by Harro Mique on March 15th, 2007

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Harry potter books or harry potter movies?

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by Tinkabelle on March 15th, 2007
Books, of course! The movies are NEVER as good as the book.
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- Well said! The only exception ever to this rule for me has been Lord of the Rings, the books did my head in.
  
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  by ChrisDG on March 23rd, 2007
- I still preferred the LOTR books over the movies. The movies were good, but they still took too many liberties with the story.
  
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  by Glenn Blaylock on July 27th, 2007
- I can understand many people saying this, especially those who grew up with LOTR books. However, I never did and had Enid Blyton as my favourite author. Personally I found the books a bit too dense and, for want of a better word, waffley. I confess I am guilty of only reading them after seeing the movies, not something I usually do. However, I do agree that in many respects paper and celluloid versions differed greatly. As usual, books can contain some much more detail, simply by their insightful and omnipotent nature.
  
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  by ChrisDG on July 27th, 2007
- I don't mind movies cutting things out of books in the quest to streamline things for the sake of the movie. What gets me is when they actually change essential elements of the story. Especially in the second movie, I think that they took too many of these types of liberties.
  
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  by Glenn Blaylock on July 27th, 2007
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by Brian I on March 23rd, 2007
Not only Harry Potter. Every film I've ever seen that was based on a book that I had read was less enjoyable than the book. Probably because reading a book employs your imagination more and you visualise the characters and the scenery, etc, becoming more personally involved. Sometimes the fact that a character or place isn't as you had imagined can be quite distracting, although I must say that I thought the casting of all the characters in the HP films was first-rate.
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- What do you think of Fight Club the book vs Fight Club the movie? Just wondering. Personally, I find that the movie is better than the book in that case. It's pretty rare for me to think that, though.
  
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  by AnonymousGirl on July 19th, 2011
- I don't know either of them.
  
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  by Brian I on July 20th, 2011
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by FadingxSmiles on March 15th, 2007
The books, because I can make everyone and everything look as I want it to.

After the movies came out, all I can see in my mind when I read the books are those people, and the way everything else looks in the movies.
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- exactly!!
  
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  by Harro Mique on March 15th, 2007
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by darkdestiny1010 on June 16th, 2007
They left so much out in the movies and the books last longer for hours of entertainment. Definitely the Harry Potter books.
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by Elleonora on June 8th, 2007
books, because my own fantasy is much better than that shown in the movies.
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by N_T_P sleeps with fishes on April 21st, 2007
books!!!!!!!!!!! the film are good in their own right but nothing compared to the books
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by Smurphy on March 31st, 2007
Altough it was *nice* to see the books made into a movie nothing could ever compare to the books. Also all of the movies left out SO much that is really essential to the HP world.
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by LynfromNM on March 23rd, 2007
I can go my whole lifetime without seeing the movies, but the books are indispensible.
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by Suspira on August 11th, 2009
That's like asking me which is better mud or platium. The books. The movies, while being really fun to watch, don't really capture the scope and character development that the books have. Not to mention all the cool stuff they leave out and the (dare I say it) stupid stuff that didn't need to be in the movies in the first place.
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by MadBrilliant on December 31st, 2007
Books. Too much is cut out or changed in the movies!
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by Monika on December 19th, 2007
Books, definately. Did anyone notice that they completely left Lily out of the last movie? The movie producers now have a gaping hole in the plot.
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- And they left out S.P.E.W. which took up alot of plotline. They even changed scenes completely!
  
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  by Penny The Wise on December 19th, 2007
- They even left out Quiditch!
  
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by Eternity on December 16th, 2007
Oh reading the books are far better than watching the movies...the movies, while having a few good good moments, certainly come nowhere near the quality the books exert. There is far too much left out of the movies for my liking.
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- It has to be the books. The films are only alright, but due to terrible acting from Daniel Radcliffe it's hard to pay attention to them. The books are great though!
  
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  by Patrick on July 3rd, 2009
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by Atomic Betty on September 27th, 2007
As much as I love the movies and get extremely excited when they are due to come out, you just can't go past the books.
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by Arkleina on August 30th, 2007
The books are a million times better!
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by Da Azian Boi on July 27th, 2007
Books. They explain so much more, and their fun to read.
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by WishUponAStar on July 13th, 2007
A movie is never as good as a good book, but a bad book normally can have a movie that's better, so it works out weird that way. For example, Starship Troopers, good book, terrible movie.
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- You know I just watched Starship Troopers about 2 weeks ago... It was one strange movie... Thats the one with Denise Richards, riight?
  
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  by Anonymous on August 3rd, 2007
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by guster99 on June 16th, 2007
Books. The movies are very good, especially for how long the books are. But, the books are still better.
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by Anonymous on June 16th, 2007
Definitely the books. Although the movies are awsome. They make even more sense if you read the books. This is especially true for books 4, 5, 6, and 7. They are so long, there is no way to get it all in a movie.
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- very true!:)+5
  
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by Friartuck on May 9th, 2007
I've only ever seen the movies. Never read one of the books. They're okay. Hermione's a bit of a spunk eh?
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by garnorche on May 9th, 2007
Books
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by American idle on March 23rd, 2007
I have both! Love Harry!
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by Tom on March 23rd, 2007
The books, although I am not a big fan of either to be honest.

I enjoyed reading the first few books but have gone off the series more recently. I have seen all of the films (I think) and I thought they were awful. I don't really know why I keep going to see them :S.
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by Amy on March 23rd, 2007
ive started reading them after seeing the films, and have to say that i prefer them in print.
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by Nellie Wise Gamgee on March 23rd, 2007
they are both pretty good but the books have more flavor
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by unknown on June 12th, 2009
I like to read the books and watch the movies. It's a really good film franchise.
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by Andariel on June 17th, 2009
Harry Potter books. The movies, as nice as they are, don't fulfill all the expectations you get from reading the book, and they're nowhere near as complete either. Lots of things get cut out that would be fantastic to see, and sometimes the movies have inconsistancies. In the first one in particular, when Harry is figuring out that the dragon egg was part of the bribe, he says that Hagrid had told him he wanted a dragon the first time he had ever met him, but if you go back you have to go to the deleted scenes to actually see that part of the puzzle.
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by YoungBlood on June 12th, 2009
I water both of it so it doesn't matter really LOL
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by oakmontowls on May 22nd, 2009
the books are always better than the movie
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by Sharona Life is a Tale Told by an Idiot on May 22nd, 2009
I think Harry Potter books are really good, but, I'm not that into them (too old, I guess). They go on and on forever as they progress, to where I just lose interest and read the beginning and the end. So I catch up on the movies, because it is a pretty good story in all.
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by Shatzee coming back? on June 17th, 2009
oh the books by far. The movies are good but the books blow the movies right outta the water.
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by jordan davidson on June 12th, 2009
I like the movies because i can't be fucked with reading the books.
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by Timjon on July 24th, 2009
Neither one
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by Luna.. on November 19th, 2009
defiantly the books, but I love the movies too
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by bagicide stayed 10 months too long on May 22nd, 2009
Definitely the books. The movies are so off track now that I don't know how they'll ever get them back on track.
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by Big Butt on November 11th, 2009
Books because my friend said that the movie was boring but I haven't watched or read
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by rosie on August 11th, 2009
After seeing the last one, neither one of them.
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by Mokey on July 24th, 2009
The books
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by Anonymous on July 24th, 2009
Definitely movies I prefer to watch things as my time is limited and I have no patience. Yes I am easily distracted as well.

I did however watch the half blood prince online and omg let me tell you it was awesome. I loved it.

Anyway if you want to watch it I found it here

http://bestmoviesfree.com/5/

Let me know what you think.
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by bloodlylilcorpse is back on May 22nd, 2009
I like both, but I love the books better because they go in depth about the story. I can't wait for the next movie to come out in July. I'm impatient! lol
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by Beans23 on August 4th, 2007
it really depends on your taste and to me the movies and books true are both along the lines theyre harry potter but the movies are the movies and the books are the books.
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by mseve68 on July 27th, 2007
Neither
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by Brian I on July 27th, 2007
Harry Potter - Books
The Lord of the Rings - books
Anything else I can think of - books
I think books give your imagination free rein and very often some of the characters as portrayed in films or TV adaptations don't mirror the character your imagination had conjured up. I find this quite distracting. Plus, in order to fit a movie into a certain time span, bits get missed out.
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by Dedao Capoeira-seed on December 16th, 2007
The books were better, but the movies are fun too. Especially in IMAX 3D.
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by Penny The Wise on December 19th, 2007
Books!!
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by daniel craig rox on May 22nd, 2008
BOOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by DA BEN DAN yanggui zi on December 19th, 2007
I liked the movies better
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by Prime wants the old AB back on December 19th, 2007
Books! Books are most always better than the films. Films have a time constraint to some degree so a lot has to be left out, plus, reading requires using the imagination a good bit more and that to me makes it more fun.
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by Haha. on July 27th, 2007
Movies
The books don't make sense to me.
I couldn't even get through the first page of the first book!
Plus, I don't really like fantasy, magic, or in other words, fiction books.
I like to read non-fiction and adventure books...
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by jordanhope on July 16th, 2007
Even though the movies have been done fairly well, I would always choose the books over the movies.
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by Roxie123456 on March 23rd, 2007
Both AWSOME
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