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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
Maybe they don't like to be blackmailed? Usually it is the other way around - you read book, great, now you want watch movie. The movies are not all that great - they don't make sense unless you already read the books. Maybe you should let them watch the other movies as they get darker each time. And maybe they want to read it then - as it is not staying young kids. Even though I think that Harry Potter books are more enjoyable when you are older. Similar to the movie Lion King - it is great and fun for kids, but you can't understand everything (especially the jokes and references) until you cease to be a kid. Age wise that is, we all have still kid in us - some more than others.
Harry Potter movies are so-so. Too much unexplained jumping around. The books have so much more detail and extra scenes that are simply missing in the movies. And the transitions are very sloppy. Stay true to the books, yes pretty close, whichever scenes made it into it.
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I can tell from my own experiences (not Harry Potter, though) that it's better to watch the movie first and read the book later. The book is always better. If you read the book first then watch the movie later, it often doesn't measure up to our expectation, and thus the whole experience can be rather disappointing.
