Harry and Ginny’s relationship is one that fans hold very dearly, so when the directors

decided to deviate from the source material, it left some people rather unhappy. In the
books, Harry comes into the Gryffindor common room after missing the Quidditch Cup,
Ginny runs at him and the two kiss passionately for the first time in front of everyone. In
the film, the pair simply share a tender kiss in an attic with no one looking on. It may
not have been as flashy as the book, but it was still an effective scene (and a great
kiss).

While certain fans took issue with Harry and Ginny’s first kiss in the films, some
were fuming after seeing Ron and Hermione’s initial smooch. In the last book, Ron
advises Hermione to save the house elves during the Battle of Hogwarts. His concern
for their welfare leaves her so overcome with happiness that she kisses him. In the film,
their kiss comes after the two destroy a Horcrux in the Chamber of Secrets. Sure, it
was a lovely kiss, but fans wanted to see the context that was given in the books on the
big screen.

Neville Longbottom proves his place as a badass wizard in the books during the Battle
of Hogwarts. The final instalment in Rowling’s series sees Neville launch himself at
Voldemort in an attempt to kill him, only to be stopped and taunted. When Voldemort
suggests that he join the Death Eaters, Neville refuses and calls for Dumbledore’s
Army to charge against Voldemort. This is replaced in the film by a Hollywood-y speech
in which Neville defies Voldemort despite Harry’s apparent death, quickly followed by
the boy wizard jumping up and continuing his fight against the Dark Lord.

The producers of the last film clearly wanted to take advantage of their visual effects
budget. When Bellatrix, Nagini and Voldemort are killed in the movie version, all three
explode or disintegrate into thin air. But in the books, it was made very clear that all
three of these individuals, especially Voldemort, left their bodies behind. Voldemort’s is
actually put into a random room away from the Great Hall, just to show how little he
means in death.

The most powerful wand in all existence meets two separate fates in the book and the
movie. In the seventh novel, Harry returns the wand to what he believes to be its
rightful resting place — Dumbledore’s tomb, where it was originally stolen by
Voldemort. But in the final film, Harry decides that the wand is too powerful to simply
leave for someone else to take, so he snaps it in half and throws it off a cliff. While it’s a
nice emotional moment in the book, the film’s version makes more sense, logically
speaking.

Upon his death in the film, Snape looks at Harry and exclaims “You have your
mother’s eyes.” But this is inherently incorrect, as the film’s producers decided
to cast young Lily as a girl with brown eyes, when Harry’s in the film are blue.

Even so, in the books Harry and Lily’s eyes were neither brown nor blue – they
were green, a discrepancy that hasn’t gone unnoticed by fans.
Differences Between Movies vs Books

Movie and book are two mediums of entertainment that have been around for
quite some time now, books obviously being the older of the two. They have
entertained countless generations of people that they are almost always in
anybody’s most loved things to do list. The difference between movies and
books is how they tell the story.

Movie

A movie is a story that is told using moving pictures recorded by a camera. It

makes usage of various styles and genres to create a story that we can see and
hear being acted out by an actor or actress. Some movies are even made
through the animation of still images, like cartoons and such. Some movies are
even made to teach us something or to campaign for a certain cause.

Book

A book is basically any written, printed or illustrated work that either is about a
specific topic or various topics compiled together. They are usually made for
educational purposes as well as for artistic reasons. Books have been around
longer than most forms of entertainment and it is from books that we have
learned many stories from. Books do not always contain fiction, sometimes they
are of the instructional variety, sometimes they tell the story of real people.

Differences between Movies and Books

Movies and books, as stated previously, are two mediums of entertainment.

Some people prefer one over the other, but they have equal merits. Books are
windows to any world, and those worlds are only limited by one’s imagination.
Books are known to also improve ones vocabulary. Movies, on the other hand,
is something that can easily let us feel what feeling the director wants to convey
because of the mix of visual and aural clues. They can make us cry or laugh
because we clearly see and hear and feel what is being portrayed. Books and
movies have also been tools for education and propaganda, but mostly they are
for entertainment.
The difference between reading a book and watching a movie

The first major difference between the two mediums will be in the eye of the beholder.

Reading a book requires the audience to work more, use their imagination and
experiences.
Also a reader's voice and vocabulary will often spill into a book, and effect the way it is
read.

On the other hand, films require less effort on behalf of the audience. The voice
of characters, scenery, and the physical world of a story are all already provided on a
plate for movie-viewers.

Whilst this might seem like a negative point, it does also mean that a producer can
deliver the exact experience that they intend, whilst literature might be subject to a
reader's interpretation.

Similarities between movie and book

Whilst movie-makers often have free rein to mould and retell the story of a book in
their adaptation, they will obviously want to stick to the main plot line of a book.

Most movie adaptations of books are based on literature that is already rather well-
known in its own right. For this reason, a good movie adaptationwill reflect the original
form as honestly as possible in order to appeal to fans of the book.

On the other hand, what an author can say in a few hundred pages is often too
complex and long-winded to be screened in movie format. Books canbe put down and
picked up again later, whilst movies have to be concise in order to keep the attention of
an audience in one sitting.

One last point is that writing an elaborate and intricate scene costs nothing, while
reproducing that on film can be very expensive. This is certainly a restriction that film
faces.