Harry Potter - book vs film

[gemz4the1]

If you are a Harry Potter fan then which do you prefer - the books or the films?

Are some of the books better than the films or vice versa?

Which is your favourite book/film?

[Anonymous]

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."

[Anonymous]

I've only seen the first film and it's nowhere near as good as the book. I've read all the books and loved them though.

I generally find that books are better than films.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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!

[Anonymous]

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@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!

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Awwwww you big softy.

[Anonymous]

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!

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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!

[jonsie]

Books for me every time!