What Is The Difference Between The Movie And The Book Vs Movie

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Sometimes Words Can Tell More Than Motion Pictures It is debatable if a book is better than the movie or the other way around. A famous idiom says: “A picture is worth a thousand words,” which is not really reasonable when it comes to novels like the Harry Potter series. All the books are filled with so much information that can’t be captured in a film with 24 frames per second. During the filming process of Harry Potter, a lot of the original story in the book was changed in the script. The effect of the three main characters along with the information of the storyline have been changed or omitted. The three main characters in the novel series of Harry Potter are Harry, Ron, and Hermione. The books describe them as misfits and outcasts of the school who start a big adventure and become heroes. However, in the movies they are the rather popular kids and the heroes of the magical world of Hogwarts. The novels are dedicated to children and the young adult audience who can relate to the three misfits and love the fantasy genre; You could also say that the books were meant for nerdy …show more content…

The ones fighting against Lord Voldemort’s army are not only the Hogwarts guards and professors, as seen in the film, but also the Centaurus and the spiders from the forbidden forest. In the movie, Neville is on the bridge when the battle begins, but in the novel he is busy killing Nagini. Also, killing Nagini is easier and more straightforward in the book. Neville breaks a curse that Voldemort puts on him and he pulls out the Sorting Hat off his head, which Voldemort placed on his head to paralyze him. He draws the sword from it and chops off Nagini’s head before the battle even begins. In the film, Nagini’s death is a last minute thing, since they cannot kill Voldemort while it is alive. Although, this may be a plus for the movie since it gives the audience something to be excited

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