Movies & Books

Books are made into movies. And movies into books. Now, my favorite books that have been made into movies are the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling (pronounced Rolling).

I heard from someone in elementary school and my dad that the books are better than the movies. I love the books and movies just the same. None was better than the other. Well, that was until the third movie, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, came out. Then, I liked the books three and six rather than the movies. After seeing the third movie, I started to pick the movies three and six apart. Well, more recently it was the sixth movie, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, that I tore apart like there was no tomorrow.

Personally, I wish that the movies would follow the books. I know that the director and whoever else is going to change things, but don’t change the way things or people are supposed to look.

An example is in the third book and movie. In the book, Professor Remus Lupin is supposed to look like a werewolf when he transforms. But in the movie, Lupin is "tall," standing on his hind legs, and with very little hair. And another thing in the third book and movie: In the book, Sirius Black is supposed to be the size of a bear when he transforms into a dog. But in the movie, he’s the size of a dog. So, I need to keep going since I already started on tearing up the movie. At the end of the movie, Harry gets his Firebolt broom. In the book, he is actually supposed to get his broom as a Christmas present.

Now, in the sixth movie, I told my dad that I felt that the creators of the movie concentrated mostly on the relationships that were going on rather than the war. I also told my dad that if you did not read the book, you would not be able to pick out a possible relationship in the movie. Now, Nymphadora Tonks and Remus Lupin are not supposed to get together until the end of the book. But they got together somewhere in the middle of the movie. Also, in the book, Professor Severus Snape does not know that Harry was at the top of the tower with the headmaster, Albus Dumbledore. Harry is in his Invisibility Cloak and Petrified (frozen, not in fear). But in the movie, Snape puts a finger to his lips, telling him to remain quiet. And--

So you get my point. I could just go on and on.

I’m afraid that when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 come out, I’ll be tearing both apart. And that, in my opinion, would not be a good way to end the series: Tearing the movies apart because they do not follow the book to a T. Or almost to a T. I do not want to kill the last two movies from the last book just like I did with the third and sixth movies. But, if I have to, I will do my job.