“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” book, compared

Is it better than the book? It’s the question on everyone’s mind. No, it is not better than the book. Of course that’s also the wrong question. When the film is essentially the same as the book, the film is always w

Finally, one of the most important parts of making a good movie; the actors. The most important role of actors is to accurately portray the characters they are playing. The film may not get high marks for imagination, but one area in which it does excel is the acting. Harry, Ron, and Hermione are on screen throughout the movie, and a bad performance from just one of them could have dragged down the entire picture. They are not always great, but they are kids, and for most of them it’s their first time in a movie. Among the adults, Robbi Coltrane as Hagrid and Maggie Smith as Professor McGonagall are quite good, but the standout performance – head and shoulder above the rest – is Alan Rickman as professor Snape. Filling his speech with long, drawn out pauses and significant, piercing glances, Rickman is the perfect Stereotypical villain that Snape ought to be (Gilman, Jiminy Critic).

“Of all the characters in the film, his is the one that has been enhanced the most from the character in the book. Rickman is so wonderfully inspired that he manages to make Snape a more interesting character than he seemed in the book” (Gilman, Jiminy Critic).

“I think that the J.K. Rowling book Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone was and always will be better than the movie because… Firstly, the book increases a child’s imagination and lets them decide what everything will look like in their mind. Secondly, reading skills are valued and the book will always help with a child’s use of words and improve reading. Finally, the two and a half-hour movie is like watching two and a half-hours of television” (Brookvale Public school, 1).

orse. This is not – as literature snobs often claim – because books are a higher art form than film. It is because they are two different art forms, each with their own sets of strengths and weaknesses. An element that can be a great asset to a book can be a huge liability to a film. Unless steps are taken to change the story to take advantage of the unique assets of film, it will always live under the shadow of the book (Gilman, Jiminy Critic).

Of course, it really depends on the person watching the movie. Age and maturity make play a big role in comparing a movie to a book. For example, the opinion of 28 year old.

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