books are better than films.
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on 23-12-2013 20:32
I've read all the books as well, and I can say why they made 2 films for book 7, some of the earlier films ommited some bits of the stories to make the films short enough to keep kids' short attention spans.
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on 23-12-2013 21:13
I was reading one of the books on the flight back from Florida and I was so glad it was a night flight and most of my fellow passengers were asleep as I sat there sobbing when one of the characters died!
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on 23-12-2013 21:15
@Anonymous wrote:I was reading one of the books on the flight back from Florida and I was so glad it was a night flight and most of my fellow passengers were asleep as I sat there sobbing when one of the characters died!
Awwwww you big softy.
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on 23-12-2013 21:21
Oh I cry at anything! If a programme or story is about animals I'm usually in floods of tears before I know what the story is about!
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on 23-12-2013 21:49
The last movie I cried at was Marley and Me, I cried when the dog died at the end, and I'm not even a dog lover despite having lived with them for over 20 years of my life.
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on 23-12-2013 22:01
For obvious reasons I haven't seen Marley and Me - Kleenex couldn't supply enough tissues for that one! I even cried at Marmaduke - I'm still trying to live that one down!
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on 24-12-2013 05:16
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on 24-12-2013 05:16

